Post by Dawn on Feb 10, 2010 1:42:52 GMT -5
First Name:Ichigo
Last Name:Kurosaki
Alias or Nick-name:
Age:15
Height/Weight:5'11"/165
Eyes:Brown(Yellow pupils with black centers as Hollow Ichigo)
Hair:Orange
Persuasion: Good
Powers/Weapons:Ichigo is one of the rare living humans in the Bleach universe to possess innate spiritual powers, which give him the ability to see ghosts. When the full extent of these powers is unlocked as a consequence of his meeting with Rukia Kuchiki, they turn out to be both massive and contagious, and many of his friends begin to develop spiritual powers due to their proximity to him. Because Ichigo produces more spiritual energy than his body can contain, it leaks out constantly, preventing him from hiding it and effectively making stealth impossible when dealing with other spiritually-aware beings.
Though he does not possess any formal Soul Reaper rank, Ichigo's overall abilities are great enough that he can fight on the level of a Soul Reaper captain. When he is in his Soul Reaper form, Ichigo's already impressive athletic abilities are greatly enhanced.[13]
Ichigo's zanpakut¨ is named Zangetsu (”ØÔÂ, Zangetsu? literally "cutting moon").[8] Unlike most Soul Reapers, who can seal their zanpakut¨ after releasing it, Ichigo's zanpakut¨ is always in its shikai form. Its sealed form is that of an ordinary zanpakut¨, but oversized as a result of Ichigo's uncontrolled spiritual pressure. Zangetsu's spirit takes the form of a middle-aged man, voiced by Takayuki Sugo in the Japanese anime and by Richard Epcar in the English dub.[14][15] Zangetsu is portrayed as wise and calm in most matters, and fond of testing Ichigo in unusual ways, many of which have a purpose completely contrary to the stated goal. In its shikai, Zangetsu takes the form of an oversized cleaver blade without a hilt or guard.
Zangetsu's bankai, named Tensa Zangetsu (Ììæi”ØÔÂ, Tensa Zangetsu? literally "heavenly chained cutting moon"), is considered completely out of the ordinary for any zanpakut¨. Ichigo's bankai shrinks the sword down to a fully black one while his uniform also changes to resemble the robe worn by Zangetsu's human form. By compressing his power, Ichigo can move at high speeds, exceeding those of flash steps, and is given matching agility and reflexes, allowing him to use his natural strength to its limits.[16] Zangetsu's special ability, in either form, is the Getsuga Tensh¨ (ÔÂÑÀÌìÐn, Getsuga Tensh¨? literally "moon-fang piercer of the heavens", translated in the English anime as "piercer of heaven"), an energy blast fired from the tip of the blade.[17]
In addition to his Soul Reaper powers, Ichigo partially becomes a hollow while reobtaining his Soul Reaper powers with the help of Kisuke Urahara.[18] This leaves him with an inner hollow spirit that grows in strength as the series progresses. The spirit has an arrogant personality and mocks his counterpart's inability in a sneering, didactic fashion whenever the chance arises.[19] The hollow occasionally takes over Ichigo's body, at which times it fights like a berserker, is able to ignore any injuries Ichigo has previously sustained, and shows considerably increased speed and strength.[20] Ichigo is taught to control his hollow by the visored, allowing him to call upon his hollow powers at will and without sacrificing control to his hollow self.[21] He is also taught to call on his hollow's powers by donning his hollow mask, supplementing his Soul Reaper powers with his hollow powers. Ichigo can initially only maintain this form for eleven seconds, but the limit increases substantially during his third battle with Grimmjow Jeagerjaques. /All Soul Reapers possess a zanpakut¨ (”ØÆǵ¶, zanpakut¨? literally "soul-cutting sword"), a physical manifestation of their soul that takes the form of a regular sword. By learning the name of the sword's spirit and learning to work with it in battle, Soul Reapers can unlock more powerful forms of their zanpakut¨. The first form, known as shikai (ʼ½â, shikai? "initial release"), changes the swords appearance to better facilitate it special abilities. The second form, known as bankai (…d½â, bankai? "final release"), can only normally be achieved when a Soul Reaper trains with their zanpakut¨ for decades. Once achieved the Soul Reaper can unlock their zanpakut¨'s full potential, increasing their power several times over.[1]
History: Ichigo is a 15-year-old who attempts to cultivate a detached image, for which he keeps his eyebrows constantly furrowed. Ichigo has natural orange hair, a fact that annoys many bullies in his school, who constantly pick fights with him.[13] Ichigo claims that he does not care what others think and seems to enjoy fighting the bullies. While in junior high school, Ichigo met and befriended Yasutora "Chad" Sado, a boy from another school who helped him out of a fight. Chad, although extremely strong, was often the target of beatings because he refused to fight for his own sake due to a promise he had made as a child to his grandfather. Upon discovering this, Ichigo made a pact with Chad in which they both agreed to fight and risk their lives for something the other was willing to risk their life for. Ichigo comments that thanks to Rukia his life changed, and thanks to her he is able to protect the people he cares for. Ichigo meets Rukia Kuchiki in the midst of a hollow attack. After Rukia is heavily injured by the hollow, she is forced to transfer her Soul Reaper powers to Ichigo so that he can kill the hollow and save their lives and his family.[24] Though the hollow is vanquished, Ichigo absorbs almost all of Rukia's spiritual power, and she is forced to stay in the human world until they return. In the meantime, Ichigo performs her Soul Reaper duties, inadvertently exposing his friends to the spiritual world and giving them their own unique abilities.[25] When his actions eventually attract the attention of Soul Society, Rukia is detained and taken home to be executed, and Ichigo leads an effort to save her.[26]
Upon arriving in Soul Society, he repeatedly clashes with high-ranking Soul Reapers as he gets closer to her location. In doing so he splits their forces in two; those who wish to help Ichigo free Rukia and those determined to carry out her execution. With the assistance of his newfound allies Rukia is saved, though she quickly falls into the hands of S¨suke Aizen.[27] Aizen, having masterminded Rukia's execution, fulfills his plans by removing the H¨gyoku from her body. While he is unable to kill her as planned, he and his accomplices are able to flee Soul Society as the Soul Reapers reunite against him.[28] In the aftermath, Ichigo is made a "deputy Soul Reaper" and is allowed to return home with his friends.[29]
Aizen, through the use of the H¨gyoku, creates an army of arrancar that he sends to attack Ichigo and his friends in the human world. When they are unable to deal with the arrancar threat, Soul Society sends a group of Soul Reapers to help them.[30] Although they are able to fend off the arrancar with the bolstered defenses, they are unable to prevent the abduction of Orihime Inoue. When Soul Society refuses to save her, Ichigo and his friends go to Hueco Mundo to stage their own rescue attempt.[31] With the help of a few friendly arrancar he meets along the way, Ichigo is ultimately able to reunite with Orihime.[32] Before they can return home, however, she is recaptured, and Ichigo sets out to get her back from Ulquiorra Schiffer.
Soul Reapers are departed human souls that have gained supernatural powers. Their bodies are composed of ectoplasm which mimics normal human anatomy. Soul Reapers can only be seen by other spiritually aware entities, which excludes most humans, but otherwise are solid entities capable of influencing their environment. Additionally, they can be injured and die like regular humans, though it takes considerably greater injuries for the latter to occur than it would in regular humans.
Soul Reaper operations are based out of Soul Society, which is the afterlife in Bleach. Travel between the human world and Soul Society is extremely limited and monitored, but some Soul Reapers are stationed in the human world to carry out their duties and therefore must often travel between the two. In addition, it is a crime for a Soul Reaper to remain in the human world longer than directed. A Soul Reaper's duties include leading wholes (ghosts) to Soul Society in a practice called soul burial (kons¨), and the cleansing of hollows (evil spirits).[2]
Hollows are departed human souls that have not been sent to Soul Society in due time, leading to their corruption. Once corrupted, they gain a skull-like mask, a drastically different physical appearance, and a very animalistic level of intelligence. Hollows begin to crave other human souls, living or dead, and scour the human world in their search for sustenance. They will continue this search until they are killed by a Soul Reaper, at which point their souls are purified and they are allowed to pass on to Soul Society.
In rare cases, a hollow will lose its taste for human souls and instead starts eating other hollows. In doing so, the hollow gains all the power of the consumed, allowing them to evolve into stronger and more intelligent forms known as menos (¥á¥Î¥¹, menosu?, Spanish for "minus" or "less"). Within the menos, there are three levels of power. Gillian (×îÏ´óÐ飨¥®¥ê¥¢¥ó£©, girian?, Japanese for "least of the great hollows") are the weakest type, and usually have no individuality. Should a gillian retain its consciousness, it can evolve into an intelligent and variable hollow called an adjuchas (Öм‰´óÐ飨¥¢¥¸¥å©`¥«¥¹£©, aj¨±kasu?, Japanese for "intermediate great hollow"). From there, it can become a vasto lorde (×îÉÏ´óÐ飨¥ô¥¡¥¹¥È¥í©`¥Ç£©, vasuto r¨de?, Spanish for "enormous king"), a hollow so powerful that just ten would be capable of overwhelming Soul Society. As hollows evolve they gain access to unique skills and abilities, fueled by the souls they have consumed. The most basic of these abilities is Cero (ÐééW£¨¥»¥í£©, Sero?, Japanese for "hollow flash," Spanish for "zero", labeled as "Doom Blast" in the Viz manga), a high-powered energy blasts that can be fired from various body parts, such as the mouth or hand. Enhanced speed and a resistance to damage are also common of evolved hollows. There is also higher levels of ceros as well.
Comic character is from: Manga Bleach
Last Name:Kurosaki
Alias or Nick-name:
Age:15
Height/Weight:5'11"/165
Eyes:Brown(Yellow pupils with black centers as Hollow Ichigo)
Hair:Orange
Persuasion: Good
Powers/Weapons:Ichigo is one of the rare living humans in the Bleach universe to possess innate spiritual powers, which give him the ability to see ghosts. When the full extent of these powers is unlocked as a consequence of his meeting with Rukia Kuchiki, they turn out to be both massive and contagious, and many of his friends begin to develop spiritual powers due to their proximity to him. Because Ichigo produces more spiritual energy than his body can contain, it leaks out constantly, preventing him from hiding it and effectively making stealth impossible when dealing with other spiritually-aware beings.
Though he does not possess any formal Soul Reaper rank, Ichigo's overall abilities are great enough that he can fight on the level of a Soul Reaper captain. When he is in his Soul Reaper form, Ichigo's already impressive athletic abilities are greatly enhanced.[13]
Ichigo's zanpakut¨ is named Zangetsu (”ØÔÂ, Zangetsu? literally "cutting moon").[8] Unlike most Soul Reapers, who can seal their zanpakut¨ after releasing it, Ichigo's zanpakut¨ is always in its shikai form. Its sealed form is that of an ordinary zanpakut¨, but oversized as a result of Ichigo's uncontrolled spiritual pressure. Zangetsu's spirit takes the form of a middle-aged man, voiced by Takayuki Sugo in the Japanese anime and by Richard Epcar in the English dub.[14][15] Zangetsu is portrayed as wise and calm in most matters, and fond of testing Ichigo in unusual ways, many of which have a purpose completely contrary to the stated goal. In its shikai, Zangetsu takes the form of an oversized cleaver blade without a hilt or guard.
Zangetsu's bankai, named Tensa Zangetsu (Ììæi”ØÔÂ, Tensa Zangetsu? literally "heavenly chained cutting moon"), is considered completely out of the ordinary for any zanpakut¨. Ichigo's bankai shrinks the sword down to a fully black one while his uniform also changes to resemble the robe worn by Zangetsu's human form. By compressing his power, Ichigo can move at high speeds, exceeding those of flash steps, and is given matching agility and reflexes, allowing him to use his natural strength to its limits.[16] Zangetsu's special ability, in either form, is the Getsuga Tensh¨ (ÔÂÑÀÌìÐn, Getsuga Tensh¨? literally "moon-fang piercer of the heavens", translated in the English anime as "piercer of heaven"), an energy blast fired from the tip of the blade.[17]
In addition to his Soul Reaper powers, Ichigo partially becomes a hollow while reobtaining his Soul Reaper powers with the help of Kisuke Urahara.[18] This leaves him with an inner hollow spirit that grows in strength as the series progresses. The spirit has an arrogant personality and mocks his counterpart's inability in a sneering, didactic fashion whenever the chance arises.[19] The hollow occasionally takes over Ichigo's body, at which times it fights like a berserker, is able to ignore any injuries Ichigo has previously sustained, and shows considerably increased speed and strength.[20] Ichigo is taught to control his hollow by the visored, allowing him to call upon his hollow powers at will and without sacrificing control to his hollow self.[21] He is also taught to call on his hollow's powers by donning his hollow mask, supplementing his Soul Reaper powers with his hollow powers. Ichigo can initially only maintain this form for eleven seconds, but the limit increases substantially during his third battle with Grimmjow Jeagerjaques. /All Soul Reapers possess a zanpakut¨ (”ØÆǵ¶, zanpakut¨? literally "soul-cutting sword"), a physical manifestation of their soul that takes the form of a regular sword. By learning the name of the sword's spirit and learning to work with it in battle, Soul Reapers can unlock more powerful forms of their zanpakut¨. The first form, known as shikai (ʼ½â, shikai? "initial release"), changes the swords appearance to better facilitate it special abilities. The second form, known as bankai (…d½â, bankai? "final release"), can only normally be achieved when a Soul Reaper trains with their zanpakut¨ for decades. Once achieved the Soul Reaper can unlock their zanpakut¨'s full potential, increasing their power several times over.[1]
History: Ichigo is a 15-year-old who attempts to cultivate a detached image, for which he keeps his eyebrows constantly furrowed. Ichigo has natural orange hair, a fact that annoys many bullies in his school, who constantly pick fights with him.[13] Ichigo claims that he does not care what others think and seems to enjoy fighting the bullies. While in junior high school, Ichigo met and befriended Yasutora "Chad" Sado, a boy from another school who helped him out of a fight. Chad, although extremely strong, was often the target of beatings because he refused to fight for his own sake due to a promise he had made as a child to his grandfather. Upon discovering this, Ichigo made a pact with Chad in which they both agreed to fight and risk their lives for something the other was willing to risk their life for. Ichigo comments that thanks to Rukia his life changed, and thanks to her he is able to protect the people he cares for. Ichigo meets Rukia Kuchiki in the midst of a hollow attack. After Rukia is heavily injured by the hollow, she is forced to transfer her Soul Reaper powers to Ichigo so that he can kill the hollow and save their lives and his family.[24] Though the hollow is vanquished, Ichigo absorbs almost all of Rukia's spiritual power, and she is forced to stay in the human world until they return. In the meantime, Ichigo performs her Soul Reaper duties, inadvertently exposing his friends to the spiritual world and giving them their own unique abilities.[25] When his actions eventually attract the attention of Soul Society, Rukia is detained and taken home to be executed, and Ichigo leads an effort to save her.[26]
Upon arriving in Soul Society, he repeatedly clashes with high-ranking Soul Reapers as he gets closer to her location. In doing so he splits their forces in two; those who wish to help Ichigo free Rukia and those determined to carry out her execution. With the assistance of his newfound allies Rukia is saved, though she quickly falls into the hands of S¨suke Aizen.[27] Aizen, having masterminded Rukia's execution, fulfills his plans by removing the H¨gyoku from her body. While he is unable to kill her as planned, he and his accomplices are able to flee Soul Society as the Soul Reapers reunite against him.[28] In the aftermath, Ichigo is made a "deputy Soul Reaper" and is allowed to return home with his friends.[29]
Aizen, through the use of the H¨gyoku, creates an army of arrancar that he sends to attack Ichigo and his friends in the human world. When they are unable to deal with the arrancar threat, Soul Society sends a group of Soul Reapers to help them.[30] Although they are able to fend off the arrancar with the bolstered defenses, they are unable to prevent the abduction of Orihime Inoue. When Soul Society refuses to save her, Ichigo and his friends go to Hueco Mundo to stage their own rescue attempt.[31] With the help of a few friendly arrancar he meets along the way, Ichigo is ultimately able to reunite with Orihime.[32] Before they can return home, however, she is recaptured, and Ichigo sets out to get her back from Ulquiorra Schiffer.
Soul Reapers are departed human souls that have gained supernatural powers. Their bodies are composed of ectoplasm which mimics normal human anatomy. Soul Reapers can only be seen by other spiritually aware entities, which excludes most humans, but otherwise are solid entities capable of influencing their environment. Additionally, they can be injured and die like regular humans, though it takes considerably greater injuries for the latter to occur than it would in regular humans.
Soul Reaper operations are based out of Soul Society, which is the afterlife in Bleach. Travel between the human world and Soul Society is extremely limited and monitored, but some Soul Reapers are stationed in the human world to carry out their duties and therefore must often travel between the two. In addition, it is a crime for a Soul Reaper to remain in the human world longer than directed. A Soul Reaper's duties include leading wholes (ghosts) to Soul Society in a practice called soul burial (kons¨), and the cleansing of hollows (evil spirits).[2]
Hollows are departed human souls that have not been sent to Soul Society in due time, leading to their corruption. Once corrupted, they gain a skull-like mask, a drastically different physical appearance, and a very animalistic level of intelligence. Hollows begin to crave other human souls, living or dead, and scour the human world in their search for sustenance. They will continue this search until they are killed by a Soul Reaper, at which point their souls are purified and they are allowed to pass on to Soul Society.
In rare cases, a hollow will lose its taste for human souls and instead starts eating other hollows. In doing so, the hollow gains all the power of the consumed, allowing them to evolve into stronger and more intelligent forms known as menos (¥á¥Î¥¹, menosu?, Spanish for "minus" or "less"). Within the menos, there are three levels of power. Gillian (×îÏ´óÐ飨¥®¥ê¥¢¥ó£©, girian?, Japanese for "least of the great hollows") are the weakest type, and usually have no individuality. Should a gillian retain its consciousness, it can evolve into an intelligent and variable hollow called an adjuchas (Öм‰´óÐ飨¥¢¥¸¥å©`¥«¥¹£©, aj¨±kasu?, Japanese for "intermediate great hollow"). From there, it can become a vasto lorde (×îÉÏ´óÐ飨¥ô¥¡¥¹¥È¥í©`¥Ç£©, vasuto r¨de?, Spanish for "enormous king"), a hollow so powerful that just ten would be capable of overwhelming Soul Society. As hollows evolve they gain access to unique skills and abilities, fueled by the souls they have consumed. The most basic of these abilities is Cero (ÐééW£¨¥»¥í£©, Sero?, Japanese for "hollow flash," Spanish for "zero", labeled as "Doom Blast" in the Viz manga), a high-powered energy blasts that can be fired from various body parts, such as the mouth or hand. Enhanced speed and a resistance to damage are also common of evolved hollows. There is also higher levels of ceros as well.
Comic character is from: Manga Bleach
