Name: Shizuka Rin Hatomi
xxxxxx◢ Her first name is written as 静香, with the meaning of ‘quiet’.
xxxxxx◢ Her middle name is one that is not frequently used, is written as 凛, with the meaning of ‘cold, dignified, severe’.
Age: Her exact age is something that slips her mind but she believes she is younger than or roughly around 100 years old, while looking about 19 or 20 years old
Gender: Female
Sexuality: She believes herself to be straight, although she has no idea since she has never gotten into a serious relationship with anyone.
Personality: Her second name is quite close to her nature, except for the severe part, which can come across as being quite cold and distant at times. While she is friendly to most people, when it comes to a situation where extreme emotion should be displayed, for example grief at the death of a friend, she finds herself unable to openly display it, instead distracting herself with something else until she can either seal that emotion away or slowly extract it from herself. This is a result of habit more than anything else, since she has attempted to force herself to steer away from any overwhelming emotion as her Shikai had opened her eyes to the insanity of those overtaken by emotions. Also, she’s never had a temper, to say the very least. In fact, people often get rather annoyed about the fact that it takes quite a bit to aggravate her and she has never really attempted to get into fights.
Sometimes if she suddenly feels like it and especially with people that she knows well, she can often act a little cheekily and even flirtatious with males. In general, however, she finds the idea of love itself rather hard to grasp for herself, as she has sincerely never felt it herself and treats as simply another emotion. Lovey-dovey can often make her feel uncomfortable, so she steers away from that, not bothering to attempt to try and find a proper person to be able to settle down with. In any case, her current role as the Seventh Division makes it difficult for her to be able to find someone suited to that lifestyle, since there is every chance that she might die one day or that her loved one might be tortured as a result of her.
She can be arrogant at times, stubborn as well and there is the problem that she is very good at manipulating people. Trust is something that is gained quickly and quickly lost as well, if there is a reason for her to lose her trust in people. Mentally strong, she simply cannot understand the weakness of some minds that break under the tiniest amount of pressure. Her actions are not based on reckless emotions, but rather rational thinking. Despite the fact that this might be an asset, there is the fact that she cannot fully devote herself to many things at once, since there is no sentiment, no emotional attachment to encourage her. She is rather easy-going, not too strict with her subordinates and it is rare that she will hand out punishments to them, but her behaviour can drastically switch when dealing with rogues or drunkards – those that annoy her – since she has learnt from experience that a hard hand is best to deal with them. Practicality is another strong aspect of her and she has been called ‘down-to-earth’ many times.
Bio: Her birth was relatively quiet, nothing entirely special at all. Born in one of the poorer parts of Rukongai, it only took her several years to familiarize herself with the place and this was her hometown for quite some time. There were no uncles or aunties or cousins to welcome her into the world as her mother’s side had decided to cut all ties off, while her father’s side was too busy attempting to care for themselves. This did not affect her upbringing much and her family consisted of her and her mother on most days, as her father was rarely at home, due to this continuous and frantic search for work that would pay enough to be able feed them. Food for them was scarce in that time and feeling hungry, she found herself resorting to desperate measures to provide for their family. She began stealing, learning off the kids that littered the streets. At first, she started with tiny titbits but as her skills improved, she managed to be able to steal bigger pieces of food. Her mother’s protests slowly wore away and her mother turned her head away eventually, ignoring her thievery as it was the only way that they could live.
However, this all changed when her father finally managed to get a stable job and soon enough, they were able to live a little better off than the rest, even able to pay for some of the food that she was previously stealing. They didn’t move though, staying in their suburb, as they had been there all their lives and change was something that her mother felt would be too much for her. Life wasn’t suddenly a fairytale though, as if she had transformed into a noble or anything like that, but there was contentment in that life. At least, she still had her parents around and there was no need to have to get food by illegal methods. School was something that she had neglected in the early years, but she attended once more, although she was hardly the perfect student at all, often turning up late, harassing the teachers with her blunt questions and being a nuisance in general. As it didn’t seem to be working very well with her, her family considered all possibilities before settling on a particular one after much arguing. The Shinigami Academy or Shinōreijutsuin was chosen for her and she spent her time learning about how to fight.
Although she would never admit this openly to anyone, she was not that fantastic at school and had only managed to barely scrape the results needed to pass the exam as she had thought it to be a complete waste of time. It was only her mother’s dying request, which was that she make something of herself and get herself out of the life they were living in, that made her reconsider her attitude and her feelings towards the Gotei 13. This time, instead of shirking her duties and wasting her time, she worked harder than she had ever done before, successfully acquiring her skills. Finding her knowledge of Rukongai to be useful as well as the particular abilities that came along as a part of her Zanpakuto, she assumed the role of the leader of the Seventh Division.
Weight: Pretty petite -- unknown
Height: 6 ft.
Picture Or Description: Shizuka
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: They are usually green, but turns red, if she puts into coloured contacts for emphasis of her role.
Usual Clothing: As part of her Captaincy, she wears the traditional Shihakushō, but the only difference is that the sash that secures her waist is red instead of white. Over that, she pulls on her sleeved Captain’s Haori with the symbol of the Seventh Division. However, on casual settings when she does not need to wear traditional clothing, she opts for a kimono like the one depicted in the picture of her.
SQUAD INFORMATION
Squad Rank: Captain
Squad Name/Number: 7th
ZANPAKUTOU
Zanpakutou Appearance: Blade
Zanpakutou Personality: Getsuei seems to adapt to various situations and can be many different things, just like her Shikai abilities, displaying the oddest combination of emotions together. However, her true self is one that is funnily enough very much like Shizuka herself, although Getsuei seems more cold and distant. The spirit does often appear to help Shizuka out of tight situations and despite her rather fast-talking and rude manner, they share a deep bond that goes past the surface.
Zanpakutou Name: Getsuei ( meaning: moon )
Zanpakutou Element: ‘None’
Zanpakutou Shikai Obtained?: Yes
Zanpakutou Bankai Obtained?: Yes
Zanpakutou Spirit Picture Or Description: Getsuei
Shikai
Shikai Release State Picture Or Description: The only difference is that her zanpakuto morphs into a different blade, almost becoming completely transparent, except for a faint glowing of the blade.
Shikai Release State Release Abilities: None
Shikai Release Command: “Rise, Getsuei,”
Shikai Abilities
Ability One:
Her first ability lies within the power to be able to read emotions of others by referring to and sorting out the particular emotions that one person is feeling. However, mixed emotions are often harder to read and she can get confused if there are too many emotions that one experiences at one time. Not only that, but as she draws herself into the role of being emphatic, if she is not careful, she can find herself following the other person’s emotions and taking them on as her own. In addition to being able to read emotions, she is also able to use her mind to subtly control a person’s emotions. She can force them into feeling a certain way against their own will, although if their mind is strong enough, they would be able to throw it off with difficulty. This is not permanent, only lasting for as long as she is around and her Shikai is on. With the stronger concentration of emotions, there can be lasting side-effects and lingering emotions that can result from her forced emotions. All emotions are able to be used by her, but she refrains from using several, such as the power of love, since she respects it and realized, after a disastrous first try, the danger of using something like that.
Ability Two:
A weaker form of her Bankai abilities, she is able to delve into a person’s mind and extract memories. However, she can only concentrate on a maximum of two people at one time, since memories can get jumbled and confused. The longer the memories, the more energy she must use and the more dangerous it becomes for her because, like her reading of emotions, she can find herself lost in the memories if she does not detach herself emotionally and mentally away from it in time. This is usually used to gather information about an enemy and also later on, if she decides to create a memory from someone in Mangetsu.
Ability Three:
It is usually quite useless on the battlefield as well, due to the energy loss that she could experience if she forces it, but she often uses on herself as well as on others. This particular ability allows her to be able to permanently or temporarily seal away the memories of a person, or the emotions of one person towards another certain person. The energy drain only happens if she performs this on a person without his/her consent and it renders her unable to use this power as well as the other abilities of her Shikai for some time. If a person changes their mind, she is able to also reverse this process, but it takes more energy and it is also quite dangerous to remove a very strong seal since it might result in the person having overwhelming and extreme emotions.
Ability Four:
This is her only physical ability, which is not offensive, but rather defensive, as she is given the ability to pass through dimension. For clarification, this is not giving her the ability to teleport, although it might seem like it to another person, but instead, it is instead that she phases into a different dimension, where she can rest or hide or travel further, to appear wherever she wants later on. Since the barrier between these two dimension is not that think, skilled trackers can pinpoint her position and can follow her, although one must be used to relying on senses other than sight. She is able to bring in other people if needed, whether by force or not, but they can exit whenever they wish to. However, they cannot exit if she dies or if she cannot maintain either her Shikai or Bankai, unless she specifically tells Getsuei to hold the link between the real world and the dimension, as in those two situations, the link between dimensions would have been severed.
Bankai
Bankai Release State Picture Or Description: It does not have a definite form as such, but rather varies depending on which stage she chooses to stay at or begin with in the first place.
Bankai Release State Release Abilities: None
Bankai Release Extended Name Command: Tekateka Getsuei ( gleaming moon )
Bankai Abilities
Ability One:
Mikadzuki ( new moon ) is the official name of her first ability, although she does not need to call it to invoke its powers, and if she does not specifically pinpoint one of her abilities, this is where she starts. Her weakest ability, it takes up the least of her power and in this particular case, her weapon changes to become thinner and lighter, which also has the added ability of oscillating at a high speed, allowing it to be able to slice easier through things. Telepathy becomes her main focus here as it is here that she gains the ability to read and project thoughts. She is also able to draw a telepathic link between two people, but she is also able to hear their thoughts and participate in the conversation herself. With complete control over all regions of her own mind, she reaches her full potential in intelligence, her mind working several times faster than usual and able to dredge up facts that were only briefly glanced at before. A mental shield automatically forms over her mind, covering it and protecting it from any outward psychological powers. This shield can be extended if she finds that it is necessary to do so, but the area range, that she can project her shield, is not that large. Like the fourth ability of her Shikai, she maintains that link to that different dimension, but she extends this ability, now opening a link to a different dimension to her Shikai one. This Bankai dimension offers her a little more security, as it is harder to be able to track her than before, as the space between that dimension and the real world increases.
Ability Two:
Gengetsu ( crescent moon ) is the official name of her second ability, although she does not need to call it to invoke its powers like before. This is her second weakest ability and her weapon morphs into a scythe, with a dark blue edge and a shimmering surface, still with the oscilliating in the first ability. As well as maintaining the abilities gained from the first form, she has the additional power of ‘linking’, as she refers to it as, although it is not quite accurate. It is here that she gains the ability to be able to link her own mind to another person, or more accurately, she is able to pass on anything physical that happens to her and cause another person to feel as if that has also happened to them. Pain is her usual choice and usually works, unless somebody is immune to the feeling of pain for one reason or another. For example, if somebody cut her with a sword, the person she would be ‘linked’ to, would also feel the pain and feel as if they had a throbbing cut there too. In any case, she can specifically choose what she sends to the other person via the one-way link, since they cannot affect her in the same way.
Ability Three:
Her third ability ( quarter moon ) does not have an official name, although, to prevent confusion, she does sometimes refer to it as ‘Jougen’ ( first quarter moon ). More powerful than her second but requiring more energy, her weapon changes once more into two fans, which have daggers sown on the rims that can appear at any time. The material of the fans is very tough and cannot be cut easily, although it is still light. It is more built for speed than anything else and she usually uses them for throwing or something like that, as it is not useful for close-range combat. It is here that she gains a ‘weaker’ form of telekinesis, where she is able to move objects with her mind. With both her first and second ability, as well as any other abilities afterwards, she finds it hard to be able to concentrate on moving objects while attempting to use the other abilities since it is extremely distracting to have to deal with so many at once and thus, it is very rare that she uses it at the same time as her other abilities. If for some reason, she decides to use this while using another ability, both the abilities’ power is halved if the same concentration and energy input is maintained.
Ability Four:
Her fourth ability ( gibbous moon ) does not have an official name as such either. This time, her weapon is two guns, which fire normal bullets, but with more speed and more ferocity. These can be exchanged with any weapon of the previous abilities, depending on which she would prefer. Her second-most powerful move, it allows her to bind her mind and feed thoughts directly into another person’s mind. She can force what she wants onto others, layered with compulsion, which will, in turn, create hallucinations. People will see, hear, feel and touch things which are not truly there as their mind has been planted with that idea. This idea and hallucination can be overridden if some people have a strong mind and can force themselves that they hear or see or believe is there. Generally, it is more like an extremely powerful ‘suggestion’, which the mind would usually take for truth.
Ability Five:
Mangetsu ( full moon ) is the official name of her fifth ability, although she does not need to call it to invoke its powers like before. This ability is her most powerful and most devastating and is something she rarely uses against an opponent, unless she feels the absolute need to. However, she does sometimes use it on allies as well, if they chose to relive a particular memory or spend time in nostalgia, but she staggers these particular uses, since it can drain her if she is not careful. In any case, this move requires much more energy than the previous and other abilities need. Instead of a weapon in this move, it is a circular mirror that rests comfortably in her hand. Any person, that is reflected in this mirror, instantly has his/her consciousness dragged into a particular section of Shizuka’s mind, while this person and Shizuka herself, to prevent any interruptions and problems, are transferred to the other dimension that she has access to from the first ability. It is here that there are two paths that Shizuka can take the person’s consciousness into – the world of nightmares or the world of dreams. It is in the world of nightmares, that she forcibly tries to break somebody’s mind apart. If they are not released soon enough, brain damage may occur. Taking the worst memories or a person’s worst fears, she can force them to live them and she can twist these any way she wishes to. It is in the world of dreams, that she tries to lure people into doing something or entice them to stay, as she can create it so that it is what every person individually wants or their best memories. Both of her worlds can be shattered, if a person’s will is strong enough and they can escape. However, this is one of the reasons why brute force is not effective against her. Not in battle but in general, she also has a neutral world, in which she can create whatever she wishes and this is especially used for re-creating memories.
KIDO
Bakudo
1 - Sai (塞, Restrain) - 2x Use
2 - Azarashi (海, Seal) - 2x Use
3 - Kanpa (寒, Freeze) - 2x Use
4 - Hainawa (這縄, Crawling Rope) - 2x Use
5 - Kankinenkei (禁形, Confinement Circle) - 2x Use
6 - Kiriage (上, Stop) - 2x Use
7 - Bunretsu (裂, Split) - 2x Use
8 - Seki (斥, Repulse) - 2x Use
9 - Geki (撃, Strike) - 2x Use
10 - Hōrin (Disintegrating Circle) - 2x Use
21 - Sekienton (赤煙遁, Red Smoke Escape) - 2x Use
26 - Kyakko (曲光, Curving Light) - 2x Use
30 - Shitotsu Sansen (嘴突三閃, Beak-Piercing Triple Beam) - 2x Use
37 - Tsuriboshi (吊星, Suspending Star) - 2x Use
39 - Enkosen (円閘扇, Arc Shield) - 2x Use
58 - Kakushitsuijaku (摑趾追雀, Summoning of the Tracking Sparrows) - 1x Use
61 - Rikujōkōrō (六杖光牢, Six Rods Prison of Light) - 1x Use
62 - Hyapporankan (百歩欄干, Hundred Steps Fence) - 1x Use
75 - Gochūtekkan (五柱鉄貫, Quintet of 1 kan Iron Pillars) - 1x Use
77 - Tenteikūra (天挺空羅, Heavenly Rickshaws in Silken Air) - 1x Use
79 - Kuyō Shibari (九曜縛, Nine Sunlight Traps) - 1x Use
Hado
1 - Shō (衝, Thrust) - 2x Use
2 - Shougeki (撃, Shock) - 2x Use
3 - Noharasaku (原策, Green Whip) - 2x Use
4 - Byakurai (白雷, Pale Lightning) - 2x Use
5 - Toppuu (風, Gust) - 2x Use
11 - Tsuzuri Raiden (製本雷, Bound Lightning) - 2x Use
30 - Shakkahō (赤火砲, Shot of Red Fire) - 2x Use
32 - Ōkasen (黄火閃, Yellow Fire Flash) - 2x Use
33 - Sōkatsui (蒼火墜, Blue Fire, Crash Down) - 2x Use
54 - Haien (廃炎, Abolishing Flames) - 1x Use
58 - Tenran (闐嵐, Orchid Sky) - 1x Use
63 - Raikōhō (雷吼炮, Thunder Roar Cannon) - 1x Use
73 - Sōren Sōkatsui (双蓮蒼火墜, Twin Lotus Blue Fire, Crash Down) - 1x Use
Shinigami Techniques
- Technique 1:
Known for being quick as part of her Captaincy, she is skilled in several areas of agility, able to move from one place to another in a short space of time. With her ability, she is able to utilize Chiku (馳駆, Dashing), Shunpo (瞬歩, Flash Steps), Kōsoku (高速, High Speed) and Kazemai (風舞, Wind Dance). She can switch between them at any time and can use them for long periods of time as well.
Technique 2:
Her Kidō is one of her weakest points, as she does not often use it at all, only as a last resort or a distraction. She prefers to rely on her other abilities instead using Kidō spells, only learning the basics of Kidō.
Technique 3:
While she is relatively strong at resisting damage as her training has taught her, her real ability lies in her strength to be able to withstand long periods of time without collapsing or fainting. Her body has been trained to withstand many different conditions and positions and this is her true power, since she can often out-go another opponent of the same strength. Often, only a few minutes of napping or deep sleep is enough to be able to boost her energy levels and her mind will throw off any sign of fatigue, dismissing it and pushing her body to her full potential. This is useful especially when she has to deal with many piles of endless paperwork and sorting out different plans as part of her work.
Technique 4:
Her hand-to-hand combat relies on a combination of her huge strength and her agility, but she changes between her fighting styles, depending on the opponent. Her range of techniques is not terribly vast and instead, she draws on her own stylized version of hand-to-hand combat, which utilizes several aspects of taekwondo that she learnt before, while combining with her own style that she has adapted and changed over the years. She also incorporates a few aspects of Chinese and Japanese martial arts, although she is less familiarized with these martial arts.
Technique 5:
Despite the fact that she might seem to be deceptively small in size compared to the other Captains, it is extremely to bypass her physical strength alone, which is exceptional for someone of her age and status. While there are others that can obviously beat her, she is known to be one of the strongest of the Gotei 13.
- Technique 6:
Her spiritual energy and Reiatsu is standard for her rank as Captain, but her particular Reiatsu has two sides to it, Depending on whether it is an ally or an enemy, she is able to inflict different feelings on different people. Fear and terror is often inflicted on her enemies, while a calming effect can be obtained for her allies. With her Reiatsu, she is able to create fear, stunning and paralysis.
- Technique 7:
Her spiritual energy and Reiatsu is standard for her rank as Captain, but her particular Reiatsu has two sides to it, Depending on whether it is an ally or an enemy, she is able to inflict different feelings on different people. Fear and terror is often inflicted on her enemies, while a calming effect can be obtained for her allies. With her Reiatsu, she is able to create fear, stunning and paralysis.
- Technique 8:
Her intelligence is wide-ranging and while she does not specifically focus on battle tactics, she is very good at being able to sort out important from trivial things in a short span of time. Not only that, but her memory is almost photographic since she can glance at something and usually memorize within several readings or looks. Her logic is strong and she finds herself able to think straight even in the most frantic situations. Information is best thing that she is able to provide in situations like battles, even random titbits of things that she might have picked up in the Seventh Division.
- Technique 9:
Armed with a sword, she is much stronger at defensive moves rather than offensively attacking somebody. Her sword defense is well-developed and it can be seen that her swordmanship has been trained carefully and she can wield a sword without too much difficulty, as well as other weapons that might fall into her possession. Her movements are flowing and can be likened to a dance in certain cases. She is able to use Nadegiri (撫で斬り, Clean Sweep).
Unique Character Abilities
- Technique 1:
Her special ability is the ability to distinguish a truth from a lie. However, this ability is not completely under her control and it wavers in and out, depending on an unknown reason. When it is working, she must simply state something or listen to somebody state something and then she is able to differentiate. Half-truths end up with a confused answer and it is hard to figure out what it is.
- Technique 2:
Since she has to deal with so many different types of people, she knows the basics of most languages, although for specific words, she would have to refer to a dictionary. Basic sentence constructions and grammar are down for most languages. In terms of languages, her strongest are English and Japanese.
Unique Character Weapons
None
SHINIGAMI CHARACTER RANKING POINTS
- Agility
- Hohō - 100
Speed - 100
Kidō
- Bakudō/Hadō - 20
Kidō Knowledge - 50
Physical Stamina
- Resist Damage - 100
Fatigue - 150
Physical Strength
- Reiatsu Pressure - 100
Physical Strength - 130
Intelligence
- Controlling Reiryoku - 100
Intelligent - 100
Defense
- Reiryoku Armor - 100
Sword Defense - 100
Total Points ~ 1150
