Once bankai activates, his blade's blue aura fades, and then a large shock wave is released from it's hilt, briefly clouding Kirito's and anybody else in the radius' vision. When the shock wave fades, his blade, though retaining it's katana shape, is no longer stained with blue and green, but is now completely white. Along with this change in coloration, Kirito's own appearance changes as well. His shihakusho and jacket dissapear, revealing his tight, ripped black pants, black tank top, and showcasing his now glowing, ornate tattoo of an angel located just above his right pectoral. Kirito's hair and eyes also return to their once black color. These changes signify his acceptance of his human side, and his soul's "completion" as he allows himself to truly be who he believes he should be, even if just for a short while. Finally, Kirito's reiatsu changes from it's original, very erratic and jumpy presence which violently found its way along one's body into a calm, completely stationary energy. His reiatsu functions like the eye of a storm, where all is calm for a moment until you reach the boundaries of the eye. When he attacks, the reiatsu leaps forwards, once again violently crawling over the enemy's body. Kirito's reiatsu still smells as it used to, like singed hairs and a soft summer breeze, but now forms itself into a menacing turquoise tornado centered around him when being seen through visual reiatsu perception.
Kirito's power expands from it's previous control over wind and lightning to total control over the weather. After embracing his full self and pouring his own soul into his sword, he unlocked the ability to control the rain, cloud formations, and such other weather based events. He can cause thunderstorms, small hurricanes and even a localized tornado if he so pleases. Of course, the blade still retains its useful, smaller scale abilities like it's generalized lightning and wind manipulation powers from it's shikai state, though their strength is drastically enhanced by the true form of Kirito's zanpakuto. The ability links to Kirito in that his original ability was narrow minded, focused on freedom, and the elements that he believed were most powerful. With his soul's relative completion, his blade, along with him, has gained respect for the other elements of the universe along with their practical uses. He no longer sees lightning as a mere tool of destruction, but a graceful, pinpoint tool that can counter, stun, and destroy, and he now believes wind is not purely a defensive element, but a graceful shield that can be used to violently slam into enemies and cut people like an invisible sword. His original belief was that his shikai was a representation of the divine, when in reality, it was the opposite: a narrow minded belief of what he believed the gods should have considered themselves useful for. His bankai represents the realization of this flawed belief, and its correction.
Post by Takahiro Hidekawa on Dec 17, 2016 18:02:40 GMT -5
Oh, and I'd like to mention something. If possible, I'd like to take a "standard" shunko for my custom skill, with one exception. I'd like it to be applicable to my sword.
The amount of power this ability adds to Shun’s blows, and how long he uses it, gradually improves. At the Beginner rank he can hardly get a full minute out of it—barely anything at all in an even match against a powerful opponent. At that level, the additional power give is barely enough to tilt an equal match in his favor. By the time Shun advances this skill to Expert, however, the Shunkō aura can be maintained indefinitely and the power added to his strikes makes for an explosive and dangerous addition to an already-powerful Shinigami, enhanced by his own naturally potent spiritual power.
The amount of power this ability adds to Shun’s blows, and how long he uses it, gradually improves. At the Beginner rank he can hardly get a full minute out of it—barely anything at all in an even match against a powerful opponent. At that level, the additional power give is barely enough to tilt an equal match in his favor. By the time Shun advances this skill to Expert, however, the Shunkō aura can be maintained indefinitely and the power added to his strikes makes for an explosive and dangerous addition to an already-powerful Shinigami, enhanced by his own naturally potent spiritual power.
So journeyman would be Long Periods of time? How much of my spirit would be used to strike with at that point? 100%? 80%?
If the above is true, could I ask one more thing? Is my claim for expert shunpo approved?
Post by Takahiro Hidekawa on Jan 3, 2017 0:24:57 GMT -5
Midnight Snack (Knowledge) is being claimed for 46. It was a mildly disappointing thread with a very fair ending for what I had done in my original post. To make it so something as asspulling as that closing post for Kirito never is a part of his history, I took the liberty of editing it so that there was no metagaming present. I want a clean history for this guy.