[Spirit Class 5] Kanako Hashimoto

○ Name: Kanako Hashimoto (神奈子(Kanako) 橋元(Hashimoto) ) ○ Alias: Kaiju, Kana ○ Age: 650 ○ Gender: Female ○ Race: Arrancar ○ Affiliation: Has no particular affiliation, Desires to mostly do as she wishes. ○ Alignment: Chaotic Neutral ○ Marital Status: Single ○ Ideal Mate: Strong, perhaps tall. ○ Nationality: Hueco Mundo ○ Sexual Orientation: ... Humanoid? ○ Height: 8'1" ○ Weight: 315 ○ Hair Color: Black with Blue highlights that glow an iridescent blue upon using a cero. ○ Eye Color: Yellow ○ Aspect of Death: Wrath ○ Hollow Type: Adjuchas ○ Hollow Hole: Middle of Chest; filled surgically in recent years. ○ Mask Fragment: Scales around jaw and outer face, all that remains of the mask.

The facts are that Kanako simply is a rather reserved individual. She can’t be in any means called a “gentle giant”. No, she can be quite destructive in the right circumstances. However, upon becoming an Arrancar with much more humanoid emotions, Kanako has found it far more reasonable to control her emotions of rage; so that she doesn’t destroy everything with a simple cero, or her own special modified Cero.

Truthfully, Kanako has a rather uncontrollable anger. She finds herself, at most occasions, unable to properly control the anger that flows through her being. Honestly speaking, it’s quite a huge difficulty. As if to compound the issue further, she gets commonly frustrated with herself that she is unable to properly control her temper; further adding to her surprisingly wrathful nature. This leads to many of Kanako’s remarks being short, succinct, and over all a bit blunt. Her words can also be sharp, but that is often the least of her concerns. However, there is a bit of kindness underneath her short fuse.

Kanako’s kindness normally manifests in the form of how she treats other beings. Honestly speaking, she desires some form of earning respect from a being before she properly addresses them with respect. However, she is not rude to beings she does not now. While she can be a bit short, it is hard to deny the way she navigates talks with beings she does not know carefully. She does her best to convey herself as what she is, but also convey that she doesn’t mean harm just because of her large size. Frankly speaking, her size often gets her into trouble alone, but her ability to control her anger just enough allows the Arrancar to smooth over occasions and try to reconcile before things get bad; and especially before Kanako’s anger escapes through the dams of her mind.

Despite Kanako’s ease of irritation and swiftness to anger, she does have a gentler side. Even though Kanako cannot be a “gentle giant” in any meaning of the word, she can indeed be quite kind and gentle. Due to her rather immense size, given she seems to have an odd growth hormone defect of some form, she has needed to keep a particular track of the movement of her limbs. Being a hair over eight feet tall has its advantages, of course, but there seem to be a great deal of disadvantages stacked upon it. Sometimes, she must pay very careful attention to her very own limbs, otherwise she may destroy a rather fragile human building without meaning to. Even if it’s much harder to do on accident now that she is an Arrancar, compared to when she was a human, that doesn’t mean it’s any less stressful when she accidentally destroys an entire wall or plows her head through a short doorway. What is with humans and their small buildings?! Regardless, this has caused Kanako to retain an awareness of herself that is more profound than most other beings, thanks only to her rather immense size.

This also means that Kanako is reluctant to love or cast her affections to humanoid beings. She honestly cares not for gender, love is quite enough to cement the relationship; as long as it’s actually a humanoid and not some odd monstrosity. However, her size doesn’t oft allow her to engage in what one would call “flirting”. Naturally intimidating at eight feet one inch, she normally would turn prospective suitors away with just an accidental glare; because she doesn’t like it when people try to sneak up on her. This has caused her to be quite careful in the selection of her lover. If she was ever to be lucky enough to find someone suiting to her desires, and wouldn’t get crushed by her, she would find them agreeable.

Not to mention, Kanako is loath to look down on other beings. This is mostly due to her large stature, and the understanding that her coming to being was very lucky indeed. However, that doesn’t stop her from physically looking down on people; she can’t help it. However, she tries her best to not be condescending at the best of times, but her anger does still tend to get the better of her. Overall, Kanako is a large woman who, while not desiring to be in charge, tries her best not to throw her immensity around unless the situation calls for it. After all, her desire is to only use her ability to destroy when the situation properly calls for it; and to try and be reasonable overall despite her reservations due to years of solitude.




Life As A Hollow


Frankly speaking, Kanako didn’t have a remarkable life as a human; at least if she could remember it for however few years she had survived. Her first memories as a Hollow were as no more than part of the larger whole as a Gillian. Which likely lasted for the first hundred or so years of her life. She couldn’t recount times from then, as her consciousness was barely aware of anything at the best of times. However, she appeared to have been the stronger soul/hollow to win it all out, taking control of the Menos Grande Gillian. Upon this change, and the stylized mask that changed from the typical Gillian mask marked the start of Kanako’s life in full.

As time progressed, and Kanako’s power grew, and she gradually began to change form, she had gained a bit of an odd trait. Even though most Gillians decreased in size upon evolving to an Adjuchas class Menos, Kanako did not. Frankly speaking, even as Kanako’s consciousness continued to evolve along with her form, she never seemed to abandon the form of a very large six story tall spikey lizard; with spikes along its back that glowed blue with the use of its cero. It was puzzling even to her and made her stand out in ways that she never would have wished. However, it aided in Kanako hunting her prey. Her elevated size, and her immense body, allowed Kanako to quash smaller, slower hollows to consume and become stronger from. Frankly speaking, she rarely ventured out into earth for her meals. The few times she did, around the mid to late nineteen hundreds, she apparently sent the humans into a very odd frenzy about her and said something that she honestly couldn't understand. Weird humans, they were probably shouting obscenities. During those few years on Earth, in which the ocean was normally her only means of transport, she did develop the capability to hold her breath for a very long period. After all, she couldn’t get the surprise on prospective food if she was seen. Regardless, it was a tiny blip in her time as an Adjuchas. She mostly stomped her overlarge frame around Hueco Mundo, consuming those she could, and respecting and leaving alone those who could destroy her. Frankly speaking, Kanako seemed to have an odd vexation with Gillian Menos, which lead to many tussles between the hollow Kanako and such beasts that normally ended in a long recuperation time from Kanako.

However, as Kanako was a rather less than gentle giant during her times as a hollow, she couldn’t always chase down the beings that were faster than her. This led to a few things. First, due to Kanako’s rather lack luster speeds in comparison to her size at the time, she gained a rather thick outer skin to allow herself to resist attacks a bit better. However, this wasn’t foolproof. In addition, her regeneration became a far greater asset to her survival in comparison to her tough skin. Frankly speaking, due to her body size, her regeneration often seemed slow, but its swiftness was proven when she often recovered from a rather violent battle the next day with only some trouble. Frankly speaking, this regeneration was tested time and time again. As Kanako liked to often test herself against tough hollows in Hueco Mundo, her regeneration had to develop in order to keep Kanako alive due to her sheer reckless abandon. Otherwise, she would have long since died and been consumed by her supposed prey. This also led to Kanako becoming a rather strong Adjuchas; even if the woman had never been able to become a Vasto Lorde. Because of this, Kanako had even developed a special Cero for herself; blue in hue despite its lack of relation to the Gran Rey Cero. A lightning Cero that she seemed to gradually charge throughout a battle before releasing it. Sadly, it was rather well telegraphed thanks to the spines on her tail, back, and head lighting up to signal the charge. She also especially was never able to reduce her size, which was both an advantage and a great disadvantage.

During Kanako's growth, not height or size, the Adjuchas that was Kanako began to feel an odd itch in the base of her skull, near where her mask ended and the rest of her body began. No matter what she ate, how she scratched, or even how she hit her head a few times during intense fits to try and scratch that horrible itch; it refused to go away. Like a tick that would not come free from her body, she could only feel unending irritation as she felt her growth reach a peak; an insurmountable peak that she couldn't climb over no matter how hard she tried, how much she killed and feasted.

The more she was stuck at her peak, the more the itch spread until it felt like her ENTIRE mask needed a fierce scratching; as if the secret to her stunt in growth was to tear it off like dead skin. However, the intelligence that rest inside of her being refused to admit that was the case, considering how the mask was so important to hollow life. However, her heart, did she even have a heart?, her instincts told her to tear it off like a pound of dead flesh; be rid of it like she had been rid of so many other nuisances that had tried to end her, many of such nuisances coming frightfully close. One night, in a spurt of immense irritation and instinctual right ness, Kanako aggressively used any and every method she could think of to rid herself of that horrible itch; to tear her mask off to finally be free of the unending itch.

Pain upon endless pain, pain so great that Kanako sometimes wished she may die just to be rid of the horrid feelings; each painful yank, tear, and rip pulling at her very core, at her very being. She began to change, not physically, but on the inside she felt... different. Quite odd, frankly. Eventually, with the most painful and abhorrent of wrenches, her mask had finally broken free from her trembling flesh; and Kanako finally fell to the still sands, unmoving as if dead. Her old body slowly crumbled around the naked form of a woman... maskless, and different.

After a week’s worth of pain, it felt like a week at least, Kanako emerged from her ordeal, from the remnants of her old form, as a fully fledged natural Arrancar. She was now shorter, albeit still much larger than a normal human being. Kanako had essentially completely torn her mask off, the only remnants being small scales on her face and neck; otherwise, one couldn’t tell she ever wore a mask at all. Afterwards, the eight foot tall woman started her adventure as an Arrancar instead of a beast.

Arrancar Life to Present Day

Ever since becoming an Arrancar, Kanako hadn’t lead much of a different life from before. She had swiftly found the Zanpakuto upon her being, which sealed her true hollow powers inside of it, but she had very little idea how to use it. Frankly speaking, getting used to her human body, her newfound powers, and the large Zanpakuto she toted on her back is what consumed most of her time from then to now. While most other Arrancar were off trapsing around with this Aizen dude, Kanako didn’t like him, Kanako was off doing her own thing; practicing with her sword and her other abilities.

Frankly speaking, Kanako’s mean of practicing with her sword wasn’t what one would call traditional. Even though Arrancar are capable of grouping together to fight together, and even train together, Kanako still kept to herself for most of her life as an Arrancar. It was a left-over habit from her days as an Adjuchas. The need for Solitude just from practice made things quite easier on Kanako. Frankly speaking, the woman even occasionally ventured to Earth, as stealthily as an eight-foot-tall woman could, to try and steal some books and scrolls on swordsmanship. While they forms weren’t entirely useful for Kanako’s weapon, what was essentially an Odachi, it helped the woman develop her own style, and a training regime, for her own use.

During the following years, which were multiple, Kanako had learned to train her body in specific ways, kept fighting as was usual for hollows against other hollows, and even almost crossed paths with a few Espada; but she was able to stay away from most of them. Frankly speaking, Kanako’s avoidance of people was for their safety as much as Kanako’s own safety. After all, Kanako had an odd trait when it came to her body. Frankly speaking, if she wasn’t careful, Kanako could destroy much quite on accident. It wasn’t like Kanako was clumsy, far from it. Frankly speaking, she’s always been quite destructive based on size alone. However, it was very hard to get used to the humanoid body she now had. Hell, she even got her hollow hole surgically filled, so that she would be able to blend in just that much better… albeit her size wasn’t exactly what one would call “regular”. Even after around a hundred to two hundred years, Kanako still had trouble with keeping proper track of her body; especially when she grows her tail. Simply speaking, if Kanako isn’t trying to pay careful attention to her surroundings, one may expect her to bump into just about everything in a room.

Otherwise, Kanako did what she could to survive. She killed lesser Arrancar and hollow, mostly intent on practicing her work with her body and the new weapon she found herself with; and the way she hunted sometimes seemed to be an odd remnant of her savagery from her time as an Adjuchas. She perfected her own specialized cero, mixed with her lightning-based powers to create a very different kind of Cero. Not to mention, Kanako had developed her rather well toned frame, which still possessed a few scales to remind her of her Hollow days, to match the strength that she had gained through various amounts of combat; and especially the strength she had as such a large Adjuchas. She also had gained quite the capability to utilize her Zanpakuto and her bare hands in combat; both of which were sharp and deadly. However, the woman still lacked some capability in speed and Sonido, her few weaknesses that were brought on due to her size as a Hollow; a weakness she still works quite hard on despite how long it takes for her to develop them.

In the following years, after Kanako had endured a great deal of training, fighting, and just trying to survive instead of die and be consumed by another being. Honestly, she just wanted to live. And live she did, further honing her body, her skills, and her capability to survive through the simple desire to become stronger; and an aggressive desire to become a kind of Queen of sorts. It wasn’t a title she would ever attribute to herself, not on purpose, but being some Queen or King of monsters… she loved the idea. Regardless, Kanako would continue her journey onwards, entirely desiring strength and finding someone who she could share her strength within some way. After all, even if Kanako liked to live alone, she deeply desired someone strong that could share her life as well. Two is better than one… and Kanako was done with being alone.



○ Powers

> Relámpago Cero: Kanako’s own custom Cero that she developed while a hollow. By infusing it with lightning, the Arrancar can fire off a rather powerful Cero that is amplified in speed thanks to the lightning it is fused with. While not the speed of light, obviously, it certainly can surpass Kanako’s normal speed on its own due to the nature of lightning. However, it is an attack that Kanako quite favors. While Kanako doesn’t need to take time to properly prepare the attack, it is telegraphed a bit too well. The blue highlights on her hair lights up, her tail (if it’s out) has scales that slowly light up the tail, from tip to base, and then proceed up Kanako’s blue hair; the last indication being the black scales that covered Kanako’s neck. Around her neck, a frill of scales lifts slightly, revealing the glow of blue before Kanako opens her mouth and shoots the Cero out as if it was a laser from her own mouth. Frankly speaking, it’s an attack that Kanako much prefers to use at a close range; as it’s telegraph can give it away far too easily from far away. Kanako can only use this specialized Cero as much as her normal Cero in accordance with her Cero skill; even if she rarely uses her normal cero.

> Enhanced Durability: While Kanako was a Hollow, she grew a thick outer layer of scales that would protect her body quite effectively. It’s not exactly like a Hierro, but it certainly created the base for Kanako’s own special Hierro. Eventually, the Arrancar had her own second skin that was intended to try and keep Kanako from immense injury. As she changed into an Arrancar, she kept the base toughness of her skin, which had melded with the scales she used to have, but she also has a bit of scales on specific parts of her body. Her sides, arms(yet not her hands), neck, shins, and back have scales on them. A remnant of her time as a hollow, but also to protect her body from injury. In a pinch, she can use her forearms to block potentially dangerous attacks; not to mention, the scales around her neck protect one of the most vulnerable parts of her body, her neck. The ones on Kanako’s back act as a method to avoid getting stabbed in the back; along with protecting her vital organs from the back. However, she has very little scales on the front of her body thanks to her conversion from Hollow to Arrancar. While her skin is naturally tough, thanks to Hierro, the areas of her body that are scaled have a greater durability than the rest of her body. Essentially, the areas with scales have twice the amount of durability than normal. Otherwise, the rest of her body is quite normal.

> Clawed Hands: At will, Kanako can spread scales from her arms to her hands so they become scaled and clawed, allowing the woman to gain a certain advantage in close combat. While normally, Kanako can still punch someone with her normal hands, having no claws or scales on them, after a swift change, Kanako can use her hands to inflict a bit more damage; taking about a post for her to convert her hands to scaled claws. While like this, Kanako can inflict a bit more damage, allowing the Arrancar to grab blades, punch harder, and shred beings apart with her bare hands. While her hands are like this, they adopt the enhanced durability of her normal scales. However, it doesn’t last forever. Kanako can hold her hands like this, scaled and clawed, for around four posts before she needs to release the change to her hands. Afterwards, Kanako must wait about two posts before she can do the same thing to her hands again.

> Amphibious: Due to Kanako’s time on Earth when she was a hollow, and how she needed to get around Earth, Kanako had developed the skill to be able to essentially breathe under water. This has no honest benefit for combat, however, it means that the Arrancar can't be drowned in water at the very least.

> Lizard-Like Regeneration Speed: Because of Kanako’s origin as a bit of a lightning lizard when she was a Adjuchas, Kanako has a regeneration factor quite like a reptile’s or amphibians. However, it differs in one factor that it is not restricted to non-ossified skeletons. Instead, the regeneration has been adapted to suit Kanako’s needs, and how often she got into very intense combat as a young hollow. Given enough time, she could very easily regenerate separated limbs with the exact same bones and musculature. Not to mention, her regeneration is among some of the swiftest; and it is something she has carried through to becoming an Arrancar. After all, her excellently swift regeneration factor is what kept her alive while she removed her mask; aside from pure determination.

> Tail Growth/Re-growth: Simply speaking, Kanako has the capability to create a tail extremely similar to the one she had as a Hollow; but at a scale similar to her eight-foot-tall frame. The tail is pitch black, much most of her hair, except for the blue highlights. However, the spines on the tail do light up with the highlights in Kanako’s hair whenever a Cero is used. Not to mention, her tail also helps Kanako swim through the water with much greater ability than normal. Not to mention, because she can grow, remove, and grow the tail again, she is able to have it whenever she wants, without a cooldown. It would operate like any other limb with regeneration. However, she can use the tail in combat as an extra limb… albeit at the cost of being extremely easy to be caught of balance or cut off. However, the tail does make an excellent club if Kanako doesn’t overbalance. Otherwise, the tail gives Kanako no benefits.

> Swordsmanship: Even though Kanako normally depends on hand-to-hand combat, she can use her Odachi Zanpakuto. Even though Kanako is no master of swordsmanship, she has developed her own style that focuses on using her size and reach to her advantage. This allows for Kanako to hold her own against all but experts of the sword. However, Kanako’s unique style, reach, and size does allow for the woman to do some very complex techniques; and especially able to deliver positively crushing attacks overall.

> Lightning Boost: Once a thread, Kanako can infuse herself with the lightning that she normally can only control with her Zanpakuto at such an extreme end. Upon infusing herself with that lightning, Kanako can compensate for her great weakness in speed. Upon doing so, Kanako can increase her speed twofold, allowing her to keep herself sped up for around five posts. Not to mention, because she is infused with lightning, specific parts of her body now glow an electric blue; her eyes changing from their normal yellow hue to blue. Not to mention she can discharge electricity from her body while attacking if she needs. However, after her lightning infusion wears off, Kanako is reduced to her normal speed, suffering a bit of a “Crash”. During this crash, which lasts two posts, Kanako is unable to move from her position. She can defend herself, and prevent injury with defensive tactics, but the great release of energy and speed from earlier is extremely taxing. It leaves her being unable to move for a whole post, becoming a rather good target. However, after that post, if Kanako isn’t reduced unconscious by attacks, she can move again. However, she remains at a 50% decrease to her overall speed thanks to the intensity of her crash; which lasts five posts. It should be noted that this is normally a last-ditch effort and is not used liberally.

This ability can be used in her Resurrección as well. However, in her release, the crash effects are doubled due to how amazingly taxing it is for a form double the size. Otherwise, the ability remains as normal outside of her Resurrección.



○ Zanpakutô Name: Bestia Extraña (Strange Beast; Kaiju)

○ Zanpakutô Appearance: Due to Kanako’s impressive size, she wears a five foot long Nodachi/Odachi style Zanpakuto on her back. This is due to her large scale, along with allowing her to properly us a blade of such size as an actual extension of her arm instead of a toothpick of a sword. The sheath has also been modified to allow easy draw and sheath from the back. Frankly speaking, it was a blessing in disguise that her sword was so long. Some consider the size of a Zanpakuto a sign of “strength”, but Kanako knows that is simply deceiving. After all, those competent enough can modify the size of their Zanpakuto a bit, because carrying around a skyscraper would be irritating.

Example for her Zanpakuto's general appearance; not to scale to a Nodachi.:

○ Zanpakuto Sealed Power: Kanako’s Zanpakuto, Bestia Extraña, allows Kanako to control lightning at a prodigious rate. Being able to summon the element from her sword at will, the arcs of lightning move only according to her speed; boosted or normal. She can even control the lightning without her sword being out. However, when drawing her Zanpakuto, Kanako can use it as a focus of sorts. This allows Kanako to control the lightning at her disposal with far greater skill and efficiency. Not only can she send lightning out of her sword in waves and as lightning bolts, she can also charge her blade with the element, allowing for her attacks to become far more electrifying. Not to mention, she can also use her Zanpakuto as a normal sword if need be. It still is a bladed weapon.

However, Kanako can, after a post of charging up, bathe her Zanpakuto in the same Cero Lightning she uses; imbuing the blade with the destructive properties of a lightning cero for exactly one post. Afterwards, Kanako cannot infuse her blade with the power again for another three posts due to the nature of such an action. Imbuing her Zanpakuto with something so positively volatile can always cause potential issues. Not to mention, due to the instability of something so destructive, it is quite easy for Kanako to fail imbuing her blade with the lightning Cero, causing a very small explosion and also incurring the same cool down as if Kanako had used the ability. Essentially, to interrupt Kanako's ability, one must physically interrupt the action, either via engaging her in combat or some other form of physical interruption. Otherwise, she will be able to bath her Zanpakuto in Relámpago Cero without issue.



○ Resurrección Name: Bestia Extraña (Strange Beast)

○ Release Phrase: Aniquila, Bestia Extraña! (Annihilate, Strange Beast!)

○ Release Actions: Raises Zanpakuto above head, smashing it down into the ground to create a cloud of particles. No true benefit, but does surprise an enemy when a larger beast emerges from the cloud.

○ Appearance:



○ Abilities:

> Kaiju's Strength: Because of Kanako's immense size, her strength increases in comparison with the body she gains. As Kanako inherits her original hollow form in this release, she also inherits the great strength she used to tote around. While in this form, she gains what is approximately double of her previous strength in pure values alone. While it may allow her to contest with those of higher skill levels, it does come at the cost of excess exertion overtime. Meaning, if she used her strength at it's highest level for more than five posts, she would begin to swiftly become lethargic and drop out of her release within the next two posts from sheer exhaustion.

However, she can use her great strength to toss someone or something that is twice her weight only once per five posts. As such an effort is extremely taxing, it takes a great deal out of Kanako and is only done when absolutely necessary. Not to mention, during those five posts, her strength is reduced to more like what one would see from Kanako outside of her Resurrección. Afterwards, however, she returns to her elevated Kaiju strength.

> Kaiju's Size: In this form, Kanako fully embodies her previous form as a hollow. She grows in size and gains some more beast-like traits she does not have normally. Because of this change, she doubles in size, doubles in weight, and essentially becomes twice of what she was at an attempt to embody her rather obscene size as a Gillian. Because of this immense change in size, Kanako's speed scales to her size. While she can indeed be extremely fast, she seems quite sluggish at times due to her immense size, meaning that her speed isn't quite the same as it used to be thanks to her size; essentially decreasing by approximately half a skill level due to size increase. This increase in size is a disadvantage as much as it is an advantage. Indeed, she can cause damage on a greater scale because of how large she is. However, she is a much bigger target. As some say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. And Kanako has fallen before in this form, and it definitely does hurt quite a great deal.

> Kaiju's Relámpago Cero: Much like her original Relámpago Cero, this acts as a lightning Cero of sorts; which is telegraphed by the spines on Kanako's tail, all the way to the base of her head. Whenever she charged it, her spines glow blue, one by one, all the way up to her head. However, the main difference is the power of the Cero in this form. While she carries along every other trait, she mostly gains the capability to extend the range of the Relámpago Cero past normal Cero range limits; along with the capability to increase the output of the Cero to twice a Cero's normal output. Of course, because of this, it is a bit more taxing on Kanako.

Much like the original version, it takes a post for the Cero to charge up properly. However, instead of having the same cooldown as a normal Cero, it's cooldown is completely independent because of how powerful it has become. Normally, the Relámpago Cero would match the cooldown of a normal Cero; along with the general frequency of use. However, Kanako's custom cero, in this release form, gains a two post cooldown because of how honestly destructive, and taxing, it becomes. Otherwise, Kanako would likely burn herself out before getting any honest use out of her release.



General Skills

• Durability: D
  
• Speed: C
  
• Strength: B
  
• Soul: C
  

Arrancar Skills

• Hollow Nucleus: Advanced
  
• Regeneration: Advanced
  
• Cero: Elite
  
• Sonido: Adept
  

Will Skills

• Willpower/Determination: Advanced
  
• Mental Deduction: Adept
  
• Focus: Adept