Byakuya is popular among female Soul Reapers and was voted number one in the "captain we desire to release a photo book for" poll taken by the Soul Reaper Women's Association. He likes Japanese cherry blossoms, night-time walks, spicy food, and bananas, but he dislikes sweets.
In its Shikai, Senbonzakura's blade separates into thousands of slender, petal-like blades. The release may be negated before it is complete, such as when Yoruichi Shihōin wrapped the blade in cloth during Byakuya's short battle with Ichigo. While the blades are too small to be seen by the naked eye, they reflect light in such a way as to appear as cherry blossom petals. he can control the blades at will, thereby allowing him to shred opponents at a distance and break through almost any defense. While Byakuya can control the blades with his mind alone, using his hands allows him to do so more effectively, making the blades move twice as fast.
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Fighting Style: Upon coming Cherry Blossom Maiden, she normally fights creating Cherry blossoms with the goal to rip her target apart from a distance. Similar to Byakuya Kuchiki. Which she even has two other techniques similar to her lover such as Cherry Blossom Step, and using an advanced version of his Bankai. She can also summon a Cherry Blossom sword to fight with. She normally does not display her usual physical strength.
Now to the actual bankai in question. Senbonzakura Kageyoshi is a really majestic bankai. Cherry blossoms are a source of beauty in the nation of Japan, but here, in Bleach, it signifies 'swift and a ghastly death by sharp bladed petals, just like the ephemeral and fleeting nature of the cherry tree'. One gets the classic 'upper-class samurai' feel from Byakuya, and hence it fits that he uses weapons of such beauty in such a deadly way.
Senkei (Annihilation-/Slaughters-scape): Senbonzakura Kageyoshi has been called a funeral column of cherry blossoms by Byakuya himself. He uses Senkei only when he abandons all forms of defense and decides to personally kill his opponent. Hence, the 'funeral column'. His opponent is enveloped in a column of swords, as if a funeral procession is going on, and Byakuya escalates the funeral procession by selecting swords and killing his enemy; the enemy amidst surrounding cherry blossoms. A 'beautiful' death.
Shukei Hakuteiken (lit. Last Scene: White Emperor Sword) was the technique used by him when he finally calms down and resigns himself to the fact that his young opponent was someone to be admired/respected. Even Ichigo calls it a glorious technique. At that point, it seemed as though both Byakuya and Ichigo had reached a state of mutual understanding. And it was indeed a very beautiful technique. It fitted Byakuya's character, as well as his name (which means 'white'). However, in the end, his cherry blossoms truly scattered, forced into submission by the free-spirited ferocity and recklessness of Tensa Zangetsu.
And now, his iconic battle vs 'The Fear'. Here, I would like to go a little off-topic, and address something related to 'fear' and 'cherry blossoms'. There is an anime series called 'Aoi Bungaku' (Blue Literature) which adapted six very famous Japanese short stories written by various authors. The designs for three of these stories was done by Tite Kubo himself. The one that is relevant to this post is the short story called 'In the Forest, Under the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom'. I am pretty sure that Kubo was well-aware of the general message that the story conveyed, even though he was just the designer. The first line of the story opens thus : "A forest of cherries in full bloom is not beautiful, just something to be afraid of". The story states that although in present times, cherry blossoms are considered pretty, people in olden days compared cherry trees to the primal dread associated with a graveyard at night. This anime was released in 2009, so it is possible that Kubo may have been inspired by this story to draw Byakuya's battle against As Nodt, which connected cherry blossoms to the concept of fear.
Compare this poem to the death poems written by the Japanese soldiers on their fighter planes during WWII: "Asked about the soul of Japan, I would say; that it is like wild cherry blossoms; glowing in the morning sun". Add this to the fact that Kubo was from Hiroshima, and that the Wandenreich were loosely based on the Nazi army, and you get the picture.
Byakuya is popular among the female Shinigami of Soul Society, and was voted number one in the "captain we desire to release a photo book for" poll taken by the Shinigami Women's Association. He likes Japanese cherry blossoms, night-time walks, spicy food, and bananas, but does not like sweets. Byakuya excels in calligraphy.[3]
Byakuya strongly believes in law and order. As the head of one of the great noble families and as a captain in the Gotei 13, he always works hard for a peaceful society. He feels that if someone in his position does not follow the rules as a good example, then no one will follow them. He believes that to maintain the order, all law-breakers must be punished, even if that goes against his own wishes. In spite of his icy and regal manner, Byakuya cares for and protects those important to him. After the events of the Aizen incident, he admitted that law isn't perfect and became more lenient, as well as more protective, of his adoptive sister, Rukia. Byakuya is popular among the female Shinigami of Soul Society, and was voted number one in the "captain we desire to release a photo book for" poll taken by the Shinigami Women's Association. He likes Japanese cherry blossoms, night-time walks, spicy food, and bananas, but he does not like sweets. Similar to Sōsuke Aizen, he excels in calligraphy. He, apparently, is very fond of calligraphy, being the representative or possibly president of the Calligraphy Society.
It is triggered by the command "Scatter" (散れ, chire). Once the command is spoken, the blade of Byakuya's Zanpakutō separates into a thousand slender, tiny blade fragments, which then fly away from the hilt, leaving only the sword's handle in Byakuya's hand. In doing so, the feat is almost beautiful to witness; as if the fragments truly were cherry blossoms escaping into the wind. The release can be negated before it completes, such as when Yoruichi Shihōin wrapped the blade in cloth during Byakuya's short battle with Ichigo. However, if the release is allowed to complete itself, then Senbonzakura is rendered nigh unstoppable. Rukia Kuchiki was no stranger to this, as she screamed out loud to Ichigo to run far away after Byakuya had successfully released Senbonzakura's Shikai form. When the blade's Shikai is released, those who are not trained in combat against one of Captain-class prowess, a sense of dread and fear is shown to typically overcome them to the point of rendering them speechless. While the blades are supposedly too small to be seen normally, they reflect light in such a way as to appear as cherry blossom petals. One can attribute its scattering of blade fragments to be linked to that of Senbonzakura's spirit, whose personality reveals itself to be rather scatter-brained at times in a comical fashion, mimicking its ability.
Pure offensive annihilation. That is the only phrase that properly expresses the nature of Senbonzakura's power in Byakuya's hands. Once its Shikai initiates, the thousand-some blade fragments scatter to appear like that of cherry blossoms falling from the trees. In most cases, the Zanpakutō is considered to be a unique melee-type, used solely for the purpose of overwhelming the opponent with innumerable blade fragments. The blades may attack individually, charge at an opponent altogether by moving as a large wave, and even attack in groups of blade fragment streams (which is best for multiple targets); ideally, Senbonzakura can arrange its blades in any manner that is within the limits of Byakuya's imagination, allowing for an almost infinite amount of battle formations. By swinging Senbonzakura's hilt, Byakuya can control the blade fragments for the purpose of being able to shred opponents at a distance and break through almost any defense. However, this is commonly just for show. In almost every case, Senbonzakura's blade fragments are controlled mentally. Byakuya requires no form of movement or physical direction in order for the blades to attack the target. Despite this, there happens to be some situations in which Senbonzakura can move its own blades through its very own will without the need for Byakuya's directions, so that the latter may free up his mind to attack with other means such as Kidō while the Zanpakutō continues its overwhelming assault upon the target. During his second battle with Ichigo Kurosaki, he controlled the blade fragments with his hands to keep up with Ichigo's speed in the latter's Bankai state. It is unknown just how fast the blade fragments are capable of moving when directed by Byakuya's physical motions, considering Senbonzakura on its own can move at a speed like that of lightning. It is theorized that the blades can be sped up to a point where it can rival the speeds of Gin Ichimaru's own Zanpakutō, which was once believed to be the "fastest Zanpakutō". Whilst fighting with Senbonzakura, Byakuya is shown to rarely engage in any form of movement, attacking with the blade fragments from a single location. However, this is only the case against weaker opponents. To those foes that require far more effort in vanquishing, Byakuya is capable of combining Senbonzakura's movements together with his own movements, allowing him to keep his enemies on their toes and forcing a window of opportunity to arise during the fight, ending with Byakuya completely obliterating the opponent in a torrent of the blade fragments. This is shown to be most employed by having Senbonzakura's blade surround Byakuya's body and to move along with him, allowing for Byakuya to shred through any obstacle that stands before him, even if it should be an opponent of considerable power. It has also been shown that Byakuya commonly mixes Hadō spells with Senbonzakura's blades during battle. He imbued Shakkahō within several of the fragments, sending them off like a shower of flame-covered meteorites, aimed to destroy the target. However, ironically enough, the most devastating mixture-of-techniques tactic with Kidō that Byakuya seems to favor is to use Kyokkō to hide the blade fragments from view. It is a truly frightening strategy in that it allows Byakuya to crush all opposition before him before any opponent would even be able to comprehend what had occured. In other words, Byakuya can shred a target to smithereens without any witness being able to understand what had happened, which also allows Byakuya to attack an opponent without them being able to predict where the blades will strike and in what formation they will be arranged, making it nigh impossible to defend against it. In another approach, Byakuya reveals that he hides the blades of Senbonzakura in his Kidō spells in order to layer a secondary offensive measure to the spell's destructive capabilities. Therefore, if the opponent should be capable of blocking and/or dodging the initially-cast spell, the blades of the Zanpakutō would be in a position to ambush the target.
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