Name:Noboru, Hotaru (Japanese style last name first)
Current biggrin ivision 12 3rd seat E
past ranks
unseated member of squad 12
Aliases/ Nicknames:
Some call him Nobu-san/-kun, which is a shortening of his family name. Noboru means "rising" or "ascending", while Nobu means "prolong" or "stretch". This is a reference to his tendency to procrastinate like no other. His first name means firefly, in case anybody cares. He complains that he wishes he had a different nickname, though he knows it to be true.
Physical Description:
Hotaru is a lean man, but resilient, often saying of himself that he is "built out of the finest selections of steel, beef jerky, and other various odds and ends of varying, yet strong, durability". He has bedraggled neck length hair that is naturally brown, but more often than not bleached blonde because he "prefers the color of the sun to the dank tones of the earth". His chin is always covered in a thin bit of stubble, and his eyes are underlined by dark purple bags, a result of his restlessness preventing him from sleeping more than a few hours a night. He has surprisingly shiny eyes considering how dark a shade of brown they are. He claims the color of his eyes comes from him being sweet like chocolate, while a female friend of his once claimed it was because he was "full of crap". His mouth is locked in a perpetual smile, though it can range from a full tooth presentation to a sheepish grin. As of right now he wears the customary black soul reaper clothes, with the addition of a large pastel pink belt in which he stows all manner of small trinkets, including strawberries. A gourd full of sake hangs at his side, suspended from the belt. It is rumored to never empty, as it always makes a sloshing sound when he walks, no matter how much of it's contents he imbibes. He doesn't wear sandals, or even socks, preferring instead to give his toes some "wiggle room and a bit of fresh air. His Zanpakutou at the moment is your basic beginner's blade, but being a self proclaimed individual he found it necessary to paint cherry blossoms all over the sheath. He keeps his Zanpakutou slung over his left shoulder only, with the grip hanging down. He wears a flower in his hair over his left ear, just because he likes to smell it. He has a pair of square glasses, but prefers not to wear them, even though he stubs his toes without them. He has a burn about half a foot across in the middle of his chest. It is old, old to the point that it is only a light pink scar. If asked about it he will refuse to say and come very close to losing his smile.
Zanpakutou:
Unreleased- Hotaru's unreleased zanpakutou is a standard sized katana. It has a black blade with three holes through the back edge of the blade near the tsuba. The tsuba itself resembles ten long curved spines that point towards the tip of the blade. They are evenly spaced aroud the blade in a circle and are about 3" long. They can be used as sword catchers and sit outside of the sheath when the blade is sheathed. The grip is wrapped in black cloth with very vine red stitching of skeletons dancing all the way down the cloth. The bottom of the grip is adorned with a simple chain about 1' long with a metal loop about 2" across on the end. The sheath has more of the red on black dancing skeleton pattern. The end of the sheath is actually the handle of a tanto with a six inch blade concealed in the sheath. The tanto also has a black blade but it's handle is the lacquered wooden end of the sheath.
Shikai not achieved
Name-Kanraku Kokimi (Sinking Feeling)
Release Command-Get Down, Kanraku Kokimi
Hotaru says his release command while both the katana and the tanto are sheathed. He then bends the handle at a ninety degree angle to the sheath and proceeds to turn the handle like a crank. The blade is drawn out in a spiral shape as he does so. After about six twists the blade is completely free from the sheath. At this point it resembles a sharp black slinky. The tanto disintegrates into a flowing pinkish-purplish smoky energy that goes into the space inside the coil of the blade. The spines of the tsuba spread out so that they point out away from the sword.
In it's released state Kanraku Kokimi gives Hotaru the ability to control the "flow". The flow can be described as one directional gravity currents that stay fixed in a fixed spot in space in relation to any object.
Abilities:
1-Gaikotsu Ibuki(Skeleton Breath): Hotaru draws a line in the air with the tip of Kanraku Kokimi. An invisible line of gravity is created that violently pulls anything that touches it in the direction that Hotaru pulled his sword. The currents are about a foot wide and are as long as Hotaru makes them. Initially Hotaru can maintain 30 feet of currents. The currents stay in the same place in relation to whatever Hotaru links them to. To do this he merely picks an object such as a building, person, or the ground. If he puts it two inches above his arm it stays there, following his arm as it moves. The maximum strength of these currents is about thity times the strength of the Earth's gravity, enough to fling enemies and redirect projectiles.
2-Gaikotsu Uinku(Skeleton Wink): Hotaru creates an orb of gravitational flow out of an infinite number of flow lines all ending on the same point. They supercompress anything they touch to a high pressure. This is enough force that a human body touching it would be slowly ripped apart. Hotaru can just wait for the orb to compress air or another plentiful substance to maximum density before releasing it in one direction by opening the orb or every direction by dispelling the orb. Hotaru cannot move the orb once created. He can create a Gaikotsu Uinku anywhere he can see or sense, and can create about ten at once.
Bankai:Not achieved
not made yet
Hotaru's inner world is an infinitely tall tower with no top or bottom that resembles an apartment building. The entire building is filled with a never ending party with loud music, drinks, food, and the occasional fight or two. It's basically a college party except for one thing: Every guest is a skeleton. They do not talk; they only dance. The party's host is a pale young girl in a simple black dress. Her eyes are red and her hair is white. She sits at a tea party in the building's elevator. She is very playful in a sinister sort of way. The girl and skeletons together are Kanraku Kokomi's spirit.
Hotaru's Reiatsu is purple that fades to dark pink along the outside. It looks rather smoky and anybody being affected by it feels heavier than normal, though this won't actually affect how they move unless they are significantly weaker.
Special Accessories:
As stated above, Hotaru wears a large pink clothe belt over his normal shinigami uniform. It is full of things like snacks and minor tools but nothing major that would seriously affect a fight, for example another weapon. The only visible thing on his belt is his gourd of sake, which hangs on the side.
Skills:
Is a user of drunken fist, though mostly he just ends up acting like a jacka** when he's drunk, (a friendly jacka** but a jacka** nonetheless).
Also has two other "styles" based on his other hobbies called Kiwadoiken (Risky Fist), and Kuri-Kuri-Ken (Fondle Fist). Neither of these are real fighting styles, he just acts like they are because he's proud of inventing them. The Kiwadoiken is just using stupid surprise tactics that put him in danger and hoping he doesn't get stabbed. The Kuri-Kuri-Ken is what he calls sneaking up on women and getting grabby. This usually gets him a red handprint on his face.
Abilities:
Can do all the Kido under 10, but uses
Bakudo #4: Hainawa
Bakudo #9: Geki
Hado #4 Byakurai
Because he can't remember incantations and those are the only ones he's practiced enough to do without one.
Personality:
Hotaru is a man of many vices, namely drinking, gambling, and women. He is laid back and slovenly; he puts relaxation before duty. Often he will go to battle with a hangover and complain about a headache the whole time. He is known to have made a hollow stare at him for a good three seconds silently after asking it to shut up because he had a hangover. Hotaru will make a bet on anything and everything, even if he doesn't expect to win, though often he gets off on a technicality. If there is no other way he will pay up if he has to. Hotaru loves women, and has a tendency to get touchy feely around them. Touchy feely does not mean sensitive here, it means gropey grabby. He makes it obvious that he is only kidding, and in truth he highly respects women.
Hotaru puts protecting others above all, due to his past failure to protect his sister. He will continue a fight well past any hope of winning if it means his allies can escape. Hotaru is gentle and pacifistic; he hates to actually hurt people. In a fight against someone weaker he always holds back and attempts to subdue them.
Hotaru also has an incredibly inquisitive mind. He spends long hours poring over books he has taken from the shinigami library. His favorite subject is the properties and manipulation of spirit pressure, though he isn't any good at putting theory into practice in this case.
Biography/History:
Hotaru lived in a poor district in Tokyo for most of his life. He doesn't like to talk about the events before his death, as they remind him of his missing sister.
On his fourteenth birthday, Hotaru's father skipped a payment on a loan in able to afford him a present. Unfortunately, that loan was to the local Yakuza. They burst into the house with guns and attempted to get to his father. When his mother protested, they shot her point blank in the face, spilling her blood all over Hotaru and his little sister, Akane, who at that time was six. As they sat, voiceless and in shock, the thugs proceeded to kill his father execution style and cut off his fingers for proof to their boss. Hotaru snapped at that moment, taking up his family's ancestral sword from the mantle and attacking the men. He was shot three times through the stomach and once in the neck. As he looked down at his own body he screamed in horror. Then he watched as the Yakuza moved towards his sister, waving his spiritual arms and screaming like mad for her to run. He never saw what happened next because an unknown soul reaper performed soul burial on him from behind.
He awoke in Rukongai, where he spent the next three hundred years. At one point a shinigami was scouting for potential recruits and discovered Hotaru. He noticed how Hotaru used his Reiryoku to enhance his strength like a shinigami during a streetfight and decided to enlist him. Hotaru accepted, thinking that being a shinigami would give him more influence in his quest to find his sister. Hotaru passed the academy ranked seventh in his class, though more than likely his laziness held him back.
He has since gone on a few missions to the living world to battle weaker hollows. Ever since he died,he has never stopped searching for Akane.
Part 2:Hotaru joined the 12th squad under the incredible Captain Maximoru. After a brutal battle with two of his squad mates he was awarded a shared spot in 3rd seat. He forged a friendship in combat with Dominic DeMarco and may have helped Ringo Amai on the road towards trusting others. Hotaru is fiercely loyal to his Taichou, who he sees as a pretty awesome dude in general.
Powers:
Currently:
Drunken Fist
Kiwadoiken (sort of a power)
Kuri-Kuri-Ken (not really a power but I don't want to offend Hotaru by leaving it out.)
Bakudo 4 & 9
Hado 4
Quotes:
"So long as I need to shed blood to prevent the harm of innocents, I will continue to bleed."
"Why do today what you can put off until next week?"
"Fascinating..."
(to screaming Hollow) "Can you shut the hell up? I have a massive hangover and you're not helping."
(Battlecry when drunk) "KIYAAAHH, B****!"
"I'd like to have the power associated with being Taichou, but at the moment I just lack the "I give a s***" factor that drives one to become one."
"Kuri-Kuri-Ken Secret Art: One Hundred Slippery Palms!"
"No. You're not that kind of shinigami. Put the notebook down and pick up a sword."
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