Name: Shinso
Manifestation: The name of Yamato’s Zanpakuto is Shinso, the Divine or Sacred Spear. Its appearance is that of a wakizashi (Japanese short sword) normally and the guard is shaped like an ‘S’. The spiritual manifestation of the blade is quite similar to Yamato’s own personality; though, it is a bit sillier and prone to humorous and accidental bouts of physical comedy when confronting Yamato. Taking the form of a human-sized serpent with a comical expression on its face, Shinso’s sense of justice and duty has its own odd direction, perhaps mirroring that of Yamato’s to an extent. While the two share a close bond that doesn’t seem the least bit serious, their attitudes quickly change when confronted by an opponent of enough strength and talent.
Release Phrase: Ikorose, Shinso! [Shoot to kill, Shinso!]
Family: Metal
Level: Bankai
Sealed Zanpaktou:
Shikai: Yamato’s Zanpakuto is odd in that it doesn’t change shape once released.
Shikai Ability: Instead, he merely gains the advantages of having several different attacks that utilize the blade’s released state.
Bankai: Yamato Hozuki’s Bankai Form is devastating, and awe inspiring. When he uses his bankai, he stabs his sword into the ground, and small blades begin to protrude from whatever surface it is he’s standing on. After a few seconds, the blades begin to shoot into the sky, extending much like his Shikai does. Soon, more blades follow suit, coming up from where the initial blades sprung. The blades intertwine, becoming massive steel trees, with small bladed buds, flowers, and branches. The forest continues to grow, becoming more and more crowded, until all opponents inside are sliced and impaled upon the metal foliage. Yamato sits in the middle of it all, quietly waiting for any opponent to try and reach him, where Yamato will deal with them personally.
Bankai Ability: He can control the flow of the blades mentally, and everything in the forest is a projection of his mind, so he can see everywhere in the forest at once. He can also hear, smell, and feel, everything touching parts of the forest. However, as long as you aren’t cut, he cannot detect you. As soon as a blade draws blood, however, Yamato will direct all surrounding foliage to slice you to ribbons. The bankai will last until Yamato is defeated or he recalls it; a truly rare occurrence once he activates it. The actual steel of the forest is of normal Zanpakutou durability, and requires a great deal of effort to break. However, the further away from Yamato you are, the slower the forest will react. At the fringe, the plants can be easily dodged by anyone of Vice-Captain level; though, even seasoned Captains are hard pressed to out run the steel foliage at close range.
In the middle of the forest, Yamato sits in a quiet clearing, on the bare turf of whatever environ he is fighting in. If anyone is to get to Yamato, He will draw Shinso from the ground, and fight with his bankai's core.
The core consists of the wakaizashi itself, but in its bankai state where the blade turns slightly light purple and is even further truncated than its normal Zanpakuto form. While this bankai seems impressive, there is one critical weakness.
Yamato's feet cannot leave the bare ground if he is to maintain the forest and his Core Shinso at the same time. If his feet ever leave the ground, the forest collapses, and he is left with his core shinso, which is altogether not especially powerful by itself. If one can so much as knock Yamato up into the air, the entire forest shatters into stray spirtual particles, which can then be used as a means of energy based attacks for Quincy and the like.
Techniques:
1. Ikorose [Shoot to Kill]
Sp cost: 200
Description: All assumptions fly out the window when Yamato utters the phrase “Ikorose”. As soon as Yamato thrusts Shinso, the blade begins to rapidly lengthen at speeds exceeding that of a bullet, and with such tremendous force that a single hit can pierce nearly anything, going through multiple stone walls with no effort whatsoever. The blade glows a pure white as it extends, and it retains its hardness and sharpness even when it does so, so Yamato can swing it in wide arcs while extended attacking multiple targets simultaneously.
2. Ittarikitari [Back and Forth]
Sp cost: 300
Description: A large copy of Yamato’s Zanpakuto appears behind his opponent once this ability is activated. It will follow the enemy around and do absolutely nothing until he speaks the phrase once again. When he does so, the copy of his blade will extend similar to his actual Zanpakuto and skewer the enemy from behind. There is no limit to how many times he can use this ability but there are two limitations. One, the ability is only able to attack from behind the opponent and two, the copy of the blade can be attacked and destroyed. Still, its angle of attack and the fact that it constantly follows them around until destroyed makes for some very interesting battles in Yamato’s favor.
3. Tokokoutetsu Ibara...Satsu [Endless Steel Thorns…Kill]
Sp cost: 1400
Description: Yamato collapses the forest and summons all of the steel foliage to himself, forming a large spherical barrier around his being comprised of his bankai. Upon uttering the word, “Satsu”, the barrier expands outward in the form of literally billions of steel thorn fragments in every direction imaginable at the same time. Essentially, it is one enormous area of effect attack that either slices, impales or flattens anything in its way by the sheer number of thorns and the immense spiritual pressure that is released, leaving nothing and no one alive. Tokokoutetsu Ibara has never been seen by any of Yamato’s opponents since he deems it impolite to use such a potent attack on someone who is not of comparable strength. Though, due to the nature of the attack, Yamato is left momentarily vulnerable, having only his bankai’s core to protect him. In addition, he can only use this attack once before he must rest and summon his bankai once again. It is a one shot deal. Of course, one shot is all he needs.
Rules in making Techs:
1-99 POINTS: 3 techs
100-199: 4 techs
200-299: 5 techs
300-399: 6 techs.... and so on and so fourth... you can add more techs as your posts goes up.
NOTE: Put if the tech is used in shikai or bankai for the sake of order
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250-299 POINTS - 3 turns usage, 10 turns cooldown
300-399 - 4 turns usage, 10 turns cooldown
300-399 - 5 turns usage, 10 turns cooldown
400-499 - 6 turns usage, 9 turns cooldown
from 500 posts and on, every 100 posts, your usage turns increase by 1 and cooldown decreases by 1
Subject: Yamato Hozuki ~ Ikorose, Shinso! 
Fri May 29, 2009 5:00 pm
