SGABR #7 (Bleach vs. Fairy Tail) - Minerva Orlando vs. Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck

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Welcome back to another installment of SGABR (Sexy Girls of Anime Battle Royale) where MIKandIK3 and myself, Stillmattic, pit the girls of Bleach & Fairy Tail together and give our thoughts on which of these lovely ladies has a more intriguing storyline, interesting personality, and overall attraction/appeal as a woman. If the SGABR posts are delayed, it'll be posted during the weekend. So far in the last 6 weeks, Fairy Tail leads 5-1 against Bleach w/MIKandIK3 & I interchanging in giving verdicts. We are on Week 7 (04/17) of SGABR (Bleach vs. Fairy Tail Edition). Can Bleach make a possible comeback against the many women of Fairy Tail or will Fairy Tail keep the lead? Who knows? Only MIKandIK3 & I know. For today's post, we are pitting Fairy Tail's Minerva Orlando and Bleach's Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck. The verdict will be decided by MIKandIK3. And here's MIKandIK3 with a few starting words.

Welcome all! Sorry for the late post it’s my fault this week. This week is Minerva from Fairy Tail vs. Nelliel of Bleach, with Fairy Tail still holding the lead 5-1. Who is going to come out on top? The sadistic queen of Sabertooth, or the childlike master swordsman Nelliel? Well that enough talk let’s get to the main show shall we?

Story (Minverva)

Not much is known about Minerva's past. However, what is known is that in her early days she had to endure hellish training in the hands of her father, Jiemma, who both verbally and physically abused her whenever she displayed behavior that, according to him, showed weakness. In which lead to her twisted personality. She is absent during the first half of the Grand Magic games which Yukino took her place, after they switch Minerva’s first match is the Naval battle. She reveals the evil and hatred in her as she savagely beats Lucy by pulling her back into the water ring just before she is knocked out. Erza takes great offence to this, though even if she was playing by the rules, she comments that she made the great mistake of making Fairy Tail their enemy. As the games continue Sting and Rouge go up against Natsu and Gajeel, she is shocked by their defeat even at full power. She witnesses Sting and Rouge’s excommunication by her Father, but Lector, Sting’s exceed friend, interjects and enrages the Master even more and he is seems to vanish. Sting loses his temper attacks the Master and fatally wounds him. Minerva’s reaction was to not help her father, but name Sting the new Master as he defeated the previous one. She also revealed that Lector was teleported away by her, and only promises to return him if they win the magic games. Minerva fights in the next battle and continues her vicious fighting style, she finally gets to face off with Erza. While she uses her menacing ways on the other contestants, she interrupts the battle going on between Erza and Kagura. Going down to the wire its Erza and Minerva and of course our favorite armor mage goes on top and Fairy Tail wins! Minerva later appears in the Sun Village as a member of the Dark Guild, Succubus Eye. Another member of that guild notices the arrival of Fairy Tail, Minerva then says that she didn't expect to get her revenge so soon. So she says but she fails once again to Erza(evil doesn’t pay kids). Minerva returns to the headquarters of Succubus Eye only to discover, to her shock and horror, that all of the members have been turned into small black figurines by Kyouka, a member of Tartarus. She is taken as she is said to have the qualities that the Netherworld requires, and is turned into a demon to fight for Tartarus. Minerva later makes her way to the location of Kyouka's battle with Erza, where she tells Kyouka, who is fleeing the scene that she planned on taking care of the Fairies. When Erza tries to reason with her while sparring, Minerva reminds the other woman that she has been reborn as Neo Minerva, the "UltimateMage"(……really?). And, once yet again, fell to the knight mage. Minerva, realizing her mistakes as well as her own weakness for succumbing to darkness, asks from Erza to kill her. Erza then reminds her that there are still people out there waiting for her to come home despite her fall into darkness. And right on cue Sting and Rouge come to bring back their comrade.

Story (Nelliel)

After ascending into power by allying with the Arrancar, Aizen Sousuke managed to gather what'll eventually be known as the Espada. Nelliel, prior to becoming acquainted with Ichigo, was considered the 3rd Espada and constantly at ends with fellow 8th Espada, Nnoitra Gilga. Her outlook on being an Espada as well as her philosophy of power & responsibility varied different from Nnoitra. Nnoitra, not wanting to look bad anymore in front of Nelliel, took it upon himself (along with some help) to devise a ploy to kill Nelliel. However, even after a successful ambush, Nelliel didn't die ~ she reverted back to her childlike form & forgotten everything prior to having a fatal blow to her skull. It was then that Nelliel, alongside her subordinates, ran off. To protect Nelliel, Nelliel's fraction promised to help Nelliel forget everything that has happened and be her older brother. Everything changed, however, upon meeting Ichigo. At first, Nelliel & her fraction saw Ichigo as another threat ~ a pest that needed to be terminated. However, looks were deceiving at first & Nelliel ended up taking a liking to Ichigo. In her accompanying with Ichigo, a familiar face shows up and is surprised by Nelliel's status ~ Nnoitra. Nnoitra, taking an interest in Ichigo's fight against Grimmjow, took it upon himself to duke it out with our main hero. In seeing Ichigo struggle & almost die, Nelliel reverts back to her Adult-Form and dukes it out with Nnoitra. However, their encounter is brief and it ends with Nelliel reverting back to her child-like form. During her brief time as an Adult, Nelliel explains that Nnoitra was the one responsible for her childlike form and that she was once an Espada. Sometime WAY later, Nelliel is shown again in her reunion with Ichigo. Nelliel explains of the Wandenreich's appearance and is currently (last we've seen) accompanying with Orihime. 

Personality (Minerva)

Minerva is an outwardly calm and confident person, she is very mature and wishes that the people around her act accordingly. However, during the Naval Battle event of the Grand Magic Games, Minerva shows a sadistic side of herself, purposely keeping Lucy within the water sphere during the fourth event when she could easily have removed her, whilst at the same time continually beating and striking her with both her body and Magic despite Lucy's inability to fight back. Just like her father, she views Sabertooth as the strongest guild and believes weaker Mages to be nothing more than "trash". Minerva also doesn't hesitate in taking a hostage to achieve the ends to her own means, even if the hostage is a comrade, like Lector. When her enemies manage to thwart her significantly, Minerva's usual cold, smug attitude gives way to anger, as shown when Erza managed to get past her Magic to wound her. Due to the cruelty of her father's upbringing, Minerva desires to be in a position of superiority, going to great lengths to keep Sabertooth the number one guild.

Personality (Nelliel)

Contrary to popular belief, Nelliel was one of the few Espada that aren't @$$holes or batsh*t crazy. She cares for her subordinates and puts their lives upmost over her own. She dislikes conflict and is rather calm when having to deal with Nnoitra's constant challenges. She is best scribed as mature, composed, logical, reasonable, and intelligent in her ADULT form. She, however, can also be seen as childlike in her ADULT form just as she was defeat Nnoitra, she ran over to Ichigo and joyfully bear-hugged him so hard that he lost the will to breathe (Ichigo is a lucky bastard). She is composed much like the other 3rd Espada (now ruler of Hueco Mundo) Tier Harribel. During her time as an Espada, she was loyal, respectful, and trustworthy. In her CHILD form, her English is underdeveloped and she has a childlike affection towards Ichigo. However, her demonstration for helping others is shown in both her forms. 

Attraction/Appeal (Minerva)

Now she might be rotten on the inside but she does have some beauty on the outside. Curvy body, long black hair, luscious lips and her outfit a very attractive strapless dress with the slit that leads all the way up to her thigh. Ah Fairy Tail you never displease when it comes to fan service. When joining Tartarus, Minerva undergoes a transformation into a Demon. She then has two curled horns on her head, a black patch covering her right eye that continues to her left leg. She wears a long black cloak and bandages which cover most of her torso and a pair of underwear underneath, on her arms she wears light colored arm bands and black gloves covering her hands and her guild mark is located on her left waist.

Attraction/Appeal (Nelliel)

Not going to lie, Nelliel is one of the hottest chicks in Bleach IN HER ADULT FORM. Sorry I have to reiterate that, but when people think of Nelliel as being cute, they turn to two possible answers: As a kid or as an adult? Of course it's when she's a adult ~ her BEEWBZ sums it all up. Having a gorgeous beauty like her develop a childlike affection for you, Ichigo's one lucky bastard. Nelliel is definitely on the Top 10 Hottest Bleach Babes. It's unfortunate we rarely see Nelliel in her adult form, but during her brief moments, it was nice seeing her with her cleavage exposed and exposing a lot of skin. Nelliel, she's one fine Espada. 

Verdict (By MIKandIK3)

And the winner is…

Well now that was an interesting line up, a sadistic adversary verses a childlike master swordsman. Story wise I found it difficult to determine the more relevant character. Minerva is indeed the vile villain, but she is seen many times even after the Grand Magic games. Also, Nelliel is only involved in a few arcs as well, but her closeness to Ichigo gives her a more important role, thus I called it a draw. Onto the personality aspect, Nelliel is more innocent and has a childlike side to her. Even though she is afraid of Ichigo at first, she comes to like him and even fights for him when they try and save Orihime. Nelliel also allowed her enemy Nnoitra live, something an enemy wouldn't normally do to their doe . Minerva……well pretty on the inside not so much on the inside. She was told by her father that weakness is the worst thing anyone could have and only the strongest can survive. Minerva follows this very as she harms and threatens anyone so she can be at the top. So easily Nelliel’s victory there. And finally the attraction the two have. Minerva defiantly has a good body, can’t lie ~ with her outfit and all,  she is defiantly a looker. I found the open leg dress very appealing, not so much on her face though(with her eyebrows like that she just looks wired). Nelliel has a very attractive body with curves to spare, IN HER ADULT FORM! Yes she has a child form, which is cute, and is childlike even in her original form.  But you can’t tell me that she doesn’t turn your head, especially with them melons! So Nelliel is this week’s victor, sorry Minerva it’s not always about what’s on the outside that counts. Congrats Nelliel this is Bleach’s 2^nd win, meet everybody back here next week for more SGABR!   

So who do you think won? Minerva from Fairy Tail or Nelliel from Bleach? Comment below and let us know. Look forward to SGABR posts on Fridays (11 weeks). Until then, you all stay classy now. Fairy Tail still leads 5-2 against Bleach. Throwback post is posted below.