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Topic Started: Jan 11 2009, 01:04 PM (52 Views)
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The Bankai ( final release) is the second and final form of a Zanpakuto. To achieve it, one must be able to materialize their Zanpakuto's spirit in the real world and subjugate it, giving the Soul Reaper full reign over the Zanpakuto's power. The power of Bankai typically increases a Soul Reaper's power by a factor of ten. Because such an act usually takes hundreds of years of combat experience to achieve, it is rare amongst Soul Reaper and almost exclusively limited to the thirteen Soul Reaper Captains in the Gotei 13. Several years of special training are needed to achieve Bankai, plus the experience needed to master it. Using a special device created by Urahara, which forcibly materializes a Zanpakuto spirit (thus bypassing a large portion of the training), they were able to attain their Bankai within three days instead of the normal hundreds of years. After successfully testing the device and achieving Bankai, Urahara stated that training by using this method for more than three consecutive days could prove to be fatal.
After a Soul Reaper is able to materialize and subjugate their Zanpakuto's spirit, the Zanpakuto can assume its final and most powerful form. Unlike the Shikai, there is no command phrase to activate Bankai, though the user will usually say "Bankai" beforehand. A Zanpakuto's Bankai is often a manifestation of the spirit itself, usually creating a massive creature or a powerful effect to aid the user in battle (although sometimes the sword becomes more compact in rare cases)The Bankai itself will receive a different name in addition to the ordinary Zanpakuto (for example Byakuya's Senbonzakura becomes Senbonzakura Kageyoshi). Certain Soul Reaper also change with their Zanpakuto, gaining clothing similar to what their Zanpakuto's spirit form looks like. Most Zanpakuto will also gain additional special abilities, or a more enhanced version of the usual one. Like with the Shikai, most of these abilities have an associated name. Maintaining the Bankai is taxing for the wielder, and it is difficult to maintain it for long periods of time for most Soul Reaper, with exceptions of people who sword becomes more compact meaning they can use it for long ranes of time.

Most people will not get Bankai for a while and I will not use mine for a long time or even reveal it.

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