ZANPAKUTO INDEX

Zangetsu

"...If fate is a millstone, then we are the grist. There is nothing we can do. So I wish for strength. If I cannot protect them from the wheel, then give me a strong blade, and enough strength... to shatter fate."

Benihime

"You give me too much credit. These days, I'm just a plain old candy-store owner."

Kyōka Suigetsu

"From the very start, no one has stood upon the heavens. Not you, not I, nor even gods. However, that intolerable vacuum has come to an end. Henceforth... I shall stand upon the heavens."

Nozarashi

"I'd forgotten it for a long time... the pain of not having a name. Those other guys had names that others called them, but I didn't. So, that kinda feelin'..."

Sode no Shirayuki

"In a battle, the ones who get in the way are not the ones that lack power, but the ones that lack resolve."

Senbonzakura

"At what point did I ever claim that I was cutting you down in my capacity as a Shinigami? To justify the actions I have taken, I need but one reason. You raised your blade in contempt of my pride."

Shinsō

"I'm a snake. Cold of flesh and devoid of heart. My tongue flicks back and forth, ever in search of new prey, and if I like what I find, I swallow 'em whole."

Zabimaru

"I am really a tramp down to my bones. I hate myself. I bark at the moon, but I don't have the courage to jump and grab it."

Hyōrinmaru

"As long as I can strike you down, I would gladly abandon my status as captain right here and now!"

Haineko

"Oh, my. So you do listen after all. I was thinking your ears were as bad as your face and your style."

Minazuki

"While it is good to be energetic, please remain quiet inside the hospital. As long as you are still inside this building, your lives are in our hands. Please do not forget that."

Sakanade

"Pretty good, huh? Doing things in reverse is my specialty."

Hōzukimaru

"You really think you're gonna win a fight like this without taking any lives? Finish them off properly! That's how you show respect to the enemy who started this battle."

Ashisogi Jizō

"Oh, do be quiet. I have no need for chatter from my test subjects. This is an experiment. You are Subject #1. The rights of refusal or acceptance are out of your hands!"

Kazeshini

"He who fears not the blade he wields has no right to wield that blade."

Engetsu

"Live well, age well, and go bald well. And die after me. And... if you can, die smiling. If I can't, I won't be able to face Masaki. Don't hesitate to act. Sadness is a cool thing to shoulder, but you're still too young."

Sōgyo no Kotowari

"Friends are a good thing, even if they tread a different path."

Kubikiri Orochi

Hiyori Sarugaki is a former lieutenant of the 12th Division under captains Kirio Hikifune and Kisuke Urahara. She viewed Hikifune as a mother figure, and thus initially refused to accept Urahara as her replacement. Hiyori is a tiny, blonde-haired girl with a fierce temper and vio

Ruri'iro Kujaku

"I never regret anything. That's just the way that I do battle."

Wabisuke

"Battles should not be heroic. Battles should not be exhilarating. Battles are replete with despair. Dark... Terrible... It must be something of sadness and gloom. It must quintessentially be something which frightens people, such that they select the path which avoids battles."

Shigarami

"Swift work is my biggest selling point, you understand. Do not underestimate the name of Senjumaru."

Tenken

"I have not thrown my life away. I have merely gambled it. Genryūsai-dono gambled his own life on this battle. I see no reason why I should not do the same. From the moment I set foot on this battlefield, I had already left my life behind!"

Tobiume

"Don't worry about me, Rangiku-san. I've come to this battlefield as the Fifth Division Lieutenant. I bear the adjutant's plate upon my arm. But what that signifies is that I am here as 'the officer responsible for the Fifth Division'. Not as 'Captain Aizen's subordinate'. That m

Suzumushi

"Justice without a great cause begets nothing more than slaughter. However, that same slaughter in the name of a great cause is justice."

Tachikaze

"Sorry, brat. I'm not mature enough to hold back just 'cause you're a kid!"

Itegumo

Isane Kotetsu, is the lieutenant of the 4th Division, the medical and supply relief division, in Gotei 13 under Captain Retsu Unohana. Isane is the older sister of Kiyone Kotetsu, one of the two 3rd seats in the 13th Division. Unlike Kiyone, she is generally quiet and observant,

Haguro Tonbo

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend! That's all the reason we need to work together."

Hisagomaru

Nejibana

"Whenever you fight from this point on, there is one thing that you must never do. And that is to die alone."

Arazome Shigure

Kinshara

"What manner of guitar could fail to cry when faced with the deaths of so many men? My guitar is already crying. I hope you don't expect to leave this place alive... Quincy."

Tengumaru

"Once a guy's comrade falls, the battle gets personal."

Gonryōmaru

"As a member of your school, I would only be able to imitate you. The role of a right-hand man should be to compensate for those areas which you cannot address!"

Nijigasumi

"That day, the captain I respected was taken from me. It's not right that a battle should be so meaningless...a battle between those who only seek strength."

Gegetsuburi

"Let me tell you something. You should never judge people on outer appearances."

Raika

Benishidare

Tsuchinamazu

He is a Shinigami with an afro who appears almost exclusively in omake chapters. He replaces Rukia Kuchiki in guarding Karakura Town from hollows after she is sentenced to be executed. Working in Karakura Town causes him great annoyance; not only are most of hollows destroyed by

Muramasa

"Ideals? Don't make me laugh. There are no ideals in this world. We're all left with only one thing: the despair of not being able to make those ideals come true."

Reppū

He is Hanza's replacement, Third Division Lieutenant Izuru Kira's rival, Kumoi's unofficial "apprentice," and was the main antagonist during the second half of the Captain Amagai arc. Makoto bears a strong resemblance to the Arrancar Szayel Aporro Granz, but with brown hair and

Katakage

Asuka Katakura is the 6th Seat of the 3rd Division of the Gotei 13. His captain is Roujuurou Otoribashi. Along with Lieutenant Izuru Kira and his fellow Third Division officers, he is present near the base of one of the pillars of blue flame caused by the Vandenreich invasion. W

Raikū

Shunjin

Mogaribue

Taketsuna Gori is the 5th Seat of the 3rd Division of the Gotei 13. His captain is Roujuurou Otoribashi. Along with Lieutenant Izuru Kira and his fellow Third Division officers, he is present at the base of one of the pillars of blue flame caused by the Vandenreich invasion. He

Sumitsukigasa

Hōzan

Tsunzakigarasu

"Do regret! Had you not run into me as your foe, then you might have lived just that little bit longer."

Daichimaru

Gagaku Kairō

Hyōrinmaru

Ichimonji

"You really are a crude one. First you have the nerve to set foot in the Soul King Palace, then you invade even the body of a member of Division Zero, the retainers of the Soul King. Filthy human, it's time you learned your place. I shall deliver your divine punishment."

Katen Kyōkotsu

"Honor? Is that what you are all talking about? Then let us speak instead of our duty to the Gotei 13. Honor will not protect the world. I do not believe that using evil to defeat evil is itself an evil act."

Kinpika

"They used to call me Lightning Tenjirō for my Hohō skills, and it's not like I've lost my touch..."

Kotōmaru

Mirokumaru

Ryūjin Jakka

"Why, precisely, do you think I have served as Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 for a thousand years? Because in all those thousand years, no Shinigami was born to rival me in strength."

Ryūjōmaru

Shiden

Sumitsukigasa

Suzumebachi

"Good and evil hold no interest for me. I care only for my duty and pride in being a captain of the Gotei 13. All who prevent me in this are my enemies. Enemies to be slain. That is all."

Suzumushi

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