Zangetsu/Raian's

Zangetsu (斬月, Moon Slayer), also known by his Bankai name Tensa Zangetsu (天鎖斬月, Heavenly Chain, Moon Slayer), is the spirit of Raian Getsueikirite's own Zangetsu sword, formed via the merge of Ichigo and Raian's souls to regain their Shinigami powers. He takes on the appearance of a White Zangetsu at first, but later takes the form of Hollow Ichigo, claiming that he and the former Hollow are one and the same.

Appearance
His overall appearance is practically the same as Ichigo's; they look identical, only with his color scheme the opposite of Ichigo's. He is a fairly tall and lean-built being with pure white skin and hair. His eyes consists of black pupils, yellow irises and black sclera. He also has black nails. Raian's Zangetsu wears a white shikakushō uniform with a black cloth belt, the opposite of a Shinigami's standard uniform.

When Raian first regained his powers via the Soul Link, the spirit of Zangetsu resembled a tall 40 to 50-year-old man with unkempt facial hair and long ragged black hair, exactly like Ichigo's Zangetsu, only Raian's dressed in tattered all white garbs with grey narrow sunglasses and a long flowing overcoat that flared out into ragged ends, unlike Ichigo's black version. Because of the spirit's appearance, Raian calls him "White Zangetsu" (斬月の白, Zangetsu no Shiro).

Later, when Raian's power begins to develop, Zangetsu changes almost into the exact likeness of Hollow Ichigo. Zangetsu explains that when Ichigo and Raian used the Soul Link to get their powers back, Ichigo had the higher spirit power, due to having already been in the process of regaining his power for longer than Raian, and thus, Ichigo's power was reproduced in both of them. It was then split down the middle; the Hollow half of Ichigo's power went to Raian, while the Shinigami half went to Ichigo. Therefore when Raian's powers began to mature once more, he [Zangetsu] was allowed to take on his true form.

In Bankai, Zangetsu becomes Tensa Zangetsu. Tensa Zangetsu's hair lengthens to waist length, he gains a pure white, ankle length shikakushō, and will occasionally wear his Hollow form's mask.

Personality
Zangetsu is portrayed as wise and calm in most matters, and fond of testing Raian in unusual ways, many of which have a purpose completely contrary to the stated goal. Zangetsu also says that the one thing about Raian's inner world that he hates is when it rains, which it does when Raian despairs, as it does in Ichigo's.

In Bankai, Zangetsu seems to portray the same cool and calm collectiveness as he would when not in Bankai; however, he is far more aggressive. When he's merged with Ichigo's Tensa Zangetsu, much of Ichigo's Tensa Zangetsu's personality seems to be in effect, making the white Tensa Zangetsu much more calm, though he is prone to occasional outbursts similar to his former self as well as like Hollow Ichigo.

Powers & Abilities
High-Speed Regeneration: Zangetsu has displayed the ability to temporarily close fatal wounds during combat, though whether or not this is a unique ability is unclear.

Forms
At times, Zangetsu can call upon his sword form for use in battle or training; an oversized elegant cleaver rather than a formal "katana". It has no tsuba and no proper hilt; what Zangetsu holds is the cloth-wrapped tang. The sword is almost as tall as Zangetsu is, six feet, and has a silver blade with a black edge. Unlike Ichigo's Zangetsu, however, Raian's version has a sharp edge jutting out near the cloth-wrapped tang. The cloth wrapping on the tang seems to react to Zangetsu's will, changing length at a thought or twining about the blade in an impromptu sheath. When in combat, the cloth falls away when necessary, shrinking back to a manageable size. The cloth can also be used to swing the weapon like a flail and toss it at opponents for mid-range combat; Zangetsu makes use of this feature on occasions. The cloth also can be done to wrap up wounds, but this is also done rarely. The color of the cloth is black. Zangetsu has also on more than one occasion used Zangetsu's wide blade as a shield from incoming attacks. Unlike most Zanpakutō, which can be sealed into their original form, Zangetsu is always in its Shikai form.

Shikai: Zangetsu can only use the form his wielder currently is using. When in Shikai, he possesses his constant Shikai release state: an oversized, elegant, white cleaver almost as tall as himself with no crossguard or proper hilt. It is instead held by its cloth-wrapped tang.


 * Getsuga Tenshō (月牙天衝, Moon Fang Heaven-Piercer): At the instant of the slash, Zangetsu absorbs his spiritual energy and releases highly condensed spiritual energy at the tip of the blade, magnifying the slash attack and then flies forward. This slash takes the form of a crescent moon or in the shape of a wave. As stated by Zangetsu, knowing the name of an attack heightens its power compared to its strength when the wielder does not know its name. The Getsuga Tenshō is a powerful technique with great force, capable of causing large-scale damage and destruction. Zangetsu has used this technique in several different manners, such as striking the ground to create an omnidirectional blast to knock away incoming attacks or slashing at the ground to upturn it and crush everything in its path. His Getsuga is red in color.

Bankai: His appearance shifts to his Bankai form. Unlike most Bankai forms, which usually create some sort of massive creature or effect, Zangetsu's Bankai actually shrinks his sword down to a daitō (Japanese long sword) with a white blade. The cross guard has changed to the four prongs expanding out larger from its previous position, in the shape of the manji (which is the kanji for "ban," meaning "full", as in "full release") its now abstract stick-like in appearance. The blade itself can endure even the strongest of attacks, making it quite effective in blocking and deflecting incoming attacks; it can even withstand getting crushed by force. Tensa Zangetsu now wears a white glove on his right hand that the sword appears to be attached to and the chain at the base of the hilt has extended extensively and now wraps up the length of his now sleeveless right arm with the additional portion of the chain hanging down. In addition to his sword, Tensa Zangetsu's Shikai robe is replaced with a long-sleeved, ankle-length white coat (or shikakushō) with black lining that is closed at his chest, then left to flare out into ragged ends. This coat is part of Tensa Zangetsu's Bankai and the damage it can take is directly proportionate to the remaining strength and level of Tensa Zangetsu's reiatsu.


 * Physical Enhancement: This Bankai is a compression of his remarkable power, rather than a vast expansion as other Bankai are. This vastly compressed power enables to reach levels of physical and spiritual prowess most Shinigami would have their bodies give out at and cannot handle. It allows Tensa Zangetsu to move at very high speeds exceeding those of flash steps, allowing him to be undetectable to unfocused eyes. This Bankai also allows Tensa Zangetsu to use his natural strength to its limits. His new speed is so great, that it also allows him to create dozens of tangible clones to confuse his opponent. In addition, his already immense spiritual energy has grandly and explosively increased, and now has a snow white blast with a crimson red outline. Tensa Zangetsu's Bankai also allows him to further enhance his natural great strength, proven when it allows it's wielder to cut the top of a mountain top off with a singe swing, as Ichigo did against Aizen.


 * Enhanced Getsuga Tenshō: Tensa Zangetsu retains the use of Getsuga Tenshō and can be used in the same manners, but can be used in an enhanced form. When used in Bankai, these potent blasts are white with a red outline, and their path can be controlled, with explosively augmented power and speed. Tensa Zangetsu can also keep Getsuga Tenshō within Tensa Zangetsu to augment his sword swings.

Hollowfication
Hollow Form: When Raian enters his inner world while using Hollowfication, Zangetsu takes on his Hollow form. In this form, Zangetsu has long straight white hair, reaching down to his waist, and a Hollow hole even larger than his previous one, decorated with markings stretching from the hole, across his chest and shoulders. He also has retractable claws on his fingertips and toes, small furry black tufts, two starting from his collarbone and stretching around his neck, and one each on his wrists and ankles, as well as his pale white skin. In this new form, he has a different Hollow mask and his face is shaped the same, it covers Zangetsu's entire head and its markings are different as it has four white spike-shaped marks stretched, two of them stopping by the forehead, and the other two stretching past the eyes and teeth, going past his chin and joining with the marks on his chest. There are also small marks resembling a heart, but with the top and bottom open, extending from the inner corners of his eyes. The mask features two long forward-pointing horns with white strips extending from their center towards the tips. The mask itself is black.


 * Telekinesis: Quickly after transforming, Zangetsu was able to call his sword back to his hands with just the wave of his hand.


 * Enhanced Cero: His crimson Cero is exceedingly powerful, capable of completely overwhelming Ulquiorra's Cero Oscuras and causing large scale destruction to large portion of the surroundings. It is fired from between the tips of his horns, however, if one of the horns are cut off, he is unable to form the Cero properly, and any energy already gathered will implode.