Name: Shikai; Matsuro Bankai; Hakujou Kibou no Matsuro
Manifestation:
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Release Phrase: Shikai; Release your power, and show my foes what fear truly is, Matsuro!
Level: Bankai o' Doom!
Family: Water/Illusion
Sealed Zanpacktou:
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[shikai]Released Zanpacktou: When in released form, the blade will disperse into a heavy fog. This fog surrounds the user's opponents and thickens so that it is impossible to see through it.
Shikai Ability:The fog's special ability is that Ochiba can cause the victims to morph a person or object into something else. This isn't real, it is just an illusion used to trick the opponent. He can turn allies to enemies, weapons to snakes, or even the ground into a bottomless pit.
[Bankai is only for Captains and Elite Vaizard]
Bankai zanpacktou: When the bankai is released Ochiba's outfit goes through a change as well. His kimono will morph into a brown color, an open more widely to reveal his tattoos. Suddenly, all over his body new markings will form, similar to the markings of his manifestation's. On his hands two gauntlets will form, taking the shape of furry claws similar to an otter's. These gauntlets will release three identical tanto blades that are slightly curved. Ochiba's hair will grow longer and more barbaric. The real trick behind his Bankai is the thing that comes after the outfit change. A massive otter will form behind him, identical to his manifestation. This otter will then break into two otters, each only half the size of the original, making them ten feet tall on all fours and thirty on their hind legs. These otters look like this:
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Bankai Ability: Obviously the otters are controlled by Ochiba's mind. This means that he will control these otters and use them as allies in combat. Each otter has claws identical to Ochiba's own claws, except that they are three of four feet in length. The blue otter has the ability to recreate his shikai fog with its breathe, while the red otter can release a massive wave of red water which Ochiba is able to control by sacrificing control over the red otter. When he isn't controlling the red otter, it will dive into the water it had created and swim aimlessly until call back into combat.
Techniques:
Name: Tear - Namida
Effect: This technique allows Ochiba to form three claws out of reiatsu, slashing at the opponent. If he makes contact, the reiatsu will stick to the opponent's skin. For as long as the Reiatsu sticks, whenever he makes a scratching motion the reiatsu will tear through their skin as if he had clawed them. This technique can be countered by a greater level of reiatsu released out of the body part where the reiatsu was placed. It can be used in any level.
Duration and/or Cooldown: Duration; three posts CD; four posts
Name: Duplication - Fukusei
Effect: This technique can only be used in shikai. Ochiba will create any number of clones of himself with the illusion fog, confusing the enemy. These clones will disappear and reappear randomly, slashing at him. In reality, Ochiba is cutting at them with the tanto blade he carries at his waist.
Duration/CD: four posts/five posts
Name: Suffocating Sea - Setsunai Umi
Effect: This technique can only be used in bankai form. First, the user will form a spiritual platform beneath him, causing him to float above the water. Then, taking control of the water, he will use both hands to cause it to crash in on the opponent on all sides at an extreme speed. Much like byakuya, using both hands doubles the speed of the water. When the water crashes down it will begin to spiral upward, forming a pillar-like prison around the opponent if they find no way out. From there he will hold it until they drown, or until the blue otter kills them.
Duration/CD: 2 posts/ 5 posts