Нелиел-ネリエル・トゥ・オーデルシュヴァンク

ネリエル・トゥ・オーデルシュヴァンク
(Nerieru Tu Ōderushuvanku)
Gender Female
Species Arrancar

Affiliation
Ichigo Kurosaki
Previous affiliation(s)
Sōsuke Aizen's Army
Previous team(s)
Espada
Previous occupation(s)
3rd Espada in Sōsuke Aizen's army
Zanpakutō Gamuza


Debut (Manga)
Volume 28, Chapter 245
Debut (Anime)
Episode 145
Appears in
Anime, Manga and Video Games

Seiyū (Japanese)
Tomoko Kaneda




Nel Tu was once an Espada in Aizen's army and held the rank of 3rd Espada. During her time as the 3rd she would constantly be challenged by Nnoitra Jiruga to fights to prove that males are stronger than females. Nel would prove victorious in every duel. Later Nnoitra would team up with Szayel Aporro Granz (who was not an Espada at the time) to perform a sneak attack on Nel. Nnoitra ripped off the masks of her two Fracción Pesche and Dondochakka, apparently an unspeakable act among the Arrancar. When Nel charged at him in a rage -though the Nnoitra she was seeing was actually an illusion created by Szayel Aporro-, the real Nnoitra used this distraction to attack her from behind, landing a blow directly to the mask on her head. The attack itself (from Nnoitra) broke off part of her mask, scarring her forehead and leaving her unconscious. He threw her and her Fracción out of Las Noches so that he could increase his power by the time she returned, but was disappointed to find that she had reverted into a child.

Afterward, Pesche and Dondochakka vowed that they would protect this newly weakened Nel at any cost. They took the roles of her playful older brothers, never revealing to her their true identities or her own identity for fear of her memories coming back: according to Pesche, this is because she had always hated fighting, and in her child form she was spared from it.