✧ ◜ 神の門番 . ╱ gatekeeper of god . ◞
nanami , being the vice kidō chief , boasts a high spiritual pressure that is considered captain class . she is a kidō master and her fighting style almost exclusively revolves around that ( meaning she almost never uses her zanpakutō . ) it is not like most traditional ones , it is an all white tantō with light pink prayer beads wrapped around it . she keeps it hidden at all times .
SHIKAI COMMAND : ascend ( 昇る / noboru ) , gatekeeper of god ( 神の門番 / kami no monban ) .
she drives the blade into the ground and it explodes into a massive cloud of vibrant pink reiatsu .
a miwa style torii appears behind her that is several stories high , covered in seals and wrapped in chains weighing it to the ground . below is the basic shape of the gate .
her shikai possesses three abilities called keys and they have to be used in order .
first key ( 最初の鍵 / saisho no kagi ) , unholy regalia ( 不浄なレガリア / fujōna regaria ) . with this key , the seals burn off of the gate and form a cursed ring around the opponent . all this does is knock the opponent’s speed down by 1 / 4 th of their natural ability .
second key ( 第二の鍵 / daini no kagi ) , holy range ( 聖なる範囲 / seinaru han’i ) . using this key , the chains unravel from the gate and dig into the ground until they are no longer visible . boosts the users perception of energy / presences , improving accuracy and aim . basically a sensory stat boost .
third key ( 第三の鍵 / dai san no kagi ) , judgement ( 判定 / hantei ) . the final key causes the gates to glow , a pillar of light crashes down onto the opponent , dealing mid-high damage depending on their strength . this ability can only be used three times before nanami must deactivate her shikai or activate her bankai . )
BANKAI COMMAND : holy touch ( 聖なるタッチ / seinaru tatchi ) . mostly a stat booster . three black rings appear on each wrist . when the first ring vanishes , the effects of the first key cease to exist . the same process happens when the second ring goes away . when she is down to her third ring , that will mean the gate is almost closed , signaling the limit of her bankai . this process can take any amount of time and is usually dependent on how much energy she expels and has three abilities .
left hand of god ( 神の左手 / kami no hidarite ) . a ever winding and chasing white arm emerges from the gate . it is a seal with a goal to immobilize any part or all of an opponent and will act without nanami’s control once summoned .
right hand of god ( 神の右手 / kami no migite ) . a second arm emerges from the gate , much stronger than the first one to assist in the trapping process .
heavenly applause ( 天の拍手 / ten no hakushu ) . one hundred light hands shoot out from the portal of the gates , slamming flat against all directions of the opponent , the sound is reminiscent of thunder . this is a final strike and will cause her third ring to vanish and her bankai abilities to subside .
essentially , her zanpakutō allows her to use kidō in conjunction with it’s unique abilities . it is a powerful spirit and without an understanding of kidō , she would have never been able to master it . she did not attempt to achieve shikai until she was admitted into the kidōshu and it took her 25 years just to work through the three keys and another 7 to use them all at once with enough control and power to withstand live combat . she worked hard for this , to say the very least .
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