Shunsui Kyoraku

• Pre-Timeskip
• Post-Timeskip

“	Throwing away victory for the sake of manners is a rookie mistake. Captains don't have the time to waste on that kind of thing. Don't waste your time trying to play the good guy. No matter what debts you may owe, from the instant you find yourself on the battleground, both sides are evil.	„
	~ Shunsui to Love Aikawa

“	Honor? Is that what you are all talking about? Then let us speak instead of our duty to the Gotei 13. Honor will not protect the world. I do not believe that using evil to defeat evil is itself an evil act.	„
	~ Shunsui to The Gotei 13

Summary

Shunsui Sakuranosuke Jiro Kyoraku (京きょう楽らく 次じ郎ろう 佐さ蔵くら総のすけ春しゅん水すい, Kyōraku no Jirō Sakuranosuke Shunsui) is the captain of the 1st Division and Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13. His lieutenants are Nanao Ise and Genshirō Okikiba. He is the former captain of the 8th Division.

Powers and Stats

Tier: At least 6-B | High 6-A, higher with Katen Kyōkotsu | High 6-A, higher with Katen Kyōkotsu | High 6-A

Key: Soul Society Arc | Arrancar Arc | Thousand Year Blood War Arc | CFYOW Novel

Name: Shunsui Sakuranosuke Jirō Kyōraku

Origin: Bleach

Gender: Male

Age: At least over 2000 years (same age bracket as Chōjirō Sasakibe)

Classification: Shinigami, Former Captain of the 8th Division, Captain of the 1st Division, Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13

Powers and Abilities:

• Soul Physiology & Shinigami Physiology (Soul: High-Tier/Shinigami: High-Tier)

• Master Swordsman & Hand-to-Hand Combatant (As a captain of the Gotei 13 who has maintained his position for centuries, Shunsui is a highly skilled swordsman and martial artist who is a master of Zanjutsu and Hakuda. Shunsui was a student of the Captain Commander Shigekuni Yamamoto himself along with Jushiro Ukitake. Shunsui is skilled enough to use Hakuda techniques such as Tsukiyubi with ease)

• Kidō:
  • Energy Projection (Zangerin is a Kidō spell that grants Shunsui the ability to fire a powerful energy slash at will)
  • Fire Manipulation, Shockwave Generation & Space-Time Manipulation (Ittō Kasō is a fire-based Kidō that creates a massive blade of fire to attack an opponent that overtakes several buildings and can create a large shockwave that has the range and power to level several buildings. Ittō Kasō is also capable of tearing holes in space time)
  • Sleep Manipulation (Able to put others to sleep with Kidō)
  • Electricity Manipulation (Can create electricity-based Kidō such as Raikōhō, Tsuzuri Raiden or Byakurai)
  • Forcefield Creation (Dankū allows Shunsui to create a barrier to completely stop all Hadō up to Hadō #89 and non-Kidō attacks that are similar in nature to Kidō)
  • Paralysis Inducement & Danmaku (Bakudō #62: Hyapporankan unleashes a barrage of which paralyzes opponents)
  • Energy Manipulation & Energy Absorption (Shunsui is capable of creating five dragons composed of energy that are capable of absorbing the Reiatsu in their surroundings and even from the attack of an opponent to enhance themselves with Goryūtenmetsu)
  • Telekinesis (With Daichi Ten'yō ⁣Shunsui can cause everything around to start levitating upwards)

• Katen Kyōkotsu:
  • Law Manipulation (Shunsui's Shikai, Katen Kyōkotsu forces anyone that is within the range of her Reiatsu to obey the rules of whatever children's game is active including Shunsui himself)
  • Perception Manipulation, Afterimage Creation, Shadow Manipulation & Duplication (With Kageokuri, Shunsui can create an afterimage in a different location by getting at his opponent to stare at his shadow. If someone with an extreme amount of Reikaku is staring at the shadow, an extremely life like image is created. When in the midst of a fight, the senses one uses to feel Reiatsu take an enormous amount of concentration, such that a person begins to subconsciously stop utilizing their eyes. This allows Shunsui to trick his opponents senses by consolidating his Reiatsu, making his opponent mistake his Reiatsu for him. If his opponent catches a glimpse of his shadow, anything that they see may or may not be a silhouette of Shunsui. With this ability, Shunsui can create several clones to attack his opponent)
  • Damage Boost & Damage Reduction (Irooni is a game that allows Shunsui or his opponent to amplify the damage of his attacks on a specific color if they call it out. The amount of damage dealt is dependent on how much of that color the person is wearing at the time, and the amount of that color on Shunsui)
  • Limited Teleportation, Pocket Dimension Creation & BFR (Kageoni is a game based around not stepping on shadows. It allows Shunsui and his opponent to strike each other through shadows. Shunsui is also capable of hiding within these shadows, and can create a pocket dimension in the shadows that Shunsui can stay in for an extended amount of time, Shunsui is capable of teleporting himself or others to alternate shadows and pulling his opponents into shadows)
  • Wind Manipulation (Bushōgoma is a game that allows Shunsui to create a massive gust of wind to distract and push back his opponent)
  • Paralysis Inducement & Pain Manipulation (Yubikiri Genman is a game based around lies. On the first lie, your fingers are paralyzed. On the second lie, you feel as if your whole body is being crushed. On the third lie, you feel as if your entire body is being stabbed from the inside. This technique was created for the purposes of extracting information from dishonest opponents)
  • Illusion Creation & Speed Amplification (Daruma-san ga Koronda is akin to a game of red light green light. His opponent becomes “it” when playing this game. Shunsui is able to see the Reiatsu released from his opponents attack, then in order to touch his opponent, Shunsui can travel on the trajectory towards his opponents Reiatsu and travel the shortest possible distance to his opponent. During Shunsui's travel, his opponent sees an illusion of him standing still. This ability allows Shunsui to blitz and surprise his opponent from large distances, even when they were equal to him in speed)

• Bankai: Katen Kyōkotsu Karamatsu Shinjū:
  • Summoning, Reality Warping, Durability Negation & Enhanced Non-Physical Interaction (Shunsui's Bankai: Katen Kyōkotsu Karamatsu Shinjū summons his Zanpakuto spirits into the real world to interact with the his surroundings and help him. The main ability of Shunsui's bankai is to create a "play" based around the tragic story of the twin suicide of two lovers. This ability works around the concept of "Stages" or "Acts" with each stage having a unique effect, and each Act is went through in order. These abilities could even affect Lille Barro in his intangible light form, and many of the Acts can negate durability with their effects) 
  • Passive Sense Manipulation (The Reiatsu Shunsui exudes in his Bankai creates a dark and gloomy atmosphere and causes all those who experience it to feel a sensation similar to the chills. The activation of his Bankai also seemingly turns the sky into night)
  • Damage Transferal & Limited Immortality (Type 2 - The first Act of Shunsui's Bankai, Act One: The Sharing of Pain makes Shunsui and his opponent share all wounds they inflict upon each other. They are incapable of dying whilst this Dan is in play, no matter how grievous the wound being shared is)
  • Disease Manipulation (The Second Act of Shunsui's Bankai, Act Two: The Pillow of Shame infects the opponent with an incurable disease that causes large spots to sprout on their body, causing them to bleed profusely)
  • Energy Absorption, Spatial Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation & Water Manipulation (The Third Act of Shunsui's Bankai, Act Three: The Abyss creates a large body of water and submerges both Shunsui and his opponent within it, forcefully draining both of them of their Reiatsu until it runs out. This water is completely inescapable, and the surface will only get farther away if you try to escape, forcing both of them to drown. The water is not only cold enough to freeze one's body, but is also capable of freezing their resolve as well)
  • Thread Manipulation & Explosion Manipulation (The final Act of Shunsui's Bankai, Final Act: Thread Cut Blood-Soaked Throat, creates a large thread that Shunsui uses to decapitate his opponent, then that thread is used to cause their head to explode)

Attack Potency: At least Country level (Possesses combined Attack and Spiritual Pressure stats that surpass Byakuya's, he destroyed Kiko-Oh with Jushiro, and while certainly weaker than Yamamoto, Yamamoto hypes him up as transcendent in battle and implies that with Jushiro he could put up some kind of fight against Yamamoto ) | Multi-Continent level (Clashed with Starrk ), higher with Katen Kyōkotsu (Shunsui cracked Escudo, cut Resurreccion Starrk, with enough force to sever Starrk's arm, it was only nicked thanks to Iro Oni reducing the damage, and Unmasked states that Shunsui's Shikai power surpassed Starrk's full power ) | Multi-Continent level (Kubo implies that Shunsui has not gotten stronger), higher with Katen Kyōkotsu (Harms Robert, and as aforementioned, Shunsui's power is implied to not have changed much since the Fake Karakura Town battles) | Multi-Continent level

Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic (Kept up with Starrk, dodged his barrage of Ceros) | Sub-Relativistic (Kept up with Lille) | Sub-Relativistic  (Can accompany Tokinada) 

Lifting Strength: Class M (Clashed with Starrk) | At least Class M (Stronger than before) | At least Class M

Striking Strength: At least Country level (Should be comparable to his Attack Potency) | Multi Continent level (Comparable to his Attack Potency, as he clashes physically with Starrk), higher with Katen Kyōkotsu (Comparable to his Attack Potency, as he was able to physically match Starrk's wolf blades) | Multi-Continent level (As strong as before), higher with Katen Kyōkotsu (As strong as before) | Multi-Continent level

Durability: At least Country level (Comparable to his Attack Potency, as despite not being on Yamamoto's level, he was capable of surviving a brief fight against Yamamoto while sustaining only moderate injuries ) | Multi-Continent level (Comparable to his Attack Potency, as he can withstand clashes from Starrk ), higher with Katen Kyōkotsu (Comparable to his Attack Potency, as he can withstand the force of his own sword slashes ) | Multi-Continent level (As durable as before), higher with Katen Kyōkotsu (As durable as before) | Multi-Continent level

Stamina: Superhuman (Much weaker characters can fight with injuries that would be fatal to a normal physically fit human and can go on for several days if not weeks. Kyoraku himself has proven capable of continuing to fight despite large holes shot through his torso)

Range: Hundreds of Meters with Shikai abilities and Kidō spells, Bankai can affect an area Tens of Kilometers if not Hundreds of Kilometers

Standard Equipment: His Zanpakutō, Katen Kyototsu, a pair consisting of a tachi and a wakizashi.

Intelligence: Genius, Despite his laid-back attitude, Shunsui has repeatedly shown himself to be a perceptive and insightful man. According to Yamamoto, even when he was younger, Shunsui has always had an eye for seeing the true character of anyone he meets. He was also one of the few people to suspect that Aizen was hiding something. In battle, Shunsui has proven to be very adept at noticing and understanding details in an opponent's skills or attack patterns. During his battle against Chad, he quickly determined the basics behind Chad's Reiryoku blasts, warning him about those kinds of techniques, and even explaining that his energy blasts would eventually use up his life energy. Shunsui has also proven himself very persuasive. Shortly after becoming Captain-Commander, he was able to convince Central 46 to agree to all his new requests.

Weaknesses: Shunsui can be very lazy. Shunsui is also forced to obey the rules of his Shikai or he himself will die. The wide range of his Bankai means he has to wait until his allies get of range before he can use it, lest he accidentally hurts them as well.

Notable Attacks and Techniques:

Powers and Abilities Zanpakutō Powers and Abilities Hakuda (白はく打だ): Tsukiyubi (撞つき指ゆび): A technique where the user simply extends the index and middle fingers of one hand in unison while they are in contact with an opponent. This gesture possesses enough physical force to effortlessly send someone of even Chad's stature flying several meters away. Ikkotsu (一いっ骨こつ): A single powerful punch. Sōkotsu (双そう骨こつ): A powerful two-fisted punch. Tsukiyubi Hadō #78: Zangerin 1/2 Kidō (鬼き道どう): Bakudō #61: Rikujōkōrō (縛ばく道どうの陸ろく拾じゅう壹いち「六りく杖じょう光こう牢ろう」, Bakudō no Rokujūichi・Rikujōkōrō): Upon pointing at his target, Shunsui generates 6 prongs of Reiatsu that close in on the target to immobilize them in place. It restricts all movements. Bakudō #63: Sajō Sabaku (縛ばく道どうの陸ろく拾じゅう參さん「鎖さ条じょう鎖さ縛ばく」, Bakudō no Rokujūsan・Sajō Sabaku): Shunsui generates a chain of Reiatsu that wraps around the target to immobilize them. Bakudō #79: Kuyō Shibari (縛ばく道どうの漆なな拾じゅう玖きゅう「九く曜よう縛しばり」, Bakudō no Nanajūkyū・Kuyō Shibari): Shunsui generates eight orbs of continuous generation of Reiatsu around the target with a ninth on the target to immobilize them. Bakudō #81: Dankū (縛ばく道どうの捌はち拾じゅう壹いち「だん空くう」, Bakudō no Hachijūichi・Danku): Upon activation, Shunsui generates a barrier that is capable of the complete nullification of any Hadō of the level 89 or lower. However, this barrier is not solely limited to Hadō as it can nullify the effects of abilities that are similar to Hadō. Hadō #1: Shō (破は道どうの壹いち「衝しょう」, Hadō no Ichi・Shō): Shunsui points at his target with his index finger, a small amount of energy is dispelled from the tip of the index finger with enough force to thrust a considerable amount of kinetic force at a target, which is pushed back a few feet from the practitioner. Hadō #4: Byakurai (破は道どうの肆し「白びゃく雷らい」, Hadō no Shi・Byakurai): Shunsui gathers high-density spiritual energy, which they discharge from both hands. Alternatively, Shunsui points at the intended target with their index finger and generates a concentrated bolt of lightning to use against the target. Hadō #11: Tsuzuri Raiden (破は道どうの拾じゅう壹いち「綴つづり雷らい電でん」, Hadō no Jūichi・Tsuzuri Raiden): An electric current is run through any object Shunsui touches, which damages anything or anyone which is in contact with the object the current runs through. Hadō #12: Fushibi (破は道どうの拾じゅう貳に「伏ふし火び」, Hadō no Jūni・Fushibi): A Kidō net which can be accompanied with Shakkahō, which has entangled his opponents, resulting in a large explosion around all of them. Hadō #31: Shakkahō (破は道どうの參さん拾じゅう壹いち「赤しゃっ火か砲ほう」, Hadō no Sanjūichi・Shakkahō): Generating high-temperature flames, Shunsui discharges it from one or both hands. The practitioner generates and fires an orb of crimson red energy on his palm or finger. The orb can be small, medium, or large, depending on the level of power being used. The destructive power released by the blast can vary between a simple explosion to a pillar of energy, and in both instances, the spell causes concussive as well as burn damage. Hadō #32: Ōkasen (破は道どうの參さん拾じゅう貳に「黄おう火か閃せん」, Hadō no Sanjūni・Ōkasen): Raising their Zanpakutō horizontally in front of them, Shunsui generates a yellow orb, which widens itself along the length of his sword. Once it is fully charged, it fires a wide, horizontal arc of yellow energy at the target. One's hand can be used as a catalyst for the spell instead of a Zanpakutō, but it produces a shorter arc. Hadō #33: Sōkatsui (破は道どうの參さん拾じゅう參さん「蒼そう火か墜つい」, Hadō no Sanjūsan・Sōkatsui): Blue flames are discharged from the palm of his hand at his target and generates a torrent of blue energy before firing it. The energy moves like a direct blast or a large wave of energy, dependent on the amount of power which is placed into it. Hadō #73: Sōren Sōkatsui (破は道どうの漆なな拾じゅう參さん「双そう蓮れん蒼そう火か墜つい」, Hadō no Nanajūsan・Sōren Sōkatsui): An advanced form of Hadō #33: Sōkatsui, it has twice the effectiveness. Generating blue energy with his index and middle fingers, Shunsui makes a pushing motion with both of his palms to push the gathered energy toward the target in a concentrated blast. It is essentially a doubled version of Sōkatsui because the user fires two bursts of blue energy with much greater potency than the single shot variety. Hadō #54: Haien (破は道どうの伍ご拾じゅう肆し「廃はい炎えん」, Hadō no Gojūshi・Haien): Shunsui fires an oblong blast of purple energy from their hand which completely incinerates a target upon contact. Hadō #57: Daichi Ten'yō (破は道どうの伍ご拾じゅう漆なな「大だい地ち転てん踊よう」, Hadō no Gojūnana・Daichi Ten'yō): Shunsui thrusts his hands outward, causing objects around him to levitate and throwing them toward the destination which he chooses. The technique is precise enough to counter opposing flying objects. Hadō #58: Tenran (破は道どうの伍ご拾じゅう捌はち「闐てん嵐らん」, Hadō no Gojūhachi・Tenran): Levitating his sheathed Zanpakutō in front of him, Shunsui lightly hits one of its ends, causing it to spin like a fan. Stopping it, Shunsui creates a widening tornado-like blast, which is fired toward the target. A hand can be used as a catalyst for the spell if his Zanpakutō is not available. Hadō #63: Raikōhō (破は道どうの陸ろく拾じゅう參さん「雷らい吼こう炮ほう」, Hadō no Rokujūsan・Raikōhō): Lightning Reiryoku is gathered into Shunsui's arm and released towards the target like a shock-wave. Hadō #78: Zangerin (破は道どうの漆なな拾じゅう捌はち「斬ざん華げ輪りん」, Hadō no Nanajūhachi・Zangerin): Shunsui generates a large amount of energy from his Zanpakutō before blasting it outward in an arc-like slash. Hadō #88: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō (破は道どうの捌はち拾じゅう捌はち「飛ひ龍りゅう撃げき賊ぞく震しん天てん雷らい炮ほう」, Hadō no Hachijūhachi・Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō): A high-level Hadō which only Kidō masters can use. Shunsui raises his arm forward and outstretched, occasionally using their free hand to grip the firing arm for extra support, with the palm facing flat toward the target, and fires a gigantic beam of electrical and spiritual energy, which creates an enormous explosion upon impact. Hadō #90: Kurohitsugi (破は道どうの玖きゅう拾じゅう「黒くろ棺ひつぎ」, Hadō no Kyūjū・Kurohitsugi): The target is sealed inside a large black coffin and are seemingly cut while inside. A large torrent of gravity is located inside that distorts space and time while restricting any chance for escape. Hadō #91: Senju Kōten Taihō (破は道どうの玖きゅう拾じゅう壹いち「千せん手じゅ皎こう天てん汰たい炮ほう」, Hadō no Kyūjūichi・Senju Kōten Taihō): Generating ten pink energy points around himself, Shunsui fires them all at his target, resulting in an exceedingly devastating explosion. Hadō #96: Ittō Kasō (破は道どうの玖きゅう拾じゅう陸ろく「一いっ刀とう火か葬そう」, Hado no Kyūjūroku: Ittō Kasō): A powerful rolled-up flame is generated from a catalyst of the caster's own body. It is Gisei Hadō, a prohibited Hadō as it requires sacrifice in terms of the caster's body. Hadō #99: Goryūtenmetsu (破は道どうの玖きゅう拾じゅう玖きゅう「五ご龍りゅう転てん滅めつ」, Hadō no Kyūjūkyū・Goryūtenmetsu): Five large pillars of light are generated around the caster composed of Reiatsu that resemble large dragons. A forbidden Kidō as it not only destroys the surroundings, it absorbs nearby Reiatsu to enhance itself. Bushōgoma Takaoni Kageoni Clones created from Kageoni Irooni Darama-san ga Koronda Kageokuri 1/7 Katen Kyōkotsu in its Shikai Katen Kyōkotsu (花か天てん狂きょう骨こつ): Katen Kyokotsu has the power to make children's games a reality, she forces all within it's area of influence to abide by the rules of the game of choice including Shunsui himself or die. Bushō Goma (不ぶ精しょう独ご楽ま): A game based around a spinning top, Shunsui unleashes a whirling blast of wind strong enough to buffet even Starrk and distract him long enough to set up Taka Oni. {Taka Oni (嶄たか鬼おに): A game where whoever is highest, 'wins'. Shunsui leaps high in the air to initiate this game but its effects are never seen due to being interrupted by Stark. Kageoni (影かげ鬼おに): In this game, the rules are simple, Whoever get's their shadows stepped on "loses". The game allows the contestants to manipulate shadows. Shunsui has showcased various techniques in this game such as completely hiding his presence within the shadows, attacks the shadows an opponent is standing on therefore transferring the game to said opponent. In addition to this Shunsui is capable of creating multiple "shadow clones" to aid him in combat. Irooni (艶いろ鬼おに): In this color based game, you must call out the name of the color you wish to attack. Attacking anything else that isn't the color shouted cause the attacks to be ineffective. If the color that is called doesn't exist on the target the damage is reduced. By calling out a color that you yourself is wearing, the damage you deal becomes proportional to the amount of color on you so it's wise to call out the color you have on the most. Daruma-san ga Koronda (達だ磨るま様さんが転ころんだ): This is one of most complex games Katen Kyokotsu has shown, it is based around the idea that whenever one's back is turned or they aren't focusing on their opponents. Said opponent has free rein to blitz along the nearest reiatsu path to their opponent and attack them from behind. It is similar to red-light green-light with one person's back being turned and intermittently attempting to catch the players moving. It allows Shunsui to blitz opponents standing right in front of him if they drop their focus for the briefest moment due to Kageokuri's illusory duplication ability, and seemingly will always put him in position behind his opponent for a sneak attack. Kageokuri (影かげ送おくり): A game whereby staring hard enough at an opponents shadow, Shunsui or his opponent can project illusory afterimages in a different location completely indiscernible from his real self if the opponent were to take his eye off of him for a single moment. Shunsui is skilled enough in this game he can create several duplicates of himself the moment the enemy were to take their eyes off of him. Yubikiri (指ゆび斬きり): A game which punishes you for lying. If you lie to each other, your fingers get paralyzed on the first lie; your whole body feels like it is getting crushed by a fist on the second lie and finally, on the third lie, you feel unimaginable pain as if your viscera were being stabbed from the inside. It was a technique meant to extract information from the kind of opponent who lies during battle, but it worked on people 'other than one's own self'. This game had one single disadvantage. As long as the game is activated, the wielder is not allowed to lie. Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū Act One: The Sharing of Pain Act Two: The Pillow of Shame Act Three: The Abyss Final Act: Thread Cut Blood-Soaked Throat 1/5 Bankai: Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū (卍ばん解かい「花か天てん狂きょう骨枯松心こつからまつしん中じゅう」): Upon release, an aura covers a large area around Shunsui. This aura changes others' perception of the surrounding environment, making them perceive it as darkened, bleak and gloomy, and causes others to feel varying levels of melancholy and despair. Act One: The Sharing of Pain (『一いち段だん目め』"躊躇疵分合ためらいきずのわかちあい", Ichidanme: Tameraikizu no Wakachiai): Shunsui activates this ability and immediately all his wounds appear on his opponent's body, bypassing even intangibility, with any and all wounds being shared and further, being unable to outright kill from the mutual wound sharing. Act Two: The Pillow of Shame (『二に段だん目め』"慚ざん愧きの褥しとね", Nidanme: Zanki no Shitone): Shunsui activates this ability after his First Dan, opening numerous bloody sores upon his opponent's body that weep blood profusely and without end. Act Three: The Abyss (『三さん段だん目め』"断だん魚ぎょの淵ふち", Sandanme: Dangyo no Fuchi): Shunsui summons an immense watery prison that encapsulates himself and his opponent and slowly drains reiatsu whilst freezing them both in the water until one runs out of reiatsu and dies. This watery hell is literally inescapable and seemingly reverts direction upon attempting to be fled somehow, as well as forcibly begins to freeze one's resolve as well as their body. Final Act: Thread Cut Blood-Soaked Throat (『〆しめの段だん』"糸切いときり鋏ばさみ血ち染ぞめの喉笛のどぶえ", Shime no dan: Itokiribasami Chizome no Nodobue): Shunsui summons a thread of Reiatsu that he wraps about his opponent's neck, then pulls it taut to slice open their neck, causing their neck to forcibly explode and decapitates them outright.

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