Post by kenpachi on Sept 4, 2009 0:56:48 GMT -5
Name: Kensei Muguruma
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Personality:
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Advanced
Skill Level: Shunpou: Advanced
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Advanced
History/Background:
When Ichigo Kurosaki arrives to the Vizards' hideout in order to learn how to suppress his inner hollow, Kensei notes that Ichigo is too scared to call out his inner hollow, even referring to him as a punk during his short fight with Shinji. After Ichigo proves the strength of his hollow, the Vizard agree to "pound the way to suppressing his hollow into the core of his soul," resulting in Ichigo's full hollow transformation within the underground area of their hideout. As Kensei gets his turn to train Ichigo, the two spar, with Kensei clearly having the upper hand. However, a half-hollow Ichigo surprises him by creating a monster-like entity out of his arm, forcing Kensei to use Tachikaze's special ability. Overall, he doesn't have much trouble against the Hollow Ichigo. Kensei, along with the rest of the Vizard, witnesses Ichigo's endurance in training after Ichigo's hollow is defeated. Later, Orihime slips through Hachi's special barrier around the hideout, shocking everyone as she is only a mere human. Kensei is shown to be visibly angry when she jokes around, revealing his lack of humor in the situation. He is last seen reluctantly letting Ichigo go to fight the Arrancar that have been invading Karakura Town under Shinji's order.
Fake Karakura Town arc[/size]
Kensei is first seen in this arc with the other Vizard, preparing to join the fight at the fake Karakura Town, although as to what actions they will take remain unclear until their arrival at the battlefield.
He is then seen with the rest of the Vizard arriving at the fake Karakura Town, intercepting Aizen, Ichimaru, and Tōsen's release from Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Jōkaku Enjō. He also witnesses a fallen Hisagi before joining his comrades into battling the Gillian that have spewed out of Wonderweiss Margera's companion's mouth. In his battle against the Menos, Kensei brings down scores of them in hand-to-hand combat and kills a Gillian sneaking up on him by stabbing it with his released Zanpakutō. He kills the last Gillian, and, after Mashiro complains, he takes his mask off and says he'll leave the Fūrā to her.[/blockquote]RP Sample:
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Personality:
Unlike some of the other Vizard, Kensei is portrayed as a much more mature, serious, and decisive individual, though is easily-annoyed and rather temperamental, often to a fault. He's also greatly annoyed at the very concept of immaturity. This anger is seen when Orihime infiltrates the Vizard's hideout, asking where the bathroom is and subsequently saying "just kidding", resulting in Lisa Yadōmaru and Love Aikawa calming him down. A skilled and respected battlefield commander, he has a rather brutal fighting style, and quite often blasts his opponents apart. When not fighting, he has a blunt and slightly aggressive attitude, trying to cheer up a tearful Hisagi in a manner reminiscent of an army drill sergeant, though he seems more passive and somewhat melancholic as a Vizard. He is most frequently irritated by his former lieutenant Mashiro Kuna, due to her childish air-headed manner, and once noted that she had the uncanny ability to aggravate him even when asleep. Kensei is also quite analytical when watching a fight, noticing just how scared Ichigo was to call out his hollow mask.Appearance:
Kensei is a tall, muscular man with sharp features, short light-gray/silver hair and golden eyes (brown in the anime). He has a 69 tattoo on his chest (the "6" for his last name, "Muguruma", which uses the kanji for "6" in it; the "9" for 9th Division), which the young Shūhei Hisagi saw and later copied by tattooing his face with the same number. During his time as a captain, he wore a standard but customized shihakusho with a rope belt and a sleeveless kimono and haori with fingerless black gloves.Hollow Mask:
His current attire is a blue and white basketball jersey with green cargo pants as well as black combat boots and orange fingerless gloves. In the manga, his shirt is shown slightly differently, as it appears black with a white and orange outline. He has also acquired a series of golden piercings in his time as a Vizard, one in his eyebrow and three on his left ear.
His hollow mask resembles a flat hockey face guard with six slitted eye holes in two columns and three extensions on each side which wrap around and connect to cover the sides and back of his head.Hollow Powers:
Power Augmentation: During his hollow metamorphosis, Kensei used his Zanpakutō's special ability very efficiently. One of his energy blasts was enough to greatly injure his friend, Love Aikawa. In terms of physical might, Kensei's hollow form was shown to give him vast superhuman strength and speed as evident from his ability to effortlessly punch massive craters into the ground, forcing himself out of a high level Bakudō, and dodging multiple high-speed attacks from his allies. He was able to block a sword blow from Love in this form with nothing but his arm (though this was before Love too was Hollowfied).Inner Hollow:
Enhanced Strength: With his mask on, Kensei's strength is greatly enhanced, as he was able to smash a menos' mask using only his fists, with ease.
Enhanced Speed: With his mask on, Kensei's speed increases greatly, as shown when he rapidly dealt punches to a Menos Grande during the winter war.
Instantaneous Tachikaze Blasts: In Kensei's hollow form he can fire these blasts from his Zanpakutō instantly without having to charge them.
Nothing has been revealed about Kensei's inner hollow as of this point.Zampakuto's name:
Tachikaze (断地風, Earth-Severing Wind)Zampakuto Spirit:
Nothing has been revealed about Kensei's Zanpakutou spirit as of this point.Un-released Zampakuto's Appearance:
When sealed, it is shown as a short katana with a rectangular guard in an 'H' shape and white hilt weaving.Shikai Release phrase::
Blow it Away (吹っ飛ばせ, futtobase)Shikai Appearance::
Kensei's zankpakutou transforms into a survival/combat knife with a black guard and small ring on the hilt's blunt edge. He commonly keeps this released form active rather than sealed and keeps it in the pocket of his cargo pants.Shikai Abilities::
Air Blades: Making slashes allows him to release transparent blades of wind to cut enemies from a distance. It appears to be extremely powerful, easily severing and killing a giant hollow.Bankai Description:
Energy Blast: Kensei charges spiritual energy in Tachikaze and fires white energy blasts from his hand with extreme force. This blast is quite devastating as it was shown blowing off the arm of Ichigo's hollow form.
Kensei's Bankai has yet to be revealedBankai Abilities:
Kensei's Bankai has yet to be revealedSkill Level: Kidou: Advanced
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Advanced
Skill Level: Shunpou: Advanced
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Advanced
History/Background:
Approximately 100 years ago, Kensei was the captain of the 9th division, with Mashiro Kuna serving as his lieutenant, though she easily annoyed him, due to her childish behavior. He attended the promotion ceremony of the 2nd Division's 3rd Seat Kisuke Urahara to 12th Division Captain. Nine years later during an investigation of mysterious disappearances in Rukongai, Kensei came across a young Shūhei Hisagi, whose family had apparently been killed by a giant hollow. He easily killed the hollow and attempted to cheer up the small boy. Hisagi would never forget Kensei after this event, tattooing his face with a '69' in remembrance. During the night, his entire group was attacked being stabbed from behind by his former subordinate, Kaname Tōsen.[/size]
Following the incident, he appeared as a half-hollow and attacked Shinji Hirako and Hiyori Sarugaki. Upon injuring his friend, Lisa Yadomaru, another friend of his, Rōjūrō Otoribashi, stated that the Kensei he knew was not the sort of 'weakling' that would attack a woman. He was then restrained by Hachigen Ushōda's Level 99 Kidō Spell. Unfortunately, the rest of his friends were cut down by Tōsen, leaving Shinji the only Shinigami conscious. He and the rest of the victims were eventually saved from turning into hollows by the timely arrival of then Captains Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi. Although the Hōgyoku stopped the process of Hollowfication, Kensei would be forever changed by this event. Kensei and the rest of the now Vizard escaped to the real world using Gigais created by Urahara, and have been in hiding ever since.
Arrancar arc
When Ichigo Kurosaki arrives to the Vizards' hideout in order to learn how to suppress his inner hollow, Kensei notes that Ichigo is too scared to call out his inner hollow, even referring to him as a punk during his short fight with Shinji. After Ichigo proves the strength of his hollow, the Vizard agree to "pound the way to suppressing his hollow into the core of his soul," resulting in Ichigo's full hollow transformation within the underground area of their hideout. As Kensei gets his turn to train Ichigo, the two spar, with Kensei clearly having the upper hand. However, a half-hollow Ichigo surprises him by creating a monster-like entity out of his arm, forcing Kensei to use Tachikaze's special ability. Overall, he doesn't have much trouble against the Hollow Ichigo. Kensei, along with the rest of the Vizard, witnesses Ichigo's endurance in training after Ichigo's hollow is defeated. Later, Orihime slips through Hachi's special barrier around the hideout, shocking everyone as she is only a mere human. Kensei is shown to be visibly angry when she jokes around, revealing his lack of humor in the situation. He is last seen reluctantly letting Ichigo go to fight the Arrancar that have been invading Karakura Town under Shinji's order.
Fake Karakura Town arc[/size]
Kensei is first seen in this arc with the other Vizard, preparing to join the fight at the fake Karakura Town, although as to what actions they will take remain unclear until their arrival at the battlefield.
He is then seen with the rest of the Vizard arriving at the fake Karakura Town, intercepting Aizen, Ichimaru, and Tōsen's release from Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Jōkaku Enjō. He also witnesses a fallen Hisagi before joining his comrades into battling the Gillian that have spewed out of Wonderweiss Margera's companion's mouth. In his battle against the Menos, Kensei brings down scores of them in hand-to-hand combat and kills a Gillian sneaking up on him by stabbing it with his released Zanpakutō. He kills the last Gillian, and, after Mashiro complains, he takes his mask off and says he'll leave the Fūrā to her.[/blockquote]RP Sample:
"KEEEEENNNNNSSEEEEEIIIIII!"
He twitched, trying his best to keep his cool. Unknown to him or the source of his irritation, it seemed as if Lisa was hold a stopwatch in her hand, counting how many seconds would pass before said man blew a cap.
"KENSSSEEEEIII! Are you even listening to me?!"
He twitched again, beginning to shake. One had to wonder how many veins could pop in the man's forehead before he passed out from loss of blood.
Well, at least everyone now knew why Kensei's hair was white.
"Kensei! Did you go deaf?! I'm talking to yoooooouuuuuu! You're such a dummy!"
"Urusai!" He crackled, spinning around and barking at his former lieutenant. How she ever became his Lieutenant, one had to wonder.
"five seconds, I win." Lisa smirked and put away the stopwatch.
"... fine." Love sighed in defeat before handing her the owed money.
"B-b-but Kenseeeiiii!! I wanna go to the markkeeetttt!"
"No means no!" Kensei barked, getting to his feet and starting to walk away from the green-haired girl.
"I wanna I wanna I wanna!!" The girl threw a tantrum, throwing herself to the floor and kicking about like a dying beetle.
"Why you--!" Kensei growled and attempted to throw himself at the girl, obviously meaning to do her bodily harm, only to be stopped by two pairs of arms.
"Woah!"
"Kensei! Control yourself!"
Love and Lisa had apparently come out of nowhere and thrown themselves at the former captain.
"Let me go!" He roared, "I'm going to teach you a lesson!"
"I wanna! I wanna! I wannnnnaaaaa!"
