SHINIGAMI
Name: Ichimaru Gin
Gender: Male
Age:Unknown(Speculated around 300), 26
Personality: Gin is one of the most mysterious Shinigami in the series, since his almost constant smile and slitted eyes, combined with his heavy use of sarcasm and mocking politeness, make it very difficult to discern his thoughts. Many find his demeanor and appearance rather unsettling and there are very few who were willing to trust him even before he was revealed as a traitor. Gin seems to be fully aware of the effect he has on others and more than once has been seen toying with people's emotional states for his own amusement. Both Rukia Kuchiki and Wonderweiss Margera have shown to be rather frightened of him, Rukia noting to herself that she felt like she was being strangled by snakes whenever he spoke, even if he was not speaking to her directly. In the anime, Gin speaks with a distinct Kyoto dialect, which is polite but indirect. His English dubbed voice is also formal and polite, but with a rather mocking and facetious undertone.
Ever since he was a child, dried persimmons have been his absolute favorite food. Gin planted and raised many persimmon trees around the 3rd division offices, and makes the dried persimmons himself, then distributes them to other divisions. Once he wound up eating a dried sweet potato, thinking, "Oh, it's a dried persimmon!" and he hated it. When he has free time, Captain Ichimaru goes on walks around Seireitei. Although his hobby is people-watching, it seems like he is possibly hunting around and searching for an opportunity to create mischief with some poor victim. The gentlemen of the 3rd Division are contrary, and they have the kind of attitude that enjoys that mean-spiritedness. He also has incredible skill at needle threading
Appearance: (what they look like pics are welcomed )
ZanpakutÃŽ Spirit:(Describe the physical manifestation of your sword. Include its name, appearance, personality, and where it lives.)
Sealed ZanpakutÃŽ : (what does the sword look like when its not released?)
Shikai Description: (You or your sword's new appearance)
Shikai Abilities: It is triggered by the phrase "Shoot to kill" (å°æ®ºã, Ikorose). In the English Dub, however, he uses a command related to piercing/stabbing and ends the phrase with a personal pronoun (him, her, it) defining who he wants to hit.
Shikai Special Ability: In its Shikai, ShinsÅ's blade glows white and extends at high speed to impale Gin's opponents from a distance. The blade also carries tremendous force when extending, as seen when Gin pushes both Ichigo Kurosaki and the giant JidanbÅ out from under the Seireitei gate, despite the latter being firmly braced under it. In addition, Gin can maintain the extension and swing the activated ShinsÅ in wide arcs, attacking multiple targets quickly and simultaneously. ShinsÅ reaches a maximum length equivalent to one hundred times its length
Release:(What you have to say in order to release. try to be original.)
Bankai Description: (The appearance of you and the sword, assuming it still is a sword)
Bankai Abilities: Kamishini no Yari (ç¥æ®ºé, God-Killing Spear): In its Bankai state, Gin's ZanpakutÅ does not change in appearance at all, retaining its small wakizashi form. As Kamishini no Yari however, the blade is capable of reaching lengths equivalent to 13 kilometers (roughly 8.1 miles) at 500 times the speed of sound. The blade can also retract to its normal size at the same rate.
Bankai Special Ability: Gin's Bankai essentially possesses the exact same abilities as his Shikai, but its power, length and speed are vastly amplified. The blade's tremendous cutting power is significantly increased to the point Gin is capable of swiftly cutting an entire town in half with a single stroke while standing a great distance away.
Hypersonic Blade Extension and Contraction: Kamishini no Yari's deadliest aspect isn't within the sword's destructive potential, great length, or wide sweeping range, but rather within its extension and contraction speed. Gin's Bankai can achieve its full length at 500 times the speed of sound: exactly 171,500 meters per second, arriving at its full length of 13km in under 0.08 seconds, making Kamishini no Yari not the longest ZanpakutÅ, but the fastest. Because the blade's extension speed is his Bankai's greatest ability, when talking about his ZanpakutÅ, Gin tends to downplay its speed and focuses on the length and range of the blade to gain advantage over his opponent
History/Background: Not much is known about Gin's early history, except that he once saved 10th Division Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto's life when they were younger, as she was on the brink of starvation. He told her that if she had collapsed due to hunger, she must have spiritual energy. She recognizes that he must have spiritual energy as well, as Gin introduced himself.
Shortly after, while eating, Gin asked Rangiku when her birthday was and she replied she didn't know as she never really counted days until she met him. Gin then told her that from then on, the day that they met would be her birthday. They have been friends since and joined the ShinÅ Academy together. Since then, Matsumoto has been one of the few people Gin seems to truly care for.
Approximately 110 years ago Gin graduated from the Academy after just one year, and was given a seated position in the 5th Division. When he met Aizen for the first time he already killed the 3rd seat of the 5th Division, referring to him as worthless. Aizen immediately gave him the 3rd seat of the Division after the incident, which they both kept secret.
9 years later Gin is shown to be involved in Aizen's plot and assisting him in the Hollowfication of high ranking Shinigami. He is present at the Hollowfication of the investigation team sent by Captain-Commander Yamamoto. He watched the conversation between Shinji Hirako and Aizen. He doesn't seem surprised at the arrival of captains Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi. Aizen proceeded to leave the scene of the crime with his henchmen, stating that "there's nothing more to do there". To stop them from retreating, Tessai performed HadÅ #88, Hiryugekizokushintenraiho against them, only to be countered by Aizen using BakudÅ #81, Danku, enabling their escape.
Sometime later, Gin served as the lieutenant of the 5th Division under Captain SÅsuke Aizen. Aizen and Gin saved the surviving young recruits of the Shinigami Academy - Momo Hinamori, Izuru Kira, and Renji Abarai, who were out on a field exercise, from a group of huge Hollows. Kira would later become the Lieutenant of the 3rd Division under Gin
Gin eventually became the captain of the 3rd Division around the same time that Byakuya Kuchiki became captain of the 6th Division (less than 49 years ago). Gin however, even as a captain of his own division, was still a loyal subordinate to Aizen.
At some point during their captaincy, Aizen, Gin and TÅsen secretly visited Baraggan Luisenbarn, the King of Hueco Mundo and Lord of Las Noches. Aizen and Baraggan engaged in a light conversation as Gin and TÅsen looked on. Aizen then released his Shikai and showed Baraggan the decimation of his army by the two other captains.
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