Name:
Kuchiki RukiaAge: Ancient
Visual Age: 17
Gender: Female
Division: 13
Appearance: Picture
Personality:
Although there was nothing she could have done to prevent Kaien's
death, Rukia continually feels guilty about what happened to him
throughout the series. Because she immediately killed Kaien without
first trying to find a way to help him, Rukia convinces herself that
she valued her own life over his. The only solace she is able to find
in his death is the belief that she saved him from a hollow's control. This guilt-ridden attitude carries over to her relationship with Ichigo Kurosaki;
when Rukia is taken into custody and Ichigo is gravely wounded in an
attempt to save her, she assumes that he dies of his injuries. Feeling
that Ichigo's death would have been avoided had she never met him, Rukia loses her reason for living and resigns herself to her sentenced execution.
Because of the amount of time she has spent with Ichigo, Rukia has
been able to gain a keen understanding of his inner workings. She is as
such always able to help him overcome his own self-doubts, showing him
that he can and wants to complete a given task when he himself thinks
otherwise.
Rukia's relationship with Ichigo is unique, for despite the relatively
short amount of time they have known each other, Ichigo can easily
confide in her and considers her a true friend because she is
encouraging and understands what he is feeling. Rukia's ability to get into others' heads comes into play a number of
other times throughout the series, most commonly while in the human
world. By playing the part of a poor, innocent girl, Rukia is able to
get others to side with her and otherwise focus their scrutiny on an
unrelated topic so that her peculiar actions might go unnoticed.
A recurring gag throughout the series is Rukia's drawing ability, or
lack thereof. When needing to explain something to someone, most
commonly Ichigo, Rukia uses poorly drawn pictures to illustrate the
topic. Regardless of what the subject might be, all of her works most
closely resemble bears, rabbits, squirrels, or some other typical
woodland creature. Ichigo is always quick to comment on this
deficiency, and promptly receives either a beating and/or graffiti to
the face for bringing it up.
Background
Background:
Rukia died as an infant and was sent to Soul Society
with her older sister, Hisana. Though Hisana initially tried to protect
and provide for Rukia, she could not ensure her own survival while
caring for a baby as well, and thus abandoned Rukia.
As Rukia grew up, she befriended Renji Abarai,
and over the coming years the two stayed together and looked out for
one another. Once they entered the Soul Reaper academy, Rukia was
adopted into the Kuchiki family.
One year prior to the adoption, Hisana died after asking her husband, Byakuya Kuchiki,
to find and adopt Rukia as his sister. Disgusted with herself for
abandoning Rukia, Hisana wanted her sister to be part of the Kuchiki
family while never knowing of their relation to each other. After
succeeding in this task, Byakuya kept his word, treating Rukia as a
sister and keeping his wife's secret until the end of the Soul Society arc, where he finally tells Rukia about Hisana's past.
When she was accepted into the 13th Division, Rukia's abilities made
her a prime candidate for a seated position. Wishing to keep Rukia out
of harm's way, Byakuya used his influence as a captain to make her
ineligible for such a position.
In time, Rukia befriended the lieutenant of her division, Kaien Shiba, and trained under him.
During the course of a mission Kaien was possessed by a hollow
and Rukia was forced to kill Kaien to protect herself. While dying,
Kaien apologized to Rukia for allowing himself to be possessed and thus
putting her in that position.
Rukia returned his body to his family, though could not find the
courage to tell them how he had died until she learned about Hisana.
ZanpakutÅ Information
Name:
Sode no Shirayuki ( literally "sleeve's of the white snow")
Release Phrase: is released with the command "dance" (
mae).
Element/Family: Snow/ice
Manifestation: yukionna-like form
Sealed Zanpakuto: Katana.
Shikai: In its released state the blade becomes completely white and a ribbon forms from the pommel.
Shikai Ability:Sode no Shirayuki utilizes ice to attack, each of its three abilities
being labeled as "dances" by Rukia. "First dance, white moon" (,
some no mai, tsukishiro)
denotes a circular area around Rukia's target and freezes everything
within the circle from the ground upwards until it reaches the sky.
"The next dance, white ripple" (
tsugi no mai, hakuren) fires a massive wave of ice from Sode no Shirayuki's blade.
"Third dance, white sword" (,
san no mai, shirafune), her final ability reserved only for when her blade is broken, reforges her
zanpakutÅ with ice particles, piercing through any object in its path and freezing anything in the vicinity.
The following should be ranked 1-5. Do not be some Mary Sue and put 5 for everything, be fair.
Kido:5
Hoho:4
Zanjutsu:4
Hakuda:4
Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:23 am
