[hider=Jingorō Hanma]
[center][sub][Colour=CadetBlue][h3]甚 悟 郎    半 間[/h3][/Colour][/sub] 
[sub][Colour=DimGray][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B66_fk_WaY]The Drowned Death[/url] | [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAI0FEPlTIQ]The Shinshoku[/url] | [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unRiKxbWCq4]The Crashing Wave[/url][/Colour][/sub]
[sub][Colour=CadetBlue][h2]J I N G O R Ō     H A N M A[/h2][/Colour]
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] [Colour=DarkGray]Shinigami [/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] [Colour=DarkGray]Male [/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] [Colour=DarkGray]233 Years old [/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] [Colour=DarkGray]6'1" [/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] [Colour=DarkGray]170lbs [/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] [Colour=DarkGray]10th Division Unseated [/Colour][/sub][/center]
[center][sub][Colour=DarkGray]Squad Interests[/Colour][/sub][/center][center][sub][Colour=DimGray]Third - Fourth - Ninth[/Colour][/sub][/center]
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[sub][Colour=CadetBlue]❖  A P P E A R A N C E[/Colour][/sub]
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 The sharp, pointed nose that sits in the center of Jingorō's face is off-put by the rounded cheeks that flank it. In similar contrast his jawline is long but faint, culminating in the cleft chin that hangs beneath his dull peach lips. Large ears are noticeable to either side of his head as he often strings his jet-black hair into a tight top-knot, although some hairs stray regardless. His eyes often seem a lifeless grey at a glance as only when he stares directly does the sea-green hue become noticeable.

Tall and lithe, Jingorō wears the typical long-sleeved Shihakushō, the black robes given to all Shinigami. He adds little in way of accessory, preferring to strictly adhere to tradition. The only thing setting him apart being the mint-green silk he uses to tie his hair. 

Tucked into the white sash at his waist rest his Daishō. A Zanpakutō, a similar hue of mint rayon wrapping it's handle, sits highest with a notable swirled guard spreading outwards to eight points like a nautical compass and a Wakizashi sword purely present as ornament, as is tradition.
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[sub][Colour=CadetBlue]❖  H I S T O R Y   &   P E R S O N A L I T Y[/Colour][/sub]
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 Born into one of the noble houses, Jingorō had been a playful boy of high spirits. Somewhat mollycoddled by his mother and largely ignored by his father he grew to be kind and soft of heart. 

During the early unrest after the reunification of the Gotei 13 many flash points and riots affected Rukongai and it was on one such day that Jingorō's life changed. His mother was accidentally cut down during a conflict between Shinigami and dissidents of the Rukongai, seeing such a thing affected the young boy foundationally. He remembered that day as a sunny one, but the image burnt into his mind was of the heavy rain pummeling the thick mud around the pure white outline of his mother. Only later in life did it occur to him that it was his latent power that cause it to rain in that moment.

After the riots Jingorō was the charge of his father whom after the incident grew even more distant. As a son of a noble family he was destined to become a Shinigami although he never wanted to be. He was forced to grow up quickly, too quickly for someone of his age, and the inherent trauma and added pressure his father imparted upon him led to becoming a quiet and passive person. 

His initial Shinigami training went poorly. The last thing Jingorō wanted was to be surrounded by death, he had come to hate it, but his father at least gave him one poignant lesson that has driven him to this day. If he became strong enough, there wouldn't be any need for him to kill no death needs to follow him. Once a Shinigami truly masters his soul, his powers and his Zanpakutō he doesn't have to resort to such permanent solutions. It was a lesson he took to heart and from that point forward Jingorō applied himself, vowing to become as strong as he could. 
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[sub][Colour=CadetBlue]❖  R E L A T I O N S H I P S[/Colour][/sub]
[indent][Colour=DarkGray] Jingorō has almost always been a quiet and reserved person. He has poured himself into diligent training and has rarely had the time nor inclination to make friends or socialize. As a result he is often alone and reluctant to join in on festivities, apart from the official holidays and celebrations in the Seireitei.[/Colour][/indent]

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[Center][sub][Colour=CadetBlue][h2]P O I N T S   &   A T T R I B U T E S[/h2][/Colour][/sub][/center]
[center][sub][Colour=DarkGray]Points Saved[/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] [Colour=DimGray]0[/Colour]  [Colour=DarkGray]Points Invested[/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] [Colour=DimGray]0[/Colour][/sub][/Center]

[sub][Colour=CadetBlue]❖  P O W E R S  &  A B I L I T I E S[/Colour][/sub]
[indent][Colour=DarkGray] Jingorō has always fought with the intent to incapacitate rather than kill. His belief is that death is inherently impure and all involved are better served should conflicts end without lost life. As a result he has diligently trained in all four major disciplines of the Gotei 13, giving each an equal attention.

In battle Jingorō is often keen to use the environment and terrain to his advantage, manipulating opponents position to better defend himself and strike precisely. To compliment this he has a well developed integration of Bakudo spells into his combat style to aid his non-lethal preference.[/Colour][/indent]
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[Colour=CadetBlue]Hado[/Colour] - [Colour=DarkGray]Average[/Colour]                                [Colour=CadetBlue]Bakudo[/Colour] - [Colour=DarkGray]Average[/Colour]
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #1 Sho                                          [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #1 Sai
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #4 Byakurai                                  [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #4 Hainawa
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #11 Tsuzuri Raiden                       [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #8 Seki
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #31 Shakkaho                              [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #9 Geki
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #32 Okasen                                  [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #9 Horin
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #33 Sokatsui                                [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #11 Kyomon
                                                         [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] #12 Fushibi

[Colour=CadetBlue]Hakudo[/Colour] - [Colour=DarkGray]Average[/Colour]                            [Colour=CadetBlue]Zanjutsu[/Colour] - [Colour=DarkGray]Average[/Colour]                                    [Colour=CadetBlue]Hoho[/Colour] - [Colour=DarkGray]Average[/Colour] 
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Tesshō                                          [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Hōzuri                                                   [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Shunpo
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Super Harisen Slipper                  [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Shitonegaeshi
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[Center][sub][Colour=CadetBlue][h2]Z A N P A K U T Ō[/h2][/Colour]
[Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] [Colour=DarkGray]Water Type [/Colour][/sub][/center]
[sub][Colour=CadetBlue]❖  S P I R I T   &   I N N E R   W O R L D[/Colour][/sub]
[Colour=DarkGray][indent] Jingorō's inner world takes the form of a tranquil bayou, moonbeams serving as the only illumination to an otherwise inky-black domain bordered by winding trees.

Following the clear path through wading water nestled among meandering roots sits a colossal toad upon an equally large lily-pad. During his early training Jingorō had to make do watching the toads gesticulations as it would not speak. Finding silence to be the better teacher, he would voice his questions in front of the Toad as if to a mirror.

As his powers awakened and Jingorō began to understand his Zanpakutō he discovered that the toad upon the lily-pad had never been his spirit. He had never questioned the depth of the bayou as it only ever reached his knees but many moons ago as he fought a hollow that had pushed him to the brink of death his mind retreated. Finding himself too weak to walk he fell through the surface allowing him to glare into the abyss he had not considered before. A few silvered beams probed the rocks beneath the toad and its giant lily-pad and gave light to his true soul.

A man, hanging in the twilight, feet chained to the bedrock as long wisps of hair veiled his face like thin seaweed. He could not see eyes and yet he felt seen. For someone with such a complicated relationship with death, Jingorō scorned that he had to get so close to his own. But it was here, in conversation with the drowned man, that he plumbed the depths of his soul.[/indent][/Colour]
[Center][sub][Colour=CadetBlue][h3]清 め る ,   彼 岸 花[/h3][/Colour]
[Colour=CadetBlue][h3]K I Y O M E R U ,   H I G A N B A N A[/h3][/Colour]
[Colour=DimGray][Purify, Red Spider Lily][/Colour][/sub][/Center]
[sub][Colour=CadetBlue]❖  S H I K A I   A P P E A R A N C E[/Colour][/sub]
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 Named after the flower of death used in Shinto funerals, the Shikai form Higanbana does not change much apart from two key features. A fuller, sometimes called a blood groove, completely perforates the blade, stretching the length of it's spine, ending at an unchanged eight-pointed star compass at it's hilt. And at the base of the handle drips a long silver chain often held in Jingorō's opposite hand that itself ends with a small but weighty twin-pronged hook. [/Colour][/indent]
[sub][Colour=CadetBlue]❖  S H I K A I   A B I L I T I E S[/Colour][/sub]
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 Using the command 'Nomu' [Colour=DimGray](飲 - Drink)[/Colour], Higanbana's blade is able to absorb water from almost any source it touches. The water trapped inside bonds with Jingorō's reiatsu, purifying it and bringing it under his control. As the sword drinks more two things happen. Firstly it salivates, thirsting for more water, multiplying the amount trapped in its blade. The sword also gets progressively heavier though this does not hinder Jingorō as to him it is like lifting his own reiatsu, but to an opponent his attacks become like crashing waves.

At a certain point Higanbana will have absorbed so much that its slaver renders its water self-sustaining. When this happens it will constantly pour from the blades hollow spine like an overflowing faucet, making each strike pulverizing and drench the vicinity in pools of its purified water. 

The major weakness of this Zanpakutō is of course that it requires a source of water to be nearby to be effective quickly. Over time as he swings Higanbana, it will rip the vapor out of the air itself and so it can very slowly gain power. Higanbana cannot pull the water from an opponents body as their reiatsu is so strongly bonded to the water inside their body Higanbana cannot displace it.
[sub][Colour=DimGray]Passive Ability[/Colour][/sub]

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[Colour=CadetBlue]清波[/Colour] - Kiyoinami [Colour=DimGray](Pure Wave)[/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]-[/Colour] With a swing of Higanbana a highly pressurised arc of water escapes the blade, capable of slicing rock or even metal. In rare cases Jingorō has used it as a shield, splitting and negating attacks moments before impact.
[sub][Colour=DimGray]Duration - Instant [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Cooldown - 2 posts[/Colour][/sub]

[Colour=CadetBlue]水幽霊[/Colour] - Mizuyūrei [Colour=DimGray](Ghost Water)[/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]-[/Colour] By touching any source of Higanbana's purified water, Jingorō can command his bonded reiatsu to atomize the water creating a sudden dense mist or fog with which he can hide his intent or momentarily distract a foe. 
[sub][Colour=DimGray]Duration - 2 posts [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Cooldown - 4 posts[/Colour][/sub]

[Colour=CadetBlue]濡花[/Colour] - Nurasu no Hana [Colour=DimGray](Drowned Flower)[/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]-[/Colour] In a single savage moment Higanbana will expel all water within it's blade. Like a burst pipe yielding to the pressure, it will explode outwards causing horrific damage to anything, or anyone, run through.
[sub][Colour=DimGray]Duration - Instant [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Cooldown - 6 posts[/Colour][/sub]
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[Center][sub][Colour=CadetBlue][h3]卍 解 ,  彼 岸 花 め 葬 祭[/h3][/Colour]
[Colour=CadetBlue][h3]B A N K A I ,   H I G A N B A N A   N O   S Ō S A I[/h3][/Colour]
[Colour=DimGray][Final release, Funeral Procession of Red Spider Lily's][/Colour][/sub]
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[sub][Colour=CadetBlue]❖  B A N K A I   A P P E A R A N C E[/Colour][/sub]
[indent][Colour=DarkGray] In Bankai Jingorō's Zanpakutō gets significantly different, as it's name is called a giant ghostly torii gate appears behind Jingorō with a colossal funeral bell between it's pillars. A single knell reverberates in the air as a ring of blossoming red spider lily's surround Jingorō and his opponent. Great cracks of thunder inviting the dark clouds to spawn above. A mist dissipates from behind Jingorō and clouds him for a moment.

As the gate and bell fade away, Jingorō is revealed to be wearing a pristine white Jōe, the garment worn by Shinto priests at ceremonies, and in his hands are grasped two Ōnusa, the wooden wands replete with paper streamers that are used in purification rituals.

Higanbana No Sōsai is, in essence, a funeral. Jingorō is loathed to use it as he inherently sees death as impure and his idealistic view of growing stronger is such that he wouldn't have to resort to killing. But in rare cases where he feels death is unavoidable he is prepared to offer his opponent a full and proper funeral so as to cleanse them of the impurity of death and allow their soul to move on.[/Colour][/indent]
[sub][Colour=CadetBlue]❖  B A N K A I   A B I L I T I E S[/Colour][/sub]
[indent][Colour=DarkGray] Both Jingorō and his opponent are locked inside the ring of flowers with almost all outside interference deflected or negated. Using the two Ōnusa as handles Jingorō can form pressurised water into blades of varying sizes and shapes with which to fight. Unlike his Shikai, the fact his Bankai invites the rain, there is always ample water for him to utilize. Higanbana no Sōsai retains all the abilities of it's Shikai state.  

Jingorō's Shikai acts as the Misogi purification ritual and the release of Bankai serves as adoration, two of the six rites in Shinto funerals, the remaining four are completed in Bankai before Higanbana no Sōsai is able to kill any opponent. Three Norito prayers must be finished if he is to call the last rite. 

[Colour=CadetBlue]神楽[/Colour] - Kagura [Colour=DimGray][First Rite, Dance][/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]-[/Colour] Kagura is a ceremonial dance which takes the form of combat. With fluid movements Jingorō can seem to be dancing from afar and some have commented that when his blade swings the water chimes and the clashing swords echo like Taiko drums. Jingorō must engage his opponent and create a mortal dance of wills for Higanbana no Sōsai to accept this rite.

[Colour=CadetBlue]直会[/Colour] - Norai [Colour=DimGray][Second Rite, Feast][/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]-[/Colour] As is common at funerals a feast must be observed. To invoke the second rite of Norai, Jingorō must be wounded. As Higanbana no Sōsai is only invoked against the most dangerous of opponents it is quite likely for Jingorō to take damage and by doing so he can invoke Norai. By using his Ōnusa to guide the purified water that fills their battlefield, he will drink from the rising pool. In doing so his body will be rejuvenated his reiatsu bolstered and his wounds healed. He may do this only once, but it must happen and once is all it takes for the second rite to be completed.
[sub][Colour=DimGray]Duration - Instant [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Cooldown - One use per Bankai[/Colour][/sub] 

[Colour=CadetBlue]飲み込む潮[/Colour] - Nomikomushio [Colour=DimGray][Third Rite, Consuming Tide][/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]-[/Colour] As time passes the heavy rain Higanbana no Sōsai started will not subside. Slowly but surely within the ring of flowers a large pool will form and start to rise. It is in effect, a timer. 
Representing the mourning for the deceased, Jingorō must extend the fight until it reaches at least above the knee. This means that even if Jingorō could defeat his opponent quicker he must wait for the third rite to be complete if he is to enact the funeral correctly.

All of which leads us to the last rite. As is noted in it's Shikai form, Higanbana is unable to consume the water inside anothers body. This is because the Reiatsu within their body is already bonded to that water and Higanbana cannot consume another Reiatsu other than it's own. Higanbana No Sōsai in reality is a ritual with which to break that bond so it's water may be consumed. 

Much like condensation pooling water vapor onto cold surfaces, Higanbana No Sōsai interacts with a Reiatsus purity. As death is inherently impure every time a being kills another their Reiatsu is dimmed by it, corrupted. Using it's purified water Jingorō's Bankai can strip the impure Reiatsu expelled by opponents as they fight with him. Purifying them to the point Higanbana No Sōsai can drink from their body.

Doing so keeps Jingorō's own reiatsu pure. He avoids killing and in the rare cases he fights someone with whom death is the only option Higanbana No Sōsai is his method of maintaining his own purity. During the Bankai the opponent does not feel their Reiatsu being stripped, they do not grow weaker or less powerful it is a simple matter of moving where the Reiatsu bonded to their water is. This is another cause for the water level rising and further explains the inner workings of Norai. As his Bankai pulls the Reiatsu from his opponents body it pools together with his own it creates a purified Reiatsu-water he may drink from.

Once the three rites have been completed and Higanbana No Sōsai's procession has been observed, the water will glow with Jingorō's mint green Reiatsu. Clapping his hands and bowing the final adoration takes place. The ghostly Torii gate returns and one final knell of it's haunting bell takes place before several pressurised spears shoot from the water, piercing the limbs and holding the soon to be deceased in place. 

Jingorō extends his hand and Higanbana's Shikai form will rise from the small whirlpool forming at his feet, it's chain wrapping around and up his arm. Lunging forward with a blast of water, Jingorō will run his opponent through before uttering his command. [Colour=CadetBlue]Nomu[/colour]. Higanbana No Sōsai will desiccate a persons body so vociferously that it will begin to crumble away almost as if cremated, such is the practice in Shinto funerals.
[sub][Colour=DimGray]Passive Ability[/Colour][/sub]

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[Colour=CadetBlue]蛸入道[/Colour] - Tako Nyūdō - [Colour=DimGray](Octopus Priest)[/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]-[/Colour] When the pool of water Jingorō and his combatant stand in rises to an acceptable level he can invoke Tako Nyūdō. In doing so Higanbana No Sōsai can spawn several tentacle-like pillars of water with pressurised tips, much like Jingorō does with his two Ōnusa handles. These arms are independent of himself and so his combativeness multiplies in this form.
[sub][Colour=DimGray]Passive Ability once invoked[/Colour][/sub]

[Colour=CadetBlue]迷い船 の 海入道不純[/Colour] - Mayoibune no Uminyūdōfujun[Colour=DimGray] [Wandering ship of the Impure Sea Priest][/Colour] [Colour=CadetBlue]-[/Colour] This is an ability of Higanbana No Sōsai that has never been revealed to the Gōtei. When pressed on it's existence, Jingorō is known to have answered 'Sometimes the funeral goes wrong'. 

In the event Jingorō kills someone before the funerary rites have been completed, the death will be like a stain on Higanbana No Sōsai's Reiatsu. It is incapable of removing this corrupted Reiatsu and stores it deep within his inner world. He is capable of accessing and using this power, although he has vowed never to do so. If he ever were to Higanbana No Sōsai will summon shades of its victims appearing as dead, drowned versions of whom Jingorō has killed wearing white funerary robes. He is incapable of controlling these Ghosts as they endeavor to claw and pull people down into the water, drowning them. 

Doing so would add to Jingorō's corrupted Reiatsu and so it is possible that even one release of this forbidden ability could completely corrupt his soul, given enough people are killed by it. And he has been told in no uncertain terms, that if he were to become completely corrupted by this impure Reiatsu, he would not survive it either.
[sub][Colour=DimGray]Duration - As long as Bankai is active [Colour=CadetBlue]◆[/Colour] Cooldown - One use ever[/Colour][/sub]
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