konpaku

Biography:
PERSONALITY -
Arrogant and loud, Kon often tries to pick fights with Ichigo when in his plushie form, though often leading to great failure. He is perhaps the most perverted character in the series, having oggled Orihime's chest and kissed Tatsuki on the cheek while in Ichigo's body, as well as try to use his cuteness to his advantage with Orihime and the other classmates of Ichigo. Most notably, he seems to be in love with Rukia, possibly due to the fact that both she and him live in Ichigo's cloest together for the while portion of the series. His actions and personality serve as comic relief for most of the story, and most of what he does cannot be considered serious, though his perverse actions often get him stomped on by Rukia.

ABILITIES -
All Artifical Souls are created with a unique ability; Kon's was superior leg power, enabling long jumps and fast running speed. He is quite happy with that ability, and thinks it the best one of all possible skills one could possess, especially when in a human form when it can be used to it's upmost. He was able to fend off Ichigo, as a Shinigami, in combat by using just kicks and blocking with his legs, and later used his kick to push a giant hollow out of the way when it threatened to crush some children. In his plushie form, He can run 100 metres in 3.8 seconds and, in Ichigo's body, jump over 13 metres high.

NAME -
Kon translates to mean "Soul" while his full given name, Kaizo Konpaku, comes out to mean "Modified Soul". His name is absolutely literal in what it means, and leaves little to no explanation necessary.

matsumoto rangiku

Biography:
Making her first appearance as a very bothered Vice-Captain in the meeting called for all Vice-Captains, Rangiku may strike many males as one of the better looking females of Soul Society’s top echelons, even if the major reason being her cleavage.

Nevertheless, during the report, she gains an attitude of seriousness that immediately sets the record straight – she will do her duty whenever needed, and back it up with a serious attitude and her combat skills if need be.

She is also the one who holds Hinamori Momo after her little skirmish with Kira Izuru, when her Captain, Hitsugaya Toushirou orders them arrested. She then had a little conversation with Hinamori while the latter was being kept in the 5th Squad cells and handed her a letter addressed to her by Aizen, that Hitsugaya had found in Aizen’s room.

A scene before the escape of the three Vice-Captains, Hinamori, Kira and Abarai Renji, tells us a little about Rangiku’s history. When young, she was about to die of starvation when a boy hands her something to eat. That boy, Ichimaru Gin, saved her life, and for that she is forever grateful to him, even going so far as to like him.

Later, when Hitsugaya faces off with Ichimaru Gin, she stops Ichimaru’s blade from killing an unconscious Hinamori, thus saving Hinamori’s life. It is then that she wonders where Ichimaru will go from there. While thus occupied with their own thoughts, a message comes via a hell butterfly for them stating that the execution of Kuchiki Rukia was being pushed forward. Hitsugaya, determined to get to the bottom of the matter, realizes that the only way to do so would be to stop the execution. He thus orders Rangiku to follow him to Center 46, where they make the shocking discovery later that the entire Center 46 has been massacred.

Following Kira’s bait, Hitsugaya later returns to Center 46 upon being told that Hinamori had been following them. When Hitsugaya leaves, Kira releases his own Zanpakutou to fight against Rangiku who had been ordered to continue the chase. Despite blocking Kira’s attacks, the ability of Kira’s Zanpakutou doubles her weapon’s weight seven times, forcing her to release her own Zanpakutou. She defeats him and then learns of the truth behind Center 46.

When she arrives at the Sougyoku, she holds Ichimaru’s arm and places her Zanpakutou on his neck, asking him not to move and effectively placing him under arrest. When the Gillian’s Negashion comes down to save Ichimaru however, she releases her hold upon him. Ichimaru then expresses his regret that she could have held onto him a little longer, and that he was sorry. He then bids her a farewell.

Later, Rangiku is dismayed over this turn of events, but when Kira turns up to apologize to her, she asks him to forget everything, and to join her in a revelry of sake which ends up with all of them being drunk.

Rangiku is now in the living world, having just fought off an Arrancar by lifting the limit that is placed upon all Vice-Captains and Captains and their spirit power when they enter the living world. She currently resides with Inoue Orihime.

Character:
Rangiku is a fun woman at heart, and this shows when she is not embarrassed to talk about her cleavage openly, especially in the scene where Hitsugaya brings Kira to her for the latter’s apology. Her serious side for duty and work also shows through her dedication to follow her Captain and solve the mystery behind Rukia’s execution, and also to attempt to stop Ichimaru despite her liking for him. Truly a good mix of the fun and the serious, Rangiku also loves looking pretty, and, of course, she has the beauty deserving of praise, even aside from her cleavage.

kuchiki rukia

Biography
CHARACTER HISTORY -
Rukia's history begins in Soul Society, as a child growing up in one of the poorer districts. She had been abandoned as a baby by her older sister, Hisana, and was taken in and taken care of until she was old enough to fend for herself. Her early life is defined by the company she kept, which included Lieutenant Renji Abarai, as they grew up stealing water in order to survive. of all their friends, they were the only two to live to see their teenage years, opting to join the Shinigami academy for a chance at a better life.

Though Renji appeared to be the better student, Rukia found herself with a powerful connection she never knew she had; her older sister, having regreted abandoning the infant Rukia, had implored to her husband, Byakuya Kuchiki, that he find and raise Rukia as his sister. Byakuya obeyed the deathbed request of his bride, adopting Rukia into his noble clan, with the additional offer of early graduation. Thus was the beginning of Rukia's career as a Shinigami, assigned to the Thirteenth Division under Jushiro Ukitake; an assignement that would see her far from the front lines where her life would be in greater danger.

There, she formed a bond with the Division Lieutenant, Kaien Shiba, and his wife. Kaien became a true friend to Rukia, while his wife was a role model in grace, beauty, and duty. When Kaien's loved one was killed by a Hollow, Rukia was by her Lieutenant's side as he sought revenge, only to be dealt another tragic hand; she was forced to kill Kaien in self-defenese when the Hollow took possession of his body. This experience would cause her great emotional harm and guilt for many years, making her unable to face the Shiba family in apology.

It is unknwon when she first was assigned the job of defending Karakura Town from Hollows and sending it's Pluses to Soul Society, but it wasn't long enough for her to become aware of the high spiritual powers of Ichigo Kurosaki until the night his home was attacked by a Hollow. There, she was badly injured defending Ichigo from a deadly attack, and transfered her powers to him. From there on, she stayed within a Gigai (False Body) and acted as a guide for Ichigo, who agreed to take over her duties.

This symbiosis would not last long, as Byakuya and Renji were sent to collect Rukia and return her to Soul Society. She went of her own free will, to assure Ichigo's safety in the matter, and was scheduled to be executed due to an elaborate plot by Aizen Sousuke in order to obtain the Hogyoku (Orb of Distortion) that Kisuke Urahara had hidden within her. There, she was saved by Ichigo's attempts, as well as intervention by Byakuya, who was badly injured protecting her from a fatal attack by Gin Ichimaru.

Since then, she has begun to regain her lost Shinigami powers, having been released from the Gigai that Urahara had created to keep her powers drained, and thus keeping Rukia, and the Hogyoku, from detection. She is seen during the Bount Filler arc as having her Kido powers at a much higher level than her restricted form allowed her in the beginning of the series, and as a full fledged Shinigami in the Arrancar Arc.

PERSONALITY -
Rukia is a proud indivdual, taking advantage to appear as high and mighty when she is more knowledgable of something than another person; among Ichigo and friends, this is often having to do with Spirits, while with Renji, it is human culture. Despite this attitude, she is surprisingly naive to many things, such as how to put a straw in a juice box. Her love of rabbit themed items is well known, as she often draws pictures portraying their form, and even hugged into a rabbit shaped purse worn by Orihime Inoue as she shouted declarations of love for it's appearance.

ABILITIES -
Rukia is seen to excel in Kido, or Demon Arts, and employs them for most of the series, as she is unable to use her Zanpakutou until the Arrancar Arc. Her knowledge is competent in both Binding and Destructive Arts, and she is shown to perform them with a degree of flexibility, making far jumps or evasions as she performs them. It is also known that she is capable of using Flash Step, though her skill is unknown due to lack of comparison alongside other users.

Her Zanpakutou is known as Sode no Shirayuki (Sleeve of White Snow) and is considered to be the most beautiful of it's kind in Soul Society, released by the trigger word "Mae" (Dance). The entire blade is white, and includes a sash attached to it's hilt, which is employed in one of it's abilities, Some no Mai, Tsukishiro (First Dance, White Moon) which freeze everything within the circle, created by her sash, from the ground up. This command also also implies that her possesses more, as of yet unknown abilities. It is unknown at this time if Rukia has a Bankai in her possession, but it is likely that she does not.

NAME -
The kanji in her name translates as "rotten wood" which can be seen in two ways. One could refer to her humble beginnings in a poor neighborhood, before her rise to nobility. The second is the fact that she spent so long with her full potential sealed away by her Gigai, essentially rotting away at the foundation of her strength by draining her Spiritual Power for so long. Either of these are open to arguement, as they are only possible thoughts.

inue orihime
Ability: Orihime’s continued encounters with Ichigo in his shinigami form unsealed her own natural powers – the Shun Shun Rika, or Shield of Six Dancing Flowers. Six little creatures that come from her hairpins have the ability to shield, heal, and attack. Their standard appearance is as tiny flying objects. However, when Orihime needs to, they revert to a more human form. Their names are Tsubaki, Hinagiku, Baigon, Lily, Shonou, and Ayame. Hinagiku, Baigon, and Lily create an “outer shield” to repel attacks, and Shonou and Ayame create an “inner shield” that repels damage done in a limited area, and Tsubaki breaks into the enemy to set up a shield inside and split them in two.

Orihime needs to call the names of the ones she needs and yell “I reject!” after yelling the incantation “Santen Kesshun” for the outer shield, “Souten Kishun” for the inner shield, and “Koten Zanshun” for the attack. Her real strength lies in using the inner and outer shields. She lacks the heart to truly use Tsubaki to his full potential.

Biography:
Inoue Orihime is introduced as a quirky, large breasted classmate of Kurosaki Ichigo. She has long reddish-brown hair held back from her face with two flower clips. We first see her in chapter two, when she notices that Ichigo isn’t in school. It is quickly discovered that Orihime has a serious crush on Ichigo, and her best friend Arisawa Tatsuki encourages her to pursue him, despite the fact that it is suspected that Tatsuki has feelings for Ichigo as well.

Almost immediately after Orihime’s introduction, she becomes sucked into Ichigo’s newly complicated world of ghosts and hollows. Her brother, who died several years ago at Ichigo’s family’s clinic, has remained on this plane watching Orihime. When he was alive, he was more of a father to her than anything else. The first three years of Orihime’s life were spent under her older brother’s watchful eye in their abusive parents’ home. As soon as Kakei turned eighteen, he took Orihime with him and they lived together. They almost never argued, but the day that they did, Orihime didn’t say goodbye to him when he left for work, and that was the day he died. She was twelve years old and she dragged him to the Kurosaki Clinic. Ichigo was the one who opened the door for her.

Kakei became a hollow after Orihime slowly stopped praying for him and just jabbered on about Tatsuki and Ichigo. He was jealous of them, and missed the time when her heart belonged to him. He tried to kill her, but Ichigo saved her. However, her soul had been forced from her body, and she saw Ichigo in his shinigami form. Once Kakei’s hollow form was defeated, Rukia healed Orihime and Tatsuki and used her memory replacement device to make them forget the incident.

However, Ichigo’s constant presence in Orihime’s life has had profound effects on her spiritual energy. This is first revealed in the Don Kanonji episode, when she hears the cry of the demi-hollow attached to the hospital Kanonji is “exorcising.”

Later, when Ishida attracts the hollows, Orihime, Chizuru, and Tatsuki are hanging out and a window breaks mysteriously. The three of them are assigned to clean up the glass, when Orihime notices a hollow on top of a building. She realizes there’s something weird about it, and urges them to hurry. However, the hollow attacks them. Chizuru is the first victim, and through the hollow’s power, she is forced attack Orihime. Tatsuki saves her, only to become the second victim. Orihime is overwhelmed with the desire to protect Tatsuki, because Tatsuki was the first one to protect her after her brother died, and the Shun Shun Rika are released.

When Rukia disappears to the Soul Society, the only people to notice her disappearance are Ichigo, Chad, Ishida, and Orihime. When Ichigo decides he’s going to save Rukia, Orihime looks sad, but she knows she can’t talk him out of it, and instead offers to help in any way she can. Not long after that, Orihime and Chad are offered to be trained by Yoruichi, a black cat who can talk.

Before she leaves for Soul Society, she changes her bangs. Tatsuki notices and asks her why. Orihime just says she felt it was time for change. After ten days of training, the Orihime and Chad are ready to go, and are sent notes by Urahara to meet up at the Shoten. Ichigo meets the two of them, along with Ishida, who has undergone his own training.

Orihime saves them all in the passage to Soul Society by using her shield, though she is scolded by Yoruichi for the act because she could’ve died, Ichigo defends her because she saved them all. When Jidanbou’s arm is cut off by Third Division Captain Ichimaru Gin, Orihime works for several hours straight in order to reattach the arm. At Shiba Kuukaku’s, she is the only one who can create a perfect cannon ball. While in Soul Society, Orihime is the only one to not get injured or imprisoned. At the beginning she is with Ishida, and gets the idea to steal shinigami robes to blend in after they are attacked by Jiroubo the Kamaitachi. In that battle, she tries to use Tsubaki, but her will to fight isn’t strong enough, and Tsubaki is repelled and injured. He returns to her hair pin, but his section is cracked.

She continues to look for Rukia with Ishida until he is confronted with Twelfth Division Captain Kurotshuchi Mayuri. He tells her to run, but she refuses. He then tells the Eleventh Division grunt shinigami saved by Orihime to take her no matter what. She bites him, and as a result he knocks her out by accident. He winds up running into his captain, Zaraki Kenpachi. Kenpachi wants to find Ichigo, so he has her ride on his back with Yachiru and the three of them, along with Aramaki Makizou, Madarame Ikkaku, and Ayasegawa Yumichika, free Shiba Ganju, Ishida, and Chad, and head towards Soukyoku Hill.

Orihime is the one who heals Ichigo after the mess with Aizen. The Fourth Division has appeared on the scene to heal the others who need it, and the third seat is the one who notices that Orihime’s power isn’t really healing, but manipulating time so that it’s as if the injuries were never there at all. When Ishida makes new clothes for all of them, including Rukia, Orihime misinterprets Ishida’s feelings and assumes that he likes Rukia, when it appears that he has a crush on Orihime. Back in the material world, when she and Chad are confronted with the Arrankar, Chad’s arm is cut off and Orihime tries to hold them off until Ichigo arrives, and Tsubaki is crushed. His condition is yet unknown. After they are all rescued by Yoruichi and Urahara, she sends Shonou and Ayame to reattach Chad’s arm.

In the aftermath of that incident, she refuses Ichigo’s apology because she can’t stand to see him so sad. When Rukia returns, Orihime thanks her for bringing Ichigo’s confidence back, but later that night she admits to Matsumoto, who is crashing at her apartment, that she is insanely jealous of the effect Rukia’s presence has on Ichigo and feels horrible for it. Matsumoto tells her it’s natural to be jealous, and to not worry about it.

Orihime is one of the most innocent characters of Bleach, along with one of the ones with the biggest breasts. This gains her a lot of unwanted attention that she doesn’t recognize, but Tatsuki does, and works her hardest to protect Orihime.

Orihime realizes the debt she owes to so many people and wants to get stronger to protect them. She knows what it’s like to feel alone, and she doesn’t want anyone to ever feel like that. She’s loving and nurturing, and wants the best for everyone.