Rukia Kuchiki (TYBW)

basic information:

name: Rukia Kuchiki race: Shinigami birthday: January 14th gender: female height: 144cm weight: 33kg

professional status:

affiliation: Gotei 13, Soul Society, Sereitei (the place where Shinigami operate within Soul Society), Kuchiki clan. position: Lieutenant of the 13th division division: 13th division base of operations: Sereitei and Soul Society education: Shin'ō Academy

appearance:

Short and petite, Rukia has light skin and purple eyes. Her hair is black, reaching her shoulders, with several strands of hair always hanging between her eyes. Byakuya has stated she strongly resembles her sister, Hisana Kuchiki. As a Shinigami of the Gotei 13, Rukia wears a standard shihakushō. 17 months after Aizen's defeat and during the bloody thousand-year war, Rukia wears her hair cropped into a bob which hangs about her face. She wears a fingerless white tekkō, similar to Byakuya's, which extend above her elbows. As a lieutenant, she wears her Division Badge around her uniform's left sleeve, which has been shortened to just reach her upper arm.

appearance (additional):

Despite having small breasts, Rukia has a big, fat butt, which she tries very hard to hide.

personality:

Initially born into a lower class, Rukia retains her modesty, even as an adopted member of the nobility. She is graceful and "clean", yet chooses to talk to ordinary people. However, her cool and lone demeanor often forces her to hide her personal troubles, even from her friends. According to Ukitake, Rukia never opens up her heart, and has difficulty making friends. She likes to climb to high places. Rukia likes everything rabbit-themed, and becomes quite sensitive when someone insults her obsession with them. People often have difficulty understanding her drawings, which are typically rabbit-like, and doesn't like it when people complain about their quality. Rukia's favorite foods are cucumber, eggs, and rice dumplings. Quite often when Rukia is annoyed with a situation or when conversing with people that exasperate her, her common tic/phrase in reaction is either "nonsense!" ("たわけ!", "tawake!") or "nonsensical fool!" ("たわけども!", "tawakedomo!")

relations:

Hisana Kuchiki: deceased older sister Byakuya Kuchiki: adopted older brother Ginrei Kuchiki: adoptive grandfather Ichigo Kurosaki: est friend Renji Abarai: childhood friend and current love interest Jushiro Ukitake: captain of the 13th division Kaien Shiba: deceased former lieutenant of the 13th division and former love interest.

powers and abilities 1:

Kidō Expert: Rukia's greatest strength is her knowledge and skill in Kidō, having been top of her class at the Shin'ō Academy, and able to instantly switch from Zanjutsu to Kidō without delay should she lose her Zanpakutō. While the sheer power of her Kidō was just average when she joined the 13th Division, she continued to develop her skill, now able to use Hadō #73. Sōren Sōkatsui without incantation to considerable effect. She has great skill in using various spells in unique combination, even using multiple spells at the same time. However, she requires incantations when using high-level spells simultaneously.

powers and abilities 2:

Expert Swordsman: Rukia initially only had rudimentary skills of Zanjutsu, but after much training by her former mentor, Kaien Shiba, her skill drastically improved, able to hold her own against the 9th Espada, Aaroniero Arruruerie, who possessed the expert swordsmanship skill of Kaien himself. Rukia has also demonstrated enough skill in swordsmanship to cut down multiple of Rudbornn Chelute's attacking Calaveras.

powers and abilities 3:

Shunpo Expert: Renji says Rukia is helpful and effective because of her high speed. During her battle against the Adjuchas of the Menos Forest, she skillfully dodged multiple attacks from several enemies. After her training in the Soul King Palace, Rukia is able to move fast enough to surprise and cut Äs Nödt.

powers and abilities 4:

Hakuda Combatant: While seldom used, Rukia is proficient in hand-to-hand combat, using it as her main method of combat when she was in a depowering Gigai.

powers and abilities 5:

Great Spiritual Power: Being a Lieutenant of the Gotei 13, Rukia boasts a great level of spiritual energy and can exert large amounts of Reiatsu when needed. Her Reiatsu is white.

powers and abilities 6:

Keen Intellect: Rukia has repeatedly demonstrated her keen intellect. She compensated against the power of the 9th Espada with combination attacks. During her forced stay in the Human World after losing her powers, Rukia proved herself very useful in assisting Ichigo with his new Shinigami duties. Rukia is very knowledgeable, with a detailed knowledge of Soul Society's history.

powers and abilities 7:

Enhanced Strength: Belying her petite stature, Rukia has a surprising amount of physical strength, having lifted and carried two unconscious, full-grown adults throughout a war-torn Seireitei without much effort.

powers and abilities 8:

Enhanced Endurance: Rukia is notably resilient. She withstood being impaled by Aaroniero's Nejibana in conjunction with his Glotonería, and finished him off before losing consciousness.

zanpakutō:

Sode no Shirayuki (袖白雪, Sleeved White Snow; Viz "Sleeves of White Snow"): In its sealed form, Sode no Shirayuki is a normal katana. It has a rectangular tsuba with a vaguely flame-like pattern on the long sides and a curved line on the short sides, inward-curved corners with curved slits above and below the blade, and a series of curved lines embossed on either side of the blade. It has a reddish-brown hilt.

shikai:

Its Shikai command is "Dance" (舞え, mae). Rukia holds her Zanpakutō out in front of her and turns it in a circle counter-clockwise. While she is turning it, the blade, hilt, and tsuba turn completely white. The tsuba becomes a hollow snowflake-like circle, and a white ribbon forms from the pommel. Sode no Shirayuki is regarded as the most beautiful Zanpakutō in Soul Society. The transformation is accompanied by a rush of cold air in all directions.

shikai special ability:

Shikai Special Ability: Sode no Shirayuki is an ice-type Zanpakutō. Sode no Shirayuki possesses multiple techniques, labeled as "dances" by Rukia. Besides ice techniques, Sode no Shirayuki's general ability is freezing. Sode no Shirayuki can freeze a target from a distance, or used in a different manner, create a path or platform of ice in midair. Rukia can freeze even the Reishi-created Spirit Weapon of a Quincy, causing it to shatter. In reality, Sode no Shirayuki does not spread coldness from its blade; its actual ability is to bring the body temperature of its wielder to a temperature below freezing. As a result, anything its wielder touches freezes, the sword itself merely increasing their reach. Due to this power, Rukia is capable of momentarily "killing" her body by controlling her own Reishi, putting herself in a form of cryostasis. She completely stops all the molecules in her body, preventing any material or substance attempting to affect her from doing so because it cannot enter her body. However, if someone uses an optical attack on her, it will affect her because her nerves are still working. Rukia can lower her body temperature to a point at which the ground below her feet freezes instantly, causing ice quakes, and can even reduce her temperature to absolute zero, though she can only safely maintain this temperature for no more than four seconds.

shikai special ability 2:

Some no mai, Tsukishiro (初の舞・月白, First Dance, Moon White): Rukia calls out the name of the dance while holding her Zanpakutō upside down. The blade glows, and she makes a slashing motion when her target is in position. When she does this, she draws a circle with the tip of Sode no Shirayuki. The space within that circle and anything inside freezes. The circle not only freezes the ground, but everything within the circle's influence, including anything above it in the air, creating an extending pillar of light which freezes all within the circle. Shortly after being frozen, the victim shatters along with the ice.

shikai special ability 3:

Tsugi no mai, Hakuren (次の舞・白漣, Next Dance, White Ripple): Rukia, calling out the name of the dance, punctures the ground once, creating a large ice circle, similar to the first dance. She punctures the ground in front of her four times in a semi circle. As ice particles begin to flow up from the punctures she made in the ground, she takes a battle stance. The particles, building up at the tip of Sode no Shirayuki, are released as a large, powerful avalanche of cold air. It flash freezes whatever it comes into contact with, encasing it in ice.

shikai special ability 4:

San no mai, Shirafune (参の舞・白刀, Third Dance, White Sword): Rukia calls out the name of the dance, which allows her to gather moisture in the air to the tip of Sode no Shirayuki, creating a blade of ice. This makes it possible to augment the length of the blade. After piercing its target, it continues to freeze any surrounding objects and the immediate area.

shikai special ability 5:

Ice-Rope Connection: If Rukia can't reach her sword, she can create an ice extension to connect her hand to the sword hilt, which allows her to use Sode no Shirayuki's Shikai abilities at a distance.

bankai:

Hakka no Togame (白霞罸, Censure of the White Haze; Viz "White Haze Punishment"): Rukia's Bankai changes both her physical look and the clothing she is wearing dramatically. Rukia wears a white, ankle-length kimono with lined patterns. The robe has an attached ornate collar, edges, and shoulder design made of transparent ice with long, wide sleeves. There are long, flowing ribbons tied at her back that form numerous large loops. She has a small ice flower formation at the center of her chest, and a half crown of ice which extends around the back of her head. Rukia's hair and irises become white, and her blade -which still resembles its Shikai form- is now composed of transparent ice.

bankai special ability:

Hakka no Togame increases the area of influence of Rukia's ability to reach the temperature of absolute zero. Upon release, a pillar of cold mist rises up into the air from where Rukia is. Raising her blade towards her opponent, Rukia releases a massive wave of freezing cold (similar to Tsugi no mai, Hakuren) that freezes anything in its path to absolute zero. Physical contact with Rukia herself causes other people to begin freezing solid due to how cold her body is.