Theme SongName: Akane Nishimura
Appearance:Nishimura is a large and sturdy woman at 191 centimetres and 85 kilogram. She is clearly a buff person, although her muscles aren't as tones as the ones of bodybuilders as she still possesses an healthy layer of fat. Her eyes are dark green and her hair is styled into an majestic pink mohawk. Her natural hair color is dark brown.
Nishimura wears the standard Shinigami uniform, albeit without sleeves. Additionally, she caries her sword in a strap on her back and she actually wears leather boots instead of sandals.
Age: 295
Race: Shinigami
Rank: Lieutenant of Squad 13
Spiritual Pressure Color: Dark Red
Personality:Akane is a very blunt and direct woman, who states it clearly and quickly when she doesn't like something, but also when she actually does like something, or someone. Nonetheless, she is a pretty cheerful woman, who laughs a lot, and is generous to boot, as she loves to treat people to drinks and other stuff.
Akane is very informal with both her peers and inferiors, insisting that people call her by her given name, and doing so in return. She has no problem bonding with new people, and enjoys going out for parties and other social gatherings quite often.
For that, Akane is also incredible protective of her friends and subordinates, and even though she sometimes appear to be the gigantic goofball, she can also be very serious when the circumstances call for it. If there is a problem, whether it be personal or not, whether it is somebody she knows, or somebody who just happened to cross her way, she'll try and solve it.
In regards to her Bankai; Akane has no sense of appropiate responses, and uses her Bankai as others would use a Shikai. Her Shikai is only used in mundane situations, such as when she needs to heat stuff.
History:Akane Nishimura was born into an old clan, who was of medium significance in the western district that they called their home. Nishimura was the youngest child, and the only daughter, next to her five older brothers. From oldest to youngest, they were: Goro, Arata, Hotaka, Katsuo and Nori. Other extended and still alive family were Naoki Nishimura, the brother of the Nishimura's father and his mother, and hence Akane's grandmother, Naoko Nishimur. As the Nishimura parents died very soon after Akane was born and Goro was practically an adult, he took over to leading the clan and raising the rest of the children.
Everything was fine for a while, but alas, fate was in the mood to play a cruel game. First, Arata made the painful discovery that not everything that is longer than it's widht is a phallic object, and could be used as that. Said "phallic" object was a heated iron rod, which fortunately meant that Arata never again had to worry about these things again. Later, Naoki commited suicide out of unknown reasons, though it appears he felt guilty for what happened to Arata.
The mourning was, for better or worse, interrupted by the marriage of Goro to his wife Shun. A few years later, when Nori and Naoki played in the tall grass without checking for ticks afterwards. Lyme disease is a serious killer, and the Nishimuras learned it the hard way. Again.
Hotaka and Katsuo eventually decided to go on their merry ways. Hotaka joined the Shinigami, but after a few years, his letters stopped, and after requesting the Gotei 13 for information, it has been stated that he has been killed in action in a weird incident involving massive amounts of ramen and a ladder. Katsuo decided to be a warrior who wanders through the outer districts, creating a bloody trail of fame. Unfortunately, he was worse than he thought and his plans were, literally, cut short.
When Akane became old enough, she too joined the Shinigami. She, however, had to retake the entry test five times before she was finally admitted, and even then, she was not a particularly excellent student. She wasn't terrible either, so she managed to pass and was then welcomed into the Squad 13.
Despite her rather slow start, Akane managed to become a respected and competent Shinigami, although one may argue that she is just blessed by Lady Fortuna herself. Either way, Akane Nishimura finally managed to become Lieutenant after many years of hard work. Goro and Shun, in the meanwhile had a son called Yoshi.
Alas, there was a strange hollow attack ten years ago, which killed Goro and Shun. Yoshi was fortunately old enough to join the academy, and is since four years an unseated Shinigami in the fourth Squad.
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Shinigami Skills:Immense Reiryoku (3/4): Akane Nishimura possesses a high level of Reiryoku, as expected from a high-ranked Shinigami, although she already had that much Reiryoku when she was a simple unseated Shinigami. This allows her to be very endurant and last longer in battle.
-> Average Reiatsu (2/4)
Poor Kido Power (0/4): Akane Nishimura does not know how to use Kido at all. While she has tried to do so back in her academy days, she has not really managed to conquer this art and eventually just gave up trying. It does not seem to bother her much.
-> Yet to Learn Kido (0/4)
Zanjutsu Grandmaster (4/4):On the other hand, however, Akane Nishimura is an excellent master of the sword, surpassing many of her peers. She has not only studied Japanese arts, but also the Western schools of swordmanship. Her impressive and diverse styles allow her to be a feared – yet also respected – foe of friend and enemy alike. Additionally, she is also teaching swordmanship in her divisions and occasionally at the Academy.
-> Impressive Offense (3/4)
-> Impressive Defense (3/4)
-> Impressive Physical Strength (3/4)
Hakuda Practitioner (1/4): Her Hakuda skills are lacking. Akane Nishimura prefers blunt and aggressive attacks, if she has to resort to hand-to-hand combat at all.
-> Unremarkable Offense (1/4)
-> Poor Defense (0/4)
-> Impressive Physical Strength(3/4)
Poor Knowledge (0/4): Akane Nishimura is neither well-versed nor interested into the finer details of education. The history of the Soul Society does not bother her, nor do contemporary political events.
Average Intelligence (2/4): Akane Nishimura possesses average Intelligence, with no special talents or disadvantages.
Hohō Master (3/4): Akane Nishimura considers her Hohou skills to her "hidden talent". Many people are surprised when they notice how skillful she is, and many a foolish enemy has been thrown off by this.
Impressive Mobility(3/4)Zanpakuto[b]
[b]Name: Kinchika (金地下 , Gold Underground )
Type: Fire
Spirit Appearance: A dragqueen clad in a gold and black dress. Much glitter and five-inch heels are involved. Her hair is a bright orange afro, which also emits mild amounts of smoke permanently.
Kinchika wields a golden staff, which has a gigantic, crimson crystal fixed at the upper end.
Inner World: A nightclub called "The Vulcan". There are no guests there, which may be due to the fact that the prices for the drinks are outragous. There is one dance floor, in the black color scheme accented with orange lights, a unisex toilet as well as a reception and a bar at the edge of the dance floor. In the centre of the dance floor is the DJ,
Kinchika.
Sealed Appearance: In it's sealed appearance,
Kinchika appears as an European broadsword, which is strapped on the back of Nishimura with a leather strap. The handle is wrapped in black cloth, held together by a golden twine. The sheath is a simple brown leather construction, with the exception of the characters 血食べ物 being imprinted on both sides.
Shikai Release Command: Break down,
Kinchika!
Shikai Appearance: Kinchika completely shatters into tiny fragments upon activation, which then engulf the active arm of Nishimura. After the activation is complete, the active arm will be encased into a black, seamless piece of metallic armor with golden accents running down the arm. Additionally, as a side effect, Nishimura is shieldes very well from heat on her active arm.
Shikai Skills: By slamming her zanpakuto into the ground, Nishimura can heat and liquify the hit area, creating a small pool of what is essentually lava. Increased Spiritual Pressure plus a longer use time means that the pool will be larger.
Glamour Arm (グラマー· アーム)
The lava wraps itself around her active arm. It stays there until Nishimura deactivates the effect of uses another technique which utilized the lava.
Hot Rain (ホット· レイン)
The lava forms drops which vary in size from r = 0,5 cm to r = 3,5 cm. They follow the lead of Nishimura's arm, which means that they shot into a certain direction with rapid speeds if Nishimura points there.
Jump (ジャンプ)
The pool of lava acts like a small volcan, that is, it "erupts" by shooting it's contents in the air. Nishimura has a small time window to escape. The technique does not work when the lava is not on the ground.
Spread the Love (スプレッド· ザ· ラブ)
The pool of lava becomes bigger, without Nishimura's arm sticking in it. However, the pool will flow there where her arm is pointing, and an more Reiatsu means that the process can be speed up.
Party Time (パーティー·タイム)
The lava forms into a long object which positions itself into Nishimura's hand. This way, it can be used as a sword, as it stays in shape with the help of her Reiatsu. However, she can also deactive the stability of the sword, which means that the next swing will fling the lava into whatever direction she swinged at.
Bankai Name: Tengoku no Kinchika (天国の金地下, Gold Underground of the Heavens)
Bankai Appearance:Nishimura gets completely – from head to toe – clad into the armor like substance that her Shikai is made up from. Only the mohawk can be seen rising above the helmet. The armor itself is skin-tight, but not vacuum-sealing. At the head part, to be more exact, the face part, a simple white mask can be found. It is completely blank and enveloped the entire face except for two holes for the eyes. The golden accents all over her body are glowing periodically.
Ashiato (足跡, Footprint)
Instead of having to slam a certain body part into the ground, Nishimura now only has to touch something in order to melt it. It can be activated with the Bankai.
Karada o Kanetsu (体を加熱, Heat the Body)
Improvement of Glamour Arm. This time, her body gets enveloped into lava.
-> Shi no Akairingu (死の赤いリング, Red Ring of Death)
Usable when Karada o Kanetsu is active. The lava moves into a rapidly rotating ring position around Nishimura. The ring moves with Nishimura in the center. Multiple rings can be created by using Karada o Kanetsu and Shi no Akairingu in accordance. If enough rings are present, a wall, so to say, can be created this way.
Jigoku no Ame (地獄の雨, Hellish Rain)
Improvement of Hot Rain. Here, however, the sky darkens and small, hot meteorites rain from the sky for thirty seconds in a varying radius. If Ashiato is not activated, she can touch someone and the meteorites will slightly diverge their paths to that direction.
Shinkuken (深紅剣, Crimson Sword)
Improvement of Party Time. The only difference is that upon deactivating the artificial stability, she can control the trajectory of the lava, instead of it having wildy be splattered somewhere.