Arrancar Appearance:
Character name:
Mari Akanigai
Mari = Japanese form of "Mary"
Aka = "bloody"; nigai = "bitter"
The name Mary means "bitter", so her last name is pretty much "Bloody Mary" . . .
Actual Age:
99
Age you look:
25
Height
5'8"
Weight
127 lb
Gender:
Female
Ethnicity:
Asian
Rank
8
Personality:
In a nut shell, Mari is sly, calculating, and rather sadistic.
Though hidden by her clothes in the picture, the hole from her spirit chain is through her heart, so it is often said that she is heartless.
She tends to appear fun-loving and playful, though her "play" often involves blood and death.
Likes/Hobbies:
The smell of blood in the morning . . .
Cats
Mirrors
Sharp, pointy, objects
Killing shinigami
Napping
Anything that involves violence . . . and blood of course
Dislikes:
Shinigami
Dogs
Bugs
Being woken up from her nap
Zanpakutou name:
Aprisa Plata
[Quick Silver]
Zanpakuto Sealed Appearance
Kami Katana
Blade Length: 29"
Handle Length: 10 3/4"
Weight: 2lb 10oz
Point of Balance: 4 3/4"
Width at Guard: 1.31"
Width at Tip: .97"
Thickness at Guard: .28"
Thickness at Tip: .22"
Zanpakutou released:
See her picture at the top.
Aprisa Plata is split into a round, mirrored shield and a liquid-like mass of quicksilver.
Release phrase:
Melt, Aprisa Plata!
Release Abilities/ Attacks:
Mari can manipulate the quicksilver almost like water, using it as if it was a sword to fight.
The quicksilver can only extend out to 15 feet and still be fully effective.
The further away from her it reaches, the thinner it gets and the less effective it is.
Anything past 15 feet makes it needle-thin and only good for pin-point strikes, though she makes good use of pressure points.
Reflect: uses mirror portion of the shield to reflect a projectile attack back toward her enemy,
though she does not have as much control over it's direction as the enemy might,
relying on angles to make it go in the direction she wants
Whirlwind: splits the quicksilver into smaller chunks that are flattened out into sharp disks,
which she spins around her and shoots out at her opponents
Skills and abilities:
Cero
Bala
Garganta
Pesquisa
Sonido
Bio/ History:
Mari does not remember much of her time among the living, though her time immediately after death is very vivid.
Her last memory of life is her death -- a very bloody one, murdered by a girl she thinks might have been her friend at some point, but she is not quite sure now.
As a spirit, she was tied to her the mirror in her room for some reason, a large and ornate one that might or might not have been a family heirloom.
For a time, Mari "haunted" that mirror, using what spiritual power she had to create illusions in the glass to make whomever looked in it see themselves covered in blood
-- just as she had been when she died. Of course, that attracted the attention of Hollows, and eventually, she was dragged off into Hueco Mundo.
Biography Hollow Form:
As a Hollow, Mari's sadistic streak only grew. Wearing the mask of a horned cat, she preyed on whatever weaker Hollows she could find.
Rarely did Mari venture back into the living world, but when she did, she was always oddly drawn back to the mirror.
Now, though, she could make more than just illusions, consuming anyone who looked into it too closely while she was around.
Eventually, superstition overtook whomever owned the mirror, and it was destroyed.
That did not deter Mari, however, and she moved on to other mirrors as she grew stronger.
Eventually, her strength was noticed, and she was targeted herself and transformed into an Arrancar.
Biography Arrancar Form:
Shortly after becoming an Arrancar, Mari heard the urban legend of a woman known as "Bloody Mary".
This amused her, and she took on the surname Akanigai as a joke and tribute to her years as a Hollow.
She did not give up "haunting" mirrors, however, though this time during her romps into the living world, she only reacts to the invocation of the urban legend.
Whenever anyone spoke those words three times in front of a mirror -- "Bloody Mary" -- and Mari was in town . . . she attacked.
It was all a game to Mari . . . and still is . . .
