[BSD] Shinigami Biographies

[Shinigami]

“Be strong and you will survive.”
“People are just looking for others that care about the same things they do..”
“There is no good, or Evil, right or wrong. Just action. Our actions define who we are.”
“Daiki Komamura, at your service.”

Character Name:
Daiki Komamura

Actual Age:
456

Physical Age:
36

Race:
Soul Born

Birthday:
August 4th

Gender:
Male

Height:
7 feet tall

Weight:
167 lbs

Blood Type:
B

Affiliation:
Gotei 13
Profession:
Shinigami

Title:


Position:


Division:
7th

Previous Division:
4th

Partner(s):

Previous Partner(s):

Base of Operations:
Seireitei

Notable Features:
Perhaps the most noticeable feature of Daiki.. Is his complete appearance, as an animal shinigami, just like his ancestor Sajin Komamura. However, he looks much more rugged and scrawny on the outside, but on the inside he's very much as strong as any Komamura clan members.

Personality:
Daiki is a silent, but curious individual, often hearing out people’s concerns in the rukongai, and helping as many souls as he can. Not known for long winded talks, or having a different expression other than emotionless, some people find it hard to consult with him due to his lack of show of any emotion. His clan has long faltered from their past, and Daiki hopes one day he can restore it to its former glory. He has an affinity with children in the rukongai, due to them being less judgemental of his.. Unfortunate appearance. Often times he is seen in the rukongai northern districts teaching the children about herbs and various other natural ailments that can heal them. Most of his education and strength comes from the heart, as a shinigami Daiki can be rather distant and shy around his squad mates, and former squadmates of the like.

However there is a justicial side to this big lump of cuddly fur. His sense of right and wrong is justified by actions, if someone were to come toward others with ill intent, you can almost be assured of Daiki catches wind of it, he’ll be the one to stop them. For this trait, many rukon residents in the north have come to calling him, “the night wolf” as a sort of vigilante type feel, to scare off any who might threaten the area of the rukon he patrols.

Relatives:
Komamura Clan members

Reiryoku Level:

Great Spiritual Power- Daiki’s pool of reiryoku is great, on par with most seated officers. His power comes from generations of his ancestor’s strength being passed down, to him. Despite his frail appearance Daiki can store reiryoku within his body worth twice his weight, if not more.



Sensing Reiryoku:

Expert- Daiki is capable of sensing others with even the slightest bit of reiryoku leaking out, due to his animal like senses that allow him to detect even those who try and remain hidden by concealing their Reiryoku. Because of this not many have gotten the opportunity to sneak up on the man.

Reiryoku Control:

Average Control- in certain situations Daiki can fluctuate his own reiryoku to hide in wait and ambush potential enemies. He can also swiftly and easily use his spiritual power to pin down one if need be as well. His control is not top tier, but it suffices enough to make himself a formidable opponent. He can empower his Hakuda techniques and center his Reiatsu into his blade as well, which gives it a sharper edge to it's otherwise dull one. He's been studying ways to control the Reiatsu to make his Zanpakuto's blade longer, and reach farther, with every practice session it gets better.

Reiatsu:
Expert-
Although his reiryoku pool is great, Daiki has more to learn about fully exerting it. His power often clashes with his personality, in a way that hinders the full exertion of his reiatsu when activated. He wishes to frighten his opponents away, as if his appearance already wouldn’t, but in doing so he may prevent further loss of life. In exerting just enough to cause others in the rukon to fear him, he can keep others at bay, and out of trouble. Not many would want to cause chaos and destruction with this man on patrol. However if angered by an unforgivable act done by someone else, a murder, thievery, they will know true fear, for this can throw personal reasons out of the window and cause his Reiatsu to skyrocket.


Reiatsu Colors:
Orange

Reiatsu Shape:
Daiki’s Reiatsu comes out in the shape of small square tiles in all different Variations of Orange.

Reiatsu Effect(s):
Fear- Daiki’s Reiatsu gives off the fear of being watched or judged, and its effect worsens on those who Daiki believes and sees their actions as horrible. It doesn’t attack those with only a guilty conscience, It’s simply the fear of judgement for your actions have come, and Daiki is the jury. It gives off the feeling one is being judged by a higher power, for actions they've committed in the past, or present. If the feeling persists it will quickly turn into like one is being watched by a pack of hungry wolves. Much like the uncertainty within Daiki's soul, the longer a being is exposed to the fear his Reiatsu exerts, the more uncertain and uncomfortable they can be with their own soul. The fear it exerts tears through a guilty conscience like butter.


Reiatsu Type:
Standard Type-

Zanjutsu Level:

Master Swordsman- Daiki has spent years perfecting his skill in Zanjutsu, as his most embellished skill above all the others in combat. His Zanpakuto is the preferred ōdachi (大太刀) (large/great sword) or nodachi (野太刀, field sword). He’s learned many of the traditional styles revolving around the blade as well as some of his own personal Techniques. Daiki draws his blade from his back, and swings it overhead with an executioner's swing, usually to unsuspecting enemies. His outward frail appearance draws the underestimating opposition in close, then like a tiger, Daiki pounces on his prey.

Known Techniques:
Yagyū Shinkage-ryū (柳生新陰流)

Iaidō (居合道)

Hohō Level:

Practitioner- Daiki’s Zanpakuto ability and one of its many uses has prevented him from mastering or trying this skill due to the fact he really doesn’t need it. However, it hasn’t stopped him from learning new things, so he can barely use a shunpo, but he’s seen using this skill very rarely, if not ever. If he does, it's always with a few mistakes, like jumping forward too far, or sometimes not far enough. It all depends on how enthusiastic he is.



Hakuda Level:

Expert- given his size on the outside, the opponent could be fooled into thinking this fragile old fox man is a pushover in combat, nothing more than a heap of flesh and bone. However, once challenged or provoked, they will see just how wrong they were, once Daiki starts fighting with his bare hands. He’s been known to rip often hard to rip things apart, have arms strong enough to punch holes into hollow’s bodies. Daiki takes advantage of his brute strength in every situation he can, and empowered with his Reiatsu, his Hakuda techniques become twice as strong. Daiki’s hands are armed with Sharp animalistic claws which increase his Hakuda capabilities and make him twice as dangerous when fighting hand to hand. His technique is using the weight of his body, and his sheer overwhelming size to tire the foe before the foe tires him.



Known Techniques:
Chōhigezutsuki (超ヒゲ頭突き, Super Stubble Headbutt)

Sōkotsu (双骨, Double Bone)

Kagamibiraki (鏡開, Mirror Opening)

Kido Skill Level:


Specialist- As a Kido specialist, Daiki spent time within division four learning various healing spells from his time there, as well as various other known techniques throughout his years practicing. The soft spoken sometimes forgetful man occasionally slips up a chant when he forgets the rest of the words to some, so he usually doesn’t use the chants, unless there’s no other choice. He is fully aware that without the chants, some kido spells can't be as powerful. He does his best each and every day to try and memorize some of the chants so in the future, he'll be even more prepared for tougher opponents.


Known Spells:
Kaidō (回道, Turn Way)

Bakudō (縛道, Way of Binding; Viz "Binding Spell")
Sai
Hainawa
Seki
Geki
Hōrin
Shitotsu Sansen

Hadō (破道, Way of Destruction; Viz "Path of Destruction")
Shō
Byakurai
Tsuzuri Raiden
Fushibi
Shakkahō
Tenran

Skills and Abilities:
Uncanny tracking ability - Daiki's sense of smell is much better than a normal Shinigami's, giving him the innate ability to track foes and opponents much quicker and easier, as well as enhance his sensory capabilities.

Herbal Medicine Knowledge - Daiki is highly knowledgeable on Herbal medicines and plants that create these medicines and ointments.

Equipment:
Herbal pouch
During his outings in the rukongai, Daiki finds and picks anything useful that he or his former division may be able to use, and periodically takes trips or visits to division four to deliver what he’s found, or can utilize some of the herbs himself in battle, if he becomes injured. Oftentimes though, he uses it to help the souls on his patrols that are sick or injured in the rukongai.

Shōgi Pieces
Daiki uses his Shōgi game pieces he plays with other souls in the rukon occasionally in battle, enforcing them with his Reiatsu and flinging them like highly dangerous projectiles.During his patrols while under division seven, Daiki has learned how to play Shōgi, and various other games the older folks of the Rukon play on their porches. It’s one way to ensure the rukon remains happy, and attached to their protectors, the shinigami.

Zanpakuto Name:
Jūfuku Shōgi (重複将棋, Overlapping Shōgi; Overlapping Great General Board Game)


Zanpakuto Appearance:
A standard Nodachi that despite its abilities, looks rather worn and old. The handle is tattered and torn, and the blade carries a dull edge. Despite the edge being dull, it still carries enough weight on the blade to be able to cut through flesh if need be.

Zanpakuto Spirit:
A horrible little boy that enjoys tormenting his master, putting him down and turning him into a coward. The Zanpakuto spirit is a total brat, pulling pranks and throwing things. His temper tantrums throw the entire inner world off balance and cause mayhem within its core. He's usually seen carrying a cube filled with; nothing. Nothing at all, just a blank space inside. However if he takes a piece of the cube off and switches it about, part of Daiki's inner world does the same thing. The boy enjoys using it to torment his master quite often, trapping him inside a small portion and flipping it until Daiki feels sick. His laugh is very loud and diabolical.

Inner World:
Daiki's inner world is black, a never ending void of darkness, no living thing but the zanpakuto spirit exists. However on occasion small wooden Shogi pieces fall from the sky, like distant memories long forgotten. When they land their sound and vibrations cause a ripple effect on the void, causing there to be a little light within the area. The only other light source in the inner world is the Zanpakuto spirit’s glowing orange cube.


Release Phrase:
"It's our turn, Jūfuku Shōgi!"

Shikai:
No outer appearance changes occur, the battle resumes as if nothing happened when he tries to activate his shikai. However, through Daiki’s eyes he can see several orange glowing tiles that are square shaped, coming together to form an even larger square. The larger square is the limitation of his Shikai ability, to where he can swap the tiles around to keep the opponent from knowing exactly where he or she is in battle. The smaller tiles within Daiki’s area of effect can turn on a dime to any angle, giving their master a huge advantage in battle. An opponent could be facing Daiki ready to attack, but the next, Daiki could be behind them.

Shikai Special Ability:
Special ability is to create tile pieces of earth around Daiki in a set of twelve, small tiles that all form a huge square area. The level of elevation Daiki is at is the affected area; meaning if someone were to be in the air, Daiki as well must be in the air for that person to be trapped on one of his tiles. The center Tile of the formation will always be Daiki’s tile. The tiles can shift locations and even turn any degree angle their master wishes to ensure victory against the opponent. This ability can seal gaps, give Daiki the opportunity to attack from behind, or simply turn the tables, quite literally against an opponent that would otherwise hit Daiki with their own attack.

Personal Relationships:
Yu Nakamoto - Former Captain, old acquaintance
Omoni Hageshi - Former Lieutenant, old friend, fishing buddy
Likes: Children, the rukongai, botanical plants, medicine, fishing
Dislikes: thieves, liars, sweets, veggies
Hobbies: Fishing, Rukongai visits, playing with children
Favorite Food(s): Meat
Seretei Communication Column:

Biography:
Daiki was born under one of the oldest clans in the seireitei, and the most mysterious. His great grandfather was Captain Sajin Komamura, and thus, he had a lot to live up to. However, Daiki was considered a coward, simply because he was shy, timid around regular shinigami due to his appearance as a wolf. His family was cursed, and he couldn’t help his outward appearance. It unfortunately didn’t stop his classmates from picking on him in the academy about it. However in his time at the academy, their outlooks about him changed. He was a shining example to his fellow classmates with Zanjutsu, and Kido.

He graduated the Academy, and was recruited into division four first, due to his skill with healing kido, or Kaido. There he learned a lot, about healing and the importance of the health of others. His favorite time however were the fishing breaks he spent with Lieutenant Omoni Hageshi. He didn’t mind learning some skills from division four, but his passion for helping people needed to grow that much bigger, so he put in a transfer for Division Seven.

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[Shinigami]

“Well....let’s see if that pretty blade of yours can be broken.”
“If you don't use it, you lose it."
"Have you ever been broken and beaten down to the point of having to forge a new self, a refined and tempered you? Sharp enough to slice through any opposition standing before you."
"A swordsman can only be as mighty as the smith."
"Keep the rhythm, keep the fire glowing red, never forget your place, good fellow. Never let the coals go dead"
"Life is a forge, you the raw ore, and your will the hammer and anvil. The forge will smelt your ass down to your base and last tid bits and only then can you truly create what you're meant to be."

Character Name: Gendai Nimaiya
Name Translation: Gendai (現代の,”Modern”) Nimaiya (二枚屋, “???”)
Actual Age: 2,021
Physical Age: 50's
Race: Soul Born
Birthday: May 2nd
Gender: Male
Height: 5'7"(170cm)
Weight:170lbs
Blood Type:O+

Affiliation: Gotei 13/ Seretei/ Soul Society
Profession: Shinigami, Blacksmith, Engineer
Title:3rd Seat of The 8th Division (八番隊 隊長, HachiTaichō)
Position: Shinigami, Research and Development Institute Researcher Scientist-Former
Division: Eighth Division (八番隊, Hachibantai; Squad 8)
Previous Division:
Thirteenth Division, (十三番隊, Jūsanbantai; Squad 13)
Twelfth Division, (十二番隊, Jūniibantai; Squad 12)
Partner(s): Kyuban
Previous Partner(s):
Base of Operations: Seretei/Soul Society/ Eighth Division Barracks, The Forge

Notable Features:
Coming in at an average height Gendai is a typical looking individual, for a shinigami. The most exotic aspects of Gendai's appearance largely depends on one’s own taste. Ranging from his unique goggles to his light African American complexion, pair of sky-blue irises, snow white facial growth, or the lack of growth from his cranium, Gendai is easily distinguished from others. His circular framed goggles are fastened with a dark leather strap and riddled with exposed wiring. The ocular tools are either perched on Gendai’s glimmering forehead or seen suspended from his neck resting on his collar. Nevertheless, he is dressed head to toe in the soul reaper uniform, from the black hakama with white trim garnish down to the sandals with socks. Along with this Gendai’s pet Kyuban is often seen at the shinigami’ side.

Personality:
Gendai is a diverse individual and is hard to be defined by a singularly term. If this task had to be accomplished; passionate would be the most appropriate characterization. The geezer of a shinigami pours his heart into anything that truly grasp his attention. There is only a hand full of things that truly matter to the old man and acquiring a positioning on this short list is a rather daunting feat. When not afflicted with serious disarrays Gendai can be mistaken for soft or laid back. Those who know this soul agree, yes, this man does have a tender compassionate side that needs a boost of motivation every now and again. However, those that truly know this man are aware with a blink of an eye Gendai go from an individual protesting against a fight to ringing the doorbell of death with his blade pressed against his enemy’s throat. Just like the nature of Gendai’s zanpakuto he is a breezy but still deadly individual.

However, he has not always been an individual who is easy to get along with and to be honest; sometimes he still aint. When Gendai’s mind is made his will is incomparable and is rarely altered. Over the years of rebelling from his father, being the class clown, slaying hollows, and advancing to captain Gendai still has not matured from his goofiness either. In his more youthful days Gendai was infamous for pranking his tutors and spear heading mischief activities with the other noble children. Its rumored Gendai has thrown one of the craziest parties the Soul Society has ever seen. Partying and indulging in these shenanigans prepared him for his future habits of drinking and smoking. These behaviors along with a vocabulary some consider crude, lead to back talking to superiors and Gendai learned very quickly such characteristics are not tolerated. This was not the first nor would it be the last time Gendai was taught a lesson.

The most imperative lesson Gendai learned taught him two things, fear and true appreciation for all zanpakuto. Delivered by the hands of the Captain Commander, Gendai has never spoken out against him except the once. Bestowed with the gift of knowledge Gendai learned what it truly meant to fear for one’s life. After having been beaten to near death Gendai’s life was spared but Chōkoku-fū wasn’t so lucky. Just like Gendai was metaphorically crippled the zanpakuto was literally broken. From that day forward Gendai swore to repair this broken part of him and Chōkoku-fū. During this process Gendai realized Chōkoku-fū was more than just a tool for him to command but was apart his soul. Even more so over the years Gendai has grown to feel this way about all zanpakuto and weeps with agony when one sees mistreatment. He wishes the best onto all spirits and souls.

Relatives: Nimaiya Clan
The Nimaiya clan originated with descendants from the lineage that birthed the creation of the zanpakuto. Established as a lower noble family, the family has always been held in high esteem. Not much knowledge can be obtained by the public about the Nimaiyans. One of the few facts to escape the compass of the Nimaiyans secrecy is that all shinigami from this blood line end with hammer type zanpakuto.

Reiryoku Level: Immense Spiritual Power
Many of the masses are prescribed to defend and full fill duties for the sake of Soul Society. These individuals are known as shinigami of the Gotei 13. And only those with significant power reserves excel at this mission. Just like Gendai's age his reiryoku level dwarfs most the populace of the soul society. Retaining a daunting reserve of spiritual power is astonishingly not a gift Gendai possessed at birth. Just like a trained muscle Gendai grew his power over time with disciplined exercises. With what feels like decades focused on meditation, Gendai began building and gathering his reiryoku. With in the moments before his reiryoku began to flow outward and become reiatsu Gendai focused on containing the energy within his being. This caused Gendai’s reiryoku storage to flex in size increasing his max compacity by a miniscule percentage. With rehearsing this technique over the span of his lengthy life Gendai has been able to increase his reserve of spiritual energy into an overwhelming pool of power.

Sensing Reiryoku: Expert
Considered an adept practitioner in the ability of tracking, Gendai knows there is plenty of room for him to grow in this department. Proving to be no slouch he is still able to determine signature type such as hollow, shinigami, etc but he can also gauge the power level of a dozen individuals from a couple miles from his position. Gendai also and relies on technology to assist with his evaluation of the reiryoku signatures in Seretei.

Reiryoku Control: Master Control
Gendai does not let having a large reiryoku reserve diminish the importance of controlling his reservoir. One of the most valued lessons Gendai ever learned in his training is efficiency. Wasted energy can take a turn for the worst and result in a quick death. This very idea is what has driven Gendai to stride with an unruly determination to always practice control. With his robust reiryoku level Gendai could easily send a handful of powerful kido in immediate repetition, but he claims even without such a massive reserve he would be able to do the same. The way he utilizes his reiryoku is incomparable in the manner how he can take minimal reiryoku and cast a devastating kido with ease. Well versed in all aspects of reiryoku control Gendai has crafted several techniques that relay strictly on the manifestation, giving form and physical tangibility of his reiryoku. Gendai can mask is reiryoku in a unique way of disguising his reiatsu as pure reishi as all thing in Soul Society are made of, masking him seem as if he is one with the environment.

Reiatsu: Masterful Reiatsu Dispersion
When releasing the full potency of his spiritual pressure there is without doubt captain level foolery afoot. The daunting pressure of this can only be contained by vigorous training. Truly terrifying when let out of the cage, Gendai’s reiatsu resembles untamable winds. Unable to be witnessed till the potency and volume peaks, this energy releases from his body starts as gentle breeze. This may cause confusion in an opponent as the feeling can be mistaken for as pleasurable. With a pulse of overwhelming strength of transparent energy rippling from Gendai’s body the soothing breeze instantaneously grows thick and heavy with spiritual pressure. The ripple is the devastating display and warning of power. Surely this would halt any below and most lieutenants ranked adversary. The gentle breeze grows into terrifying storm said to rip through the thickest of trees and flesh. When reaching the ceiling of his strength the royal blue shade will starts appearing random wisps through the wind, flashing before the eyes.
Reiatsu Colors:Transparent/Royal Blue Reiatsu Shape:Tempest Winds Element Type:Air

Reiatsu Effect(s): Paralysis, Damaging/Killing

Paralysis:Without hesitation or movement Gendai is capable of crippling any individual beneath captain or Espada and bring them to their knees. When engaging those who have spiritual pressure that matches his own, Gendai can release a concentrated effort in prompting a moment of consideration. Considering his power would be at great lengths at this point, the wind produced from his own reiatsu would become razor sharp, very forceful in strength, and overall torturous to any by standards.

Damaging/Killing:If Gendai was deprived of the conditioning he has endured to control his spiritual pressure , he could've been locked up with in nest of maggots to prevent harm befalling civilians. Those with a lesser spiritual pressure compared to Gendai's will feel a massive pressure pressing down on their body, even the snapping of bones have been reported. Beneath Gendai's feet splinters in the ground that gradually advance into enlarging craters are created from the pressure of his spiritual energy. Walls and foundations of nearby structures trembled and collapsed into shambles just from the pressure. The monstrosity of wind that roared from his core, howled with razor sharp intensity and is able to shred through flesh and with a bit more time large trees with ease.

Zanjutsu Level:Expert Swordsman
Zanjutsu (斬術, Swordsmanship; Viz "Art of the Sword")
Gendai aged to a ripe two thousand plus years and has been gifted with an unimageable amount of time to hone skills that didn’t come naturally to him. Subjugating the trial and error method Gendai often took more hits than required when forcing himself to rely solely on his abilities with his zanpakuto. With diligent training Gendai grew into an exquisite swordsman and with the ability to carry himself through a high level of bladed combat. Still unimpressed with himself and feeling inadequate compared to masters of the class, Gendai developed a style of sword play unique to him alone. A technique that requires stable relationship with ones zanpakuto due to unisonous and efficiency being a necessity to execute properly. Gendai invented a method of channeling a kido of his creation through his zanpakuto. This creates opens for surprise attacks but can be taxing on Reiryoku levels.

Known Techniques: Ryōdan and Senmaioroshi


Hohō Level:Shunpo Expert
Hohō (歩法, Step Method; Viz "Fast Movement”)
Spending years practicing the art of shunpo, was rarely the highlight of Gendai’s training. Training in this department was more of a chore for an adolescent Gendai, he never had a need for speed. More so in terms of enjoyment then physical combat. This never deterred Gendai from his practices, he knew velocity was demanded in combat. Realizing a daunting truth, Gendai knew he was slow compared to the masters of this art. This very harsh reality is what drove the shinigami to use his intelligence and kido prowess to augment his Hohō abilities to a master level. These unique techniques give Gendai unnatural movement and pace that provides him with a style all his own. Acceleration and agility became a true enhancement to Gendai’s otherwise well-rounded fighting style.

Known Techniques: Shunpo

Hakuda Level: Expert Hakuda Combatant
Hakuda (白打, White Hits; Viz "Hand-to-Hand Combat")
The exchanging of fisticuffs is rarely the first route of engagement pursued by the blacksmith. Shocking due to the hot headed, muscle junky stereotype that falls on to the hard-working smiths. Preferring a more methodic ideal of combat such as kido and hoho, Gendai’s hand to hand combat has become precision combined with timing and defensive style. This has led to Gendai’s mastery of Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai fighting styles. Rather than exchanging blows and testing difference in might between himself and the opponent, Gendai prefers to use his speed physically and with kido to maneuver around his opponent. This would continue till an opportunity arouse to attempt a takedown. On the ground Gendai can neutralize possible strength or size advantages through various style of submissions. Proper grabbling technique have proven to level the play field when coming to a strength difference. However if this tactic is to fail Gendai will poor his spiritual energy into cloaking his entire frame, this will augments his offensive and defensive abilities but also weaken his kido abilities.

Kido Skill Level:Kidō Master
The mystical arts are perhaps the freest form of fighting of the shinigami and is the one that came most natural to the elder soul reaper. Even during his days at the academy Gendai was a buffoon of a student but still shined bright above his peers in kido class. Besides his impressive skill to memorize kido and their incantations, an even more admirable trait is his utilization of spiritual energy and unrivaled speed of casting kido. Most high level kido practitioners shrink off incantations for gain in speed over strength and for the best not a large amount of strength is lost. Gendai chose an alternate route to increase the speed of his spells without sacrificing power. Just like many train their muscles to increase their strength and worth, Gendai chose to preform linguistic training. These training sessions improved the speed of which Gendai spoke leading to spells being cast with an uncanny speed while retaining frightening power. This tactic also granted a confusion component. Gendai spoke so fast his words slammed together becoming exceedingly difficult to understand if they were comprehendible at all. This speech pattern sounded like a foreign language making it exceedingly difficult for an opponent to decipher which kido was being performed right before them. On top of this Gendai has crafted a unique technique that he has dubbed phantom kido. Utilizing Bakudō #26 Gendai focuses on the suppressing his Reiatsu and Reiryoku forgoing attention to his physical form. This increases the effectiveness of the spell, displacing his spiritual energy to be detected from another location if detected at all. Preventing others from being able to determine where and when his spiritual energy is fluctuating. Combining this with his speed casting, Gendai can cast a kido without his opponent easily identify his intentions. This does not mean Gendai cannot cast most if not all kido while forgoing their incantations, he simply prefers his own style. Along with his unbelievable speed Gendai’s control over how much spiritual energy he devotes to each spell is amazingly precise. Ranging from turning a low level kido into a terror for high level advisories, to casting a kido with a low-level amount of spiritual energy and bolstering it at the last moment for a surprise attack. Gendai has also created his very own branch of kido techniques and has been noted to perform multiple kido at the same time proving his understanding over the art.

Known Spells
The number of spells Gendai has memorized and practiced is said to be only rivaled by the Kido Chief himself. And even that is debated with Gendai having crafted spells unique to him alone. To list all the kido known by Gendai would be easily dismissed by listing the kido he does not know. Just like all shinigami though Gendai has an array of select spells which he favors.

Bakudō: Sai, Hainawa, Sekienton, Kyokkō, Tsuriboshi, Hyapporankan, Dankū, Inemuri
Hadō: Shō, Byakurai, Sōkatsui, Haien, Daichi Tenyō, Sōren Sōkatsui, Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō

Skills and Abilities:
Master of the Culinary Arts: Gendai is an exceptionally talented and renowned Chef. His craft in the culinary arts are said to be unrivaled in the Soul Society, having even earned awards. This was only obtainable by perfecting the basics of cooking in the early years of his life, learned from the tutors hired by his family. Only advancing in this craft Gendai later learned in life he could imbue the base ingredients of the recipe by infusing the materials with his reiatsu. This fundamentally changed their nature and properties, augmenting the food which then empowers anyone who eats it.

Master Blacksmith: Gendai never had an interest in the art of blacksmithing till the day when his zanpakuto was snapped right before his eyes. On the fateful day when Captain Commander Murasaki seized his title, Gendai was among those who resisted his pursuit. Shobatsu dominated and ripped Chōkoku-fū in shikai state from the grip of Gendai and heaved the axe above his head. With his over whelming Reiatsu the axe snapped over the Commander’s knee. With his partner devastatingly destroyed Gendai became a broken man and swore to find a way to repair Chōkoku-fū.

Advanced Tactician: Spending many of his vast years in the 13th Division Gendai has seen countless battles ranging from encounters with hollows all the way to engagements with fellow shinigami. Every combatant situation Gendai has endured has been studied relentlessly analyzing every move made and what could have been done. Practicing this method in his spare time Gendai has advanced in this style of thought prowess to the point it now aids him in battle. Easily abandoning the foolish demeanor and adequately gaging his opponent. He becomes very perceptive when his attention is focused, picking up on mistakes and weakness of the opposition. His prowess of battle does not end with one on one; he is more than capable of leading a small fraction or large platoon.

Nimaiyan Awareness: Ever since the founder of the Nimaiyan lineage crafted the zanpakuto he gained an ability known as Zanpakutō Sense that only he possessed. This ability allowed Oetsu to know the exact position of all the Zanpakutō that he has ever created, no matter how the wielder attained it or who the wielder is. A daughter ability is birthed and passed through the lineage that is now known as the “Nimaiyan Awareness”. This ability grows weaker with each generation it is passed down to. But even with just a hint of the ability it will prove to aid the Nimaiyan. Specifically speaking of Gendai, the direct grandson of Oetsu, proves to be the strongest with inherited ability. For Gendai the ability does not allow him to know the exact location of any zanpakuto except for the ones he has forged himself. But does allow Gendai to be aware of a zanpakuto presence in an immediate vicinity, how many there are and roughly which direction they are from him. However, the closer a zanpakuto grows to him the more aware of his presence he is.

Equipment: Gigaii (義骸, “Faux Body”) & Enhanced Foods

Enhanced Foods: Gendai always carries some sort of food on him . Often if not always these portions are prepared in his own kitchen. Every item prepared by Gendai’s hand is executed with meticulous care to ensure highest yield and potential. From the very beginning of the prepping process Gendai imbues the ingredients with his spiritual energy. When finished and consumed these snacks essentials acts a reserve for Reiryoku levels. When the user eats these foods, their spiritual energy is refilled as to near maximum reservoir. Gendai has noted he hopes to collaborate with the Fourth Division in attempt to create a food with healing properties.

Inventions: Denreishinki GV1-3, Ryoken no hana Kaizō Konpaku, ZanKijutsu, Sekkiseki Kinzoku

The Denreishinki GV3 is a multi-purpose device Gendai crafted to aid him in his everyday affairs, combat and his job as a black smith. When receiving the most current edition of the denreishinki Gendai dissected the communication device and began frankensteining his own creation. This time when Gendai fabricated his vision for the third installment he could focus on adding more features. After finalizing the most essential features of the digital over lay that allows Gendai to see anything that would normally appear on the communication device’s screen, now appeared on the innards of the goggle’s lenses. During this process Gendai reversed engineered the technology equipped in the Denreishinki X and expanded on a few of the concepts. Removing the preloaded soul candy Gendai replaced them with enhanced foods for easier access. Along with the features that came default with denreishinki such as a hidden microphone and speakers, Gendai added voice commands, heat vision, night vision, and tinted vision settings to this device. Finally bringing this tool up to his standards.

The Ryoken no hana Kaizō Konpaku(猟犬の鼻改造魂魄, Hound Snout Modified Souls) or more commonly referred to as the Hound Snout Mod-Soul by Gendai; is an invention of his own crafted during his tenure with 12th Division. This mod-soul acquired its title from its ability to track a designated target with precision. Whether it be the natural scent or the scent of their reiatsu, it is nearly impossible to shake the Hound Snout once one is on your trail. This ability is only the first of two Gendai programmed into the mod-soul. The secondary passive ability is enhancement to the first by naturally slowly absorbing reiatsu. Upon absorption the mod-soul will become even more familiarized with reiatsu signature making it easier to track. Once absorbed the reiatsu is stored and can either be transferred to another being or can be released in a powerful eruption that bolsters the mod-souls mod souls physical form. Literally growing is a visual representation of the gained enhanced strength and speed but none of that last forever and can end quickly if exhausted brashly.

ZanKijutsu is a high-level hybrid technique branching from Zanjutsu and Kido. Over the years there have been many variations of pairing these two styles of combat but Gendai’s is perhaps the most unique method. The first and most important requirement for successfully mastering this art is an undoubted understanding connection between a shinigami and a zanpakuto spirit. A bond of partnership rather than a master and a tool, two pieces of a single unit. This is no easy feat to accomplish, Gendai has lived for a couple thousand years and has only succeeded in the past couple hundred. Once an unbreakable and incorruptible relationship is established a shinigami can draw on a released Shikai’s spiritual energy to cast unique kido spells. These spells operate the same way as normal kido but often take attributes from the zanpakuto’s abilities. These spells are largely tasking on the reiryoku reserves and prevents Bankai from being released for several moments. Gendai is noted to always be working on a new spell to increase his diverse portfolio of attacks.
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Feza-kyu(フェザー級,featherweight) channels the air property of Chōkoku-fū and releases a gust of wind from Gendai’s body. This eruption of wind can be exerted from all surrounding sides of Gendai, a single side, or can be focused into a single point such as the palm of the hand or the mouth. Fluctuating in strength especially when being utilized with or without the incantation this spell can grow from a refreshing breeze to flesh ripping whirlwind.
Incantation:”Dash through the heavens and slash through my enemies.”

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Cho-Seki is remarkably like its parent kido Bakudō #8. Seki . These two techniques are summoned and even utilized in the same fashion. However, the difference comes when contact is made with the orb of energy by the opponent. The moment a foreign substance touched the energy it repulses them like normal, but it also releases a frenzy of howling winds aimed to slice at the flesh of the enemy.

Sekkiseki Kinzoku( 殺気石金属, Spirit Reducing Metal) is a metal refined from the ore extracted from sekkiseki. During the smelting process the metal is purified and enhanced. When the metal is refined it retains the same abilities as the original product. Sekkiseki Kinzoku adopted the base abilities of negating all Reiryoku and forming a spherical barrier around the target that stopped anything spiritual from flowing in or out of it. From this metal Gendai crafted shrapnel grenades that when explode release a frenzy of razor-sharp metal fragments. The explosion itself and the shrapnel causes serious physical damage, but the even more frightening part is when the metal cuts the body and traces are left in the target. Constant exposure to the metal especially when in the body drains the victims Reiryoku, reducing it to its absolute lowest level and this even weakens the ability to sense Reiatsu. These effects only increase with intensity and speed when directly afflicting the target.

Zanpakuto Name:Chōkoku-fū (彫刻風, Carving Wind)
Zanpakuto Appearance:

Chōkoku-fū(彫刻風,Carving Wind) When sealed is an old style Japanese tantō short sword with a curved blade. Unlike typical zanpakuto the steel blade of Chōkoku-fū is not held in a sheath or scabbard but wound with bandages, hiding away the edge of the blade. Just like his intelligence, Chōkoku-fū is argued to be one of the sharpest weapons in Soul Society. It is said to rival the likes of Sayafushi (鞘伏, Sheath Cover; "Sheath Dodger") a blade forged by his ancestor Ōetsu Nimaiya. The blade is only able to be restrained by the bandages manifested from Gendai's reiryoku. Swearing to never wield the bare blade against a fellow shinigami in fear of it being able to slice through another zanpakuto especially those with a lesser spiritual power. This led to very few if any have seen the blade of Chōkoku-fū. However, the abnormally long tantō with a royal blue six-inch hilt embellished with gold finishing is garnished with a fourteen-inch blade. With the short length of Chōkoku-fū, Gendai positioned the zanpakuto in an odd fashion compared to most soul reapers. Geared at waist level like most but unlike the traditional hip position Chōkoku-fū sets against Gendai's navel on top of his black top and beneath the thick white sash around his waist. And when not being adorned for public eye Chōkoku-fū disperses into air molecules and absorb into Gendai's body, await to be summoned when needed. Gendai uses a confusion tactic when he speaks "Chō" suggesting he is activating his shikai form when in fact he has not. What truly happened during this display of deception was Gendai released a concentrated spark of reiatsu that now lines the blade of the sword with his razor sharp reiryoku. While this technique is engaged the reach of Chōkoku-fū is increased by twenty-five percent along with the destructive properties of Gendai's reiatsu.

Zanpakuto Spirit:
Just like many predicaments of offspring this apple did not fall far from the tree. Chōkoku-fū is a seedling of Gendai's existence, down to his very core, a chip off the ole block, a manifestation of his soul. This by product of vigorous training, meditating, and a level of accepting ones true self Gendai was able to meet his zanpakuto spirit and enter his inner world many years ago. The first time Gendai's sunny sea shinning blue iris fell on to the view of Chōkoku-fū, how could he be anything but confused? With a disgruntled expression and eyebrow's taking a catawampus displacement his glare was met by an unwavering presence hovering at eye level was a.......fairy......a sprite? He did not fucking know, nor did he care to put a label on this magnificent petite ten-inch creature. An embracing shroud of warm air moved over the pair leading to Chōkoku-fū's silvery locks to flutter and bounce as her royal blue dress danced in the breeze. Wings crafted from manipulating the air in an unbelievable manner extended outwards from the miniature ladies shoulder blades, Gendai later learned these wings are not a permanent feature and can be dispelled when not utilized. Granting her with the gift of flight these wings suspended the figurine like spirit to maintain a vertical presence that many times over dwarfed her natural height. Never breaking eye contact, her glare even more threatening than his. He sized her up from top to bottom as he watched her do the same of him. Her petite frame adjusted as she released her arms from the crossed position on her torso, drawing a deep breath she in hailed and expelled it just as quickly releasing a powerful gust of wind knocking Gendai on his behind. After being swept off his feet by the blast and landing on his ass Gendai's face dawned expressions of befuddlement as he starred at the floating spirit above him. In a surprise turn of events the silence after he landed on his rear was a noticeable moment of silence but that was quickly relieved with a burst of hardy laughter from the pair. And since that day the duo have become the best of friends, teachers, and family to one another. They are an example of what a relationship between a zanpakuto spirit and a shinigami can be. She is often pushing Gendai and to excel in all aspects of life but most importantly his morality. She is more than often perched on his shoulder just sitting there, chirping into his ear and poking fun at his baldness, all while her presence remained hidden to any surrounding bystanders. The pair would die for each other without a doubt and fight together till the end but over the couple millennia Chōkoku-fū has grown accustomed to their routine in the Twelfth Division. When Gendai was primarily working in a laboratory, not that he doesn't revisit his own personal lab from time to time, it still required less attention from Chōkoku-fū

Inner World:
The Oashisu (オアシス, Oasis) as Gendai refers to his inner world, is an expansive sparkling crystal clear ocean that appears to stretch for eternity across the horizon. These magical waters are accompanied only by its sandy seabed, the fluffiest of clouds and Gendai's zanpakuto spirit, Chōkoku-fū. There are many properties of this inner world that are well...out of this world and with Gendai's first visit he learned the hard way what some of these weird features are. After sharing a moment of laughter and introductions between Chōkoku-fū and Gendai, the soul reaper quickly comprehended he was seated upon a cloud. And within a split second of realization the circumstances suddenly grew more dramatic as the cloud Gendai was seat upon whisked away in stream like trails. The soul reaper began his inevitable cascade downwards destined to crash into the liquid below. His vision initially filled with a waving Chōkoku-fū grew smaller as he grew closer to the water he wondered if she had anything to do with his decent. Surely full filling his destiny his body crashed into the water, his eyes clenched preventing any foreign liquid to enter, water rushed over his body and soon he thought he would be swimming back to the surface. Learning how wrong he was the buoyancy of his own body was somehow irrelevant and he continued to sink until he connected with the seabed. Over the years Gendai learned when submerged in this mystical water time and space seem to fluctuate. On differing occasions, the time and distance in which it took Gendai to reach seabed varied, seemingly for the purpose of gathering his thoughts. Once reaching the sandy surface Gendai finds himself at the vertical peak of this dimension, beginning a new decent from the heavens. While falling toward the shimmering ocean once again blurs of white cloud flashed by through his vision till he crashed into the massive pool. This process repeats nearly a dozen time over as Chōkoku-fū chuckled at Gendai. When finally giving a helping note she aided with the learning on how to solidify the cloud to the point of being able to use it as a pedestal. And since that day the partners have trained here, learning new techniques and teaching each other.

Release Phrase:Chōkoku-fū release phrase is Owaranai (終わらない, Never End), Gendai prides himself on the positive relationship he shares with Chōkoku-fū. Displaying this connection Gendai can release Chōkoku-fū absent of any audio command.

Shikai:

Shikai Special Ability: Chōkoku-fū's special ability while in shikai form is essentially wind creation and manipulation. While in this state this power takes two forms. Gendai has dubbed these techniques Āsuburesu (アースブレス, Earth's Breath) and Jigoku no kaze (地獄の風, Hell’s Wind). Each of these techniques’ releases from the opposite end of the war hammer’s head. One of this technique generates violent winds and the other releasing a dominating concussive gale. Along with these wind-based maneuvers Chōkoku-fū has and odd ability of extending and retracting the bandages wrapped around its handle. This allows Gendai to have the bandages spiraled around his forearm and preform aerial assaults with Chōkoku-fū without fear of retrieval. Along with this Gendai has been seen spinning the axe wildly to presumably charging one the before mentioned techniques.

Āsuburesuis a technique released from the blunt end of the war-hammer that generates a wind cannon that barrages the target with blunt force. Dawning the appearance of a wind tunnel this force can puncture holes through a full-grown tree with little effort. This onslaught can be disposed from Chōkoku-fū in an acute quicker version; however, the attack loses some potency but is still frightening none the less. And at the opposite end of the spectrum, Gendai can increase the destructive power of the wind cannon by charging it with spiritual energy and natural wind. He does this by swing the hammer furiously through the air. The power-level of the attack is determining on the amount of energy put into and times spun of the war-hammer. When reaching its maximum potential, the wind onslaught can be released with a destructive force reaching an EF-5 on the EF-Scale.

Jigoku no kaze is a technique that with each swing of the bladed edge discharges a fury of vorpal winds. These wind slash out like violent blades with malicious intent. At base level, the victims receive merely flesh wounds, however when fluctuating to full potential can go from cleaving limbs of hollows to slicing through thick steel with ease. But the attack does not end there. Reaching the desired destination these murderous waves begin snaring and winding around the attended target like a pack of wolves around their prey. Increasing with intensity and velocity as they begin to spiral these winds can erupt into dragon-like tornadoes. If successfully ensnared the victims are trapped in a cyclone like blender of razor-edged winds.

Bankai: Arashigakuru Chōkoku-fū(嵐が来る彫刻風,Coming Storm of Carving Wind)
Regardless of Chōkoku-fū’s distance from Gendai, he can call forth the finale of his zanpakuto’s evolution without contact from about twenty feet away. And when doing so a malicious bolster of spiritual energy is dispersed from the war-hammer framed shikai and its partner. This energy is sure to alarm and maybe even damage a captain leveled opponent. Along with damaging physical effects, the environment is also affected leading to a thunderstorm engulfing the immediate arena. From here Chōkoku-fū ascends with an eruption into the depths of the storm clouds, hidden away from sight. Just as quickly as the zanpakuto graced the heavens, it was soon rejected of its glorious ascension. Descending like a meteor, a golden weight plummeted through the clouds towards the battlefield. A beauty and a monstrosity of an anvil collides with the earth, burying and cementing its final resting place. A quad assembly of chains bound to the anvil slap the ground with terrifying force, assuring even further the heavy-duty mass was not moving. Chōkoku-fū spiraled wildly ass over tea kettle along the same trail of the anvil with an untamable force, only to be halted by the anvil with a perfect sword in stone display. Well, perfect except for the fact upon collision another disperses of spiritual power radiated from Chōkoku-fū. This spiritual energy manifest into molten streams that spew from the weapon and began infecting the surrounding earth.

Bankai Special Ability: When Chōkoku-fū is in Bankai state the zanpakuto gains exquisite abilities to aid Gendai. Besides named abilities Chōkoku-fū possess passive abilities as well, such as magma generation. When Chōkoku-fū is stationed on the anvil a natural form of defense is activated, spewing the molten liquid in attempt to protect the anvil from being tampered with. Along with this Gendai can call forth of Chōkoku-fū when not perched on the anvil. Using the wind spiritual nature of Chōkoku-fū can release a stream of wind launching herself back to Gendai.

Kaze no Tsumi( 風の罪, Sins of the Wind)- Is a technique which bolsters Gendai’s tornado style offense. But can only begin once Gendai retrieves Chōkoku-fū and fulfills the hammers destiny to clash with the anvil. However, once this task is accomplished a deafening bang of metals colliding fills the ears of all around. Indicating the first strike of many had been struck to the anvil. If one were not fortunate enough to know what this meant their curiosity soon would be settled. The instant the connection between hammer and anvil occurred a cyclone began manifesting from the stormy atmosphere above. Spiraling trails of winds flourished into a daunting tornado that towered the now seeming puny tornados created when in shikai. When in shikai the tornados produced are limited to the heights of the EF-Scale. And with each strike to the anvil a new tornado is birthed that eclipses and breaks the potential of the Ef-Scale. These tornados created from Chōkoku-fū in Bankai state have power that is said to be limitless. This statement is none to true but does not make the destructive power any less credible. Cars are hurled several miles if they escape the clutches of the cyclone before being shredded to metal bits. Buildings that are normally torn away piece by piece and left with large foundation complications, are minced by the vorpal winds leaving no identifiable pieces. Even more impressive than the tornados power is the immaculate control Gendai has over every wisp of wind that creates the monstrosity. Able to cut a single blade of grass without inflicting damage to any other is the precision which he wields these tornados. The wind composed of his spiritual energy is incapable harming him, allowing him to increase the density of the spiritual energy in certain wind streams. This makes it possible for Gendai to literally leap and catch himself through the air and within the tornado. However, when Gendai begins summoning more tornados and eventually reaching his limit of seven, his focus grows more and more displaced. Splitting his attention between a larger number of tornados reduces his control but this is a skill set Gendai has devoted time to better improve.

Tatsumaki shuraudo(竜巻シュラウド, Tornado Shroud)- is the defensive and mobility technique of Chōkoku-fū’s finale evolution. From the moment Bankai is activated and the surge of energy erupts through Gendai, the air around his body is imbued with reiatsu. The wind grows denser and takes form of an exoskeleton completely engulfing his frame. This spiritual based armor can repel a couple kido based attacks depending on the amount of energy prioritized into this cloak of energy. Nearly all physical attacks besides those augmented by some source of energy or those with extreme strength are also easily repelled. This exoskeleton can also take form as a mini tornado when commanded by Gendai. When this mini wind beast is created it completely shrouds the Shinigami’s lower half while the exoskeleton still encases his upper half. From here the tornado can increase in height, propelling Gendai’s range of motion to several stories high. And in cases when Gendai is away parted from his zanpakuto in this state can release a Jigoku no kaze level of attacks from the tornado beneath him with a simple wave of his arms.

Arashi wa owaru( 嵐は終わる, Storms End)- is the finale and last resort of Gendai’s Bankai abilities. Like previously stated Gendai’s max number of tornados is seven. However, that is not the max amount of time the anvil can be struck. When the anvil receives the eighth and final blow a cataclysmic event ensues. The golden anvil begins to sweat as it glowed a vibrant fire red. When it seemed like the anvil could not possibly glow any brighter a tremendously deafening pop occurred. Similarly, to the way the anvil exploded into pieces, the seven tornados imploded in on themselves with enormous power. After the tornadoes shattered in a sense, the fury of winds did not settle. But instead spewed into a field of deadly winds that stretches the area of two football fields side by side. Able to barley to control these winds they seem untamable with energy and can produce harmful effects to Gendai. Not as bad as the wounds inflicted to an opponent but still damaging none the less, especially over time. Barley able to control of this technique Gendai has learned the frenzy of winds wield the power of all seven tornados combined.

Personal Relationships:

Kyuban
As a mod soul Kyuban is essentially a tool to Gendai but Gendai treats Kyuban like a real partner/companion. The two have grown close, one could even say the best of friends. The two are inseparable and would put their own life on the line for each other.
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Likes: Beautiful Woman & Social Gathering
Dislikes: Cocky Assholes
Hobbies: Smoking, Drinking, Cooking, and listening to music
Favorite Food(s): Tacos

Ages before Gendai was a member of existence his grandfather changed the Soul Society at its core when he crafted the weapon used by all shinigami, the zanpakuto. As history notes this divine invention caught the eye of the Soul King and revealed Oetsu Nimaiya's true value as he was drafted into the classified Division Zero. With this great honor bestowed to the craftsman he was overwhelmed with joy; however, these tingling feelings were matched with tremendous apprehension……. the man had a wife with a child on the way. And at the behest of the unrivaled blacksmith the woman and the unborn child would be escalated to the level of a lower noble family, under the sir name of Nimaiya. His own child would never know him, but he would have a better life and perhaps the zanpakuto was not Oetsu's greatest creation. Only time could finish this tale.

Time reveled the mother of the child suffered from anxiety. The thought of losing her child to the Gotei 13 the same way she had lost his father tormented the woman. This delicate mind set lead to a sheltered life and a delicate boy. The offspring of Oetsu did not turn out to be the warrior as predicted, rather an artist, valuing the finer qualities of life. Receiving the benefits of his father abandoning him and joining Division Zero, the boy received tutors for nearly every category in life, crafting him into a model noble citizen. The child proved his brilliance and class excelling in the aspects of a noblemen. One day these qualities rewarded him with a companion and a child of his own. Naming the child Gendai, the Nimaiya lineage lived on.

From the very moment Gendai’s father learned of the pregnancy preparations for his upbringing began. Tutors were hired years in advance to prepare and guide the child through life. Just like Gendai’s grandmother, his father held no interest in allowing an affiliation with Gotei 13. There was significant emphasis in honoring the Nimaiya name and bringing the name respect of the highest quality. This stemmed from Gendai’s father becoming a very stern and uptight individual. This strict curriculum and overbearing father lead to a rebellious thought pattern in Gendai. Gendai began wondering things like, how are they honoring the family by having nothing to do with what his grandfather created, why honor someone who abandoned them with no explanation, what happened to his grandfathered? All good questions that would not be answered for some time.

Cycling through phases of mischief and bad decisions Gendai grew away from his family. Feeling smothered and unable to think for himself he decided it was time to be on his own. What would be the first act of the rebel? The thing he knew would irritate his father the most, join the Shin’o Academy. Even though it was an act of spite it was the action that changed his life for the best. Easily advancing beyond the entrance exam, he soon learned the meaning of hard work.

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[Shinigami]

“Only the strong survive.”

“I don’t take sides, I just do what my senses tell me too.”

Character Name: Rin Hayashi

Name translation: Rin (Lit. Cold) Hayashi (Forest)

Actual Age: 142

Physical Age: 20

Race: Soul Born

Birthday: November 11th

Gender: Male

Height: 5’8

Weight: 130 lb

Affiliation: Gotei 13, Sereitei, Soul Society

Profession: Shinigami

Title: Seated Member

Position: 6th seat

Division: Jūichibantai “11th Division”

Base of Operations: Seretei, Soul Society

Notable Features: Rin possesses blood red hair which makes him stand out from most shinigami in the Gotei 13. He also has Vertical scar amongst his left eye. Another thing to note is that when he is training or is just shirtless, the scars on his body are revealed as he has many from the several battles, he has partaken in. His teeth are also a big jagged seeming like fangs, last but not least his eyes are a blood thirsty red which is enough to strike fear into those weaker than him.

Personality:

Rin is known to be hot headed when people get on his nerves. He is usually the type to curse someone out for being an idiot. Though he does play devil's advocate as he hates taking sides. Personally, in his mind, not taking a side means an easier lifestyle, not to mention he might see chaos that may ensue. Once Rin is going, it's hard to stop him as he fights till, he physically cannot anymore. He has no remorse for those who get in his way and will fight for what he solely believes in. In general, Rin is a force that people do not want to cross.

Reiryoku Level:

High Spiritual Power-

Rin possesses a large amount of Spiritual power as he could be recognized usually for the fact, he can’t control it fully, this is mostly due to him not being skilled enough. Ever since he was younger this has been an issue for the boy, which is the reason, he joined the Gotei 13. He personally was interested in manifesting the hidden power inside of him and improvising a way to control it to its fullest potential one day. Rin’s spiritual pressure is surely one of the reasons people even glance at him. Since Rin usually struggled with keeping his Spiritual power hidden, he usually attracted threats towards his locations, specifically those of hollows. This fear of being hunted down and taking on such enemies only made him paranoid over time as he never knew if one day, he would cross something much more powerful.

Sensing Reiryoku:



Expert-

One of Rin’s Greatest attributes is his ability to sense Reiryoku and the level someone possesses of it. Once he joined the Gotei 13 and the Shin’o academy. Rin began to focus on his ability to sense peoples Reiryoku, with time and effort he was able to increase his abilities to easily sense someone who is stronger than him or weaker. This giving him the ability to choose his battles wisely, if not being able to attempt and call for reinforcements. Overall, this was a skill he found extremely valuable and strives to eventually master it one day.



Reiryoku Control:



Great Reiryoku Control-

Rin has learned to control his reiryoku over time, though it isn’t perfect. He can control it much more freely than how he used to be. Now Rin can manipulate his reiryoku to enhance his abilities and utilize Kido much more efficiently. Before he struggled executing his abilities due to needing to concentrate more often during combat. Now he has more experience doing so, making it easy to use his arsenal much more wisely. Though this was recently achieved, Rin vows to become better with his controls as he wishes to still gain a full grasp on this ability.

Reiatsu:

Specialist-

Rin’s Reiatsu is something most people will take note of if they aren’t around his Reiatsu level. Though it is probably a far cry from a Lieutenant or a Captains Reiatsu, it is still something to glance at. Rin’s Reiatsu hasn’t increase much since he joined the Gotei 13 and graduated the Academy. This being mostly because he focused on other rudimentary skills that weighed more significance to him currently. But even so, his Reiatsu is still one that gives an eerie sensation to most. Most people would even go as far to say that his Reiatsu causes people to shiver from the cold sensation it gives off.

Reiatsu Colors: Teal

Reiatsu Type:

Standard Type-

Zanjutsu Level:

Expert Swordsman-

Rin’s greatest fighting attribute is his swordplay, over the years he learned the art of Kendo and mastered it to the point he felt it was good enough. But eventually he decided to switch it up entirely. He personally felt it became too predictable and decided to add his own flavor into his fighting style. This resulting in his own combat style when it comes to Zanjutsu. Though he didn’t give his new fighting style an actual name, he started to incorporate moves from different fighting styles he watched. This eventually made his own unorthodox and hard to follow. This fighting style involved more momentum and movement to each of his swings, also resulting in using other parts of his body to throw his enemy off. Not to mention, Rin uses his surroundings to his advantage always keeping everything fresh when fighting a foe.

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Known Techniques:

Senmaioroshi

Suikawari

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Hohō Level:

Shunpo Practitioner-

Rin isn’t the greatest when it comes to footwork as it was one of the four primary Shinigami skills, he mostly had trouble with. Though with time he came to the point of being able to move quickly from point A to point B even though the distance would need to be minimal for it to be truly super effective. Regardless, Rin’s ability in this department is about average as there are surely many people faster than him in this department.

Known Techniques:

Shunpo



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Hakuda Level:

Expert Hakuda Combatant-

Rin was naturally gifted in the arts of hand to hand combat. Coming from a rough neighborhood within the Rukongai, Rin was forced from an early age to fend for himself barehanded. He had no daggers, no swords, nothing. Rin fought many people taller even stronger than him during his teen years as he gave them a run for their money even though sometimes, he would lose the battle to sheer luck or a slip up. Once he joined the Gotei 13 however things changed. Once a part of this marvelous society, Rin picked up his weaknesses and made them strengths when it came to close quarters combat. This resulting in his Hakuda benefiting greatly, this eventually was added to his swordsmanship as he created his own unique fighting style. Though he never named the fighting style itself, it was a combination of utilizing one's body and sword in conjunction to throw the enemy off consistently. Overall, Rin became a force to be reckoned with once he practiced his Hakuda.

Known Techniques:

Sandbang Beat

Oni Dekopin

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Kido Skill Level:

Kidō Practitioner-

Rin is mediocre in kido, the only reason he attempted to learn it was because it was required for him to graduate from the Shin’o academy. Though he did learn a few kido spells, he rarely uses them, and if he ever does, they usually aren't as effective as someone who has mastered them would use it. All in all, Rin has very minimal knowledge when it comes to kido.



Known Spells:

Bakudo:

4. Hainawa

Hado:

1. Shō



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Zanpakuto Name: Gin-fū (銀風 Silver Wind)

Zanpakuto Appearance:

Zanpakuto Spirit:

Appearance:

Personality:

Gin-fū is not very talkative, though when he does speak, he only speaks words of wisdom. He is very encouraging in that regard as he only makes himself apparent when Rin is at his lowest point or is very doubtful in his own abilities. Gin-fū makes it very known that if Rin is sad, he is sad, if he is doubtful, he will also be doubtful in their ability to cooperate. In general, Gin-fū reflects off Rin’s confidence. If they are confident together, Gin-fū believes they can overcome any adversity.

Inner World:

Description:

Gin-fū’s realm is a forest full of nothing, but trees. The trees symbolize growth as the branches are long and extend over one another. This giving off the fact that everything in this inner world is connected for a reason. In the center of the forest is a singular being which dances consistently and never stops, it being Gin-fū himself. The reason for him dancing is because it brings life to everything around him, causing the trees to continue growing and spurting more branches to extend. But once the emotion is the opposite which is reflected on Rin’s mood, the trees begin to wilt, as the branches begin to snap off and fall to the ground. All in all, it is a forest which is dimly lit by the nature it produces.



Release Phrase: “Grow Gin-fū”

Shikai:

Description: The shikai takes the shape of a branch but is completely made of Zanpakuto metal. This blade is extremely sharp and keeps all the attributes of a regular Zanpakuto even though some of the edges are curved. The blade itself is about 22” in length.

Shikai Special Ability:

Kakuchō (拡張 ‘Extension’): Gin-fū can literally extend itself infinitely. The split apart sections of the blade can branch out to create longer blades that extend further with the same razor-sharpness it already possesses. It resembles that of a tree, like how branches extend from branches, in shikai the zanpakuto does the same just with blades instead. All of which are manipulated by Rin himself. The Blades can also curve in different directions to add a flavor of surprise to those who aren’t quick on their feet. Though this is the only ability the Zanpakuto has, it is quite fearsome.

Bankai:

Bankai Special Ability:

Personal Relationships: Non Currently

Likes: Food, Sake, Women, and getting stronger.

Dislikes: Weak minded people, No food or drinks, and being interrupted when training.

Hobbies: Training and drinking sake through the day.

Favorite Food(s): Like all types of food, no select favorites.

Biography:

From the moment Rin was brought into the Soul Society, his life was destined for greatness. Though it all started on a very rough note. Rin was born in the 80th district of the Rukongai, usually known to be the district with the most criminals and deaths amongst the rest of them. Though he was born in such a forsaken land he would grow to make the best of this unfortunate beginning. Being born, his mother died on his birthday and left him to live with his father. His father being someone Rin didn’t really know too well as he was a gambler and a heavy drinker. This starting young Rin’s life on a handicap off the get, his father was extremely abusive and usually forced Rin to rob people for needs in the house. If he was caught Rin would receive severe beatings for causing trouble and not staying subtle. Rin’s life entirely sucked as this started at the age of 5 and continued until he was about 9 years old. Once Rin was 9 years old, he had a better grasp on burglary and getting away without being traced. Though the times he would get caught those who he stole from would end up beating the living crap out of him. His father who was merely called ‘Gin.’ Everyone recognized him as he was eventually known for being someone in debt to a lot of gambling dens. This resulting in him getting beaten as well and being banned from such places. Hence why Gin would usually target Rin for his anger and forced him to rob to support his habit.

One day, Gin had the perfect idea, he had decided to attempt and sell Rin for his own purpose. He wanted to sell Rin to some random Gambling den as a slave who would work and would do anything that owner would say. Rin was merely listening into the conversation from the other room as this cause something inside of Rin to snap. The deal was set for the next day, but before that day could come, Rin waited until midnight. Once his father was gone off the booze and completely asleep, Rin walked into the kitchen grabbed a knife and walked over to Gin’s room. Since Gin was so drunk due to feeling proud that he would be getting a constant income, he was out cold as even dropping a vase wouldn’t wake him up at this point. Rin walked up slowly and held the kitchen knife in hand and proceeded to stab his father repeatedly on the chest. The first stab was enough to wake his father up, but it was only for a mere second as by the time his father tried to react to the second stab, it was too late. A cold look in Rin’s eyes was all that was left as he proceeded to leave the bloody knife in place. The feeling caused him to feel sick, nauseous to be exact as he puked his own guts out shortly after.

After the ordeal was done, Rin cleaned himself up and left the 80th Rukongai district entirely. He migrated into another district to start a new life on his own, probably a better one with better potential hopefully. This resulted in him reaching the 79th Rukongai district, it wasn’t as rough as the 80th, but it still was bad here as well. Here Rin continued his works of stealing food, this time it was for him to survive as he didn’t work or make money to buy his own produce. Though people would try to catch him it would be impossible at times as he was too crafty, and most people didn’t even know who he was since he was new. Eventually, Rin crossed paths with a group of bandits who knew exactly who he was. The group was hired to find Rin and teach him a lesson for stealing so much food over the time he was in the 79th district. The moment the beating began, something inside of Rin snapped again, his eyes turned cold as a pressure emitted from his body that truly was spin shivering. What unlocked this was a feeling of PTSD as he felt he was undergoing exactly what his father Gin was doing to him. Without hesitation, Rin grabbed the nearest rock and smashed it into one of the 4 bandits head and completely crushed his skull killing him instantly. The furious red eyes he possessed was the only thing visible during the night this occurred as the rest of the bandits decided to take him on. Rin was able to kill one more bandit, once he did the other 2 became intimidated and ran away. Though Rin was very injured from this as the beating they dished out on him was severe. Though this only served as motivation to become stronger as he liked the feeling of beating those who wanted to beat on him.



With time, Rin recovered and once he did, he started to focus a lot of his time into becoming physically stronger. His stay within the 79th district would be about 2 years long before he decided to move on and find a new home. At this point, Rin was about 11 almost 12 years old as he reached the 64th Rukongai district. Here he settled down and finally found a way to make a life for himself. In fact, he even made friends which was a surprise to him. Life was finally becoming better on Rin’s end, even though the deaths on his hands would haunt him at night while he slept. He had made a shed outside of the district his home as he would come into the district to pick up food. This time around, he decided to work and make funds to buy his own food as he wished to stay out of trouble for once. He started as a server, but one day a group of rude individuals tested Rin, which resulted in Rin beating them down and getting fired for the damage caused. His friends however would bring him food to make sure he was well fed. That is until one day, Rin went out for a walk as he came to notice a monster with a white mask devouring his friends. This traumatized Rin as he decided to take on the beast with his barehand, but none of it was useful as he was defeated easily. These were known as Hollows and Rin had no idea what these beings were nor how strong they were.

Rin would watch as the last of his friends were eaten alive in front of him. This caused a massive spike of Reiatsu to push from him as this would alert a nearby shinigami that danger was close. This unknown being in a black robe would appear and take on the hollow with relative ease. This being the reason Rin even survived this day. Though the individual arrived late he looked at young Rin and mentioned that the only reason he was able to find him was because of his Reiatsu. Rin’s eyes were filled with tears from anger and fear as he couldn’t help his friends let alone protect them. It was honestly the worst feeling he had ever experienced as he left a giant hole in his heart. But the shinigami did mention that someone with his power should become a Shinigami and fight against such beings. This inspired Rin to get stronger once more and follow this exact path to prevent this from happening to anyone. Hell, to become the beacon of light those in need would want to see. Rin would then spend the next 2-3 years of his life physically training his body to make the journey to the place known as the Gotei 13. He wanted to become a part of this society and become as strong as he could ever be.

Rin then eventually found a way to join the Gotei 13 at the age of 15 and continued to prosper shortly after. Eventually, he gained the power of a Zanpakuto along with Shikai with years and years of training. Not to mention, he eventually created his own fighting style which involves unorthodox movements to throw his enemies off. Rin became a very interesting addition to the 11th division as this became his home due to his nature of wanting to become stronger. Rin is now a proud member of the 11th division.

Character Appearance:

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[Shinigami]

"I could not see beauty until I held hands with chaos in silence."

"A true master swordsman can perfectly wield their sword as extensions of their will, able to have enough force to cut through steel if they wished while retaining delicate precision and control enough to refrain from cutting even a piece of paper"

"Bring on the hardship. It’s preferred in a path of carnage."

"There are some things even I don't want to cut, but, I'll just ask you this, have you ever encountered a vicious animal that you can guarantee will never bite a person? I haven't."

“Fate is but a dying wish... Of a world that is beyond control. Like a single lotus flower, the future blossoms; upon its petals, two people shall be free.”

"Sometimes the world doesn't need another hero...sometimes what it needs is a monster."

"What is there to say about a primitive battle such as this? The weak will lose, and that's all there is to it."

Character Name: Shoumetsu (Carnage) Takahiro (of great value)
Actual Age: 249
Physical Age: Adult in early 40's
Race: Soul Born
Birthday: March 29
Gender: Male
Height: 5'10
Weight: 190 lbs
Blood Type: O+

Affiliation: Gotei 13/ Seretei/ Soul Society/Rukongai 80 - South
Profession: Shinigami
Title: Seated Member
Position: Seated Member; 3rd Seat
Division: 11th
Previous Division: N/A
Partner(s): N/A
Previous Partner(s): N/A
Base of Operations: Seretei/Soul Society

Notable Features: Shoumetsu body is covered with scars from his many battles, most notably the massive scar stretching from his left shoulder to his right hip, and another scar over his left eye. Besides that, he is quite often seen with a metal Dango skewer in his mouth, and those who stare into his eyes get more of the sense they are staring into the eyes of a beast than a man.

Personality: Shoumetsu usually maintains a laid-back and observant personality although he is a battle-loving individual. He doesn't care if people like him or hate him for what he does and he has a high level of confidence in himself, despite being flawed in various ways. It has been stated that he has a monstrous killing intent and that Shoumetsu is a born killer capable of showing no mercy during combat by his peers within Soul Society. Experiencing violence and deaths all around him almost on daily basis, Shoumetsu didn't want to become a mindless killer like them and since then vowed to become Shinigami who only killed those who caused pain and suffering to those who didn't wish to fight. As a result of his upbringing, he grows excited in many ways to meet any new people he deems worthy of fighting or anyone with the potential to be a good fighter and entertain him in the future and will avoid killing them for them to grow to their full potential (to improve the pleasure of killing or fighting them later). He also has a habit of smiling during a fight, as this is his way of showing his respect to, particularly strong opponents. He is the type of person that tries to turn any activity he does into some method of learning or training exercise even if it’s something as simply delivering a message from one place to another, but he wholeheartedly believes that the best learning experience happens when your life is on the line. At certain times Shoumetsu can tend to display a high level of arrogance and twisted mindset but foremost he always has some control over his feelings never acting out in pure rashness. His former sensei speculate his madness roots from his secret obsession of trying to find a way to give Enshōjo real life outside the zanpakuto inner world after the tragic loss of his sister.

Relatives: Younger sister (deceased)

Reiryoku Level: Great Spiritual Power
Shoumetsu is the literal definition of somebody raised by his environment and condition growing up that helped define a lot of key characteristics about who he is. He is somebody who got to where he is from his power alone because he was not born gifted besides his instincts of survival. He is a soul born who had nothing special that made him stand out like the other souls that lived within the rukongai district he grew up in. Born with average level reiryoku but instead of cursing his own weakness he always strives to overcome it. When Shoumetsu got taken in by his sensei who saw a boy with a chaotic storm growing inside him, helped him learn how to tame that darkness that existed inside of him. From meditation learning how to calm his mind he not only learned to tame his inner darkness but through the years of spiritual training that went aside with it; he learned how to unlock his dormant power within. Not stopping there he continued to train nonstop to become stronger physically and spiritually. He holds himself with the teachings of a true swordsman believing that one should never lose control over their emotions.
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Sensing Reiryoku: Master
The one thing Shoumetsu prized higher than his zanjutsu training was his ability to track and hunt. Whether it was something he had an affinity to learning or a result of his broken psyche closely related to a beast to cope and survive; hunting his prey is something he prioritized. Whatever the reason may be Shoumetsu trained and honed it harder than he did with his zanjutsu training finding this more important than mastering his zanjutsu with both fighting styles he uses doing a lot about responding and reading his opponents move. His kendo instructor helping him realize what good is all his power and reflexes if he couldn't properly keep track of his adversary's movement, and defeated him in combat by masking his reiatsu. Even before Shoumetsu began his training within the academy to learn how to sense reiryoku he was skilled at tracking down people through normal means and even made a living out of it working for gangs in the rukongai to track down people of interest for them with many giving him nicknames like "hound of war". At least this is what he will tell those who ask why he prioritized his training in this over zanjutsu but the real reason was much simpler.

Shoumetsu is always on the for stronger opponents and enemies to fight to test his current power level against theirs either for his personal growth or to help them realize theirs for his amusement. A large majority of the time when people see him just meditating peacefully they are quite often mistaking wrong on what is going on in his head. During Shoumetsu time spent training he is constantly trying to feed his borderline addiction of seeking out strong people each time trying to expand it out further than last time. The moment he finds somebody of interest he tends to track them down for a while closely analyze his newfound prey to engage them soon even if it leads to him being defeated, he takes all he learned from that encounter then find a new target until he believes grew strong enough to defeat them. In some instances, this leads to Shoumetsu staying up countless nights without sleep doing nothing but trying to seek out prey for him to play with, and when he gets the chance to go to the world of the living he will find the highest building within the vicinity than try to detect as many spiritual presences he can in the hopes one of strong magnitude would appear. This relates to the same reason why the only high-level bakudo he bothered to learn was Bakudo #58 Kakushitsuijaku; a kido purpose for locating people. Outside of him trying to seek strong opponents a part of his dark nature he tries to keep hidden is how much he enjoys causing his opponents to despair, and tends to quench this hunger by allowing hollow to flee for their lives just so he can relish in hunting them down. Reflective of his zanpakuto nature once he gets somebody within his sights he will eventually he will be drawn to them. Over the 100 years, Shoumetsu pushed the range of his spiritual sensing further able to detect people reiraku over a much vast area. This is mainly attributed to him in between his other training sessions heading to 2nd division barracks to practice trying to detect the reiatsu presence of shinigami going and leaving through the area.
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Reiryoku Control: Mastered Control

Through intense training in the Kung Fu principles of "inner strength" Shoumetsu learned to calm his mind and gain a skilled amount to be able to control his reiryoku. Though he still has a lot to learn he knows how to properly harness and redirect his spiritual energy within himself, but when it comes to the act of releasing it as reiatsu it is a different story; he is still doing vigorous training with a lot of room for growth. As a result through his spiritual training Shoumetsu can easily redirect his spiritual energy through his body to enhance certain physical attributes though he mainly uses it burst during his Zanjutsu attacks to create an enhanced variation of Hakkei that increases the destructive power behind his attacks. His skill with manipulating his reiryoku is greatly shown by being able to concentrate his spiritual energy through his blade, and refining it. After spending the time to study previous Captains and Kenpachi of the 11th division records he learned other ways on how to apply his reiryoku. His main use of reiryoku is using it to focus through his body to allow for him to catch blades without taking any damage and channeling his spiritual energy into the blade of his zanpakuto to make powerful energy waves. Dodging attacks from Shoumetsu is dangerous because he can send out a wave of his spiritual energy follow up after it, which can open them up to other strikes. Since developing his special fighting style "Dance of the Drunken Immortals" he has learned a great deal about harnessing his inner spiritual energy and reiatsu that it has now become a core part of his fighting style allowing him to demonstrate an explosive amount of force within seconds going from relaxed to full-powered blows by performing a certain practice of breathing while constantly pushing how long he could fully exert his spiritual energy at maximum before falling victim to exhaustion.
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Reiatsu: Master

Shoumetsu continuously undergoes what some may consider ancient or forgotten by conducting his physical conditioning under waterfalls when he gets the chance to get used to the feel of pressure asserted on him while trying to fight. Understanding fully that one's blade is as sharp as his mind, he spends countless hours meditating and practicing control over his mind to always keep a calm mind in battle. While within the walls of the Seireitei he picked up a particular habit of trying to learn the locations of where people are training but chooses those with high reiatsu for best outcome just sitting in their reiatsu trying to see how long he can endure it or manage to resist it using his own. When neither is possible he is known to harass the unseated members in his squad to release their reiatsu around him while he conducts his training. By releasing his reiatsu outward then condensing it around his body he uses it as a way to slow his opponent’s movements down that is within the close quarters of him. Not only able to send it out as an energy wave but how to use his reiatsu to amplify the destructive power of his attacks similar to Kenpachi Zaraki by generating powerful shockwaves using his reiatsu focused on his blade combined with his sheer strength. After his training with his squadmates, Shoumetsu has learned to use his reiatsu to create compressed pulsating bubbles of pressure in locations within his vicinity produce vacuum pockets and miniature strong bursts of air to aid in certain techniques he calls the heartbeat of the universe. He can also project his reiatsu and killer intent out at his opponent to confuse them giving them a very vivid sensation that they just killed or severely wounded while he moves in for the real attack. Because Shoumetsu reiatsu can inflict physical damage and phantom pain onto his victim being hit with a strong projection by this still physically hurt them which can give the effect they were attacked from a different angle.

Reiatsu Colors: Shoumetsu’s spiritual energy is golden with orange outline color that takes the shape of a woman with antlers silhouette, and lightning crackling around his body.

Reiatsu Effect(s): Phantom Pain/ Physical Damage
Despite Shoumetsu violent nature and sometimes unorthodox way of thinking, his reiatsu gives off and reflects how he is internally most of the time, which is a wave of calmness often what he refers to as the calm before the storm. Even when he is exerting his spiritual pressure that calmness remains eventually making them self-destructive by removing their fears from prolonged exposure. Killing Intent is simply the user exuding pure killing intention, and having it affect their opponent, themselves, and others around them, up to the point of paralyzing them with fear. When the killing intent is particularly strong, it can even give the victim visions of their own gruesome death. Through mental training Shoumetsu, learned how to use his monstrous killing intent sending it outwards at will make it feel like they are drowning in quicksand accompanied by experiencing phantom pain. In the same sense, he can control his killing intent by completely suppressing it, to prevent his opponent from discovering it, thus hiding one's motives and preventing one from being tracked by such emotions.

Reiatsu Type: Elemental-Electric
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Master Swordsman-

Shoumetsu has become very adept at the use of his dual kodachi fighting with the gracefulness of Chinese Kenpo that once he manages to get close within his opponents' space he moves around the battlefield in a deadly dance. When on the offensive his fluid motions are much more fierce dance employing flurry of rapid strikes with feints that can come off unorthodox to the untrained eye, but at the much closer examination with his training of inner strength every slash he makes is precise and controlled power in it with very little of his movements wasted. On the other hand when he is fighting more defensively and balanced with the fighting style revolving around using his own opponents' strength against them, redirection, and counterattacks while keeping the flowing graceful movement of Chinese Kenpo. He can perform a powerful flying slash that cuts down a person along with the building despite the short range of the blade, a further testament to his improved skills in swordsmanship. Over his 100 years of training with Hiroka, Jin, and Izanagi he made it a personal goal of his to master the art of the sword and that's exactly what he did. He has taken his zanjutstu to an entire new extent practicing with multiple types of weapons but namely holds his swords peculiarly and uniquely. More often than employing his hands, Shoumetsu would wield his blades in and between various parts of his body. As strange as it seems, he is extremely skilled with these blades and this fighting style which he adopted. The most dangerous aspect of this style is the unpredictability of his movements, easily catching his opponents by surprise. He can spin like a buzz-saw, or else employing a series of unrelenting attacks switching the locations as well as the blades with which he attacks, leaving no openings. This on top of his proficiency with his artificial limbs grant Shoumetsu dangerous swordsmanship like no other, and able to easily weave or combine hakuda and zanjutsu effortlessly into the mix. Shoumetsu wishes for nothing more than to become the fastest blade in all of Soul Society so tirelessly hone his mastery over battoujustsu and Iaidojustu until this dream is achieved and isn't afraid to cut anybody down in the process who tries to ruin his dreams.

Shoumetsu is a master of Iai (居合 meaning "Mental Presence and Immediate Reaction"), a style of swordsmanship that emphasizes drawing, striking the enemy, and re-sheathing the sword as a single coherent motion. Everything is to be performed extremely swiftly. Rooted in the concept of ichi no tachi, or to strike in a single blow, practitioners of this style use a combination of immense speed and agility, battōjutsu, and acquired, observation-based pseudo-clairvoyance that permits a practitioner to anticipate an opponent's movements. Both offensive and defensive maneuvers are executed with minimal movement to increase a practitioner's ability to counter-attack and conserve energy. As such, made with efficiency and spareness of exertion in the face of warfare scale battles yet with powerful and coordinated movements to easily fell threats in long and undetermined periods of time. The style commonly has the user keep one hand on the sheath at all times and stresses two-step attacks to ensure that the practitioner is never off guard while executing said attacks and allows the user to use the sheath as a shield to block attacks. Practitioners are also trained in honing their senses and to recognize movement, as well as to react in kind with their opponent's emotional disposition to efficiently fend them off accurately, a process in short that utilizes a person's perimeter or"Maai" (the space between oneself and the opponent). If a person enters this field, the samurai will know when that person entered and where that person is even while sleep It can be said that it's like the samurai is standing in a pond of water or on a spider's web. The moment a person steps into that pond or on that web, the samurai is alerted due to the ripples (pool) or vibrations (web) created. During his rigorous training, Shoumetsu learned to control his body at will, letting him perform various feats such as his sense, turning off his color acuity to augment his motion perception.

Deerhorn knives are especially associated with the soft style Chinese martial art Baguazhang, which is known for its diverse weaponry. His fighting style within Shikai remains closely the same when fighting with his kodachi, however, his constant awareness of his environment starts to show. He is extremely perceptive, able to quickly recognize the patterns and mistakes that his opponents make, which gives him an edge. In battle, while his preference is to concoct strategies based on the deduction of his opponents' fighting abilities and style, his natural battle instincts are also highly tuned. He is capable of slashing another person's head off in just an instant, relying only on impulse. He utilizes Hakkei more in his Shikai building up momentum with every attack while using this constant state of movement to magnetize objects quickly with sleight of hand tricks to misdirect his opponent. Shoumetsu does not go out of his way to broadcast his zanpakuto's abilities. Instead, he uses it only to make very subtle changes of movement for his own weapons and his opponent's weapon to affect the course of a battle. This sometimes can give him the psychological edge of appearing to be invincible in the eyes of most people. In his Bankai despite his increased control over magnetism Shoumetsu will try to use it with magnetic style swordsmanship preferring to kill or defeat his opponent with his own hands and not some ability.
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Known Techniques:
Hozuri
Onibi
Senmaioroshi
Agitowari
Ryodan
Hitotsume: Nadegiri

Hohō Level: Shunpo Practitioner

With Chinese Kenpo being the base from where a lot of his fighting styles and techniques are derived, he didn't put much training in Shunpo, but of physical conditioning. Undergoing extreme training with his former Sensei from the Rukongai District who taught him most of what he knew, and only honed in those skills more within Shinō Academy. Shoumetsu talent relies on his reflexes and burst of speed to counter. Though what he lacks in Shunpo he makes up for with his own physical attributes relying on his leg strength and if needed spiritual energy to contend with users of Shunpo. Through sheer strength his natural acceleration more than made up for his lack of Shunpo, allowing him to move fast enough to instantly close a huge gap of space between him and his opponent, and even seemingly disappear. Because Shoumetsu doesn’t rely on Shunpo to achieve high-speed movements his use of Shikuchi provides him a unique unorthodox style of fighting that is not present amongst other shinigami. It doesn’t just allow for him to move at high speeds to avoid attacks but to attack at higher speeds and with greater power. The principle of this move was to kick off the ground at least ten times in the blink of an eye. By kicking the air Shoumetsu can propel himself through the air with tremendous force and easily change his path last minute by creating a reishi platform to kick off. When using both his arms and legs to accelerate himself at greater speeds creating sonic booms behind him, and is capable of keeping pace with skilled Shunpo users. With both, his zanpakuto geared for close combat he learned to utilize his speed in a strategic way that allows for him to perform a burst of high-speed movement in a single moment to slip into his opponents’ space or attacks then take advantage of the moment within seconds. With his natural speed already impressive Shoumetsu still felt there was room for improvement so trained to learn the basics of Shunpo, however, he still relies on shukuchi and only uses Shunpo for sudden bursts of speed or movement.
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Hakuda Level: Expert Hakuda Combatant-

Shoumetsu former Sensei has taught him various types of Chinese Kenpo, although mostly learned the soft forms of Kenpo: Baguazhang and Taichi. Because of this, he has grasped the Kung Fu principles of "Inner Strength", which he uses with Hakkei to cause internal damage to his opponents. Because of the nature of his zanpakuto both in Shikai and its sealed state revolving around being in his opponent’s space in close quarters combat he took honing his ability to handle himself with hakuda and martial arts he already knows equally as important. This allows for him to easily transition zanjutsu and hakuda in a very fluid way though his skill within zanjutsu is more refined than hakuda, he is still able to handle his own when not wielding his zanpakuto. To this extent whenever Shoumetsu does engage in a fight or battle he will try to reframe from drawing his zanpakuto as long as possible to improve within hakuda unless the situation calls for him to go all out from the very start. Although over the hundred years of physical conditioning he did with the new and improved 11th division barracks, Shoumetsu became a stronger unarmed combatant knowing times it is not always optimal to use his zanjutsu, and since the awakening of his Bankai, he had to adapt to changing up how he fought while it's active. Relying heavily on his physical prowess for everything he does he endured through training most wouldn't even dream of putting their bodies through, but doing so helped him achieve an immense degree of strength. With a single strike, he can send his opponents flying through buildings, or attack with such ferocity to perform feats like kicking with such lethal force it can cut his target and punching his fist through the opponent's chest. Still compared to Zanjutsu and Kido, Hakuda is the less trained of the three but never gives up on trying to improve his fighting prowess in it. Because of his tremendous strength and dexterity, his fighting prowess improved to the point where he concentrates spiritual power into his arm to deflect attacks and is capable of catching his opponent's weapon barehanded.
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Known Techniques:
Taketonbo
Raiōken
Kagamibiraki
Tesshō
Ikkotsu

Kido Skill Level: Kidō Expert

Unlike most of those in the 11th squad, Shoumetsu did take interest in kido, although instead of trying to learn multiple he focused all his kido training solely on a few specific ones. At the current moment, he harbors zero interest in learning other types of kido unless it serves as some purpose to help him track down his prey or compliment his zanjutsu skills. Because he put his focus only on a few kido he can use the low hado with the potency of mastery spells. Seeing the benefits that kido can provide firsthand by two Captains in the togabito fight, he returned to the academy to learn a couple more kido to add to his repertoire. The other benefit of learning and focusing his attention only a select few kido is he managed to skillfully perform the three incantation classes with them too as well: Eishōhaki (詠唱破棄, Incantation Abandonment; Viz "Destruction Chant"), Nijū Eishō (二重詠唱, Twofold Incantation; Viz "Double Destruction Chant"), and Kōjutsu Eishō (後述詠唱, Spoken-After Incantation). However, his main interest in kido is channeling the raw destructive power of kido through his zanpakuto to severely enhance the cutting power of his attacks with the goal clear in mind to be able to slice through anything in his way.
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Known Spells:
Sentan Hakuja
Bakudo #37 Tsuriboshi
Bakudo #58 Kakushitsuijaku
Bakudo #63 Sajo Sabaku
Bakudo#72 Tozansho
Hado #4 Byakurai
Hado #7 Tsuruzi Raiden
Hado #12 Fushibi
Hado #32 Okasen
Hado #54 Haen
Hado #63 Raikoho
Hadō #73. Sōren Sōkatsui
Hado #78 Zangerin
Hado Hyoga Seiran
Chocolate Bar Slider

Skills and Abilities:

Culinary Expertise- Self-taught since childhood Shoumetsu is an exceptional culinary artist of great skill, possessing immense knowledge and the capability of preparing almost any kind of delicious food with a strong sense of the aesthetics of cooking. He cooks with amazing speed and dexterity, particularly in his use of knives. His sense of taste is also not lacking. Often, he can deduce the qualities of aspects (i.e. ingredients, and method of cooking and preparations) involved in a prepared dish in a very short period.
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Sleight of Hand Expert- Due to Shoumetsu upbringing on the streets of Rukongai, he learned to do what he needed to survive and care for his sister learning pickpocketing skills, and a little bit of sleight of hand tricks. It is because of this dexterity he wields his weapons with a great amount of skill easily able to juggle blades in different hands and pull feints that can end upshifted into actual powerful attacks. This is done by knowing how to shift his weight into attacks using his hakkei to give them explosive power in his strike. Shoumetsu learned to turn everything he learned in his life into something that can be applied to his fighting style for very unpredictable yet dangerous techniques. He also uses deceptive tactics in his daily life and battles to trick his opponents are pulling fast maneuvers on them.
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Musou (Thoughtless)- Since Shoumetsu was a child it has been survival of strongest mentality for him, and even upon meeting his Sensei Nanashi within the Rukongai who taught him how to survive his training has been abnormal to give him high pain tolerance. One of his daily training regiments was a much harsher version Shaolin monks use of continuously subjecting themselves to pain. where he had his bones constantly cleanly broken to teach how not to allow pain to become a weakness and so each time they healed became stronger. Now whenever somebody is capable of him experience pain, he sees that as a testament of their strength, and enters a nearly frenzied state seeing who can inflict the most pain on the other. In this state his spiritual power gradually keeps increasing the more pain he suffers, or until one of them falls defeated. In battle, Shoumetsu's combat prowess and capabilities are greatly increased as his inhibitions are loosened from his moral considerations, but this in turn also spurs him to access more pragmatic primal instincts, and even vicious tactics, including unrestrained and maiming blows at his greatest might without discrimination. He is capable of getting stronger through his damage intake and anger buildup. This is because of his will to continue to fight regardless of what happens. Instead of succumbing to the damage he receives, Shoumetsu gets an increase in his physical attributes refusing to admit defeat with an indomitable will. By suppressing his emotional reactions and allowing his physical exhaustion (脱力 Datsuryoku) to overcome him temporarily, Match can concentrate to perform a single overwhelmingly fast and powerful sword swing. To reach the most powerful level of exhaustion, Match must stand still and suppress his physical and emotional reactions for a full three minutes. The more powerful a rage he must suppress during this time, the more powerful the resulting slash will be.
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Hakkei (脂肪強, roughly translated as "explosive/raw power"). The purpose of Hakkei is to allow the fighter to use their energy explosively with the least amount of actual physical movement possible. In essence, it is the "strike without striking" causing the muscles within the body to generate the energy and deliver the force of the attack without actually carrying out the attack. That energy then penetrates deep inside the body resulting in damage to the internal organs but leaving the surface untouched. In doing so, the user can attack with immense force even if he is extremely limited in space, allowing him to attack with great strength no matter the situation. This is the fundamental technique Shoumetsu uses a large majority of his hakuda and zanjutsu fighting style. Since childhood, he spent his time doing physical conditioning, and upon the training of his Sensei Nanashi he was ordered to punch stone, and metallic structures inches away from it until either he was able to destroy or leave a deep dent into it. Once, joining the Seireitei gaining greater insight into spiritual power on how it can be used for different uses to weave that knowledge to enhance his use of Hakkei.

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Sword Techniques

Shin Battō Ryu: Kōshi Ken (True Unsheathed Blade Style: Photon Sword) - Another technique he developed with the use of his spiritual power control which allows him to focus his energy around his blade, then refines it into one centimeter in width making it paper-thin. This makes it barely noticeable or undetectable while giving the blade an extra 2 inches of reach which could make barely evading fatal, and enhancing his weapon's sharpness, or could extend the spiritual blade to the length of a katana (70 cm) though becomes more visible. Since gaining a better understanding of kido after his hundred years of training, his technique evolved into the next stage. The power of the sword varies with Shoumetsu's will: the more energy he puts into the sword, the sharper and sturdier it gets imbued with pure kido, and because of this it makes casting kido from the blade much easier and his energy wave attacks far stronger.

Nitoryu Iai: Rashomon ("Two Sword Re-sheath: Thin Life Gate"): A dual sword drawing technique combines the power of Zanjutsu technique Hitotsume: Nadegiri and high-speed rapid slashes of Senmaioroshi and performs over 100 quick sword slashes within a second, leaving his opponents in pieces. He primarily uses this technique while dashing past the opponent, but has also shown a stationary version in which he slashes everything around himself. It employs elements of Iai (instant sword-draw-and-resheath) since it is generally initiated (though not always) with the user moving towards the intended target(s) with Shoumetsu drawing his swords and sheathes them quickly after the slash has been made. It is usually at this point that the victims start manifesting and feeling the effects of this high-speed attack.

Daini: Onigaeshi (The Second: Demon Return): Shoumetsu performs a forward slash with his entire sword down to his opponent with the might of his entire body similar to the Zanjutsu technique Ryodan. Even if it was dodged, he can retrace his steps with another swing flying from the target's blind spot. The first slash increases the destructive power of this slash thanks to the previous movement and by pushing the sword's hilt with his right hand. The immense force of the enhanced draw cuts the air in front of it and creates a powerful vacuum in its wake as the deflected air rushes back into place.

Daisan: Kamikaze (The Third: Divine Wind): He swings his blade to launch an invisible flying slash able to cut everything in its path, making for an extremely strong, far-reaching slice. When used with both kodachi it doubles its destructive power by combining two compressed air-blades into one. His sword strikes are executed with tremendous power, able to easily create immensely powerful compressed air slashes with a massive range. This attack can be enhanced in destructive power by focusing his reiatsu inward into a compact bubble around himself that surrounds him in a pocket of air as the very atmosphere is projected through their sword to create a powerful shockwave hurling at his opponent. Thus creating a wind that cuts until nothing remains and every trace of the body is erased. Gentle and warm, but frightening.

Shirahadori - A defensive move in which the user grasps or catches an enemy's blade with his bare hands, Shirahadori is a difficult and acquired skill, but is also the only move shared between all five hundred schools of kenjutsu.

Gokō Jūji: (呉鉤十字, Five Hook Crosses) Shoumetsu crosses the two kodachi and moves them outwards in a scissor-like cut, usually to kill the enemy by slicing their carotid artery.

Onmyō Kōsa: (陰陽交叉, Yin Yang Crossing) Shoumetsu blocks an enemy striking weapon with one kodachi, then strikes it with the second kodachi, thrusting the first one through. It can slice even the toughest of shields, including steel tonfa that is supposed to repel any sword attack or stagger his opponent.

Kaiten Kenbu: (回天剣舞, Revolving Heaven Sword Dance) It involves Shoumetsu rapidly spinning around three times, while holding the kodachi backhand, to slash the opponent thrice in an instant.

Kaiten Kenbu Rokuren: ("The Dance Of The Wheeling Sword Six Successions") The attack involves Shoumetsu gripping his kodachi backhand, then slashing the opponent six times in rapid succession, from both sides (it relies on confusing the opponent on the direction from which each subsequent strike is going to come). It's basically Kaiten Kenbu but done with two kodachi, the key difference being that the unpredictability of where it strikes first puts the opponent at a disadvantage.

Iai Sanmai Oroshi: (Iai: Three-Piece Filleting): He cuts the target into three pieces with one swing. The true power of this technique is in a single instant Shoumetsu performs Hitotsume: Nadegiri all in equal power.

Narukumi: Shidensen (Rumbling God: Purple Lightning Flash) is one of Shoumetsu signature techniques where he focuses his enhanced hakkei and speed into one singular explosive action. He starts this technique in the Iai stance walking toward his opponent and requires for him to be within close range to execute. Entering into Musuo Shoumetsu suppressing his physical and emotional blocks. If one can grasp the ultimate Musuo, then they become able to use pure power without being influenced by things like emotions. Thus increasing one's power in every way, allowing one to use their true strength. The process requires one to get into the right Musuo state and then maintain that state as much as they can, in other words in the Musuo state one's senses are heightened to an unbelievable level. He then delivers an incessant barrage of slashes from different angles to overwhelm his opponent at blinding speeds in a circular pattern. He unleashes them at such fast speeds that countless afterimages are created. Once his technique is performed he will keep cutting down enemies faster than his thoughts and react faster than his conscious mind until his perceived threat is killed.
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Movement Techniques
Shukuchi- In modern Japanese martial arts, shukuchi refers to a sudden movement into an enemy's maai (space) or blind spot to attack.

Kouho Haiho- This technique, also known as the stepping method, is derived from Baguazhang. When the toes come together it is called Kouho, and when they pivot out it is called Haiho. The key to this technique is how the user moves their feet, now that the user stepped forward with the right foot they can put all their weight on it, and that leaves the left foot free, allowing them to pivot away to the other side of the opponent. The user leaves their upper body in place until the very last moment, and by pivoting away, the user can easily avoid their opponent's attacks. Once mastered, this technique can be used to catch their opponents off guard and knock them onto the ground before they can react.

Mudwading Step: The user surrounds their opponent in all directions by moving very fast, traping their opponents in a circular area.

Ryūsui no Ugoki: (流水の動き, Move of Flowing Water) This is moving technique where he moves around silently, rapidly alternating between fast and slow movements and confusing the opponent due to the fluid motion & continuously changing speed.
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Dance of the Takemikazuchi
A war dance that only he can perform. By dancing to the rhythm of the world, Shoumetsu can attack his opponent with far greater speed and power while confusing them. Its unpredictable rhythm allows Shoumetsu to continuously attack his opponent with multi-hit attacks while his opponent is under the impression of being attacked by many, many enemies all at once. Through his vigorous training throughout the hundred years of training to get a better understanding of his Zanpakuto Shoumetsu learned to become sensitive to detecting the natural ley lines of worlds and synchronizes his body with it by entering into a trance. Once he manages to synchronize with this natural force, he uses his reiatsu in a unique way that enhances his skill in zanjutsu by condensing his reiatsu around his Zanpakuto in rhythm with his breathing creating a fluctuating vacuum bubble of pressure which allows for even faster unsheathing and sheathing at blinding speeds for his Iaido techniques. Shoumetsu describes this utilization of his reiatsu as the “heartbeat” of the universe and has mastered his fighting style to the point he can now use it with his Zanpakuto both in Shikai and Bankai form. Dance of the Takemikazuchi combines all of the shinigami teachings into one unique fighting style that grants Shoumetsu the capabilities to easily weave them into each other making powerful yet swift attacks in rapid succession from any angle he can pull off.

Equipment:

Denreishinki
Reiatsu Bell (attached to sake gourd silk cord)
Case of Swords (On his person a single serrated katana)
Zajiku
Explosive Bands: He wears two bands on his arms that possess explosive properties. By removing them, he can use them to produce blinding explosions that expel a large amount of smoke

He carries a sake gourd with him worn around his neck believing sweets and a fine kill is always most enjoyable with good sake. The gourd is decorated in brown lacquer carved in relief to reveal layers of lighter brown and green lacquer beneath and with an all-over design of insects on flowers and leaves and roundels of geometric, wave, and cloud patterns, interior red lacquer, Guri lacquer stopper with red silk cord. 8½in. (21.6cm.) high

Inventions:

Artificial Arms: Attached to his back, Shoumetsu has two long, artificial arms that can be elongated and manipulated with great dexterity, seemingly using just thought alone. Despite their appearance, each arm possesses a considerable amount of physical strength, being able to bear the weight of a fully-grown Shinigami and apply crushing force to his victims solely designed for combat. The two arms are capable of splitting apart to create four in total all made from a lightweight but highly durable steel alloy that can withstand intense heat. The six fingers on the two of them contain clawed tips made from Sekkiseki (殺気石, Spirit Reducing Stone; Viz "Lethal Presence Rock") with the property to weaken targets impaled or disrupt the flow of reiryoku to the grappled body part.

A specially woven Shihakusho made from the fibers of the togabito hell garments providing the same protection from the flames of hell it does them, but with its same added drawback of hindering his power. Through his, personal modifications the back of his outfit is designed with four flexible cloth tails made from steel wire alloy woven with carbon nanofibers for the sole purpose of using it as the cloth for his kido Sentan Hakuja. The cloth tails can also be used to grabble objects or bind his opponent.

A special set of high-density weights he always wears even into a battle that cuts his speed and strength in half as long he continues to wear them. These are designed not only to help strengthen his body but are also to increase his spirit energy reserves; a bearer of these cuffs needs to actively cycle spirit energy throughout their entire body to simply move, let alone fight. These cuffs are worn on his ankles.

Zanpakuto Name: Enshōjo (lit. fate hindering woman)

Zanpakuto Appearance: Enshōjo in its sealed state Shoumetsu zanpakuto is a pair of dual kodachi, a sword that is described to act as a shield because its lightweight makes it easy to block with. When in their saya, they appear to be part of a single sheathed sword, one blade appearing to be the hilt, while the second blade is stationed opposite the first and blends in with the saya itself, giving it the impression of being a nodachi. The blades of both kodachi are 28.5 cm and Shoumetsu typically wears it like a typical nodachi across his back with a chain strap that is connected to the actual sheath where both weapons are housed. On some occasions, he tends to just carry it around in his hands casually, but always putting on the rouse that it's a nodachi until he draws the blade(s). For the hundred years, he no longer uses the nodachi saya for its deception but instead wears both kodachi in separate sheathes on his hip.

Zanpakuto Spirit: Enshojo appears to be a young beautiful woman with deer ears and antlers constantly releasing an electrical discharge. She wears a dual-colored kimono in black and white with a fur collar decorated with designs of lightning along with it. Enshojo and Shoumetsu have a unique relationship with each other where they have more of a yin-yang mentality. However, Enshojo tends to act more like the elder constantly scolding him for misuse of her, pointing out his weaknesses in a harsh manner, like not harnessing her power properly when he loses in fights or ends up sustaining a lot of damage but always caring for his growth. On the other hand, Shoumetsu treats her like a fragile woman knowing it gets under her skin and often gets them in a small fight with one another. When people are killed by her blade she treats it like a euphoria rush encouraging for the bloodshed of their enemies wanting to savor the battle and never-ending it quickly if it could be helped.

Inner World: Enshojo Zanpakuto's inner world takes the appearance of terrain full of rocky spires, that take a multitude of shapes. The ground is constantly covered in a light fog and the trees in the terrain all lack leaves and is made out of various metals from gold, mercury, and iron. Each of the trees gives off a crackling electric discharge keeping the entire atmosphere feeling magnetized constantly switching from being drawn downwards into the ground or repelled into the air. Shoumetsu believes that Enshojo can stop this but when asked about it she only chuckles or ask why he is nagging so much about it, and mocking if he is too weak to handle it.

Release Phrase: "Dance in the madness"

Shikai: Upon activation both of the kodachi emits a bright electrical discharge turning into a pair of deer horn daggers. The deer horn dagger takes the form of two crescent-shaped blades crossing. The handle is located in the middle of the inner crescent and covered in a white spiritual ribbon on one; and black on the other, while the rest of the weapon is black and thick with thin white edges. One advantage of the Deer Horn Knives in comparison to a longer weapon is that seeming the deer horn knives are direct appendages of the hand they can be moved with great speed and precision, and along with their ease of concealment, can easily be used to catch their opponent off guard. Furthermore, Shoumetsu can use these weapons to deviate enemy attacks, allowing him to close the distance between himself and his enemy in a flash and attack them instantly. Its size is 12 in. x 8.0 in.

Shikai Special Ability: Enshōjo's special ability allows for Shoumetsu to manipulate and control electromagnetism. By making physical contact either with his Zanpakuto, or other objects magnetized he can create a static cling discharge that magnetizes the person. The magnetism increases in strength over time and is passed onto whatever and whoever they come into contact with, causing those objects to be attracted to them (regardless of if they are metallic or not) due to his spiritual energy works exactly like electrons and protons, altering subtly the way the enemy's works - thus making their body into a magnet. This ensures the user’s attacks are almost always assured to hit as their fists become naturally attracted and drawn towards the opponent. Once something has become magnetized Shoumetsu can choose to change the polarities at will either repelling or attracting opposite magnetic poles, making it difficult to predict and versatile. His knowledge and understanding of science combined with his creative and dynamic mind allowed him to take his enemies by surprise, inventing his way around the limits of his powers on the fly.

Jibashi (Electromagnetic Murder)
Shoumetsu can release powerful blasts or bursts of electromagnetic energy from his Zanpakuto he uses to pull or push targets away. When using it as a blast (can be focused into a stream of energy) to hit a target it deals a powerful shock to his target that leaves lingering static discharge on them. The purpose of the lingering static discharge is to adhere his target to the first surface they come in contact with which can vary from a short duration to a longer one. The strength and duration of the static cling adhesive effect are determined by how strong the magnetic field they have on them, and the surface. When Shoumetsu is serious he can use his zanpakuto to channel electromagnetic current through his arm(s) turning himself into a rail gun, and fire objects out with accuracy at the speed of sound. In his hands, he can virtually turn anything into a weapon by firing electrically charged projectiles with a deadly amount of velocity and force behind them if strong enough electromagnetic force is charged up.

Aianmeiden Sutanpīdo (Iron Maiden's Stampede)
Shoumetsu generates an electromagnetic field that rapidly expands out in a 50-foot radius sphere within seconds magnetizing everything it sweeps through on the surface and underground. The static energy enveloping the movable items takes the shape of deer of various sizes depending on the object giving it the appearance of charging/stampeding at the designated target location. This causes them to all come rushing in from multiple directions to bombard with a strong force and ultimately crush/impaling them in the process. Each object that hits the target increases the magnetic field for all others causing them to accelerate making each subsequent one dangerous than the next. The electromagnetic field can also act as a barrier providing defense in the process that repels physical attacks away while magnetizing them, and clashing with energy attacks.

Gaia no Rensa Kyōkai (Gaia's Chained Boundary)
Once Shoumetsu manages to magnetize a person(s) reiryoku he can create electromagnetic energy compressed into a large orb (size of a basketball) with a strong magnetic pull that only attracts one's spiritual power. Those who are trapped by the magnetic boundary, are unable to leave the location they currently are in, and not able to travel no more than 10 yards away from the focal point center. For somebody who enjoys watching his prey attempt to escape and run from him, this is his technique of choice. The true power is hidden in this technique in that it uses the electromagnetic field of the world to keep it sustained and can be increased in strength by using his technique Jibashi by sending electromagnetic energy into it.

Bankai: Enshojo Kaminari-kei (Fate-Hindering Woman, Thunder Prison)

Bankai Special Ability: Upon his Bankai release, Enshojo Kaminari-kei sends out an electromagnetic wave expanding outwards in a hundred-yard radius magnetizing all non-organic material passes through before creating a concentrated electromagnetic field in the perimeter. On the outskirts of the perimeter, a halo of electrically charged spheres surrounds the area with the sole purpose of keeping all who got subjected to electromagnetism within. Any attempts of escaping or making contact with the electromagnetic prison created will result in the person(s) being repelled backward violently with a potent electrical discharge. Being the warden of this prison Shoumetsu can perceive the world around himself as patterns of magnetic and electrical energy including the natural bio-electromagnetic auras given off by living beings. While in Bankai he is constantly emitting electromagnetic fields around himself which he uses to his advantage for magnetic flight by interfacing with magnetic field lines in his immediate surroundings allowing him to easily manipulate his trajectory at high speeds. Shoumetsu will always be the acting center focal point to his prison meaning that whenever he moves the entire perimeter moves along with him forcing the combatants inside to quickly adapt to the sudden changes while threatening any close to the borders to facing the consequences if they touch them.

The main property of Enshojo Kaminari-kei is once the magnetic field is created all inanimate material trapped within is subjected to his control. The powerful concentrated electromagnetic field his Bankai creates allows for Shoumetsu to manipulate the objects inside with far greater control than his Shikai allows levitating or moving things that he wishes. Because of this, he can quickly weaponize an entire portion of a city or environment making everything around him quickly become another extension to his body to use like assembling constructs to attack or in other versatile ways to deal with a situation. The practical use of his Bankai is only limited by Shoumetsu's creativity. His two zanpakuto in Bankai turn into metal skin that coats his upper body which he can generate weapons from his arms and hands to compliment his unique fighting style. Although his Bankai release does not magnetize anything living, his zanpakuto retains its same effect in Shikai that allows for him to give a static shock to anything they strike if he wishes, producing a magnetic field on them. One of Shoumetsu's special attacks while in Bankai allows him to use his two arms like a railgun to charge and fire out destructive concentrated blasts of electromagnetic energy at his opponent(s). The second use is he can shoot powerful magnetic rays and electromagnetic pulses, and that can destroy both metallic and nonmetallic objects. These can also have the ability to seriously injure his enemies.

Personal Relationships: N/A
Likes:
Art of Misdirection
Cooking
Fighting
Training
Upsetting his zanpakuto spirit
Sweets with good sake
Strong Opponents
The thrill of the hunt/Hunting
Dango Shops
Dislikes:
Tomatoes
Being Bored
Symmetry
Hobbies: One of the main things Shoumetsu loves more than fighting is trying out different kinds of sweets, then attempting to recreate them or even experiment with making them better with different flavors.
Favorite Food(s):
Strawberry Shortcake
Hishi Mochi
Mitsumame
Ichigo daifuku
Dango (though love all of them)
Mochi
Parfait
Yakisoba
Kabayaki
Seretei Communication Column: N/A

Biography:
(Coming soon to a theater near you)

Character Appearance:

 

[Shinigami]

“I'm named after fireworks you know. They're made just for me.”
“Fire has a lot more uses than just burning things you know! First hand experience! Honest!”
“Ghostly green is my favorite color of fire...”
“You know what this fight needs? Yes, more fire. Always. More. Fire.”

Character Name: Hanabi Kurokawa
Actual Age: 101
Physical Age: 17
Race: Deceased
Birthday: 4/13
Gender:

Female

Height: 5'4
Weight: 129 Lbs
Blood Type: O+

Affiliation: Gotei 13
Profession: Shinigami
Title: Seated Member
Position: Scientist
Division: 12
Previous Division: 5
Partner(s): None yet
Previous Partner(s):
Base of Operations: Seretei

Notable Features: Two horns sticking out of their forehead. Pointed ears.
Personality: Despite being an amnesiac, she has quite the aptitude for studious learning, preferring to learn more about kidou and the science behind how spiritual energy can be conducted or used in conjunction with machinery. As such she can appear quite childish to some, but endearing to others.
Hanabi is often referred to as a pyromaniac, someone who has no problem getting caught in an explosion to get first hand experience with note taking of fire. Hanabi is overly fond of fireworks, becoming child-like and wonder filled in the presence of any fireworks display. She can be called unhinged based on her speech patterns of describing things in a rather bombastic manner, or referring to all fireworks being made just for her because she's named after them and she adores fire more than anyone else.
Thanks to her style of combat and her barbaric treatment of opponents (such as using paralytic drugs to keep them still so she can perform various kidou attacks on them, healing them with more drugs, and then continuing her treatment of them) she has earned the nickname Youthful Yandere.
She is respectful of rank, though in a roundabout manner, giving nicknames to everyone in a seat of power she respects. Those she does not respect she speaks to plainly and uses their full name, rank, and title.
Relatives: Unaware

Reiryoku Level: High Spiritual Power- Despite her diminutive size and youthful appearance, Hanabi's level of Reiryoku is unlike her equal aged and leveled peers. Spending more time on her spiritual self rather than physical self, her natural Reiryoku only amplified during her time in the academy, earning her a reputation for holding untapped power. Though she has a high level, hers is still dwarfed by most of the gotei 13.

Sensing Reiryoku: Basic-- Without much care for sensing things beyond her control, Hanabi has never focused on this aspect of herself. Only focusing on her sensing of things when powerful presences are exerting themselves and looking to be found.

Reiryoku Control: Great Control- With little aptitude for the physical aspect of her training Hanabi spent time harnessing her power of her zanpaktuo's spirit and her kido knowledge. She has gone so far as to developing Alters to known kidou with a fire nature tied to them, along with rummaging around the archives to find lost kidou to fill out the roster of blank spells.

Reiatsu: Specialist- Leaning on her unsettling personality in combat and her natural affinity for fire, some say she may not be as powerful as she is, but utilizing physiological terror and her pressure combined has lead to Hanabi having the presence to cause many to stand still if they are not strong enough to resist her pressure.

Reiatsu Colors: Orange and Purple blend

Reiatsu Shape: Bomb, when exerting enough of her power, Hanabi's reiatsu takes on the shape of a classical prop bomb.

Reiatsu Effect(s): Paralysis- When a spiritual being of high reiatsu chooses to they can paralyze an opponent just by focusing pressure through their stare or presence.

Reiatsu Type: Fire
Element Type- Fire

Zanjutsu Level: Swordsman- Despite her lack of care with her zanpaktuo combat, she is practiced enough in the sue of her shikai to have learned how to utilize deadly darts while in that form. When it comes to sealed zanjutsu combat, Hanabi relies on defensive tactics with her zanpaktuo and sheath and going in for a counterattack.

Known Techniques: Deadly Darts​

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Hohō Level: Shunpo Practitioner- By far from any master, Hanabi's skill in speed is mostly used for traveling outside of combat, she's been training with cardio day in and day out to not wind up winded all the time.

Known Techniques: None​

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Hakuda Level: Hakuda Practitioner- Hanabi's hakuda is deplorable when it comes to hand to hand, though her kicks are strong enough to have broken training dummies at the academy. As such, her hakuda has been focused solely on being used with her lower body rather than upper body.

Known Techniques: Gatling-Mad Stomping​

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Kido Skill Level: Kidō Expert- Hanabi's focus is on kido and the applications it can have in the scientific advancements with the twelfth division, relying on her knowledge of spells and machinery to make new gear and weapons that any shinigami could use, at least in theory. Many of her attempts blow up. Though her natural kido casting is prodigious enough that she's specialized solely in spells that involve smoke and fire, digging out missing spells from the archives and altering her favorite ones with new uses.

Known Spells:
Bakudo 4. Hainawa
9. Horin
9 Alter. Imaimashi Horin - "Disintegrate, you dark hound of Rondanini!! Gaze upon yourself with admonishment and surrender!" *
21. Sekienton
27. Daidai Nokoribi (orange binding embers) - Incantation "Turn tail and flee. Retreat from my sight. Begone from my presence. Disappear villain!" *
58. Kakushitsuijaku
Hadou 3. Unmei Midiorihono (Fated green flame) - Incantation "Absolve your sins among the rebuking of the masses and be judged!" *
12. Fushibi
21. Kiirotakibi (Yellow Bonfire) - Incantation "Called forth and brought to justice, flanked from East to West. Oppressed from North and chased to South." *
31. Shakkaho
33. Sokatsui
73. Soren Sokatsui
Barriers Kasai no saisho no kōsen - sekinetsu (First Ray of Fire - Red Heat) - Incantation "Deteriorate and wash away those who encroach. Abash those who hope. Hold back they who seek passage." *
*See inventions for specifics on kido created
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Skills and Abilities: Pyrotechnics master- Hanabi has mastered the finer points of arson, pyrotechnics, and other uses of fire that she can tell by smell alone the chemical composition of different fires.

Equipment: Experimental grenades- Hanabi's constant fascination with demolitions, pyrotechnics and arson has lead to her creating multiple grenades lined with sealing tags, in an attempt to weaponize kido beyond what any body is normally capable of casting, her grenades are lined with these tags to hold low level kido ranked from 1-20.
Inventions:
Bakudou 9 Alter - Imaimashi Horin -- Contrary to a standard Horin spell, this one is created as a ball of tendrils of a darker red hue to a standard Horin. The user will let the ball float up as multiple tendrils lash out to grab onto multiple targets and drag them together to a focal point.
Bakudou 27. Daidai Nokoribi (orange binding embers) -- The user creates a shibari style binding of orange chains, locking around the target and causing them to be paralyzed while bound.
Hadou 3. Unmei Midiorihono (Fated green flame) -- The user pushes out with their hands or feet, delivering a swift bellowing green flame around a target.
Hadou 21. Kiirotakibi (Yellow Bonfire) -- Rather than a direct attack like other hadou, this one operates similar to Fushibi, being placed in an area before hand and detonating like a mine. It appears as a yellow flaming pillar for a brief period, enveloping the target.
Kasai no saisho no kōsen - sekinetsu (First Ray of Fire - Red Heat) -- A specialized barrier that creates a ring of red around an area before emanating such a powerful heat that it causes a warping effect of the area inside the heatwave, masking the presence of those inside with a mirage.

Zanpakuto Name: Awai Chochin (Pale Lantern)
Zanpakuto Appearance: SAwai Chochin is a thinner than average blade and shorter than average, taking on the appearance of fencer's saber rather than a katana for slashing its main purpose is for stabbing and piercing through thick armor. The sheath however is made out of solid steel, and acts as a blunt instrument for her to wield the weapon like a bat and ward away anything if need be.
Zanpakuto Spirit: Awai Chochin is a rather indignant spirit, often complaining to Hanabi for not bringing offerings of giving proper reverence for her status as a proper 'noble spirit'. Though Hanabi shows quite a large amount of respect to her spirit by nicknaming her and speaking to her with fondness. This has lead to a rather roundabout dynamic of speaking to each other. Though Awai Chochin is more than protective of her master, always referring to her as "Hihime.
Awai Chochin's shikai spirit form resembles a blue skinned humanoid enveloped in ghostly flames. Whose body is suspended over a chandelier iron cage. Within the cage is a sea of ghostly will-o-wisp flames. Draped over this cage and her body is a gothic style noble woman's dress. With long flowing white hair crowned by an ornate black iron tiara, her full form takes on the appearance of a sentient lantern.
Bankai form not yet revealed.

Inner World: Hanabi's inner world is a large field of tiger lilies surrounded on all sides by Shinto style temple gates. In the center of this field is a stone garden with a shrine rising up in the center. From this shrine after entering into the inner world, can one observe an immeasurable number paper lanterns begin floating up to the dark and starless sky to become the constellations themselves. Many of the lanterns remain hanging in the air around the shrine. This shrine is three stories tall, with the third floor sealed off and the first floor only open to Hanabi at the moment. The second floor being Awai Chochin's specific residence.

Release Phrase: Take the stage with me, my dear Awai Chochin

Shikai: Awai Chochin is dangled between Hanabi's fingers before turning into a bright orange light. She spreads her arms out, separating the sword into two different round objects. With a quick flourish of her hands she reveals two metallic yo-yos attached to her middle fingers. These are lined with glowing orange rectangular teeth.
Shikai Special Ability: Awai Chochin's ability 'Unbidden Flame' revolves around the yo-yos themselves having the ability to increase in size the further away from Hanabi they are swung, along with creating lasting flames on surfaces they touch. The size and severity of the flame depending on how far away from Hanabi the attack is made. However, as they shrink while returning to her, she must always make a slight movement from her original position to snuff out the flames on her weapons to prevent burning herself. Any flames left behind act as rebound surfaces for Hanabi to make her attacks longer and thereby more powerful as the fight drags on.

Shikai Techniques
Kumonoami: Channeling her energy, Hanabi's yoyo strings became inflamed, allowing her to make a web of fire from criss-crossing her weapons. The fires made by the strings linger in the air where they are left for a short while after.

Nagareboshi: Hanabi reels back with one of her yoyo's before swinging her arm for an all-star pitch. Letting go of the yoyo and sending it to its maximum distance much faster and with greater force. This technique causes the weapon to grow to half the size of a menos grande.Leaving behind a sizable blast of fire after.

Ryuseigun: A haphazard attack where Hanabi utilizes her Deadly Darts specialty to unleash a flurry of blows in every direction possible, resulting in many fires being left on any surface or the air when they reach their maximum distance. This is normally used as a deterrent or counterattack measure, used to set up for her other attacks.

Hoeru Inu: Opening up one of her yoyo's like a clamshell, Hanabi unleashes a torrent of flame, at the cost of being unable to use that yoyo for a short amount of time.

Tsuki o uchimasu: A finale move for Hanabi. This is her most controlled technique, and it condenses her yoyo attack down to normal size even if it reaches further out. The flames will change to blue before she lets loose for one of her standing fires, using the ricochet of it to bounce around to other fire spots and 'snipe' an enemy from afar

Bankai: Aojiroi kishi no yama (Pyre of the Pale Horseman)
Bankai Special Ability: Not Yet Revealed

Personal Relationships: Will fill as they form
Likes: Fireworks, fire-dancing, bonfires
Dislikes: Rainstorms, onions, water zanpaktuo users
Hobbies: Shamisen, paper lantern crafting
Favorite Food(s): Toasted Marshmallows
Seretei Communication Column: N/A

Biography: Hanabi cannot recall much of her past, either from her past life or when she first came tot he soul society, all she knows is she has an affinity for flames and a desire to express their worth to the world. Without much to recall herself, beyond the warmth of fire from her past life in a vague sense, she sought out to become a shinigami for the sake of getting her memory back in the heat of battle or any sort of memory trigger that she could experience.
Falling in love with kido and scientific research, Hanabi showed a great aptitude during her time in the academy of the seireitei, eventually joining the gotei 13 with a short stint in Division 5, following a division transfer to 12 for the sake of filling out seats and for her curious nature of discovering anything with science!
Since joining division 12, Hanabi has recalled parts of her memory along with a general idea of when she passed on and how long she has been a member of the soul society, though her numbers differ with every conversation she has with people regarding that.

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