I've read lots of great Zanpakutou on this thread now so i'll try make one. This one is a work in progress by which i mean i haven't worked out to my satisfaction what its bankai is but here is my Zanpakutou up to Shikai:
Name: Gekiharen (it means Crushing Lotus... hopefully >.>)
Sealed Appearance:
For the sake of pointless originality when sealed Gekiharen is longer and more curved like the cavalry sword varients of a Katana. It has a guard in the shape of a stylised lotus flower and a pommel shaped like a snakes head that twists back against the curvature of the sword. Has blue-silver blade and colour scheme otherwise is all Dark Blue and Gold.
Release Command: Hew the Earth and Sky
Shikai Form:
Gekiharen when released is a long weapon which is somewhere between being a twin headed mace and a spear. Gekiharen has two large blue-silver metal heads shaped like lotus flowers with one foot long spear blades protruding from the centre of each, the actual “flowers” form a spiked, mace like component at the base of each blade. The weapons other feature is that reminiscent of a Chinese spear it has tassel-like components, however instead of being made of ribbon or red horsehair it is instead a constant flow of cold and fine white mist which leaves thin arching vapour trails when Gekiharen is swung.
Shikai Abilities:
This Zanpakutou's theme is that it embodies the power and of the water cycle to literally shape the world, as rivers form valleys and hills by eroding the earth, rainfall determines quantity of plant life, and clouds are the landscape of the sky.
1) Its first power is in regard to shaping the earth and is simply its immense and supernatural weight, the Shikai release weighs around three tonnes but it feels only around 30 lbs to the wielder allowing it to be swung very fast, this gives it ludicrous momentum. Gekiharen’s blows have such an amount of sheer brute force that its attacks are dangerous even to parry as the mere shockwaves sent down the defenders sword are strong enough to cause internal bleeding, open wounds, splinter bones and shatter the ground beneath their feet.
2) Its second power pertains to the ability for water to travel underground and rise up in the form of springs its Gekiharen’s only activated power and it is called ‘Shimuzuyari’ (spring water spear). The name of the attack precedes the action of stabbing at an angle into the ground with Gekiharen, several long, straight ‘spears’ of high pressure water will simultaneously burst from the ground in a spoke like manner, the ‘spears’ are sharp highly pressurised water easily capable of skewering opponents. The spears can come from any point on the ground within about 100 metres of the wielder but their direction, power and angle is derived from the manner and force with which the earth is struck by Gekiharen. The technique leaves water-filled craters where it has been used.
3) The final power is that the Reiatsu one expends when wielding Gekiharen is not spent but instead converted into the mist which flows out from the weapon. The mist floats upward and forms into a lotus shaped white cloud above the wielder which then rains continuously over them, but the raindrops never hit the ground or wielder and are instead reabsorbed continually back into the wielders pool of Reiatsu effectively providing infinite energy. The mist, the cloud and the rain are not physical as such and are unaffected by factors such as wind and temperature, they also move about with the wielder and can appear indoors. This power represents both how water shapes the sky, its cyclical nature and its ability to nourish.
Anyway so yes its effects aren't too complicated but i have no idea what the bankai would be... maybe go for a creature type bankai like mayuri's or something... a giant contrictor snake made of water perhaps? I partially made this Zanpakutou because in my opinion all Anime need more spear fights
Name: Gekiharen (it means Crushing Lotus... hopefully >.>)
Sealed Appearance:
For the sake of pointless originality when sealed Gekiharen is longer and more curved like the cavalry sword varients of a Katana. It has a guard in the shape of a stylised lotus flower and a pommel shaped like a snakes head that twists back against the curvature of the sword. Has blue-silver blade and colour scheme otherwise is all Dark Blue and Gold.
Release Command: Hew the Earth and Sky
Shikai Form:
Gekiharen when released is a long weapon which is somewhere between being a twin headed mace and a spear. Gekiharen has two large blue-silver metal heads shaped like lotus flowers with one foot long spear blades protruding from the centre of each, the actual “flowers” form a spiked, mace like component at the base of each blade. The weapons other feature is that reminiscent of a Chinese spear it has tassel-like components, however instead of being made of ribbon or red horsehair it is instead a constant flow of cold and fine white mist which leaves thin arching vapour trails when Gekiharen is swung.
Shikai Abilities:
This Zanpakutou's theme is that it embodies the power and of the water cycle to literally shape the world, as rivers form valleys and hills by eroding the earth, rainfall determines quantity of plant life, and clouds are the landscape of the sky.
1) Its first power is in regard to shaping the earth and is simply its immense and supernatural weight, the Shikai release weighs around three tonnes but it feels only around 30 lbs to the wielder allowing it to be swung very fast, this gives it ludicrous momentum. Gekiharen’s blows have such an amount of sheer brute force that its attacks are dangerous even to parry as the mere shockwaves sent down the defenders sword are strong enough to cause internal bleeding, open wounds, splinter bones and shatter the ground beneath their feet.
2) Its second power pertains to the ability for water to travel underground and rise up in the form of springs its Gekiharen’s only activated power and it is called ‘Shimuzuyari’ (spring water spear). The name of the attack precedes the action of stabbing at an angle into the ground with Gekiharen, several long, straight ‘spears’ of high pressure water will simultaneously burst from the ground in a spoke like manner, the ‘spears’ are sharp highly pressurised water easily capable of skewering opponents. The spears can come from any point on the ground within about 100 metres of the wielder but their direction, power and angle is derived from the manner and force with which the earth is struck by Gekiharen. The technique leaves water-filled craters where it has been used.
3) The final power is that the Reiatsu one expends when wielding Gekiharen is not spent but instead converted into the mist which flows out from the weapon. The mist floats upward and forms into a lotus shaped white cloud above the wielder which then rains continuously over them, but the raindrops never hit the ground or wielder and are instead reabsorbed continually back into the wielders pool of Reiatsu effectively providing infinite energy. The mist, the cloud and the rain are not physical as such and are unaffected by factors such as wind and temperature, they also move about with the wielder and can appear indoors. This power represents both how water shapes the sky, its cyclical nature and its ability to nourish.
Anyway so yes its effects aren't too complicated but i have no idea what the bankai would be... maybe go for a creature type bankai like mayuri's or something... a giant contrictor snake made of water perhaps? I partially made this Zanpakutou because in my opinion all Anime need more spear fights