Totsuka (Spirit)

Totsuka is the third and most powerful of the Sankishin Zanpakuto. It is considered the "Sword of the Soul King" by the Central 46, who summon Totsuka to attack those deemed a threat to the Soul King's authority. It is otherwise kept in stasis. It is unique that it is the only source of "emptiness" deemed beneficial to the Soul King.

Shikai
Totsuka is that of a young woman with long red hair and blue eyes. When she is in battle, she wears an unusual winged hat, a Japanese-style military uniform, and black military boots.

When she is under the influence of her unique Museigen nota jotai, her eyes turn red and her entire uniform becomes black.

Bankai
Using Bankai form, Totsuka's physical appearance remains the same, with the exception of her red hair being tied into a ponytail. Her armor being a sleeveless, black, skin-tight bodysuit with a short, slender, white outfit, and white, knee-length boots. The armor bears a slight resemblance to the armor worn by Murakumo's Bankai, but with two shields floating around her instead of swords, and an overall less revealing outfit.

Shikai
Totsuka is a serious, mature, and intelligent being. She has always followed her orders from the Soul King and Central 46 and has complete faith in them (likely due to Tazuma's specified tempering). She considers Tazuma a sort of father-like figure and is grateful for his forging her. Totsuka considers herself the embodiment of justice. Her personality becomes warped in a Museigen nota jotai state.

Bankai
Shinseina Kūkyo Totsuka is shown to retain Totsuka's desire for justice, but her awakening is under a much more sinister light. She believes that the Soul King and the Soul Society are not to be defied, and that she is the Sword of the Soul King herself. She also refers to herself as the true emptiness.

History
A masterless Zanpakuto forged by Tazuma alongside Murakumo (spirit) and Kusanagi. Tazuma gave both Kusanagi and Totsuka to Central 46 just prior to his exile. Kusanagi was put into a permanent hibernation while Totsuka became known as the Sword of the Soul King, and was subject to various peacekeeping mission on the authority of the Soul King and Central 46. One of its first combat mission was to "capture" Natsu Amakuni, but failed. Though despite this she was capable of gauging her overall abilities, which led to the mission that resulted in Natsu's imprisonment. Totsuka is constant kept in stasis by her own accord until called upon for a mission...

Powers and Abilities
Unknown spiritual pressure: While her soul isn't "stained" by emptiness, her soul is ruled by emptiness, therefore has a dense spiritual pressure akin to the afflicted Munashi danpen, Tazuma and Chireru Amakuni, granting her the same immunities to reishi absorption techniques. Regardless of her release state, her spiritual pressure is currently unknown.

Shunpo Expert:

Kido Expert: Totsuka excels at Kido, easily able to use low-med level kido without incantation and certain high kido with full incantation.

Zanjutsu Expert:

"True" Museigen nota jōtai: Because she embodies true emptiness, she can access this state, albeit only in Shikai and without running the risk of Soul Suicide. Unlike other beings, Totsuka does not have the ability to "inject" emptiness into other beings. This allows her the following:
 * Enhanced Spiritual Pressure: Totsuka's spiritual preesure only marginally increases, though it does get denser.
 * Kūkyo shahei(空虚遮蔽, Emptiness Shield): In her Museigen nota jotai fused Shikai, she is allotted defensive capablities on par of defense capabilities allowed by either a Quincies Blut Vein or an Arrancar's Hierro.

Zanpakuto
Totsuka:Totsuka's fighting style is an interesting interpretation of the standard "sword and shield" style of traditional Western swordplay, where her oddly shaped, floating book acts as a small buckler shield. Totsuka's short sword is capable of adopting a variety of shapes, sometimes as appearing as a fencing foil, a whip sword, a floating claymore or even a staff.

Shikai:The true powers of Totsuka have yet to be revealed, but first and foremost it can absorb and redirect kido and reishi based techniques.

Museigen nota jōtai-fused Shikai:An Inverse power of Totsuka's Power, it augments her physical attacks by absorbing reishi techniques and increases striking power of her Shikai Sword. After her battle with Natsu Amakuni, she is shown to obtain the ability to unleash the Getsuga Tenshō via stealing the power of one of Natsu's Materia Getsuga attacks, though only in a this variation of her Shikai.

Bankai:Shinseina Kūkyo Totsuka("Sacred Emptiness" Totsuka) Not Yet Revealed

Trivia
Heavily inspired and influenced by Tsubaki Yayoi/Izayoi of the Blazblue series.