Senbonzakura Kageyoshi
Byakuya Kuchiki's Bankai, a vastly larger form of Senbonzakura's scattering blades.
Senbonzakura Kageyoshi is the Bankai of Byakuya Kuchiki, captain of the Sixth Division, and essentially a much larger version of Senbonzakura's Shikai. To activate it, Byakuya drops his sword, which passes through the ground; two rows of giant blades rise up and scatter into millions of tiny blades.
Quick Facts
- Wielder
- Byakuya Kuchiki
- Affiliation
- Gotei 13 (Sixth Division)
- Release type
- Bankai
Lore & Background
The blades are numerous enough that Byakuya can use them for defense and offense at the same time, and he commonly gathers them into large masses to crush opponents. As with the Shikai, the attack is triggered with the phrase 'scatter'.
Reader's Guide
Inside Senkei, Byakuya usually attacks with a single sword in hand, but he can call in the other blades to strike a trapped opponent or use all of them at once for one immensely powerful strike. Senkei can also serve as a barrier against a barrage of Cero blasts, and he can activate Kageyoshi from inside it, shattering all the rows of swords at once.
Its attack form, Senkei ('Annihilation Scape'), unites the scattered petals into complete swords arranged in rows around Byakuya and his opponent, giving up defense to concentrate on the kill. He says he normally shows Senkei only to those he has sworn to kill by his own hand; Ichigo is the second person to see it.
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