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>>924018
Next to you sits the spirit of your first zanpakuto, calmly regarding the same view you are from your left side where she too sits on the veranda. For her to go so far as to manifest herself like this, she must have something serious on her mind.

“Hello Tenkotsuki,” Yoruichi greets your sword without even bothering to sit up.

Tenkotsuki's tails wave idly as she continues to gaze out at the garden. “Greetings, Lady Yoruichi. You seem well.”

“So do you.”

“Now, Lady Riku,” Tenkotsuki continues, “a shadow of doubt has been growing in my mind, regarding the traitor Aizen's possible skills at kidō. There is a spell that he may know, and if he does... there is no spell I know of that can properly defend you against it aside from casting it back at him.”

“And that would be?” you ask, frowning at the notion of a nearly unstoppable spell.

“Hadō #99: Goryūtenmetsu.”

Those words cause Yoruichi to sit up suddenly. “Number 99 isn't something that gets taught anymore... because even most Captains lack either the skill or the raw power. The last person I knew who may have been able to cast it was Head Captain Yamamoto.”

“What makes you think Aizen might know it?”

“All beings who wish to project their authority will seek the most powerful techniques available to them,” Tenkotsuki theorizes in a stern tone. “It is as predictable as the rising and setting of the sun. I have no doubt that Aizen would have tried to learn Goryūtenmetsu, and if he succeeded the only reasonable counter to that technique I can think of would be to learn it for oneself.”

>Surely using a #99 kidō as a counter isn't the most efficient possibility?
>What's involved in learning this spell, and if it's so rare can you teach me?
>If this is what you think is best, then that'll be our plan... at least for now.
>Other?

>>924022
>Surely using a #99 kidō as a counter isn't the most efficient possibility?

>>924022
>Surely using a #99 kido as a counter isn't the most efficient method.
>Other: What's involved in learning this spell? Maybe there's something during the spellcasting process that gives it a logical weakness. If it's that rare and difficult to cast, surely there are parameters that we can use to exploit.
>What makes Hadō #99 so special that you think we can't counter effectively?
Oi Queen! Post the announcement on twitter!
Question: Seireitei Space division when?

>>924022
>>924039
this

>>924039
Good catch, I got sidetracked with cooking.

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>>924049
what's for lunch?

>>924039
i'll support this

>>924022
>What's involved in learning this spell, and if it's so rare can you teach me?

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Rolled 1, 1, 10, 10 = 22 (4d10)

>>924022
“That seems awfully inefficient,” you observe, thinking of Dankū. “Are you sure there's no other way to counter this spell?”

“She has a point,” Yoruichi agrees with you. “Countering on a one to one basis goes against the entire theory behind blocking an attack in the first place as opposed to simple evasion.”

“You are correct in that the theory behind barrier usage is to utilize energy more efficiently than the attacker,” Tenkotsuki nods quietly, “no doubt Lady Riku was just considering the example of Dankū.”

“Cheater,” you mutter.

Tenkotsuki cocks an eyebrow at you, a sly gesture of amusement at your accusation. “However, Goryūtenmetsu is a spell capable of easily overwhelming barriers due to their problem with repeated impacts.”

“Like a modern ballistic vest,” you realize. “Strike the same spot on the barrier a second time and the defense is weaker there.”

“Precisely. Except this is a spell that can strike at full force five times in rapid succession,” Tenkotsuki explains, “as the name would suggest. I devised a barrier that would be effective of course, more on a whim than anything else, which would be capable of self-repair...”

“... but it would demand more reiatsu than simply firing off the same attack in response,” Yoruichi concludes, seeing the problem with the concept. “So it's simply not practical.”

“That was indeed my own conclusion, which is why I say that learning the spell yourself is the most efficient response to the threat. It is a spell designed to have no real counter aside from itself.”

You consider the point briefly, before an idea strikes you. “What about our Bankai? Could we use that, same as would work against any other spell?”

Tenkotsuki sighs softly to herself, having predicted this line of reasoning. “It would of course make it impossible for a mere mortal to use even such a high level spell. Most who possess shinreiryoku would find it to be impossible as well, or would only be partly successful. However while such a maneuver would certainly counter this spell in a way none could truly anticipate, the problem is the speed with which you enter the state.”

“Do you really believe it is possible to enter Bankai in response to an attack, and to still complete the release before the attack reaches you?”

>I think that with some training it could be possible, assuming it would be more efficient.
>Learning the spell would probably be easier and faster than making something up.
>Even if it would take a lot of time to learn both, both would no doubt be useful.
>We're all clever, experienced people. We can come up with a way to MAKE the Bankai idea work.
>Other?

>QM rolling

>>924079
>Learning the spell would probably be easier and faster than making something up.

>>924079
dem rolls

Dunno what to pick actually. Seems like a useful spell, and going bankai would make it even more useful. At the same time, being able to go bankai near immediately is great for beating ambushes.

>>924079
>Even if it would take a lot of time to learn both, both would no doubt be useful.

>>924079
>We're all clever, experienced people. We can come up with a way to MAKE the Bankai idea work.

>>924079
>Even if it would take a lot of time to learn both, both would no doubt be useful.

>>924079
>Learning the spell would probably be easier and faster than making something up.

>>924079
> 1, 1, 10, 10
JESUS THOSE NUMBERS.
If this went by the old DC system, it would pass easily.
But even this is still up in the air.
>We're all clever, experienced people. We can come up with a way to MAKE the Bankai idea work.
>Tenkotsuki, the Barrier doesn't have to block each hit head-on, have you tried angling the barrier so that it deflects each spell strike at an angle? Divert the flow of the river instead.

>>924079
>Even if it would take a lot of time to learn both, both would no doubt be useful.

If we figure this out, like using shikai without a release phrase, we could potentially teach this to the captains.

BUT...Aizen, scheming fucknugget that he is, will probably find a way to put us in a situation where using our bankai harms our allies.

>>924079
>>924111
+1 to barrier logic. Very nice suggestion.

>>924115
You sort of forgot one thing. Aizen has NEVER seen our Bankai. The confrontation with him was us using Tenkotsuki and Rosa in shikai state. He could get second hand reports with surveilance, but from all the reports his subordinates gave him, there is NO mention of Riku in Bankai.

>>924118
We've used it recently and I expect Mayuri has his surveilance in Seireitei. I'm assuming the one of the most obvious aspects of our bankai is known until proven otherwise.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

Plus, even if he is caught off guard, he may get away and then in the next fight he plans ahead.

Or maybe he just gets lucky and puts us between a rock and a hard place.

>>924079
What about something like Fate's Rho Aias? Multi layered barrier with each barrier supposed to stop one dragon before shattering

>>924133
that's five times the energy consumption. And assuming Aizen can cast the #99 multiple times that leaves us immobile.

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>>924079
“Have you considered angling the barrier?” you ask curiously. “Same concept of sloping armor?”

Tenkotsuki shakes her head. “Goryūtenmetsu is an attack which can be guided, it is not a strictly linear blast like most hadō. If this traitor Captain of yours is clever enough to learn how to use it, I have no doubts that he would know the proper angle from which to strike with it. Slopes, angles, spheres... the shape of the barrier counts for very little.”

You consider the options carefully. While both ideas seem to have their strong points, and both seem useful, it will no doubt take a lot of time to learn both... and you're not entirely sure that releasing your Bankai quickly enough is even possible, nor are you certain how best to train to do it. On the other hand it seems useful as a defensive technique. The Goryūtenmetsu has the advantage of being a devastatingly powerful attack, and it's one that Tenkotsuki sounds like she's able to teach you.

“Both sound like they'd be good to know, but I don't think anyone has ever tried to release their Bankai that quickly,” you admit, putting words to your thoughts. “So I don't know where to begin with that sort of training.”

“Bankai isn't exactly meant to be used explosively,” Yoruichi shrugs, before pausing for a moment. A look of dawning comprehension spreads across her features.

“The most difficult part of a Bankai is maintaining it,” she muses aloud, “but we don't exactly need that here, do we? So what if we turned Tenkotsuki's Bankai into a bomb?”

“You mean release it explosively?” you reply, seizing on the idea. “Like a simple pulse, just long enough to counteract a powerful spell?”

Tenkotsuki seems intrigued by the notion of releasing her Bankai in such a manner. “I believe it may actually be possible to do so, though I cannot agree that it could be called a 'bomb' per se. It might look dangerous, but it would have no effect on structures or individuals.”

“We could try it now if you would like?”

>Sure, why not. It would be good to know what the aftermath would be.
>Let's find someplace further afield, in case something goes wrong.
>I feel like releasing quickly would have more utility, so let's start on that.
>Let's work on that spell first, shall we?
>Other?

>>924137
Still cheaper than making 5 dragons

>>924141
What, a reactive armor bankai? I can kinda dig that.

>Let's find someplace further afield, in case something goes wrong.

>>924141
>Let's find someplace further afield, in case something goes wrong.
>Should we invite Urahara?

Be safe about dangerous testing. I mean I trust Tenkotsuki but I do like to be safe about my experimentation. A very un-Riku attitude I know.

Releasing quickly would still be great though, but it sounds like this is an easy stopgap.

>>924141
>Let's find someplace further afield, in case something goes wrong.

>>924141
>>Let's find someplace further afield, in case something goes wrong.

>>924141
>Sure why not, but lets do this in the Valley of Screams for reasons of privacy and for public safety.
>Can we have Urahara on standby?
>Wait, if the attack is guided, doesn't that mean Aizen has to split his efforts in concentrating on guiding each blast to strike the target? So what if we make it harder for him to properly control the spell by giving him more targets?

>>924141
>>Let's find someplace further afield, in case something goes wrong.

>>924146
More like an Riku being a walking EMP that disrupts spells and Reiatsu on a whim......

>Riku running around going Allahu Ackbar with her Bankai Bomb.
I'm suddenly uncertain about finding this mental image funny.

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“We should find someplace a little further afield,” you suggest. “Not that I don't trust your judgment, Tenkotsuki, but even if this works as-intended there might be some unanticipated side effects.”

“Noted,” Tenkotsuki nods before fading from view, her physical manifestation dissolving as she returns to your blade. “I am ready whenever you are, Lady Riku. Simply call on me as desired and I will do my part.”

“Which means if you fuck up it's on you,” Rosa adds.

“I was not going to say that aloud...” Tenkotsuki sighs.

“I'll use the Valley of Screams,” you continue. “Least chance of collateral there.”

“Agreed,” Yoruichi nods. “I'll inform Kisuke. Be back soon?”

“Yeah, this should only take a moment.”

Using the portal beneath your home, you quickly arrive in the Valley of Screams to find that only Halibel is here at the moment. She regards you carefully from behind a magazine as you approach her at the waterfront.

“To what do I owe the pleasure?”

You rub lightly at the back of your neck. “I needed a place to try out a new technique... a partial Bankai release.”

“Partial?” the arrancar asks, setting her reading aside entirely. “A stable halfway stage, or an unstable temporary state?”

“Unstable,” you explain. “Tenkotsuki and I want to test its use for countering a specific hadō, one which supposedly has no counter.”

“I see. May I watch?”

You shake your head. “From a distance, sure. It's not supposed to be able to harm anyone, but I'd rather not take any chances. If something looks like it's gone wrong I'd prefer that you had time to escape before the pulse reaches you.”

“Very well,” Halibel nods in agreement. “Though I truly doubt such a situation will arise.”

>dice+3d10, DC 19, Crit 22, best of four.

Rolled 3, 4, 4 = 11 (3d10)

>>924176

Rolled 8, 10, 8 = 26 (3d10)

>>924176

Rolled 10, 2, 9 = 21 (3d10)

>>924176

>>924182
Nice job

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>>924182

Rolled 4, 4, 5 = 13 (3d10)

>>924176

>>924182

So, have we mastered the unstable release, or have we succeeded so hard we figured out how to quick-release our bankai?

Cause that right there was an exceptionally good roll.

>>924215
I just got back from a run... REALLY underestimated the first hill climb. Fuck you google maps, fuck you.

The crit is for controlling the unstable release and understanding a bit more about how to perform a quick release as a bonus detail.
>writing

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>>924243
The release should be genuinely explosive, but that doesn't mean a total lack of control. Instead it simply means that you need to command it without necessarily focusing it, to will your force out into the world around you its purest most ephemeral expression. And so instead of calling on the name of your Bankai, which allows you full understanding and control over Tenkotsuki's shinreiryoku, you take a calculated risk.

“Bankai...” you declare, stopping just short of offering a name, and you feel the energy build within your body. Then you will it to release through every pore of your body, more like shunkō's incomplete form than a proper zanjutsu form.

You skin tingles as the unstable corona of energy bursts out from your body in a widening sphere, shimmering and distorting the air with a dull roar.

“It would seem that the technique succeeded,” Tenkotsuki muses as the pulse dissipates without harming your surroundings in the least. “Just as planned.”

“Seems that way,” you agree as Halibel rejoins you. “No less a matter of willpower as any technique you've taught me.”

“Unfortunately there does seem to be a downside,” Tenkotsuki admits. “It will take some time for me to build up my reiatsu to the point where our true Bankai would be usable. If there were to be a subsequent attack I could not defend in a similar manner either.”

With that established, it seems like there are two likely options. You could either accept the current limitations of the technique and begin working on Goryūtenmetsu, or you could work with this as a starting point. The similarity of this technique to shunkō is too much to ignore... if you could similarly find a way to arrest the outpouring of energy, to capture it and recycle it, perhaps you could use it as a starting point for entering Bankai?

“If we could recapture that corona of energy,” you suggest aloud. “Maybe start by stabilizing it into a spherical field?”

“You believe that we could enter Bankai from such a state,” Tenkotsuki theorizes. “It may not be any faster than doing it the normal way, but it would still serve as a defensive release. An extension of this explosive technique that would make it more efficient.”

“It reminds me of my own Tiburón,” Halibel muses, quietly intrigued by what she's hearing.

>Let's try to find a way to form a stable shell of shinreiryoku.
>Maybe the similarity to shunkō means I can loop it the same way?
>Let's work on Goryūtenmetsu, at least see a demonstration.
>Other?

>>924309
>Let's try to find a way to form a stable shell of shinreiryoku.

>>924309
>Maybe the similarity to shunkō means I can loop it the same way?

>>924309
>>Maybe the similarity to shunkō means I can loop it the same way?

>>924309
>Maybe the similarity to shunkō means I can loop it the same way?
>Ask Halibel about her own Tiburón, maybe this is something that could help you both?

>>924309
>Let's try to find a way to form a stable shell of shinreiryoku.

>>924309
>Maybe the similarity to shunkō means I can loop it the same way?
As much as I like the shell idea, that leaves our Shinreiryoku very vulnerable to theft, or does stealing shinreiryoku operate on the principle that you need to destroy the host object/person containing shinreiryoku before someone can steal it?
>And building upon trying to loop it into a state like shunkō, is there a way to compress it inward?
>Other: Halibel, how is this similar to your Tiburón? wanna compare notes?

“How so?” you ask.

“In form alone,” Halibel explains. “My zanpakuto uses swirling, reiatsu-laden water to shield me while the physical transformation takes place.”

You shake your head. “It's not voluntary, is it?”

“You are correct.”

“So it seems the best line of reasoning we have is the similarity to shunkō?” you suggest to Tenkotsuki. “If I can pull that reiatsu back into my body in a stable loop it might work.”

“I have my concerns,” Tenkotsuki admits. “I did not envision you using the reiatsu from my Bankai in this manner. I am not entirely certain that your body can handle the strain... but I must also admit I am intrigued by the possibility of using Bankai in this way. It almost qualifies as an alternative Bankai, one that grants you the benefits without causing collateral difficulties for your allies.”

“So you think I should try it?”

Tenkotsuki ponders the question for several seconds in silence before voicing her opinion. “I do believe it is worth the risk.”

“Then we'll try it,” you agree. “Just let me know when you're ready.”

“At your leisure,” Tenkotsuki informs you.
>dice+3d10, DC 20, Critical 24, best of three since it's all on you to pull this off

Rolled 7, 3, 10 = 20 (3d10)

>>924368
>best of 3
>DC: 20 Crit on 24
shit.

Rolled 6, 7, 4 = 17 (3d10)

>>924368

Rolled 3, 5, 5 = 13 (3d10)

>>924368

Rolled 3, 9, 8 = 20 (3d10)

>>924368

>>924370
At least we made it.

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>>924370
Not bad, not bad at all.
>writing

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>>924382
here have this lewd /u/ cosplay of Tia and Apacci.

>>924387
That chick certainly went all out with her costume.

>>924370
Not a crit, but we didn't fuck up.

Today was a damn good day for Shinigami-Shinreiyoku SCIENCE!

Urahara will be so jelly

we need art of Hanataro and Tia

>>924393
Meanwhile in Seireitei R&D:
>Nemu: What's wrong captain? you briefly paused for 4 seconds mid-operation.
>Kisuke: I felt a disturbance in the principles of science. As if a patron deity of Science is crying out in horror as he/she/it is bending over. And Riku's somehow involved. And that makes me scared.
Meanwhile at Silbern:
>Aizen: Mayuri, Szayelapporo, what's with you two?
>Mayuri: I don't know why but I feel like laughing at some inane thought about something happening that shouldn't be possible. Also seeing Szayelapporo's reaction to the idea was priceless
>Szayelapporo: Impossible! that shouldn't happen, yet why does it make sense?

>>924368
>My zanpakuto uses swirling, reiatsu-laden water to shield me while the physical transformation takes place.
Confirmed. Tia Halibel is a Magical Girl.

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“Bankai...” you announce, releasing the same powerful wave of energy as before. But this time you consciously pull that power back into your veins, keeping the corona as close to your skin as possible. Like usual your outfit changes to a many-layered kimono with the white Captain's haori over the top, this time the layers clearly reflecting the oncoming of autumn with their gold, scarlet, and orange hues, but the force of the compressed power circulating through your body whips at the fabric like a tempest dancing around you.

“Akirashi Shunkō!”

The declaration comes with added force not from excitement or determination, but because of the burning pain that spreads through your body. You're forcibly reminded that this isn't your own power, but the divine power of Tamamo no Mae flowing through your veins. And there's every chance that whenever you use this technique you'll only end up burning yourself from the inside... you don't even know whether releasing Kobara no Tachi will make this better or worse, whether it will strengthen your body or just add to the strain placed on it.

“Are you okay?” Halibel asks you, clearly alarmed at the expression on your face. “You seem like you're in pain.”

“I am,” you grimace. “It's not my reiatsu I'm using here...”

“Do you wish to stop?”

You shake your head defiantly. “No. This is working for now, just do me a favor and help me test it so this isn't a waste of time?”

“I can do that,” Halibel agrees, recalling her first time facing down your Bankai. She reaches behind her back and pulls her zanpakuto out from its sheath. No flourish this time, instead she opts for a clean and simple draw that leads into cocking her right arm back. You ready yourself and your blade as your sparring partner builds visible reiatsu in the empty space at the center of her sword Tiburón, a bright mass like a flickering golden flame.

With a powerful thrust, she sends that reiatsu hurtling towards you. “Ola Azul!”

The blast collides with your blade as you calmly bring it down across your midline, down to your left hip. Instead of feeling the full weight of the impact, the reiatsu dissipates as the aura of your unusual Bankai form makes contact.

“So it does work,” you muse, examining the blade as the looping shinreiatsu envelops it. “It's a risk, but one that seems like it might be worthwhile.”

>Try and discern how Rosa's power will work with this new form through trial and error.
>Try and meditate, ask Rosa what the likely result of releasing Kobara no Tachi would be.
>That's more than enough for now, you want to try working on that spell.
>Other?

>>924481
>Try and meditate, ask Rosa what the likely result of releasing Kobara no Tachi would be.
probably best to not just wing it here

>>924481
>That's more than enough for now, you want to try working on that spell.
Sup King

>>924481
>Try and meditate, ask Rosa what the likely result of releasing Kobara no Tachi would be.

>>924481
>Try and meditate, ask Rosa what the likely result of releasing Kobara no Tachi would be.

>>924481
>>Try and meditate, ask Rosa what the likely result of releasing Kobara no Tachi would be.

>>924481
>Try and meditate, ask Rosa what the likely result of releasing Kobara no Tachi would be.

>>924481

>Try and meditate, ask Rosa what the likely result of releasing Kobara no Tachi would be.

Unsure if meditation is gonna work well when we're in pain and on a timer. Hmm.

Still probably better than trying it.

Unless we can just summon Rosa out here and ask her that way? If so, let's do that.

>>924484
Not much. Feels like a slow weekend, other quests I've lurked have had lower participation too.

>>924481
>>Try and meditate, ask Rosa what the likely result of releasing Kobara no Tachi would be.

>>924495
Yea that's been the general feel of /qst/ for a while unfortunately. Stay strong for Anon is with you

>>924508
The slow death - unforeseen, unforgiving.
captcha: tell me which one shows a boat
>boat takes up entire grid

>>924508
/qst/ was a mistake

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>>924520
It is known.
>3d10, DC 18, crit 20. best of three

>>924516
>unforeseen
It was totally forseen though

>>924520
yup

Rolled 2, 4, 4 = 10 (3d10)

>>924529

Rolled 1, 8, 6 = 15 (3d10)

>>924529

Rolled 10, 3, 4 = 17 (3d10)

>>924529

Rolled 8, 3, 1 = 12 (3d10)

>>924529

Rolled 6, 4, 6 = 16 (3d10)

>>924529

Rolled 2, 10, 7 = 19 (3d10)

>>924529

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>>924536
>off by one

Well fuck a duck. Couldn't last forever but we came so close.

>>924536
Awww, come on!

Was Queen still considering some bonus system for adding stuff to rolls? Now would be a good time.

Also, is it possible Halibel is gonna learn something about using her own shinreiyoku from this demonstration?

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I'll sacrifice this genderswapped Toshiro as an offering for the next DC:
Speaking of which, Has there ever been a time where Toshiro was forced to crossdress as a girl? I kinda wanna see an omake where the Shimigami Women's Association forces Toshiro to volunteer as a model for a line of modern girl clothes for some contrived reason.

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You settle down, at least in terms of your posture, sitting in seiza on the sandy beach. But as much as you try and focus you just can't seem to quiet your mind or spirit at all. Even shunkō doesn't distract you this much when you use it... it raises a real question as to whether you'll be able to even release your other zanpakuto, the intensity of this technique is so great.

“Sorry, Rosa,” you grumble as you give up meditation. “Doesn't seem like this is going to play nice with your Resurrección.”

Instead of forcing the issue you simply allow the Bankai to fade naturally, and you feel immediately exhausted by the whole experience.

“Are you okay, Lady Riku?” Tenkotsuki and Halibel both ask at about the same time. While it's initially jarring, you can respond to both of them at once.

“Just burned out,” you admit. “It's a very fierce, higher-intensity release than the more passive version I was first taught.”

“And I think you're right,” Rosa adds sternly. “Couldn't get a word in edgewise. If I were released first... I dunno what would happen. It could reduce the stress on you, or it could turn that first burst into a real bomb.”

“You think it could cause collateral?”

“Small chance, but if it did happen any shinigami around much lower than Lieutenant level would just be scorch marks on the ground.”

“Can't take that risk,” you mutter. “I've gotta consider these two releases incompatible, just accept that fact.”

“Why is that?” Halibel asks, having not been privy to the discussion you had with Rosa.

“I might accidentally go nuclear if I try,” you admit with a frown. “That's the risk of using a Captain's reiatsu in a controlled explosion... if you lose the control, all you're left with is a bigass explosion.”

>Try the Goryūtenmetsu
>Call it a day for now, rest up

>>924604
>>>Try the Goryūtenmetsu

>>924604
>Call it a day for now, rest up
Rest is important. If we try that spell now, we'll get higher DC due to exhaustion.

>>924604
>>Call it a day for now, rest up
beung exhausted doesn't make learning high level kido easier

>>924604
>Call it a day for now, rest up

>>924604
>Call it a day for now, rest up

>>924604
>Call it a day for now, rest up

>>924604

Geez Riku's giving it up as bad job after one try? That is real unfortunate.

Also, even if it did leave the Lieutenants around her as scorch marks, unless that auto-kills Riku that MAY still have some utility. Something worth testing at least.

The opposition is fierce in this contentious vote.

>>924604
>>Try the Goryūtenmetsu

Anyway, even if we don't try to use it ourselves, I figure we can at least get a demonstration.

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>>924661
I know, right? Real edge of your seat stuff here, it's hard to say what Riku's gonna do next.

Though certainly someone is going to find this amusing.

>>924604
on second thought, changing >>924633
to
>>Try the Goryūtenmetsu

>>924666
here's the thing with getting the demonstration of Hado #99, Tenkotsuki has the know how of casting it, but she's just a spirit sword. Riku's driving the meatsuit and has to do the casting.
>>924678
I bet it's either Yoruichi, Tenkotsuki, or Kisuke. Because of shunko, spellcasting pride, and because it's very Un-Riku of Riku to back down on reckless science-ing that Kisuke's accustomed to.

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>writing, will take an extra few minutes to tweak the incantation
>also, a playmat just arrived in the mail

>>924604
>“I might accidentally go nuclear if I try,” you admit with a frown. “That's the risk of using a Captain's reiatsu in a controlled explosion... if you lose the control, all you're left with is a bigass explosion.”

>Akirashi Shunkō
>Akira = bright
>shi = death

We just made a nuclear explosion of pure divine power and then turned said explosion into a suit of armor.
Fucking.
Brutal.

>>924743
It's written with 秋 (Autumn) and 嵐 (Storm), which should technically be Akiarashi. But that sort of pronunciation isn't uncommon among named spells and in Japanese grammar in general. It's almost a little casual.

>tfw you want to see what it does with Rosa involved even more now

>>924769
Queen pls. you're ruining the fantasy.
Nonetheless Kanji and Grammar tidbits is still informative.
And what do you mean by casual? It would look fucking metal from the perspective of a common redshirt shimigami.

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>>924722
“I think I'm done for the day,” you admit, holding out your hand so that Halibel can help haul you back to your feet. “No sense pushing any deeper into exhaustion... still plenty of time to get the hang of the Goryūtenmetsu.”

“That does sound wise,” Halibel agrees. “Though I must admit, I am impressed.”

“Yeah?” you chuckle. “That I figured out a new Bankai release like that?”

“No, that you finally learned to respect your limits,” Halibel answers, raising an eyebrow at you.

“Very funny,” you shoot back. “Though I would like to see a demonstration, if Tenkotsuki would be willing.”

“Of course,” Tenkotsuki responds, manifesting herself once more. “And for your benefit I will include the full incantation.”

She slowly but confidently reaches out with her left hand, five fingers spread wide as swirling white reiatsu builds along her arm from fingertips all the way up to her shoulder. Even her tails begin to glow with the arcane power that she's ready to unleash.

“Imperishable flame, blade of ice, seal of blood, curse of the earth, promise of Heaven. Arise from the cold black tide, descend with a crash that shakes the world asunder!”

“Hadō #99: Goryūtenmetsu!”

The earth beneath Tenkotsuki's feet rends itself from the force she exerts, causing it to rise and fall as geysers of sand bubble and burst forth from great cracks. Her white reiatsu burns hot as it now rotates around her in a disk, its leading edge taking the shape of a massive dragon's head and lashing out with blinding speed out over the water in the Valley of Screams. When it detonates in the distance the pressure wave whips at your uniform, forcing you and Halibel to shelter your eyes from the blowing sand... then a second blast, and a third.

By the fifth and final blast, you're certain that whatever Tenkotsuki aimed that attack at is gone... along with anything that happened to be unfortunate enough to be around it.

“What was that?” Halibel asks, astonished at the show of power. “I was unaware that any kidō could produce that sort of blast.”

“That was the technique I wish to teach Lady Riku,” Tenkotsuki sighs tiredly. “So can you at least say that you understand why this technique is not widely taught?”

“It's as Yoruichi said... most Captains couldn't do that. And if they could...”

“It would mark them as a special threat,” Halibel concludes.
>1/2

>>924785
I mean the nomenclature. It's the same way a "k" sometimes ends up as a "g". Granted my Japanese sucks ass, so I could be off base and Akiarashi could be the only legitimate way to pronounce those characters.

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Given that full release merges all three into one being, wouldn’t:

>You're forcibly reminded that this isn't your own power, but the divine power of Tamamo no Mae flowing through your veins.

No longer be a problem in that state?

>>924833
It's a problem with the fundamental stability of that form. While Higeki no Ojou and Kobara no Tachi mesh well due to the former's relatively passive nature. Put together, and it seems IC like it's just too much.

>>924814
You return quietly to the Seireitei, accompanied by Halibel, and practically collapse into the first convenient seat.

“So?” Yoruichi asks, awaiting news.

“It worked,” you tell her. “It takes a while to build up power afterward, but if need be I can loop it back into my veins the same way we completed shunkō.”

“That sounds dangerous.”

“It is.”

Urahara, who seems to be writing down notes from his previous experiment, looks up from his work. “Hopefully you won't need to use it that way then, but it's interesting to know that you can.”

“Interesting?” you press, not liking the choice of words.

“Yes. Being able to use divine power in the way you described has potentially interesting implications for the rest of us who lack it,” Urahara explains. “Though it may also be that while your own reserves of shinreiryoku are locked behind Bankai, your body has gradually acclimated to its release. Really there's no way I can say for sure what this development truly means... as usual.”

“You sound resentful.”

“I am, a little,” Kisuke admits with a tired laugh. “But I've gotten used to it.”

“Well, regardless I'm in desperate need of some rest,” you sigh, before cracking your neck loudly.

The next morning comes late, and you already hear the sounds of training outside.

>Return to a sheltered place, continue developing the Goryūtenmetsu
>There are some basics you can safely work on right here, no need to dive in
>Oversee Rukia and Tatsuki for a while, offer some pointers
>Other?

>>924959
>Oversee Rukia and Tatsuki for a while, offer some pointers

>>924959
>>Oversee Rukia and Tatsuki for a while, offer some pointers
Mention that the bankai loop trick seems particularly useful to Sui Feng, given her bankai's limitations.

>>924959
>Oversee Rukia and Tatsuki for a while, offer some pointers

>>924959
>>Oversee Rukia and Tatsuki for a while, offer some pointers

>>924959
>Check on the Reigai Prisoners as well as the Sternritter and Quincy POWs. Give them some updates to what's going on in the world outside the prison bars.

>>924959
>>Return to a sheltered place, continue developing the Goryūtenmetsu

Unless Rukia and Tatsuki really need the help, seems like they should be doing fine.

>>924883
Did I get this right?
Since Akiarashi Shunkō is an active ability in the form of power armor and divine blood using Tenkosuki's Reiatsu, that means Riku's divine shunko would be incompatibility Kobara no Tachi's active ability of having Estgmas Reversion (explosive blood) and cero traición (Cero that burns foreign reiatsu). Since Rosa is technically Riku and Tenkotsuki is technically a foreign soul/person/goddess, cero traición would see Tenkotsuki's Reiatsu as a foreign entity and try to burn it away which would trigger Estgmas Reversion to activate since Tenkotsuki's Reiatsu is also flowing through Riku's body via blood.

So yeah. We can't use Kobara no Tachi in tandem with Akiarashi Shunkō because using both at once would make Riku literally explode.

>>924993
That IS the implication, yes. That if you forced it, the result could be a total and likely fatal loss of control. This kills the Riku and everyone around her.

>>924959
>Oversee Rukia and Tatsuki for a while, offer some pointers

>>925019
>forced
So, it could be possible someday, but not for a while?

>>925056
more like tried to overlap abilities over one another. With Kobara no Tachi as is, Riku would explode. But If you modify the Ressurecion release by leaving out Estgmas Reversion (the ability responsible for exploding blood and consequently making Riku explode if she forced it), then Riku can use both Kobara no Tachi and Akiarashi Shunkō without fear of self-exploding.

>>925019
What is the cero energy made of? Is it possible to perform a basic cero with a different energy source like your own reiatsu? If so that could open up some interesting possibilities like Riku exploiting her Shinreiryoku properties by using Cero Tirador to fire a Reiatsu piercing bullet.

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You head out into the garden where you find your two protegees hard at work sparring with one another. It seems that Rukia is trying to teach Tatsuki about kenjutsu, which makes a certain amount of sense. The young human has next to no experience fighting against an armed opponent with the sort of talent expected to correlate with her new level of power, which could be a problem.

“Incorrect,” Rukia sighs, returning her own sword to a low ready position. “Be mindful of how my blade has to move, select your target based on that information.”

As Tatsuki tries to target Rukia's left shoulder, you clear your throat loudly.

“This doesn't really serve a purpose,” you offer your criticism.

“We both felt that learning more about how a swordsman attacks would be of benefit,” Rukia tries to explain, but you shake your head and repeat your critique.

“Pointless,” you insist. “Tatsuki's release doesn't involve a blade at all. What she needs is the knowledge of how best to attack an armed opponent, not how to wield a sword herself. And even were she to begin learning it is far too late now for that to make a difference.”

“So what do you propose?” Tatsuki grumbles, already seeming upset at her lack of progress before being told any progress she did make would have been pointless.

“Your advantage against the sword is your ability to be direct,” you instruct, raising your arms and gesturing for Tatsuki to attack. “You can attack in a straight line while your opponent must attack in an arc.”

To illustrate the point you block the hilt of Tatsuki's zanpakuto with your left palm and step in for a palm strike to the tip of her chin. “Against a single blade you also have the advantage of being able to strike in two places at once. Always look for openings where you can deliver the first strike, and never do one thing with one hand only. You have two hands, always be doing something purposeful with both or you lose advantage.”

“Wing Chun?” Tatsuki asks as she sheaths her zanpakuto.

You nod. “That's right. Now Rukia, let me see your Shikai.”

“Yes ma'am,” your subordinate nods resulutely. “Dance, Sode no Shirayuki!”

For the first time in what feels like a long time, you're treated to the sight of Rukia's all-white zanpakuto: pale from the tip of its blade to the end of the streamer trailing from its hilt. Her reiatsu feels better than it has been in a while, now fully recovered from her ordeal and near-execution several weeks ago as well as her loss to the Superstar more recently.

“Pretty,” you comment. “I'd almost forgotten that you actually earned that haori of yours, it's been so long since I've seen you release your blade.”

“I will try to take that as a compliment, Captain.”
>1/2

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>>925152
Oh boy!
are we gonna see Tatsuki's shikai release?

>>925152
“I meant that sincerely!” you insist. “You've earned the posting, even if you've kind of fallen behind for reasons outside your control.”

“So now what do you want me to do?” Rukia asks, glancing at Tatsuki. “Do you wish for me to spar with Tatsuki now? Because as you should know, the abilities my zanpakuto possesses are not well suited for such contests.”

>Do it anyway. If it becomes a problem I will intercede.
>No, I want you to try and use those abilities of yours on me.
>I'm far greedier than that. Both of you will attack me, I want to see how you've developed.
>Other?

>>925175
>>I'm far greedier than that. Both of you will attack me, I want to see how you've developed.

>>925175
>I'm far greedier than that. Both of you will attack me, I want to see how you've developed.
Siounds fun.

>>925175
>>I'm far greedier than that. Both of you will attack me, I want to see how you've developed.

>>925175
>>I'm far greedier than that. Both of you will attack me, I want to see how you've developed.

>>925175
>I'm far greedier than that. Both of you will attack me, I want to see how you've developed.
>Tatsuki, have you learned your sword's name and release?
>Release Tenkotsuki in Shikai, use a wide variety of kido to simulate a wide variety of fighting gimmicks and abilities.
>Start slow, then ramp up the difficulty level.
>Tell them about fighting mentality affecting fighting style,
>Recount your career experience in fighting through two World Wars (to awe Tatsuki and Rukia)
>Drive home the methodology of being efficient and not holding back when fighting with a story of Riku effortlessly defeating 3 espada in a 3v1
>tl;dr Basically channel Old Man Yamamoto.

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>>925175
>I'm far greedier than that. Both of you will attack me, I want to see how you've developed.

>>925175
>Other: Consider this a lesson in Teamwork.

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“You both know I'm far greedier than that,” you grin wickedly. “Tenri! Please bring a timer and follow me to the training ground!”

A few minutes later you stand at the center of an evacuated training field, with Tenri standing amid a crowd of curious onlookers and Tatsuki and Rukia out near the center with you. You nod to Tatsuki.

“Please release your zanpakuto... I trust that you know how to do that.”

In response she draws her sword from behind her back, and holds it out in front of herself parallel to the ground. “Pummel, Tōōkenjū!”

Tatsuki's release sees the saffron-colored of her zanpakuto's cord-wrapped hilt envelop her wrists all the way up to her elbows, then slowly solidify as dyed cloth wrappings over plain black bridal gauntlets which are themselves secured to a pair of black metal knuckle dusters. The sleeves of her shihakusho also disappear, mimicking your own Onmitsu uniform, and her reiatsu starts to feel appropriate for a Lieutenant. Honestly, it's just a little more impressive than Rukia's right now.

“I approve,” you nod, drawing Tenkotsuki from her sheath. “And now you'll get to see mine, in the style of combat that made me infamous.”

“Prohibit, Tenkotsuki!”

You feel your own power surge, and beckon to your students.

“Come.”
>dice+3d10, DC 18, Crit 22

Rolled 5, 1, 1 = 7 (3d10)

>>925370
DC: 18
Well shit. This ain't pretty.

Rolled 5, 7, 10 = 22 (3d10)

>>925370
Let's go!

Rolled 5, 8, 3 = 16 (3d10)

>>925370

>>925370
>Tōōkenjū
>Saffron Gauntlets: using the Japanese name of the color used for some Buddhist robes

>>925386
crit

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>>925386
CRIT! OUR MOJO IS BACK BABY!
>>925393
that fits, have you thought of a bankai for Tatsuki? Just in case she manages to catch up to Strawberry in terms of weight class of power.

>>925402
>>>Her Bankai looks like Sakura from Street Fighter, Hadokens included.

Everyone is wtf

But the Captains just say "It had to be Riku student, right?"

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>>925433
Replace that school outfit with actual Buddhist Monk clothes, give her some giant prayer beads, make the gauntlets fancier like in pic related except Saffron colored. Then it'll be a proper bankai.

But the school outfit works too.

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>>925370
“The timer is set for five minutes,” Tenri announces. “Starting now.”

Without hesitating in the slightest Tatsuki comes at you with her fists raised, her own knuckles stopping Tenkotsuki's swing and lashing out at your ribs. You easily block the punch and plant your foot in her gut, sending her reeling as Rukia lines up for her own attack. Tenkotsuki's blade meets with Sode no Shirayuk, and you merely carry through with the momentum of your turn and land a left hook against Rukia's temple that sends her flying.

“Come on, take this seriously!” you shout. “At this rate you're gonna die the first time you see an arrancar!”

“You've got to want something!” you continue, pummeling Tatsuki with a series of kicks while she seems too focused on what you're doing with her sword. “If you wanna live you gotta do something about it!”

Finally she seems to block one of your punches, and without her knowledge you loop a thin kidō chain around her wrist as Rukia fires off a blast of ice.

“Second dance, Hakuren!”

The icy blast envelops you as Tatsuki vaults backwards, but that momentary victory only lasts for a second before you shatter the ice around your body and yank on the chain around Tatsuki's wrist, bringing her hurtling back into your waiting fist. She hits the ground like a sack of potatoes, and with a single hirenkyaku you drive your fist into Rukia's gut hard enough to lift her off her feet. She collapses to her knees and you step over her, walking close to where Tenri stands amid a crowd of stunned shinigami.

“Time?”

“Four minutes and thirty seconds remaining,” Tenri replies.

“I'm not stopping until that timer does!” you call out as your students struggle to their feet. “So you two need to get your asses in gear or you're gonna have a real bad day!”

“First dance, Tsukishiro!” Rukia shouts as your blades clash and she steps past you. The icy circle at your feet gives you plenty of warning to evade, and Tatsuki's punch is entirely too predictable.

“Rikujōkōrō!” you declare as you block her punch with the side of your blade and grab her by the shoulder with your free hand, pinning her in place with bakudō.

As Rukia tries to use that moment to slash at you, it's easy enough to kick her blade out of alignment and extend your left fingertips towards her. “Hainawa!”
>1/?

>>925498
Oh dear.
Hopefully they're getting something out of this at least!

>>925498
With a powerful pull, you bring Rukia down into your knee and break both of the spells binding the students. They both stagger, Rukia more so, but it seems like they're still willing and able to continue.

For the next exchange, you decide to get a little playful... in the sense that a cat might 'play' with a mouse before eating it, that is. You take a page out of Yoruichi and Suì Fēng's books and use multiple instances of the Onmitsu technique Utsusemi, leaving Rukia and Tatsuki staring in amazement at not two but seven copies of yourself. You know that your peers can do more copies than this, particularly Little Bee who has made it a point to thoroughly master this technique, but for something you hardly ever use you can't help but be a little proud of the feat.

“Now,” you and your copies taunt, “let's see how you handle this.”

With so many Rikus running around neither of your students really know how to engage at first, though Tatsuki is definitely more able to adapt to what basically amounts to a bar fight in terms of spacing and tempo. She manages to keep on her toes, only taking a pair of solid hits, but Rukia quickly loses her temper and backpedals to gain some distance. She raises her zanpakuto point-down, preparing to fire off another Hakuren...

… but the second time she stabs the ground she finds herself ironically frozen in place.

“Hyōga Seiran,” you announce the name of the spell as Rukia struggles to free herself from the icy trap, which oddly enough Tatsuki manages to simply slide free from to attack you with a powerful hakuda-enhanced blow.

Which you simply stop cold, slamming your hilt into her gut.

>Offer up your criticisms now, explain the reasons they're losing so badly.
>Encourage them to start finding solutions. They're better than this.
>Continue beating on them, hope that they can learn through adversity.
>Other?

>>925602
>Encourage them to start finding solutions. They're better than this.

>>925602

>Offer up your criticisms now, explain the reasons they're losing so badly.

>>925602
>Encourage them to start finding solutions. They're better than this.
>Other: What would Ichigo do?

>>925602
>Offer up your criticisms now, explain the reasons they're losing so badly.
>Encourage them to start finding solutions. They're better than this.

>>925625
Have some Captain/his inner Hollow save his ass.

>>925625
Train for a year only to lose his powers on a stupid attack in less than five minutes.

>>925645
>>925637
Don't let the girls know about that! that's ammunition saved to embarrass our nephew when he's in front of Tatsuki and Rukia!

>>925652
One of those has not happened yet.

>>925666
And hopefully won't ever. That was the DUMBEST shit and absolutely killed the series for me.

At least in DBZ they got to keep their Hyperbolic Time Training.

>>925666
If you're talking about Final Getsuga Tensho, I highly doubt that attack will exist in SSQ. Berry boy ain't the shonen protag anymore.

>>925685

I think I'm the only one who liked that he had to give up his abilities using that attack.

I was hoping there'd be a heartbreaking scene of rukia fading out of his vision right before he returns to school and then fin.

It's what came after Aizen I hate.

>>925705
Bleach as a series should have ended right then and there.

>>925718

WHY DIDN'T I GET MY FEELS INDUCING RUKIA GOODBYE!

FUCK!

>>925705
Completely agreed. There was no shortage of places to conclude the manga on a satisfying note, and that was the most prominent. In fact I've often heard that a lot of Japanese viewers just assumed the anime was over at that point.

Heard it from /a/ of course so take that with as many grains of salt as will fit.
>writing

>>925705
I would have liked it if Bleach had ended there, but it didn't. It just became a shitty "oh, when's this going to end" plot point.

Plus Kubo did the stupidest fucking thing I could possibly imagine him doing and make fucking Yamamoto job to Ywatch just to make Ichigo look better. It took everything after what should have been the end of Bleach from disappointing to absolute shit for me. Reminded me way too much of why I dropped Naruto and how all the good characters (read: literally everyone because Narutard and Sausage are garbage made into characters) went completely unused.

>>925801
Clearly, OMG should have gone out like Whitebeard.

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>>925733
“Come on,” you encourage them both, “I know you can do better than this, and I know you know what's going wrong for you.”

“I'm telegraphing too much,” Rukia pants, finally steady on her feet again. “Particularly Hakuren is too slow to set up, giving you too much time to simply move out of the way or strike first.”

“Correct,” you nod, steel meeting between you and your Commando. “Tatsuki, what's going on with you?”

“I'm not quick enough,” she admits, narrowly missing with another powerful punch. “I can't switch between altering one thing and the next quickly enough to capitalize.”

“Also correct. If you can't find a way to be fast and strong, you need to be able to be both within as short a time span as possible.”

You kick at her with your right heel, but she manages to move out of the way as Rukia brings up her zanpakuto to disrupt Tenkotsuki's swing... and you use hirenkyaku to sidestep the following swing.

“You've both improved, but you've got a long way to go,” you commend them. “Keep going until the timer goes off, and try and work on what you've been falling short on. I'll go a little easier on you to make that possible.”

Then you kick Rukia in the teeth, nearly blindsiding her as she pauses to think. “I said a little easier Kuchiki, don't go spacing out on me yet!”

By the end of the five minutes you've managed to work up a sweat and run Rukia and Tatsuki nearly into the ground. But they both thank you, heading off in different directions to consider how to solve the problems you highlighted. Rukia for her part drags Sode no Shirayuki's tip against the ground, leaving an icy trail behind her, while Tatsuki seems to be bouncing on her toes and throwing punches as if testing the interval between each hop and each punch.

As for you, the time seems right to take care of something.

>Check on Ishida and Bambietta.
>Check on the prisoners.
>Check on Ichigo... he's still alive, right?
>Other?

>>925806
based whitebeard.

>>925806
He should have. He was a 1000 year old badass that could beat the shit out of anyone he wanted to. But Kubo just went "lol, he kills a fake and dies in 3 seconds, I love Berryboy."

>>925811
>>Check on Ishida and Bambietta.

>>925811

>Check on Ichigo... he's still alive, right?

Time to beat Strawberry in shape!

>>925811
>Check on Ichigo... he's still alive, right?

>>925811
>>Check on Ishida and Bambietta.

>>925811
>Check on Ichigo... he's still alive, right?

>>925843
>>925845

>Check on Ichigo... he's still alive, right?
Let's have our hollow sword beat the crap of his sword spirit.

Roza vs crazy old man that teachers stupid suice attacks, go!

>>925811
>Check on the prisoners.
>Call Kisuke via denkenshi and ask for updates on the Quincy Regen serum.

>>925811
>>Check on the prisoners.

>>925811
>>Check on Ichigo... he's still alive, right?

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what's with the sudden influx of posters?

>>925811
>Check on the prisoners.
Well if Tatsuki's Shikai covers her palms as well she could go for grabs, disarms and grapples. Assuming all Zanpakto are roughly as hard as each other she wouldn't have to worry that much so long as she didn't try to grab a sword mid-swing. Just trying to punch someone negates being able to just hug someone and go for grabs/throws. She could also try some tricky shit with her phasing power. I'm sure just having an attack straight up go through someone would mess with most people.

>>925881
I just caught the thread. I had wrassling to watch.

>>925884

Your reiatsu directly affects hardness of your blade and release. Remember the Kenpachi vs Ichigo fight.

>>925891
you gonna vote?

>>925900

Writing and update for my quest, plus I lurk this quest.

>>925903
what quest? care to shill?

>>925881
Is Saturday night and Finals are over.

>writing

>>925908

>>923655

Turning on trip for shill request. Will turn off after.

>>925924
don't forget to shill for Queen's SSQ. QMs have to stick together and support one another!

>>925811
>Check on Ichigo... he's still alive,
Where did berryboy wander off to?

>>925934
he's in the human world attending high school.

>QM needs a roll
3d10, taking the second roll only. This is a random event.

>>925939
I wonder if his family are concerned about his lack of love life?

Rolled 2, 8, 2 = 12 (3d10)

>>925982

Rolled 3, 6, 5 = 14 (3d10)

>>925982

Rolled 2, 1, 3 = 6 (3d10)

>>925982

>>925982
>>925993
Was....was that a 'good' result?

>>926003
we don't know anon. It's up to the dice gods and their prophet QM to decide.

>>926003
Wasn't as bad as a 6, I can tell you that much.

When's the last time we had a good random event roll?

Closest I can think of was the good luck boost from Inari.

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>>926021
Leaving a note in the office for Rangiku, you decide to go check up on your nephew. With everything that's been going on lately you've almost forgotten that he's probably been going through his own trials in the world of the living, what with exams and everything going on in Karakura town spiritually-speaking.

So you tear open a hole in reality and make for the living world, only to find that the portal on the other end opened up somewhere you didn't expect. Instead of being near Karakura high school, your garganta spits you out inside of a dimly-lit building. The floors are all tatami, the walls are white plaster with dark wooden beams, and above you on the ceiling is a painted image of two white foxes leaping around the center of the room.

Wait... are you where you think you are?

“Nope, not doing this right now,” you announce, leaving the interior of the large Inari shrine on the outskirts of town behind you. “I'm busy right now, I'll deal with this later!”

One of the priests stares at you slack-jawed, or at least he's staring at the gigai Tenkotsuki created for you, and you mumble something about the weather as you storm past and down the hill. When you're clear of view, you dash for Karakura high with a hirenkyaku that carries you a full half kilometer in one step.

Finally you reach Karakura high and pirouette in through the window while nobody seems to be paying attention... nobody, that is, except for Shinji and Ichigo.

“Seriously?” Ichigo groans when he sees you.

You frown. “Good to see you too, Ichigo.”

Sado stares intently at the open book on his desk as the other students chat, pretending not to know you're here. The other two young friends of his and the loud lesbian seem to take similar measures.

“It's not good to see you here,” Ichigo protests quietly... well quietly for him at least. “Every time you show up at my school it means something bad either has happened, is happening, or is gonna happen soon. So which is it?”

“That's not nice, Kurosaki-kun,” Inoue reprimands your nephew in a tone that makes you want to claw your ears out with your fingernails for some reason. “You should be more respectful towards your aunt.”

“Actually, I'm glad you're here for once,” Shinji admits in a low voice. “Something's come up.”

“And what is that?”

He glances around cautiously before leaning in to speak in a whisper. “Lisa's gone missing. I want you to help us find her.”

>>926135
>Lisa is missing.
Shunsui's waifu is missing!

>>926135
And that's where I leave you for now. Archive is up, thanks for playing and hope you had a good time. Next session will be at an unknown date, so keep an eye on my twitter @QMKingofHearts for word on what I'm doing when I know it.

SoZ should be tomorrow, though my schedule may be a bit convoluted and it may mean long update intervals. Also expect a few omakes periodically through the week, if not an evening session.

>>926021
Thank god I was 10 seconds too slow. But deeply I would have wanted to see that 6 to happen.

>>926162
Thanks for running Queen!

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>>926162
oh boy! Q&A time! I've got a list for you. But I'll separate it piecemeal so it's easier for you to digest.

Shunsui: How would you react if Ukitake came back but was turned into a girl? Would you be tempted to tap your brother (now Sister)’s ass? See pic related for Genderswap Jushiro

Coyote Starrk charisma’s in flirting with Mirai in a Nutshell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhTCYqJsfqs
Accurate?

>>926135
... my money is on the hell verse.

>>926162
Uryu: So now that you’ve had a taste of both Bambietta’s training regimen and your dad’s training regimen, if forced to make a choice between the two which would you choose? Backing out or killing yourself is not an option.

Bambietta: What’s your favorite (consistent) delicacy from all the new modern food and cuisine you’ve eaten so far?

Damn Tatsuki is already lieutenant level? What’s Riku’s analysis of her potential, and what’s Tatsuki’s prospects of getting Bankai and catching up to Ichigo?

Coyote (God): What’s the funniest prank you’ve pulled within the last millennia?

How many inches of rain did Raijusenko pour on Kurakara town? And how long did the rain last?

Will there be another elusive sighting of Jaeger from Hollow Redux Quest in the near future?

Starrk: if you were to use a human-world firearm what would you pick and why?

Aizen: What do you do in your spare time when you’re not reviewing your keikaku or making arrangements within your army to do productive things that forwards your keikaku? Because I can’t imagine your hobbies now that you’re in Silbern ever since you lost your couch and drank tea Gin spiked with hallucinogenic mushrooms. Tl;dr: What do you do as a hobby?
Which is comfier? The couch or Yhwach’s Throne?

Masaki: Of the girls Ichigo's brought over to the house so far, which one would you most like to see him pair off with?

>>926162
Tia:
>When you go swimming, do you go skinny dipping (read: swim naked) or do you wear a swimsuit?
>If the latter, what type of swimsuit?
>Also wouldn’t your Hollow hole screw with how you swim?
>What swimming style do you prefer use when swimming? Freestyle? Backstroke? Breastroke? Or Butterfly?

Omake ideas:

Videogames make their way to Seireitei. The Captains hold a board meeting to discuss how to deal with the sudden spike of laziness among the lower ranks of Shimigami and the apparent formation of a black market trade of videogame contraband. Then Riku finds out Yamamoto apparently plays Tetris when no one is looking.

Riku takes a week off to go to the mortal world and travel the world for a bit in a Gigai (she somehow gets approval from Yamamoto). And she experiences the horrible ride of flying in an airplane from Kyoto to Detroit/or San Francisco.

The Arrancars (Tia, Apacci, Mila Rose, SunSung, Starrk, Lilynette) come across a McDonalds (it got Night Shifted) that is somehow stationed in Hueco Mundo. And they find other Menos eating at the establishment as well.

After turning into a living!human Shimigami, Tatsuki meets her abilities turned Zampakuto Spirit face to face in meditation.

>>926239
>The Arrancars (Tia, Apacci, Mila Rose, SunSung, Starrk, Lilynette) come across a McDonalds (it got Night Shifted) that is somehow stationed in Hueco Mundo. And they find other Menos eating at the establishment as well.
There is a starbucks right next door.

>>926257
And then, by the nature of Starbucks, there is another Starbucks directly across from the Starbucks.

>>926162
Did news of the 9/11 attacks in America reach Seireitei? Who was dispatched to deal with the sudden influx of 3.5k souls? Coyote's younger brother? The Valhallans?

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>>926162
oh yeah, one more thing, pastebin updates and omakes?

>>926135
Is Riku naked?

>>926380
Seriously? I'll answer this one for you.

No you fuckwit, if she can spontaneously create something that looks and moves just like a real human body, then clothes are a cinch in comparison. This has been previously established, multiple times. With these same clothes even.

>>926402
right... just remembered what Riku did when she revealed her true nature and the impression she gave to Ichigo's friends. my bad.

>>926195
>S
"Um... no? Is this a real question? Who is this guy and how'd he get into my office?"
"Nanao!"

As for Starrk, yes. That's rather accurate.

>>926233
>M
"Oh, I'd just be happy to hear he'd gotten past first base."

>>926239
>T
"Swimsuit. A top with shorts. No. Whichever stroke is most like a shark."

>>926330
This is a two century old spiritual being who was there firsthand to see ten thousand German soldiers killed at Messines in about 20 seconds. And even that pales in comparison to the Great Kanto earthquake, the firebombings of major Japanese cities, the atom bombs...

Part of the reason it never came up is because I felt mentioning it would be in poor taste, but partly it's because Riku has been exposed to so much death and disaster over the course of her career that it would hardly register for her.

>>926800
Oh man, sorry I missed the rest of the session King. Wasn't able to offer any two cents during Rukia and Tats' sparring. The spirit is willing, but the body needs sleep bad.

Anyway, how in-depth is Riku's knowledge about Rukia's kidou skill level? Particularly how she's able to do that... split casting? Feint casting? I dunno what else to call it.

And if so, maybe Riku can drop hints to utilize a fake out in her zanpakutou's repertoire of 'dances' in the same vein Rukia applies in her kidou.

In any case, thanks for the read.

>>924814
>“Imperishable flame, blade of ice, seal of blood, curse of the earth, promise of Heaven. Arise from the cold black tide, descend with a crash that shakes the world asunder!”

That's pretty fucking awesome, Queenie.

>>926918
>The spirit is willing, but the body needs sleep
I can sympathize.

Riku is broadly speaking aware of Rukia's ability to use kido, and is also aware that Rukia has been working on advanced techniques.

>>927146
Thanks, I made it up on the spot.

>>927300
Omake or two tomorrow.

>>924530
They were quoting Darkest Dungeon, death by bleeding line from the awesome narrator.

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- OMAKE: The Longest Day -

One hour. You left Narita one full hour ago and still there's no end in sight.

“Excuse me,” you ask a passing stewardess in a blue blouse and a gray pencil skirt, “how long was this flight supposed to be?”

“Nine hours and fifty-five minutes,” the young woman replies as the bottom drops out of your stomach. Nine more hours? How the hell are you supposed to last that long? The thought of being cooped up inside this glorified flying cigar tube for that long practically makes your skin crawl.

The stewardess pauses for a moment. “First time flying, ma'am?”

“No,” you tell her, recalling against your will the only other time. “Second, actually. It just feels wrong somehow, the loss of control... you know?”

“I hear that from time to time,” the stewardess reassures you, “you're not the only one who feels that way. Dinner will be served in a few minutes, would you like the Japanese set or the steak?”

“We're heading for America,” you reason aloud, “so the steak I guess. Medium.”

“I'll let the chef know.”

When the stewardess moves on, the divider between your 'suite' and your neighbor lowers to reveal a cat-like grin.

“You're not taking this well,” Yoruichi purrs, taunting your perceived lack of fortitude. “Need a hand to hold?”

“Shut up,” you mutter, crossing your arms defensively. Wait, are you... pouting? That's not like you at all. This damned machine's making you crazy!

For her part, Yoruichi's tone softens. “This really does bother you, doesn't it?”

“You know the reason why,” you insist across the low dividing wall. “Relying on a machine to do something for us just feels wrong. Even those tools of yours rely on our own power.”

“The point was to make this relaxing, that's why we specified First Class seats,” Yoruichi reminds you. “Would you be happier back in economy?”

“At least then we'd be sitting next to each other.”

“Oh, so it's not cozy enough for you?” she asks, the playful tone back in her voice.

“This is basically a belated honeymoon,” you observe. “What, with a romantic round-the-world vacation and all, just the two of us. And everyone else on this blasted piece of human-designed madness.”

“... okay.”

After a moment you notice what she's up to, and you can't quite believe it. “Yoruichi, what are you doing!?”
>1/?

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>>933896
Instead of remaining in her seat as she's supposed to, Yoruichi hooks her legs over the dividing barrier and swings her body across to your side, coming to rest in the seat next to you. With a brief and awkward dance of sorts she pulls the seatbelt across you both and settles in.

“There's no way this is going to get a pass,” you frown, “though I appreciate the gesture.”

Yoruichi shrugs. “Let me worry about that.”

When the stewardess returns with your dinner, her response is predictable. “Ma'am, please return to your seat for your own safety!”

“See this?” Yoruichi replies, handing the stewardess a piece of paper produced from her pocket. “Do you know what this is?”

“It's a koseki?” the stewardess replies, recognizing the family registration form commonly used in Japan. “Ma'am, you really do need to...”

“Can you tell me what the names are on this form?”

The stewardess stares intently at the kanji for Yoruichi's name. “Miss Shihōin Yoruichi and Miss Shihōin Riku?”

Yoruichi nods subtly. “Yes, that's right. And does this look like my blood sister to you?”

“No, ma'am, she doesn't...” she replies, her eyes widening as she puts the pieces together. Yoruichi's research on modern marriage practices in Japan suggested that while same-sex marriage is technically not recognized under the terms laid out in the Japanese constitution, marriage itself is of secondary concern. Since the late 1800's the more important document is the koseki, or family registry, which records all changes in the household composition including birth, marriage, divorce, death... and most importantly in this situation, adoption.

Being listed on this form as Yoruichi's adopted “sister”, and the only other person in the household, makes the implication pretty much crystal clear.

“It defeats the purpose of traveling together if one of us is miserable the whole way,” your wife of five decades insists quietly. “Wouldn't you agree?”

“I... can clear it with the rest of the flight crew,” the stewardess tells you both. “But you'll still have to return to your seat for approach and landing.”

“That's fine, thank you.”

After finishing your dinner, the rest of the flight passes much more pleasantly than you expected. You even manage to catch a few hours of sleep en route.
>2/3

>>934372
>2/3
Ignore this. Ending it here actually feels better, so I'll get to writing the second omake of the night.

>>934372
Nothing like a cat to calm a person down

>>934372
>>933896
Oh Riku please. 300 years ago it takes 1 month for us humans to make a trip from London to Jamestown. 100 years ago it took one week for us humans to cross the Atlantic with the latest advancements. Now in 2001 it takes 8 hours for us make the trip. And we don't have the luxury of having the superhuman enhancements that Reiatsu provides. And you complain about a 10-hour flight across the Pacific? Please get off the spiritual cloud you fly on and get some human perspective.

Where did Riku and Yoru visit?

>>934753
she's ok with hardship, it's relying on something other than self-mastery for something that bugs her.

Relying on tools is a very non japanese way of things, and very much a bad idea in bleach. So her instincts are screaming that the whole powered flight thing is a bad idea.

>>934898
This is correct. Riku wouldn't be bothered by anything short of crossing the Pacific in a coffin, but doing it in a plane is all kinds of wrong to her. As Urahara's omake was intended to show his thought process, this was partly intended to counterbalance that as Riku has a strain of deep skepticism towards things that are designed to take control out of her hands.

She shares that with Aizen.

>>935559
It's ironic that both of them hate the lack of control yet they're steering themselves on a path to godhood in which being a god ultimately means forfeiting the right to personally influence the mortal and spiritual realms. The only difference is between the two is Riku has an awareness to the laws of celestial bureaucracy and tries to remain a law abiding citizen while Aizen's on a power trip of a divine Übermensch.

>Holiday related stuff today
>Will post omake after dinner, training arc related

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- OMAKE: Training Day -

Ishida Uryū dodges another shot, frantically scrambling to line up a shot with his own bow before a blade slashes through his weapon. Fragments of reishi scatter into the air like glass and dust as he loses control of the bogen, and his opponent scowls at him in plain disgust. The little five-pointed cross of silver dangles from a slender chain around his wrist, deactivated by the blow.

“You need to do better than that,” Bambietta insists sternly as Ishida pants from the exertion. “Right now your aim is good and your control is admirable, but you come apart like wet paper in melee... and most of your opponents from here on are going to be melee experts. They'll close with you, overpower you, and kill you.”

“I was taught that quincy always use bows,” Ishida insists defiantly. “That is what my grandfather taught me.”

“We fight with reishi,” she corrects the claims of the boy's erstwhile mentor. “And even if we're talking about projectiles your arrows are weak and slow. Not strong enough or fast enough to beat an arrancar, and nowhere close to matching a Sternritter.”

To illustrate the point Bambietta sets her blade in the ground point-down and tosses one of her reishi bomblets at the ground in front of Ishida's feet, throwing him back and raising a cloud of dust and debris. His white outfit disappears, though Bambietta's eyes remain fixed on where he at one point stood. She doesn't have to move, as her keen senses have already told her that her student hasn't chosen to move yet.

“You may have the traditions down pat,” she mocks, sidestepping a stream of small blue arrows from within the cloud that dissipate in the distance, “but even that Kurosaki boy is more effective at fighting like a quincy. What service do traditions do you when they serve no practical purpose? There's a difference between tradition and dogma.”

Uryū emerges from the cloud with a blade drawn, and Bambietta spins her broad sword up from the ground to smack his wrist out of the way with the spine, before resting the edge against his throat.

“You anticipated the seele schneider?”

Bambi shakes her head. “You're just too damn slow with it, and even if you weren't I can vibrate mine faster. What you need to do is learn how to defend yourself in close quarters.”

“I wonder if the shinigami have to put up with this sort of thing...”

MEANWHILE...
>1/?

Has Candice ever thought of using Reishi to make a dildo that vibrates 2.4 million cps (cycles per second) so she can relieve herself?

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>>938650
The questions of 4chan.

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>>938137
“Not good enough!”

Suzumebachi's golden point narrowly misses Oetsu's body having been easily deflected by a blow to Suì Fēng's wrist. The older shinigami, having long since known what the zanpakuto in question can do, knows that so long as he's able to keep track of the sole spot where hes been hit previously he can easily avoid being hit there again, and thus completely nullify Suì Fēng's specialty.

“Yer relyin' too much on the zanpakuto,” he insists, avoiding a blow from Tenken as he chides his “students”. “Yer fighten styles are predictable... Tenken only goes down and Suzumebachi's targets're literally marked on my body. You gotta learn how ta fight fer yerselves!”

Though Komamura continues to swing at Oetsu futilely, his fellow Captain elects to stand still, gazing down at the weapon on her hand. She nods seemingly to herself and turns away from Oetsu, and approaches another one of the Royal Guard.

“You would be Kirinji, correct?” she asks the pompadoured man. “I have heard of the skills of 'Lightning-Fast' Kirinji from Lady Yoruichi.”

Kirinji glances down a the diminutive Captain. “And what'd she say 'bout 'em?”

“She praised your skills.”

Kirinji seems honestly surprised. “Did she now? I'd figure nobody'd remember me anymore after all these years.”

Sensing opportunity, Suì Fēng sets the proverbial hook. “She insisted that your skills with shunpo were nearly a match for her own.”

There's a painful, intense silence before Kirinji speaks. “Nearly a match?”

“Indeed, and to be compared not entirely unfavorably to the Goddess of Flash herself is quite the compliment... the comparison to Captain Kusajishi's hirenkyaku is hardly applicable.”

Kirinji nearly blows a fuse on the spot. “Is it really?”

“It has been said that hirenkyaku is faster and smoother than shunpo,” Suì Fēng muses innocently, “at least compared between practitioners of equivalent skill. It would hardly be fair to compare the two.”

“Faster and smoother...” Kirinji practically seethes. “Faster and smoother...”

A loud crash marks yet another failure by Komamura to hit his opponent with Tenken's shikai as Kirinji broods. Suì Fēng continues to reel her victim in. “Is there a problem, Lightning-Fast Kirinji? I would, of course, appreciate a demonstration of the skills which place you in the same league as my mentor.”

“Oh, of course!” Kirinji growls. “I'll show you skills alright...”
>2/3

>>938917
But little bee is saving herself for the trap.

>>938917
>Komamura continues to swing at Oetsu futilely
Doge pls. Stop jobbing and learn new tricks dammit! Roll over! play dead! Learn how to swing in different directions other than down! Try holding both hands!

>>938990
Tenken is kind of cool, but it's totally impractical when faced with a skilled swordsman because you can't swing it upwards at all and its horizontal arc is subject to the terrain. Its only advantage is bulk and raw power, and in canon you'd have to be kind of dumb to ever let Komamura force you into playing "his game".

Of all the Captains he has the furthest to go to be worth something in the fights ahead.

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>>938917
Even as Kirinji and Suì Fēng exchange a lightning-fast series of punches and kicks, with the smaller Captain struggling to keep up the absurd pace, Kuchiki Rukia and Arisawa Tatsuki have taken a brief recess in their own training.

“So why are you really here, Arisawa?”

Tatsuki glances up, her focus having been snapped from her cup of cool barley tea. “You mean why am I training like this?”

“You would not come here on vacation, would you?” Rukia jokes, leaning heavily on her sword. “There must be some compelling reason, and I doubt that Ichigo is all there is to it.”

“Nope,” Tatsuki grumbles, “that's really the size of it, but not out of anything romantic idea of loyalty or anything.”

“Then what?”

Tatsuki sighs, setting her cup aside. “You know I've known Ichigo since we were kids, right?”

“He may have mentioned this, yes.”

“Well, we used to go to the same dojo growing up, not long after his parents started that clinic they run,” Tatsuki explains thoughtfully. “Always had a dumb grin on his face, never stood up for himself... a total pushover. I landed one solid punch to his jaw and he fell over crying.”

Rukia stares at the young human, plainly awestruck. “That can't be true! Ichigo? Really?”

Tatsuki laughs softly. “Yeah, what a little dork he was... but one smile from his mom and a word of encouragement and he was back on his feet again. Still crying of course, but ready for more. And then one day things changed.”

“What happened?”

“He got good,” Tatsuki comments, her tone betraying the fact that she's still surprised to this day. “I think it was right around the time he started seeing ghosts when he put me flat on my ass... we've never sparred since. First and last time he ever beat me.”

“You must really care about him,” Rukia comments quietly. “I never knew you went back that far. But you said it wasn't because of loyalty?”

“I never forgave that bastard!” Tatsuki insists, clenching her fist. “Yeah, sure, we dated for a while... but still, he beat me once! It's not like losing one match in the pros means your career is over, I always felt like I had something to prove. Not to him, but to me. I never stopped improving, and he's still way out ahead of me, even today!”

“Just because we lose doesn't mean we stop,” she concludes. “It stopped being about Ichigo years ago.”

Rukia contemplates this new information for a few moments. "So, if I may be so bold, what was Ichigo like as a... boyfriend?"
>3/4

>>939036
You know I just realized, Kumamora of all people may benefit the most from using Riku's patented Bankai-shunko technique (that we just developed this thread) since his main weakness usually revolves around him swinging the cumbersome bulk of a giant samurai mecha in both Shikai and Bankai.

>>939198
What he needs to do is learn to manifest it from different angles than just behind himself. Or simply compressing it. "Simply". But really, imagine if that thing was smaller but still weighed the same. Penetrating power would be enormous.

And try stabbing with it.

>tfw the heart is willing but the body is weak
I'm not feeling great, I'll finish the last post in the morning.

>>939267
Mind over matter!
Jk, see you later. It's too bad all the dangerous people working for Aizen are human sized. Doggo would fucking annihilate anyone half the size of a Menos Grande.

>>939267
See you later. Sleep and remember to drink water.

>>939263
Imagine if compressing it to a smaller size made it proportionally faster. He'd be on a JJBA level all of a sudden.

>>939440
>Kumamora turning Tenken into Samurai Silver Chariot.
Kumamora pls.

>>939198
Problem there is that Doge only has one skill that's up to snuff by current Captain standards: his physical power. His kidō and hohō are lacking, his hakuda relies on power over skill, and his zanjutsu is limited by the nature of his weapon. He literally couldn't learn a perfected shunkō without decades of supplementary and corrective training, and then he'd be able to try the Bankai trick that even Riku thinks is kind of situational at best, a gamble with the user's life at worst.

This guy had it right >>939272
Doge's abilities just aren't a good match for most of the coming fights, which is why Oetsu's working with him personally. Otherwise, with SSQ going the way it is, he'd die for sure without contributing anything.

And that'd just be a waste.

>>939629
Huh, is that a tact admission that the Miracle is dead?

>>939657
>canon doge basically gave up his humanity to beat Bambietta
>implying he'd do jack shit to the Miracle
Yeah they're both big guys, but the Miracle is fucking stupidly broken.

>>939629
what would happen if he used that kido spell that relies on a spinning blade to create a windstorm

>>939896
Queen just said Doge is shit at kido did you not understand him?
The only thing Doge's got going for him that makes him special is that he's got a shikai/bankai that gives him a giant samurai mecha with a soul link of an Evangelion.

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>>939064
“He's... not exactly what you'd call a ladies' man, not by a long shot,” Tatsuki admits somewhat sheepishly. “Half the girls in our class are terrified of him, half the girls are into him, and the two halves sometimes overlap.”

“You mean Inoue?” Rukia asks with a raised eyebrow. For her part Tatsuki seems impressed that Rukia can remember the name.

“So you noticed that, huh?” Tatsuki shifts her weight and crosses her legs the other way. “Ichigo's kind of a complicated guy. All 'bad boy' and scowls on the outside, which makes it kind of hard for people who don't already know him to even talk to him. That's always been what kept Orihime from talking to him. But on the inside he's still that soft-hearted kid I beat up at the dojo... neither one of them's perfect.”

“He keeps people at arm's length,” Rukia surmises, “and excludes them from his life, because he assumes that being close to him is dangerous.”

“That's about the size of it,” Tatsuki nods. “That and he's got the worst sense of timing.”

Rukia smiles. “How so?”

“Well, the first time he ever asked me out on a date he had just gotten done fighting this delinquent in one of the other classes,” Tatsuki recounts thoughtfully. “I was helping him wash a bit of blood off his face, and he asks me if I'm busy over the weekend. I tell him no, I just have conditioning on Saturday, and he asks me if I wanted to go see a movie. Says we could get dinner while we're out, his treat.”

“He asked to take you to dinner with blood on his face?”

Tatsuki chuckles to herself. “Yeah he did. Oh, he backed off quick though, said it was to thank me for helping him get cleaned up and hide the fact he'd been fighting from the teachers. But that sorta maneuver doesn't really work when you're blushing that hard.”

“Did he do that thing where he looks away dramatically?” Rukia asks, and Tatsuki nods emphatically.

“Yeah, he does that every time he gets embarrassed!”

“And then the whole time he pretended you weren't together?” Rukia presses.

Tatsuki cocks an eyebrow. “Hey, were you spying on us or something?”

“No, he just does that every time he has to go somewhere with a woman,” Rukia explains. “I've seen him do it around the Captain too... and especially around Lieutenant Matsumoto.”

“Well have you seen Matsumoto recently?” Tatsuki asks, gesturing at her own chest. “A bombshell like that'd do it for sure, and what's worse she's his cousin.”

“That certainly would make it awkward,” Rukia nods sagely. “So, do you have any other stories from when you and Ichigo were involved?”

“Rukia... you have no idea.”
>4/4

>>939896
His zanpakuto would channel the spell. The giant who mimics his actions would simply spin the sword in the same manner, but it would take a huge amount of reiatsu to cast Tenran through that blade instead as well as better control on Komamura's part.

>>939925
Hado 58 isn't exactly the most difficult to use. Its a spell usually used by LTs.

>>939938
This scandalous part of the omake is too delicious to ignore. what's even more delicious is that his blushing actually befits the name "strawberry" and the fact that he acts this way.

>>939938
>I've seen him do it around the Captain too
So we need to tease ichigo super hard from now on, huh?
Time to be the sexy aunt and give him confusing boners.

>>939954
Jesus Kumamora. I don't know whether or not to be envious or pity the fact that your sword gave you a giant samurai mecha to use as a weapon, yet you fight like shit. Do you have ideas on how Kumamora gits gud?
Unless Kumamora somehow finds a creative use for Tenken in both Shikai and Bankai only thing I can imagine him meaningfully contributing to the war at this point is using his bankai to sweep through the enemy footsoldiers and generally soaking up lots of damage potentially directed towards our own army as a meatshield as anti-infantry armor Before he gets unceremoniously one-shotted.

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>>939996
He should enter his own bankai so his real body can't be attacked.
If he can cast spells through his bankai on it's scale at the cost of massive amounts of energy, that'd be pretty hardcore.

And if he could work on his bankai's speed, it's overwhelming size could be a decent advantage.
It's easy enough to dodge something big going slow, but really hard to dodge something big going fast.

>>940019
>He should enter his own bankai so his real body can't be attacked.

That would work if any damage done to his bankai didn't hurt him in the same way as well. Not a very good suit of armor if it does the exact opposite of protecting you.

>>940019
Maybe he could try manifesting different body parts of Tenken instead of the usual pair of arms and legs. Imagine Kumamora pulling Bayonetta-styled Wicked Weaves with Tenken.