Soujiro Endo

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==Appearance == Soujiro had a youthful appearance and was a fairly tall person, with white skin and blue eyes. He is tall and lean, with a slightly muscular build. Soujiro had spiky black hair. He wore the normal shikahusho uniform

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Powers and Abilities''' '''

Vast Spiritual Power: Soujiro has a considerably large amount of spiritual power, and due to this, his Soujiro is capable of using raw Spiritual Energy as a shield against attacks, when he creates a spiritual aura of energy, Due to the sheer amount of Spiritual Energy, Soujiro is capable of fighting battles for extended periods of time without tiring and can pull off many large scale attacks with energy to spare. His spiritual energy is light blue-white in Shikai mode and black with a purple outline in Bankai. Soujiro has great skill in detecting spiritual pressure as well, due to the need to avoid getting attack on his right side, his blind spot

Master Swordsmanship Specialist: When in battle, Soujiro typically uses his Zanpakutō, as his primary mode of battle. He has been shown on various occasions to be able to match a Captain-level opponent blow for blow with his sword and can be considered a swordsmanship specialist.

Flash Step Expert: Soujiro has shown himself to be highly proficient in Flash Steps, being able to keep up with Captain-level Shinigami. In Bankai, his speed increases to the point where he can create afterimages of himself uses Flash Step.

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Zanpakutō ''' '''

Zangetsu (斬月, Slaying Moon): It is unknown why his soul produced an copy of Ichigo Kurosaki's zanpakutō, all Soujiro knows is that it did. has speculated that Soujiro and Ichigo must have similar souls and thus produced the same zanpakutō. The exact same thing happened to Toshirō during his days in the Academy, when another student, Sōjriō Kusaka, was also granted Hyōrinmaru; the same sword as Hitsugaya. The spirit of Zangetsu resembles a tall (about the height of Soujiro himself) thirty to forty-year-old man with unkempt facial hair and long ragged black hair. He dresses in tattered all black garbs with narrow sunglasses and a long flowing overcoat that flares out into ragged ends. Zangetsu is portrayed as wise and calm in most matters, and fond of testing Soujiro in unusual ways, many of which have a purpose completely contrary to the stated goal, much like he once did with Ichigo. Soujiro's inner world possesses lusher, natural surroundings such as bright sunny skies and green forests which Zangetsu greatly likes, unlike Ichigo's skyscraper filled inner world. Zangetsu has displayed the ability to temporarily close fatal wounds during combat, though whether or not this is a unique ability is unclear. Soujiro has had a strong connection to his Zanpakutō, as shown from how Zangetsu would regularly come to aid him by literally manifesting to fight alongside him when Soujiro is in a difficult situation.

In it's sealed state, Soujiro's Zangetsu has a red handle and square-shaped hand guard. It is carried from a string wrapped around his belt in an iaidō style, and worn with the edge down like a tachi instead of the edge up like a katana. The end of the hilt has a red tassel.

Shikai: Released by the command "strike” the Shikai form of Zangetsu looks like an oversized elegant cleaver rather than a formal "katana". It has no tsuba and no proper hilt; what Soujiro holds is the cloth-wrapped tang. The sword is 1.75 meters tall, and has a white blade with a black edge, the exact opposite of Ichigo's Zangetsu coloring. The black, cloth wrapping on the tang seems to react to Soujiro'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; Soujiro uses this style far more than Ichigo ever does. The cloth also can be undone to wrap up wounds, but this is done rarely. Soujiro has also on more than one occasion used Zangetsu's wide blade as a shield from incoming attacks. Unlike Ichigo's version of the Zanpakutō, which cannot be sealed back into it's original form, Soujiro's Zangetsu can return to it's sealed state at Soujiro's command.

Shikai Special Ability: Zangetsu's is largely used for melee combat but possesses one known special ability.

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. Getsuga Tenshō is a powerful technique with great force, capable of causing large scale damage. While it is currently the only attack Zangetsu has taught Soujiro, Soujiro 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. A noticeable difference in Soujiro's Getsuga from Ichigo's, is that Soujiro's Shikai version of Getsuga Tenshō is pure purple instead of blue. Soujiro has even demonstrated use of this attack in his sealed state.

Bankai: Tensa Zangetsu (天鎖斬月, Heaven Chain Slaying Moon): It is considered completely out of the ordinary for any Zanpakutō. Unlike most Bankai forms, which usually create some sort of massive creature or effect, the Bankai of Zangetsu actually shrinks Soujiro's sword down to a daitō (Japanese long sword) with a black blade. The cross guard has four prongs bent out to form the shape of the manji (which is the kanji for "ban," meaning "full", as in "full release"). Instead of the cloth his Shikai form had, a short length of chain with a broken link at the end dangles from the base of the hilt. In addition to his sword, Soujiro's robe is replaced with a long-sleeved, ankle-length white coat, or shikakusho, with black lining that is closed at his chest, then left to flare out into ragged ends, much like that of Zangetsu himself; it differs from Ichigo's form, in that in Ichigo's version of Tensa Zangetsu, the cloak is black. This coat is part of Soujiro's Bankai and the damage it can take is directly proportionate to the remaining strength and level of Soujiro's reiatsu.

Bankai Special Ability: Tensa Zangetsu much like its Shikai form is used largely for melee combat but possess certain special ability.

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 Soujiro's version of the Bankai, these potent blasts are silver with a forest green outline and their path can be controlled, with explosively augmented power and speed. Soujiro's version is completely his own, it draws on no other source of power other than Zangetsu himself, making it far more destructive than Ichigo's Hollow-reliant version. Soujiro can also keep Getsuga Tenshō within Zangetsu to augment his sword swings.

Getsusaiga(crushing moon fang) The energy will gather up on the tip of the blade and grow larger with every second before Soujiro slashes at the foe, letting all the energy gathered at the tip be thrown in a wide scale towards the person/persons. This attack can hit from two to three people at a time. The area it can be thrown will be about ten yards.

Hyper-Speed Combat: Soujiro takes all the power of his Bankai and compresses it into a small, condense form. Then he uses the power of the Bankai to perform hyper speed combat. His new speed is so great, that it also enhances his Flash Step prowess and allows him to create dozens of afterimages to confuse his opponent.

Enhanced Strength: Soujiro's Bankai also allows him to further enhance his natural great strength as shown from how effortlessly he blocked a punch from Renge, an Seijin Master known primarily for his immense strength. He is strong enough to cut through an Arrancar's Hierro with relative ease. This new strength allows Soujiro to break free from any attack that binds him and prevents him from moving just as he releases.

Enhanced Spiritual Power: His reiatsu is intense and rough as well as thick and heavy that it can suffocate Humans by being the in general vicinity of his released Bankai. In addition, his already immense spiritual energy has grandly and explosively increased, and now has a forest green-outlined, silver spiritual energy.

Enhanced Bankai Duration: Furthermore, the fact that all of his energy is "compressed" means that usage of his Bankai doesn't expel as much spiritual power as other Bankai from the point of activation; thus allowing him to use Tensa Zangetsu at a much longer duration than any other Bankai users of his level.