User:Jet'ika/Sandbox

Zan
Gokotai (五虎退, Five Retreating Tigers) : It is triggered by the command "Roar" (轟く, todoroku).

Shikai Special Ability: Gokotai's special ability is the creation of a extremely powerful force-field all around Junichi's body that provides him with a number of offensive and defensive advantages in battle. Drawing upon a mixture of his spiritual energy and the very core of his life force, the force field exists within a few millimeters of his skin which seemingly makes him "invulnerable" to physical attacks by repelling anything that comes in contact with it. While the field is normally strong enough to just block an attack, Junichi can increase it further so that instead of just stopping a sword it would push it away as well. Junichi can manipulate the force field in a number of ways and can even extend it beyond the immediate vicinity of his body, in which case it can be very effective offensively. He has also managed to combine Kidō with Gokotai's powers, resulting in a great deal of versatility in the way he uses them in combat.

As the force field feeds on his spiritual energy and life force, it can be draining to keep it activated for too long and when he first began using his shikai Junichi would often tire himself out from simply holding the force field in place for extended periods of time. Over time he has learned to willingly switch the force field off even with his shikai released, pulling it up when needed and only leaving it up permanently while in battle. This way he can keep his shikai activated for long periods of time without tiring himself out.

Junichi has also shown the ability to manipulate the strength of the field over different parts of his body. Thus by concentrating the field in only one location he can increase the strength in that area to levels much greater that if the field were spread uniformly over his entire body.

Enhanced Defense: The foremost ability of the force field is that it can repel anything that comes in contact with it, protecting Junichi from physical attacks. As the field extends all over his body, it can effectively repel any physical attack that lands on him, no matter from which direction it may be. Junichi often boasts that Gokotai provides him with the ultimate defense, though in reality it does have its weaknesses....

Field expansion: Junichi can expand the force field to beyond the millimeters of his skin where it normally exists, covering a greater area with its defensive abilities....

Enhanced Speed:


 * Jigokuzuki (地獄突き, Hell Stab): By concentrating the force field around the tip of his outstretched palm, he can direct the repulsive force exclusively in the forward direction, with strength of the field and the repulsive force it applies being strong enough to allow him to stab through thick walls without much fuss. As more of the force field is concentrated into the area around the tip of his hands, the pressure that builds up is greater, providing the attack with greater destructive power.

Tsubaki Orihime (織姫 椿, Orihime Tsubaki; Literally "The Camellia Seamstress")

Appearance




Appearance
???? is a very beautiful, tall, slender, yet curvaceous and well-endowed woman, with long dark hair and dark eyes. She has fair skin, which is almost pale, and her long black hair falls in curls around her shoulders. She has a weird tattoo on her collarbone. She normally wears a black strapless dress that shows an ample amount of cleavage, long black gloves that reach till her biceps and high heels.

Well aware of her sexuality, she uses her looks to tease others with enticing looks and gestures at every chance she gets, her subordinates being the ones who have normally are at the receiving end of such actions. As a result she is very much adored by all her subordinates, with most of them fancying her and she is considered to be the object of even many a Captain and Lieutenant's desires.

While not on duty she is seen to prefer traditional dresses such as Kiminos.

Kenshin Suzuki (太郎・団扇, Suzuki Kenshin), a descendant of the once famed Suzuki family, is a human with powers, currently residing on the outskirts of Karakura Town. Bipolar, with two contrasting sides to his psyche, he is known among his steadily growing group of acquaintances for his rather uncommon views and his nihilistic approach to life. He currently runs his family garage along with his father's friend Ryū Kagami while also learning about his shinigami heritage from him.

A number of individuals, including his own great grand-uncle Sōsuke Yūhi, have stated that he could possibly be the reincarnation of the first Suzuki clan head, Nagato Suzuki, a fabled being from the past of Soul Society who not only helped in its founding but is also said to have saved it from near destruction before his death while fighting to save the from his own rebellious. These individuals believe in a prophecy that states that Nagato will one day be reborn in human guise and will save Soul Society from that same threat but will, in the process of saving it, also lead to Soul Society's destruction. Kenshin himself does not believe in any of this and has disregarded any such speculations made about him, even having gone as far as attacking Sōsuke when he continued trying to convince Kenshin of his role in the fulfillment of the prophecy.

Personality
Kenshin shows two rather contradictory sides of his personality which has led many to think that he might be bipolar and suffers from manic episodes. Kenshin stays completely calm and in control in most situations, and he is not easily surprised or caught off-guard. He is also highly perceptive, cunning, and analytical. He is highly level headed at most times and can make highly well thought and logical decisions. He is rather aloof, brooding, and indifferent, willing to harm both his comrades and enemies should they ever get in his way. But unlike most people's perception of him, he is not particularly violent and will only fight when provoked or when he thinks he it is the only choice. He is very much a Nihilist, believing that human existence has no objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value. He believes that only the physical laws contributed to our existence. With respect to the universe and his ultimate goals, a single human or even the entire human species is insignificant, without purpose and is not likely to change in the totality of existence. Strangely, Kenshin does seem to show some concern for his friends and comrades. This is particularly so for his sister, who he is cares for deeply.

He is highly resourceful, full of determination and possesses a certain disregard for rules. His strong-willed stubbornness can sometimes get in trouble as when he refuses to back down no matter what the situation. He lives his life by his own rules and has learnt to ignore what other people think of him. In this reference he can be stubborn and willful about his personal opinions, sticking with his views no matter what everyone else might say. When Kenshin suffers from one of his manic episodes, he becomes an entirely different person, much more cold, callous, and dispassionate. At such times he is an exceedingly brooding and angry man, almost totally consumed by the ultimate goal of utter destruction and death. He fashions himself an agent of some higher entity's divine punishment and takes out his fury on any and all who stand in his way. He almost seeks out fights and it matters not who it is he faces, be it human, hollow or shinigami. He is extremely cynical and cold-hearted and lacks almost any code of honor and does not see the point in offering those who are about to die a chance of dying honorably. He refers to trust and faith in others as idiotic notions and looks down on people who uphold such beliefs. He goes so far as to mock those who fight for others, making their defeats to him all the more harsh. He derives amusement and gratification from inflicting physical and emotional pain on others, making him a typical sadist.

All in all he becomes extremely rude and lecherous and treats everyone in a highly sick and perverted manner. At such times his overall goal is to prove himself to be the greatest and strongest and does not wish to waste his time killing those he dubs "weak". However, he has no qualms in attacking stronger opponents who are already injured stating that their handicap is due to their own weakness. His insatiable bloodlust and hunger for battle make him an highly dangerous and unpredictable opponent. On many instances his manic episodes are brought about by his over usage of his powers though on many occasions these episodes occur when he looses his temper or sometimes at completely random instances.

Appearance
Kenshin is a tall young man on the verge of reaching the peak of his physical fitness. Decently built with a well toned body, Kenshin has the physique of a natural athlete. Some might say he is slightly lean for his age but this is mostly due to his height that makes him look more lean than he really is. As such he best resembles a long distance runner, being tall, lithe, and trim. He is considered by quite a few members of the fairer sex to be a handsome man, and to have a very serene appearance. He is fair skinned with slightly sharp features and has a certain grace about himself. Short black hair with two long locks frame his angular face on both sides. He has onyx eyes and fair skin like most members of his family. Before his training with Sōsuke he was normally seen wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and dark blue pants with a blue cloth hanging from halfway up his stomach to his knees. He also wore a purple rope belt around his waist, tied in a bow, in which he carries his sword. He sometimes used to wear a sleeveless dark grey shirt instead of the long-sleeved white one. On his arms he normally wears either dark colored arm guards or has bandages on his wrists, under which he wears special bracelets which have special sealing spells on them. He also wore a cloak with this.

After the training and learning of the true history of the Suzuki he started wearing a grey high-collared short-sleeved shirt with a zipper which he sometimes keeps down to mid-chest or sometimes fully zipped up. He also wears blue wrist warmers. The red and white fan symbol of the Suzuki Clan is now present on the back of his shirt. Over these he wears black robes with a belt sash around his waist.

History
Born to Shinta and Misa Suzuki, Kenshin's early life was fairly common and devoid of any special incident. His sister, Mia, was born two years after him and the two of them were brought up by their parents in a kind and loving environment. Living in a tiny village on the outskirts of Karakura city, Kenshin helped his father run the tiny garage that they owned. School, sports and then helping out in the garage, Kenshin's life had a pattern to it, one that led to a highly happy and satisfied existence for him. By the time he was seven he was skilled enough to pull and reassemble a small engine, the simple task of taking the various components and then methodically putting them back together becoming a great source of pride and satisfaction for the young boy.

But then the incident occurred that changed his life for ever. Kenshin's parents often took him and Mia to Karakura town to spend the day there and show them the sights, days which both siblings looked forward to. Unknown to Kenshin, he and his sister were spiritually aware, and for years their strong presences along with that of their father had been attracting hollows. Kenshin's father had been exterminating any Hollows who came close to their tiny village, keeping his family safe from their threat. After one particular visit to Karakura town, while they were on their way back to there home, they were attacked by a group of hollows. The ferocity and suddenness of the attack caught Shinta off guard and he was injured before he had a chance to defend himself or his family. By the time he switched into his spiritual form his wife was already within a hollow's clutches. Ordering Kenshin to take his sister and run, the injured Shinta rushed to his wife's aid.

Despite the odds stacked against him, Shinta would most probably managed to defeat the hollows and save his family if only Kenshin had heard his order and made a run for it. But in that critical moment Kenshin froze up in fear and stopped moving, despite his sister's attempts to drag him away. As a result Shinta was forced to divide his concentration between trying to rescue his wife and protect his children. Though on the verge of saving his wife, he became aware of a hollow heading straight for his children, and with his wife urging him to forget about her and save them instead, Shinta rushed forward to save them. While he rushed forward to protect Kenshin and Mia, he felt his wife's presence vanish as she was killed. That caused him to slow down for a second and that moments hesitation cost him dearly as though he managed to protect his children, the effort cost him his life.

The death of his parents, something he blamed himself for, caused a change in him. It as at this time that he started suffering from manic episodes and probably the time when he first started showing signs of his bipolar nature. He became distant and darker, becoming cold and almost cruel. His sister did not blame him for their parents death but Kenshin ended up getting angry with her for that as he thought she ought to hate him for causing their parents' death. He would have gone further down this dark spiral if it hadn't been for the arrival of Ryū Kagami into their life. A friend and former comrade of his father's, Ryū had left Soul Society at around the same time as Shinta, he had come to look after Kenshin and Mia after learning of their parent's death. His arrival and continued influence in their lives, taking up the role of guardian and an older brother for both of them, had a positive effect on Kenshin. He slowly started to become comfortable being in other people's company and his relationship with his sister restored to what it used to be. He swore to protect his sister with all his life and that more than anything else became one of the main driving forces in his life. But the manic episodes did not stop and he still suffered from drastic mood swings. At this point the only people he was truly comfortable around were Ryū, Mia and to a lesser degree, Aisa Himegami. Over the years he started to see himself in any person too weak or scared to stand for themselves and started to hate them for it, remembering how his own fears had caused his own parents' death.

As time passed, Ryū finally agreed to help Kenshin develop his shinigami powers and began training him, something Kenshin had been pestering him about for a long time. His sister, though just as spiritually aware as him, had no interest in learning to fight and while Kenshin developed his powers and reopened his father's garage, Mia instead went off to boarding school to further her dreams of becoming a doctor.

Synopsis

 * Between Heaven and Hell
 * Born of a Broken Man
 * First Chapter: Recruitment

Equipment

 * Sealing Bracelets: Kenshin was given a pair of unique cloth bracelets by Ryū that originally belonged to his father. Built for him by his uncle, the then Twelfth Division captain Tarō Suzuki, the bracelets have the ability to seal weapons within them. Working on principles similar to the powers of Tarō's Zanpakutō, the bracelets can seal away an almost limitless number of weapons, ranging in size from small shuriken to large cleavers. By simply touching the marks present on the bracelets and channeling spiritual energy into them Kenshin can summon any of the weapons sealed within it. He normally keeps bandages wrapped over the bracelets that prevent the summoning of weapons from the seal due to accidental contact and can be removed with ease when he wants to use the seals.


 * Fūma Shuriken (風魔手裏剣, "Wind Demon Shuriken"): Normally kept sealed within his bracelets, Kenshin has a number of these large oversize shuriken at his disposal. Exceedingly sharp and possessing four large blades, Kenshin's running of lightning through them further increased the lethal nature of these weapons. Spinning them at high speeds and trowing them towards an enemy, it acts as a ring of death for weaker opponents. Though it is nowhere near strong enough to cut through the Hierro of an Arrancar, it can be useful as a distraction to gain a moment of reprise or a diversion to launch a stronger attack.
 * Strings: Kenshin also regularly uses thin but powerful wires for a number of purposes ranging from manipulating weapons, to bind and restrict the movements of an opponent or in setting traps. He also uses strings to channel lightning through them to electrocute opponents from a distance.

Powers and Abilities
As a descendant of the once famed Suzuki family, Kenshin is highly gifted and has tremendous potential despite his relative youth. His greatest strengths are his swordsmanship and his aptitude for Kidō. Blessed with a sharp mind and quick on the uptake, he is a fast learner and almost always looking for ways to improve himself and become stronger.

Vast Spiritual Energy: Despite his age, Kenshin has very high levels of spiritual power, though as he is still to reach his full potential the true extent of his power is unknown. Due to his heritage, being the child of a shinigami from the house of Suzuki, he is expected to end up achieving truly monstrous levels of power some day. His spiritual pressure normally has a mellow feel to it, compared by his sister to dipping one's legs in a gently flowing cool stream. But when he suffers from one of his manic episodes his spiritual pressure becomes much more cold and sinister. When unleashed in large quantities, his spiritual pressure becomes visible and is a bright violet-blue in color. After mastering the powers of his inner Hollow, it has been noticed that whenever he draws upon his hollow powers his spiritual pressure becomes a darker violet in color.

Kidō Expertise: Kenshin possesses considerable skills with Kidō, being particularly proficient with lightning based spells. The first spell he learnt, ''Hadō #4. Byakurai'', is also his most used and he has mastered it to such a level that he can modify the spell to accomplish a multitude of tasks with it. He is capable of using low-level Kidō without incantation, though due to his youth and inexperience he is still to master higher spells to a level where he can use them without incantations. Though a number of spells that he has learnt are offensive in nature, he is also capable of performing more defense oriented spells such as putting up barriers and even some low level healing.

Lightning Manipulation: Kenshin has a natural affinity for manipulating electricity, being able to incorporate into various attacks, use it to enhance his speed, and at times even use it as a shield. His proficiency with electrokinesis has increased over time, practice and a growing understanding of the science behind it having greatly helped him to advance his skills. Expert Swordsmanship Specialist: One of Kenshin's strongest traits, he is a highly proficient swordsmen despite still being a relatively inexperienced fighter. The greatest strength of his swordsmanship is his ability to adapt to varying situations and is training himself to become ambidextrous so as to make himself more versatile. His fighting style consists of graceful and quick movements and he prefers finishing his fights quickly rather than dragging them on. Not one to make use of, and in most cases incapable of making use of pure brute, he tries to deal accurate blows and perform quick maneuvers. He is capable of keeping track of multiple opponents or a single opponent with multiple blades and effectively withstanding their attacks.
 * Kaminari Kenchi (雷検知, Lightning Detection): A technique which is very elementary in its application but nonetheless difficult to execute, it is used by Kenshin to detect the presence of individuals in his vicinity. Based on the working principle of a modern SONAR, this technique involves Kenshin sending a surge of lightning through the ground that dissipates in all direction with him at the center. The streams of lightning continuously spread out and upon coming in contact with a living person return to Kenshin. As mentioned earlier, while the concept is simple, there are a number of drawbacks which make it much more difficult to execute easily. Firstly, the lightning has to be strengthened with spiritual pressure to enable it to be able to travel over ground. Secondly, the returning signal's have to be analysed to get an idea of the direction and distance of the located individual. With practice Kenshin has devised a sort of intuitive approach to do this. Also, the further out Kenshin wants to reach, the more the energy requirements of this technique. While normally the lightning released into the ground is visible at it's entry point, it soon spreads out into such thin streams that it is no longer visible to the naked eye while being spiritually almost undetectable. While this move has no offensive or defensive advantage, it is excellent as a reconnoitering move and is very useful for scouting purposes.
 * Kaminari Yari (雷槍, Lightning Spear): Kenshin gathers spiritual energy in his hand and creates a high concentration of electricity which he then releases in the form of an lightning spear extending from his hand. By concentrating the electricity into a spear like shape, Kenshin ensures that the charge does not dissipate out too much as that would reduce the attack's potency. It also means that the concentrated charge is strong enough to heat the air surround the edges to high enough temperatures to create a very thin layer of plasma which can cut objects on contact. Thus the entire length of the spear acts like a blade. Developed by using Byakurai as a base, it works along the same lines with the difference that while Byakurai releases a single powerful lightning bolt, this attack maintains a sustained flow of lightning which is maintained in the shape of a spear.

Novice Hakuda Combatant: Kenshin is not a particularly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, preferring to make use of Kidō or swordsmanship. In situations where he is unable to use those to his advantage and is forced to rely on Hakuda, he is more likely to use his speed to his advantage to make a quick getaway and avoid taking part in a fight he is most likely to loose. A dearth of any formal training in this field, coupled with his lack of much physical strength make him a novice hand-to-hand combatant at best. Shunpo Expert: Though yet to truly master its various techniques, kenshin has reached a level of proficiency of the art to keep up and even surprise high-level Shinigami with his speed. His usage of lightning to enhance his speed by firing up his neurons and the subsequent improvement of his response time makes him quick even without the usage of Shunpo. His overall speed has drastically increased after his encounter with Sōsuke.

Not only does he posses great speed, his reflexes are very good as well. By using electricity to stimulate his nervous system he can speed up his neural synapses so that he can react much faster to any stimuli and as such his reflexes are enhanced to mindboggling levels. As a result he possesses tremendous raw speed as well as almost unmatched reflexes.

Genius Intellect: Probably one of the main reasons behind Kenshin's various talents are his brains and high intellect. He is said to have the potential to go down as one of the most gifted Shinigami of all time. He achieved Shikai after a very short period of time and having achieved his Bankai, is expected to someday perfect it as well. His intellect allows him to learn and master skills at an astonishingly fast pace. He is able to see patterns and link together a series of events with relative ease. Due to his sharp mind and his steadily increasing proficiency in combat, he is becoming more and more tactically aware, strategizing and coming up with plans with increasing ease. At this point of time his relate inexperience is a stumbling block due to which he is still unaware of certain scenarios and is often surprised by the course of action taken by an opponent. But he learns from each defeat and learning from each setback makes him capable of accounting for more and more outcomes.

Zanpakutō
Hōkatsu (包括, Comprehension) is the name of Kenshin's Zanpakutō. In its sealed state it appears as a Chōkuto, with jet black sheath and guard-less hilt. It is carried by Kenshin on the rope belt tied at his waist, resting diagonally on his back.

Shikai: Released by the command Kataru (語る, Talk), Hōkatsu does not undergo any drastic change in it's physical appearance, looking almost the same as in its sealed state. The only change is that the sheath and hilt of the blade turn white with a central black strip running along its length.

Shikai Special Ability: Hōkatsu's power is granting Kenshin the ability to understand how things work, enable him to recognize and study patterns, help him to better analyze any system that he encounters and how to fix them if they are broken. Kenshin has used this power to read both mechanical and biological systems as well as Kidō and Zanpakutō abilities. Though he is yet to fully master this aspect of its powers, Hōkatsu also allows him to analyze human behavior. It has been suggested by Hōkatsu himself that his powers can also be used to understand the complexities of cause and effect, allowing one to truly understand the consequences of one's actions and to some degree influence the future. Like with any other skill, Hōkatsu's powers strengthen up with use; for systems that Kenshin is familiar with he can detect and identify flaws with only a cursory inspection. But for things he is unfamiliar with and has never encountered before require more extensive study. During his training with Rosuto, he reached a new level of understanding with Hōkatsu and his control and ease of usage of it's powers increased.


 * Sakugen (削減, Reduce): He is able to analyze an opponent's attack and by studying its spiritual makeup, can respond with an equal and opposite attack to nullify its effects. He can cancel out any attack with this technique as long as the attack's strength is not beyond his own strength.

Bankai: Fuhen Hōkatsu (普遍包括, Universal Comprehension) is the name of Kenshin's bankai. Unlike most Bankai forms, which usually create some sort of massive creature or effect, Kenshin's Bankai actually remains the same as his shikai as far as appearance is concerned. The only visible change is in Kenshin's appearance as a red pattern appears on his eyes to signify his increased sensed of perception.

Bankai Special Ability: Fuhen Hōkatsu, much like its Shikai provides Kenshin with the ability to study and understand how varies systems work along with the added ability to modify those systems as he sees fit.


 * Enhanced Shikai Abilities: All of Kenshin's Shikai skills are enhanced to a great degree and their range is vastly increased. He can now use Sakugen to counter much stronger attacks which would have been beyond him while in Shikai. He can also analyze systems from a greater distance and can study the inner workings of a systems even when not in close proximity to it.


 * Seishin Tate (精神盾, Spirit Shield): An advanced form of Sakugen, learned after achieving his Bankai, this technique involves the creation of a square barrier around Kenshin which, instead of simply cancelling an incoming attack, absorbs any Reiatsu based attacks that fall upon it and accumulates the absorbed Reiatsu in a sphere at the center of the barrier. Kenshin can then launch this gathered Reiatsu as a concentrated beam of spiritual energy which he directs by placing both or one hand behind the sphere, with the blast being launched in the direction pointed by his palm. Despite attempts to do so, Kenshin cannot absorb this gathered Reiatsu to replenish his own Reiatsu levels.


 * Utsushi (写し, Duplicate): Such is his understanding of various systems while in Bankai that Kenshin can completely determine the means of creation of a technique and can decipher how to reproduce the technique. Thus by completely understanding a technique he can recreate that technique at a later time and use it as it were his own.


 * Shūryō Taihen (終了大変, Dreadful Ending): The first technique to have been learned by him, this attack was learned during his encounter with Sōsuke Yūhi. An energy based offensive attack, in its original form used by Sōsuke it involved making use of the blue energy shroud that covers his Zanpakutō in it's Blue Form and releasing the energy stored within the energy shroud in the form of blue-colored energy blasts. Kenshin has learned how to use this technique but does so in a manner slightly different from the original. Instead of utilizing any energy already covering his blade in a shroud of blue spiritual energy, something that is unique to Sōsuke's Irohime, Kenshin instead transfers his own spiritual energy into the blade which is then concentrated around the blade as it seeps out from the length of the blade when he is about to launch the attack. Another difference is that while for Sōsuke this attack appeared as light blue blasts, in Kenshin's case the attack is much a darker violet in color with the edges tinged by a lighter bluish-white hue. He can change the shape, size, and intensity of the blasts, being capable of releasing the energy as one powerful blast or a number of small "bullets" of lesser strength but greater speed. On the whole it is a very powerful and versatile technique, capable of causing large-scale damage and destruction.

Hollowfication
Hollow Mask: Kenshin's hollow mask is red in color with a slit over his left eye with his mouth and right eye being almost completely covered. While his mouth is completely covered, there are a number of small circular holes over his right eye. Despite its simple triangular appearance, the mask, which covers his entire face, is menacing in its own way. A number of stripes emerge from the skull, all the color of dried blood, and run almost all the way down to his jaw, crossing over his right eye in the process. The eye slit over his left eye and the holes above his right eye appear to shine from behind his mask with a yellowish-whitish glow, his eyes being barely visible from beyond.

When Kenshin first began accessing his hollow powers it was involuntarily and he drew out but a small fraction of his powers. On such instances the mask would slowly start appearing as his inner hollow slowly took over his body and would ultimately appear completely when he would completely take over. Earlier, when Kenshin had just started obtaining a modicum of control over his hollow powers, his eyes used to first turn red when he drew on some of his hollow powers, normally when he started loosing control or suffered from one of his manic episodes, which often allowed his inner hollow to start emerging from within his psyche. While he still retained control over his actions while his eyes turn red, the moment his mask appeared his inner hollow used to take over.

Following his training under Rosuto Shiba, Kenshin has finally managed to master the hollow within him and can now completely utilize his inner Hollow's powers without loosing control. To access his inner Hollow's power, Kenshin must now summon the mask onto his face, which is normally done by placing one of his hands over his face and concentrating spiritual matter on it in order to manifest the mask, drawing it upon his face in a "ripping" fashion.


 * Power Augmentation: While wearing the mask, Kenshin's inner Hollow's powers supplement his Shinigami abilities, giving him a vast augmentation in his strength, speed and durability.


 * Enhanced Spiritual Power: While wearing his hollow mask, Kenshin's spiritual power becomes even greater than before, his reiatsu's volume, concentration, and catastrophic nature resembling that of an Arrancar. With his mask on Kenshin's spiritual energy changes to greatly resemble that of a Hollow and becomes much more sinister.


 * Enhanced Strength: After donning his Hollow mask, Kesnhin physical strength is greatly enhanced, to the point that he was capable of blocking a attack from captain level opponents with his bare hands.


 * Enhanced Speed: While wearing his mask, Kenshin’s already formidable speed is greatly enhanced. During his encounter with Sōsuke Yūhi, his speed with his mask on was enough to allow him to almost compete on an equal footing with the rogue shinigami, a great testament to his speed as Sōsuke himself was at one time famous throughout Soul Society for his great speed and mastery of Hohō.


 * Enhanced Endurance: Using the mask increases Kenshin's ability to resist pain, feeling pain on a lesser scale than before and being able to ignore it with more ease.


 * Enhanced Durability: Kenshin's ability to take a beating is also greatly increased. He can now take a good beating and still be able to continue fighting, in other worlds being able to push his body much farther than before.


 * Pesquisa: A result of his mastery of his Hollow powers, and the level of understanding of these powers that his zanpakutō now grants him, Kenshin is capable of utilizing the Arrancar ability of Pesquisa to detect, sense and gauge the amount of Reiatsu in his vicinity. Kenshin has shown a high level of proficiency with this ability and can determine how powerful his opponent is within a very short period of time. Kenshin_Cero.jpg conjunction with Hōkatsu's abilities, Kenshin is capable of comprehending the flow, concentration and even feel of spiritual energy in his surroundings and by concentrating can distinguish one person from another from great distances by nothing other than the "feel" of their energy.


 * Cero: Kenshin is capable of firing a Cero from the palm of his hand. His Cero can be charged and fired relatively fast and is a blue color instead of red, which is the most common color of a Cero. The force of the blast is powerful enough to send an opponent hurtling long distances, effectively destroying any obstacle in its path at great range. He is shown to be capable of firing it from either hand.

Behind the Scenes

 * Kenshin's appearance is based on Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto.
 * His abilities were inspired in part from the character Hope Summers from Marvel comics.