Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 10, 2013 13:15:53 GMT -5
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male | heterosexual | visored
ALIASES:
Strawberry, Ichi-nii, Carrot-top
AGE:
19 years
AGE OF APPEARANCE:
19 years
SQUAD:
N/A
RANK:
Substitute Shinigami
APPEARANCE
THE VISAGE
so i wish for strength
FACE CLAIM:
N/A
HEIGHT:
5'11
WEIGHT:
145 lbs
APPEARANCE:
Ichigo looks like a normal teenaged boy, except that his hair is spiky orange, a trait that he has been ridiculed about for years on end. He is a fairly tall, lean-built person with peach skin and brown eyes. He likes to wear tight clothes top and bottom. He has a tendency to wear shirts patterned with the number 15, because his name is a homonym for the number.
When in his spiritual form, Ichigo wears standard Shinigami attire, which also consists of a thicker strap across his chest. He also has four black vertical lines on his forearms and black, tattoo-like bands crossing over his chest, wrists, and ankles. Similar bands, but with white ends, are around his neck as collars.
BRIEF PERSONALITY
GENERAL INFO
if i cannot protect them from the wheel
LIKES:
-the feeling he gets after accomplishing a goal or helping someone
-chocolate
-writing; claimed that Japanese (or from a western perspective, English), is his best subject
-being around his friends
-okonomiyaki
DISLIKES:
-fortune telling, horoscopes, feng shui, psychics and anyone whose trade involves taking money from people for things that they cannot see
-those who mistreat their allies in any way, even if they are his own enemies
-winning a fight in an illegitimate manner, such as beating someone when hollowfied; thus not in control of his own body
NEGATIVE TRAITS:
-outspoken and hotheaded, which leads to him getting into fights often
-difficulty remembering people's faces and names
-often disrespectful when talking to those older than himself, calling Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto "gramps" and referring to several of the Shinigami captains by their given names without using honorifics
-Ichigo's resolve in battle can waver at times, which can impede his fighting prowess. He goes into a state of depression and self-loathing when he loses a major battle or lets a friend down
POSITIVE TRAITS:
-very protective; will even go as far to risk his life for a complete stranger
-genuinely compassionate and empathetic towards others
-very strong-willed and impulsive
EXTRAS:
When he was young, Ichigo considered his mother to be the center of his world, always smiling when he was with Masaki and he was regularly holding her hand. Despite crying whenever he lost in a match at the dojo he attended, Ichigo started to smile again as soon as he saw Masaki when she came to pick him up. At a very young age, Ichigo heard his father saying that his name means "to protect one thing", which instilled in him a desire to protect his mother. When his sisters were born he began attending a dojo for the sake of protecting them, since then the number of people he wished to protect has continued to grow, causing Ichigo to risk his life to protect both his family and strangers.
As a teenager, Ichigo's personality is much more complex. Stubborn, short-tempered, strong-willed and impulsive. He attempts to maintain a detached and "cool" image, despite claiming not to care about what other people think about him. He generally keeps his face set in a permanent scowl, with his eyebrows drawn together. His outspoken, hot-headed demeanor is a trait Ichigo himself acknowledged, and that if somebody picks a fight with him, he cannot help fighting back. He coldly refers to his teachers as “instructors”. He is shown to be genuinely compassionate and empathetic about others.
Ichigo was also a capable student, ranked 23rd in his year at school, studying regularly and not neglecting his schoolwork. He worked as hard as he did to overcome the misconceptions many have about him based on his hair color and fighting. Ichigo becomes extremely shy and uncomfortable around nude or immodestly dressed women, a fact that many have teased him for.
When it comes to fighting, Ichigo has a complex sense of honor; he regularly seeks to exact revenge for the actions of his opponent. He often taunts and belittles his opponents when fighting, sometimes even attacking without warning. Ichigo has a strong desire to win his fights in what he views as a legitimate manner. To this end, he has refused the aid of his inner Hollow, even when knowing that it would allow him to win. However, Ichigo's resolve in battle can waver at times, which can impede his fighting prowess and goes into a state of depression and self-loathing when he loses a major battle or lets a friend down.
WEAPONRY/POWERS
TOOLS OF WAR
then give me a strong blade
WEAPONS:
N/A
ZANPAKUTO:
name: Zangetsu (Slaying Moon)
sealed form: A standard-looking katana, but oversized with an equally-oversized brown sheath hung by a strap across Ichigo’s back and over his right shoulder. It has a rectangular bronze tsuba with gently inward-curved edges, a stylized flame pattern on the long sides, and a simple decorative slit on the short sides. The handle's hilt has a red-wrapping two light blue tassels attached to the pummel, which is decorated with a flame design on its short sides. However, since Zangetsu is a constant-release type zanpakuto, it never assumes this form.
spirit: The spirit of Zangetsu appears as a tall, lean-built, and middle-aged man. He has pale skin with a long face and pronounced cheekbones, unkempt facial hair, and long ragged black hair. He dresses in a tattered white undershirt with high collars, black pants, grey boots, narrow sunglasses, and a long flowing black overcoat with a red hue that flares out into ragged ends. Because of the spirit's appearance, Ichigo tends to call him "Old-man Zangetsu”.
In Bankai form, Tensa Zangetsu resembles a teenage version of himself closer to Ichigo's age and height with pale blue eyes. His clothes remain the same, minus the sunglasses and the addition of a black hood.
inner world: Ichigo's inner world resembles a city made entirely out of skyscrapers which seem to never end upwards. Ichigo and Zangetsu can stand on the sides of the buildings, which is why the world normally appears sideways. The skyscrapers represent Ichigo's dreams and willpower, and it starts to rain in his world when his will wavers. Should it reach a low-point, then his inner world will be submerged under breathable water.
SHIKAI:
release command: N/A
description: The Shikai form of Zangetsu looks like an oversized elegant cleaver rather than a formal "katana". It has no tsuba and a silver hilt with gray-wrappings and a short length of chain at its base. The sword is about as tall as Ichigo is, and has a black blade with a silver edge. The blade itself curves inwards at the backside of the tip, similar to a trench knife. When stored away on Ichigo's back, white cloth will materialize to still act as an impromptu sheath.
type: Melee
techniques:
Name: Getsuga Tenshō (Moon Fang Heaven-Piercer)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Low to moderately tiring; depends on the strength of the attack.
Range: Long range.
Description: At the instant of the slash, Zangetsu absorbs Ichigo’s spiritual energy and releases highly condensed spiritual energy at the tip of the blade, magnifying the slash attack and then flies forward. This slash takes the form of a crescent moon or in the shape of a wave. The Getsuga Tenshō is a powerful technique with great force, capable of causing large-scale damage and destruction. Ichigo has used this technique in several different manners, such as striking the ground to create an omnidirectional blast to knock away incoming attacks or slashing at the ground to upturn it and crush everything in its path.
BANKAI:
name: Tensa Zangetsu (Heaven Chain Slaying Moon)
description: To activate his Bankai, Ichigo first points his Zanpakutō in a straight direction using either a single hand or both of his hands. Then, his spiritual power surges, with the smoke obscuring his being. It is considered completely out of the ordinary for any Zanpakutō. Unlike most Bankai forms, which usually create some sort of massive creature or effect, Ichigo's Bankai actually shrinks his sword down to a daitō (Japanese long sword) with a black blade instead. The blade is roughly as long as Ichigo’s shikai, and more curved as it nears the tip, with three protrusions along the blunt end of the sword close to its tip. The cross guard has four prongs bent out to form the shape of the manji, and the tsuba is curved and jagged. The blade itself can endure even the strongest of attacks, making it quite effective in blocking and deflecting incoming attacks. It can even withstand getting crushed by force. A length of chain is attached to both the base of the sword's hilt and to Ichigo's glove, forming a wide loop. In addition to his sword, Ichigo's robe is replaced with a long-sleeved, ankle-length black coat (or shihakushō) with red lining that is left open, revealing a white shirt underneath. Held together by three "x"-shaped marks, it ends in a number of coattails. Ichigo wears black gloves with white "x"-shaped marks appear on both the gloves and his forearms. This coat is part of Ichigo's Bankai and the damage it can take is directly proportionate to the remaining strength and level of Ichigo's Reiatsu.
By condensing all the power of his Bankai into one, small form, Ichigo can perform hyper-speed combat. His new speed is so great, that it also enhances his Shunpo prowess and allows him to create dozens of after-images to confuse his opponent. As his speed is heightened, so is his strength, but not to as much of a great extent.
Furthermore, the fact that all of his energy is "compressed" means that usage of his Bankai doesn't expel as much spiritual power as other Bankai from the point of activation, thus allowing him to use Tensa Zangetsu at a much longer duration than any other Bankai users of his level.
type: Augmentation through condensed Reiryoku
stat upgrades: +1 HAK, +1 REI, +1 SEI, +5 HOH
techniques:
Name: Getsuga Tenshō (Moon Fang Heaven-Piercer)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Low to moderately tiring; depends on the strength of the attack.
Range: Long range.
Description: At the instant of the slash, Zangetsu absorbs Ichigo’s spiritual energy and releases highly condensed spiritual energy at the tip of the blade, magnifying the slash attack and then flies forward. This slash takes the form of a crescent moon or in the shape of a wave. The Getsuga Tenshō is a powerful technique with great force, capable of causing large-scale damage and destruction. Ichigo has used this technique in several different manners, such as striking the ground to create an omnidirectional blast to knock away incoming attacks or slashing at the ground to upturn it and crush everything in its path.
INNER HOLLOW:
name: Shiro
appearance: Shiro appears to be virtually identical to Ichigo, except that his overall color scheme is the opposite of Ichigo's. He is a fairly tall and lean-built being with white skin and hair. His eyes consist of black pupils, white irises and black sclera. He also has black fingernails. While Ichigo wears a standard black Shinigami Shihakusho, his Hollow self wears a white Shihakusho with a black cloth belt.
personality: Shiro's most distinguishing features are his maniacal laughter and psychotic grins. He is brutal, arrogant, disrespectful, and sadistic. His only reason for existence is to take over Ichigo's power and body to use it to kill everything and anything he sees, as opposed to Ichigo's desire to protect. He taunts Ichigo as being a weak and unsuitable counterpart of himself, though he relishes the idea of taking Ichigo's powers for himself.
He battles like a berserker, unlike Ichigo, ignoring injuries and overpowering his enemies with brute strength and force. He also protects Ichigo's body when he is about to die, because if Ichigo died, he would too. He also seems to respect Zangetsu's spirit to a certain extent.
Shiro has declared that Ichigo is the "king" of the inner world and he is the "horse." Shiro wishes to "take the crown" from Ichigo so he can have control over the body and become the dominant personality. After his loss, he states he's willing to allow Ichigo to keep the crown for now, but once Ichigo "screws up again," he declared he'd make his move again.
hollow mask: Ichigo's Hollow mask manifests in the appearance of what could best be described as a menacing skull. There are two thick vertical red stripes, each on one half of the mask, that are interrupted by the widened eye-holes and the jaw.
stat upgrades: +1 HAN, +1 REI, +2 HOH
OTHER
AND ALL THE REST
and enough strength
HISTORY:
Ichigo was born on July 15th, as the son of Isshin and Masaki Kurosaki, 15 years before he became a Shinigami. His sisters Karin and Yuzu were born a few years later. When he was four, Ichigo joined a karate dojo, where he met and befriended Tatsuki Arisawa. Tatsuki beat Ichigo in every match they had. Tatsuki would also help Ichigo if he was being picked on by bullies and cheer him up if he was upset.
Ichigo was able to see spirits for as long as he could remember. He could see them so clearly that, as a child, he could not tell the living from the dead. This resulted in him appearing to other people to be looking at deserted places and talking to himself. This caused people to say that he could see ghosts, though when Tatsuki Arisawa asked him about this, he denied being able to see them.
On June 17th, when Ichigo was nine years old, he and his mother were walking home alongside one of Karakura Town's rivers; which was swollen from heavy rain. Ichigo saw a girl near the river and thought that she was about to jump into it. Unable to tell the difference between ghosts and living people, Ichigo ran towards her to stop her, unaware that the girl was the lure of the Hollow Grand Fisher. Masaki tried to stop him, but he did not listen. After failing to grab hold of the girl, Ichigo lost consciousness for a time. When he awoke, Masaki was lying on top of him, covered in blood. Starting the day after Masaki's death, Ichigo repeatedly skipped school to go to the riverbank where Masaki died. Tatsuki found him there, where he would stay from morning until night, wandering along the bank as if searching for his mother; squatting down if he was tired and then wandering some more.
Ichigo later entered Mashiba Junior High School. During this time, Ichigo had finally defeated Tatsuki in a karate match and had not had another match with her since. Ichigo regularly got into fights with thugs, due to the unusual color of his hair. During one of these fights he received help from Yasutora Sado. Shortly after Ichigo returned the favor when he rescued Chad from two gang members roughing him up. When the thugs later abducted Chad, Ichigo found them and knocked down their leader, Yokochini. He used Yokochini's phone to ring for an ambulance for each of the five thugs, and then beat up all of them. After Chad was freed they made a pact to protect and fight for each other, they have remained good friends since.
One evening a couple years later, Ichigo saw Rukia Kuchiki, a shinigami, enter his bedroom. He initially mistook her for a burglar, but when Ichigo realized that only he could see the intruder, he accepted that Rukia was a ghost. He refused to believe her explanation about Shinigami, causing Rukia to bind him with Kidō. Soon after, a Hollow attacked the Kurosaki Clinic and upon hearing his sister's pleas for help, Ichigo broke free and rushed to stop the Hollow. Ichigo, surprised at its monstrous appearance, charged at it with a baseball bat in a futile bid to release the captive Yuzu. Rukia freed Yuzu, but Ichigo's reckless actions forced Rukia to shield him with her body, causing her severe injuries. Seeing Ichigo's determination to protect his family, Rukia offered to temporarily turn him into a Shinigami by piercing his chest with her Zanpakutō and transferring half of her power to him. However, Ichigo ended up absorbing almost all of Rukia's power and made short work of the Hollow, collapsing afterwards.
After that, Ichigo took on the role of substitute Shinigami. The initial reaction of the Soul Society was to execute Ichigo, and Rukia, whom had given her power to him, as power transfers were a grave offence. But Ichigo waged war with this law, and he won. Not only did he save Rukia, but the entirety of the Soul Society. For this, he was rewarded the legitimate title of Shinigami Daiko.
Years later, after the defeat of Aizen, Ichigo has continued on with his Substitute role.
RP SAMPLE:
Ichigo had half-expected his slash to miss its target, but he was still surprised when Lance sidestepped the attack, almost too fast for his eye to follow. Shit, Ichigo mentally cursed, knowing what was coming next. A counter of some sort, and he had left himself wide open for it. Just as the edge of Zangetsu slammed into the ground, a harsh red light fell upon Ichigo. A cero, he guessed. Ichigo had enough experience fighting hollows and the like to know what the red light and sudden spike in reiatsu meant. He only had enough time to look over to Lance and draw his blade up a little before the red light engulfed him.
Oddly enough, Ichigo did not get sent flying by the cero; although he did get pushed back a good distance. From where he was standing, Lance would be able to feel Ichigo’s reiatsu soar to unimaginable heights while he was literally standing inside the cero, but only for a brief moment.
Then the cero dissipated, and Ichigo was revealed, standing with Zangetsu raised in front of him. A thick path of charred ground let up to his feet, but did not go any farther than that. He was looking at the ground, his entire form glowing with a vibrant blue-white reiryoku. At the very last second, Ichigo had released all of his reiryoku, which had clashed with the cero and protected Ichigo, for the most part. His shihakusho was tattered in some places, and smoke rose up from around him, but other than that, Ichigo was relatively unharmed. The reiryoku slowly began to fade, and then disappeared altogether when Ichigo raised his head with a slight smirk, looking straight at Lance. “Is that it?” he asked loudly enough that the arrancar could hear him from his distance.
Ichigo took a step towards Lance, before he stopped, his expression becoming serious again. He had to remember not to mess around. This was not just some random scuffle; it was a battle to the death. Lance had just murdered a lot of people. Ichigo could never forgive him for that. He was going to end him. He had to protect everyone else! He pointed up to the sky with his free hand. “Up there. If you want me to be able to fight you without holding back, it’ll be in the sky,” Ichigo said in a straightforward manner, leaving no room for argument. He refused to use his full power down on the ground, especially in the middle of a crowded city centre. In short, he was restricting himself to melee combat at current. He would not use Getsuga Tenshou or Bankai so close to the school, as he would most likely cause even more damage. He had already caused millions in damage to this town in his battles; he did not need even more guilt to add to that.
He awaited Lance’s response, shouldering Zangetsu. Even if the arrancar refused -- which was highly unlikely given the fact that he seemed to want a serious fight – Ichigo planned to force him up into the air anyways. He did not know how, but he would find a way. He wanted to kill this arrancar with everything he had.
CLASS/LEVEL:
EL-0
STATS:
HAN: 22
REI: 24
HAK: 18
SEI: 10
BUK: 18
HOH: 18
Points Earned: 0
Total points: 110
OCC
WHO ARE YOU?
to shatter fate
CBOX/OOC NAME:
Hash
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