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❉Full Name: Saitō Yaezaki
❉Nickname: Sai
❉Gender: Male
❉Age: 823
❉Orientation: Straight
❉Personality: A tsundere that is pretty shy, but this is hidden by him trying to "act cool", as an outer personality mask. Due to past experiences, he simply pretends to act tough because he feels he has a duty to his Division and the Gotei 13. However, he is proven to be very loyal, polite and intelligent as a person. On the inside, he is actually very kindhearted and has a great attachment to his friends and allies, willing to die for them.
❉Quote "Things change with the passage of time...however, I believe in the things that never change."
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❉Eyes: Blue
❉Hair Length: 1' 10"
❉Hair Color: Purple
❉Height: 5' 10"
❉Weight: 139 lbs.
❉Marking(s): N/A
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❉Former Division: Eleventh Division
❉Former Rank: Captain
❉Reiatsu Color: Ice Blue
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❉Seat Number: Shi Visored
❉Hollow Name: Yuketsu (輸血: Blood Transfusion)
❉Mask Appearance: Hollow Mask, Hollow Form, Shikai Form, Bankai Form
❉Hollow Appearance: Yuketsu Spirit
❉Specialized Cero: A normal ice blue Cero. However, it can be channeled into the user's Zanpakutō and swung like an energy wave.
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❉Zanpakuto Name: Yukitsuki (雪月: Snow Moon)
❉Zanpakuto Spirit: Yukitsuki Spirit
❉Unreleased Form: Twin Katanas (appearance pic)
❉Release Command: "Whisper, Yukitsuki!"
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❉Shikai Appearance: Shikai
❉Shikai Information: His Zanpakuto turn into daishō. Daitō controls ice/snow while shōtō controls void.
❉Shikai Techniques:
✿1. Mikadzuki: Hyouga Fubuki (新月: 氷河吹雪 - New Moon: Glacial Snowstorm) - When stabbed forward and twisted like a key, the Zanpakutō unleashes a flurry of ice bullets. When coming into contact with something, the ice slowly spreads out over time [5 total posts], freezing and numbing the area to make opponent's limb(s) unusable. This can be avoided by digging out the bullets or by melting them with heat.
✿2. Engetsu: Sukooru (三日月: スコール - Crescent Moon: Squall) - The user's blade is slashed in the air, whipping up a large gust. Crescent shaped ice blades spin through the air and crash into the area with enough power to cleave an opponent in two. These can also be controlled by the user as the wind continues to blow.
✿3. Hangetsu: Arashi (半月: 嵐 - Half Moon: Tempest) - Slashing the blade in a semi-circular arc, the user whips up a snowstorm around the area to create perfect images of the user that surround the opponent(s). When a fake image is slashed, the body shatters into ice that whirl around the opponent in an ice storm, slicing them multiple times.
✿4. Mochidzuki: Mizore (満月みぞれ - Full Moon: Sleet) - The user's blade glows an ice blue, giving the sword a very weak ice attribute. However, the true purpose of this move is to drag the tip of the blade along the ground to create very thin, almost unnoticeable, lines of ice over an area [3 user post]. When the "web" is complete, the user stabs the Zanpakutō into the middle of the web and the ice web activates, ensnaring the opponent(s) into a cage-like structure. Once ensnared, sharp icicles come out of the ground in a circle around the opponent(s) to impale them several times. However, the two drawbacks is that the web cannot work if it is destroyed too much before activation and that the user must leave behind a Zanpakutō to keep the web activated. If the Zanpakutō is knocked from the middle of the web, the ice will melt and the cage will disappear.
✿5. Kurotsuki: Kuudou (黒月: 空洞 - Black Moon: Cavity) - The user swings his sword as black blade-like voids cover the area. Anyone that gets sucked into the void will become temporarily disoriented before coming out of a different void. The void that the opponent(s) come out in can be manipulated by the user's will. For allies, this move can be used to travel distances. However, the disorientation only has no effect when in contact with the user's Zanpakutō.
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❉Bankai Name: Yukitsuki No Michikake (雪月の満ち欠け: Phases of the Snow Moon)
❉Bankai Appearance: Bankai
❉Bankai Information: Blades turn back into katanas. They are elongated by several inches. Both katanas' elements are ice and void.
❉Bankai Attacks:
✿1. Nisshoku: Saigo No Hayawaza (日食: 最後の早業 - Solar Eclipse: Last Sleight) - A blinding flash of light floods the area for a brief second. In the short time frame of blindness, the user quickly charges up energy and launches a huge blast of energy the size of a ballista. The impact area freezes into a large radius of ice. If not used carefully, the user may also be caught in the blast.
✿2. Gesshoku: Meido (月食: 冥途 - Lunar Eclipse: Acheron) - This ability allows the user to use shadows as void portals. People and objects can travel through shadows at the user's will. The user can also conjure sharp icicles out of any nearby shadow within a five feet range.
✿3. Gekkou: Chixyouetsu (月光: 超越する - Moonlight: Transcendence) - Both blades are infused with their respective element; ice and void. Drawing the blades against each other, the ice and void attributes mix. Ice and void energy spirals down the tip of each blade, creating a vortex-like sheath around the katanas. Each swing of the blade unleashes a massive burst of reiatsu. Keeping this ability in effect is rather taxing on the user and rapidly drains their reiatsu.
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❉ This Is My Story:
➟ Early Life: Saitō was born in Kyōto, Japan. His father had died before he was born and his mother died soon after she gave birth to him. He was adopted and raised by the leader of the Shinsengumi; a special police force of Japanese samurai. His adopted father taught him everything he knew about Kenjutsu. As he grew up, he eventually came to join the ranks of the Shinsengumi as soon as he became a teenager.
➟ Shinsengumi: Joining the ranks of the Shinsengumi, he became well renowned for his Kenjutsu skills. In just a couple of months, he was famed for executing missions flawlessly and was one of the best samurai in the Shinsengumi and one of the youngest. Two years later, he was promoted to Captain of the third unit in the Shinsengumi. It was around this time that the Shinsengumi received orders from the emperor to guard the Hamaguri Gate from the anti-foreigner radical groups. During his unit's shift was when the radicals attacked. In the ensuing battle, Saitō lead his unit to victory, along with reinforcements from allied clans. This battle would later be known as Kinmon No Hen. In the aftermath of the battle, Saitō suffered serious injuries. He was quickly taken back to headquarters for medical attention. Despite all attempts to heal him, he died a couple hours later from his extensive injuries. In the last moments of his life, he was witnessed to have walked out of his room and died sitting in seiza under the cherry blossoms.
➟ Soul: Saitō lingered in the human world as a soul, unable to detach himself from his life in the Shinsengumi. Believing himself to have failed his comrades, he was bound to the area around Hamaguri Gate where he wandered as a lost soul. His soul chain eventually became to deteriorate over time. As Saitō became on the brink of becoming a hollow, a Shinigami happened to pass by at the time and managed to send him to Soul Society right before he managed to become a hollow.
➟ Shinō Academy: Landing in Rukongai, Saitō had to gather his bearings and lived life on the streets. He stole what he could, slept wherever was comfortable and avoided people for the most part. But this was never enough for him. He wanted more out of life; especially because of his experience with the Shinsengumi. It wasn't until one day, when a group of Shinigami passed by Rukongai, did he get his opportunity. Seeing his potential, Saitō was immediately enrolled into Shinō Academy. There, he impressed many with his expert Kenjutsu skills from his Shinsengumi days. Within a stunningly short half year, Saitō graduated as a full-fledged Shinigami. On recommendations from his instructors, Saitō joined the Gotei 13 and decided to join the Eleventh Division.
➟ The Gotei Thirteen: Being an unseated Shinigami didn't stop him. His already fine reputation blossomed as he proved himself again and again on missions assigned to him. His life in the Gotei 13 went much like his life in the Shinsengumi. He worked his absolute hardest to perfect his skills, even though he was advanced in swordplay for his age and rank. His motto at the time was: "there's always room for improvement". When not on his duties, he spent every spare second tracking down the best warriors in Soul Society. It was through this method of many different instructors did he manage to gain a wide diversity of sword skills. He learned various and diverse sword fighting skills, all which he excelled at over years of practice. Due to him studying abroad, he didn't do much work in his Division, nor was he called on for many Division duties. Due to this, he remained an unseated Shinigami for some time. Somewhere down the line of his studies, he realized that he was actually a Shinigami with hollow powers. He credits this due to the fact that he was sent to the Soul Society while he was on the brink of becoming a hollow. He kept his hollow side hidden as he stopped training outside his division and devoted himself more to his squad. He was eventually promoted due to his swordplay skills from an unseated Shinigami to a Lieutenant all in one go. During this time, he started to vigorously serve under his squad Captain and eventually fell in love with Kazumi, an unseated Shinigami in his squad. They trained together often and she helped him understand the true meaning of a warrior. "To win...to survive...you don't have to fight with a sword. A sword isn't something that kills...it's something that protects." Saitō held these words true to his heart and strove to become an even better samurai than he was before. However, one day, disaster struck. During a particularly rough battle, his hollow side managed to take over him. After finishing massacring the hollows, he started to turn on his squad members. As he came to deliver a finishing blow to one of his squad members, Kazumi tried to stop him and took the blow meant for another squad member. Saitō stabbed her right in the chest. Horrified at what he had done, he pulled out his sword and dropped to his knees, unable to move or speak. He held her in his arms as she lay there dying by his own hand. "You...are a true samurai..." Those were her last words to him as he shared her final moments and she died in his arms. His squad members and Captain were looking at his bloodstained form in disgust and Saitō was forced to run for his life, leaving Kazumi and his division behind. Exiled from the Soul Society, he began to live in the World of the Living where he now trains to become a better samurai and a better person, vowing to continue living for Kazumi's sake.
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❉Personal Skill: [Swordplay Masteries; High to Low]
- Kenjutsu Master - As a samurai, Saitō is proficient in the many branches of Kenjutsu and Kenjutsu itself. His sword fighting skills have been known to overpower various opponents, such as those larger, faster, stronger, etc, than him. Over the years, he has even developed some techniques of his own.
Kendō Master - If you thought Saitō was good with two swords, wait until you see him fight with one sword. Wielding twin swords is much more difficult than wielding a single sword. Hence, his swordplay performance becomes much more advanced when using Kendō. Naturally, he becomes much more flexible in his movement and the powers of his swings are increased. When in battle, Saitō usually starts off with one sword before going for the second.
Nitōjutsu Master - After the one sword technique comes the two sword technique. The mastery of Nitōjutsu is only slightly under the mastery of Kendō. Saitō has demonstrated excellence in the use of twin Zanpakutō. This is most used in his Shikai, considering the classical use of daishō with Nitōjutsu. However, excellence in this reflects on the mastery of his Bankai as well as his sealed form. He is known to be on par with some of the best trained warriors in swordplay.
Iaijutsu Master - This type of swordplay is the one Saitō is the most advanced at. He specializes and trains in this branch of swordplay, preferring this style above others. Saitō is able to use this style for combat as well as counterattacking. He is also able to draw his blade in the classical iai-goshi and tachi-ai positions. An advancement he has made in this is drawing his blade in tate-hiza and seiza. Normally, these would be considered dead poses in Iaijutsu, but Saitō invented his own way of drawing the blade in these positions; a feat that would be impossible without Shunpo. His best skill in his swordplay is nukitsuke, followed by nōtō [see other abilities].
Battōjutsu Master - Battōjutsu is right on the line of mastery with Iaijutsu. Both go hand in hand and both are required for successful techniques. Combined with Iaijutsu, this pair forms a deadly swordplay skill when engaging an opponent. With an untrained opponent, Saitō can literally rip an opponent to shreds in the blink of an eye. The move Saitō specializes in, in this category, is called the Swallow Reversal [see other abilities].
Kodachijutsu Master - This is Saitō's least used branch of Kenjutsu, but he has learned and demonstrated efficiency in this area. This can only be used in his Shikai form and only when wielding his shōtō, which is why it is so rarely used. The most notable feature of him using this branch of Kenjutsu is that he wields his shōtō in reverse grip edge out. Nothing else is much noted in this branch.
Shunpo Master - Of course, his Shunpo is nowhere near as good as his swordplay. Yet, it is advanced to the point where it combines into a fearsome combination with his sword skills. Saitō utilizes speed with his Kenjutsu to form a deadly opponent to the untrained.
❉Other Abilities
- Furue (震え: Tremor) - A technique involving the nukitsuke and nōtō of the sword. The sword is quickly drawn while moving the sheath back in saya-biki while simultaneously cutting on the draw. The blade is then sheathed. When successfully executed with speed, it would seem as though the opponent was cut without the user drawing his blade. Saitō has shown to be able to use this in sudden attacks and surprise attacks (even though he will never pull cheap shots). Combined with Tsubame Gaeshi [below], it can seemingly rip apart an opponent out of nowhere, even to the point of death.
Tsubame Gaeshi (燕返し: Swallow Reversal) - A technique that involves five simultaneous cuts. After each cut, the next cut is instantly executed by turning the blade until a total of five cuts are done. If done in rapid succession, the cuts will resemble the shape of a star.
❉Likes:
- Cherry Blossoms
Swordplay
Zanjutsu
Training
Cats
Rice Balls
Bubble Tea
Strong Opponents
Piano
Music
Comrades/Friends
Freedom
❉Dislikes:
- Milk
Spicy Foods
Heat
Kidō
Talkative People
❉Hates:
- Disrespect
Weaklings
Prisons
Seppuku
Cheap Attacks
Ranged Weapons
Unnecessary Killing
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Main Theme: Unmei No Hito
Battle Theme: Total Eclipse
Emotional Theme: Tooi Hi No Kizuato
