Rangiku (Vice-Captain/Lieutenant of Squad 10)

[✻Mishi✻]

Name: Rangiku Matsumoto
Age: 25 or 26 (Maybe a little older, don't know for certain!) Real Age: I’m guessing about 175+ (Give or take a few years)
Gender: Female
Personality:

Rangiku tends to be a slacker who dislikes paperwork and loves to drink. She is not the slightest bit modest about her appearance, frequently referring or complaining about her large breasts in normal casual conversation, much to the embarrassment/amusement of anyone around at the time. She is not above using her considerable feminine charms to get her way, as shown when she tries - albeit unsuccessfully - to bribe Ichigo Kurosaki into letting her stay at his house. Her easy-going and free-spirited personality makes a sharp contrast to the serious Hitsugaya, but the two seem to be quite close regardless. Rangiku met the young boy prior to him utilizing his power and encouraged him to enter the shinigami academy.

As a Lieutenant, she is almost constantly by his side and has shown deep loyalty to him on several occasions, even though her laziness frequently annoys him. While she seems somewhat self-centered, she is sensitive to the feelings of others; this is evident when she sees the concern Hitsugaya has for Momo Hinamori, the guilt Izuru Kira shares with her when Gin Ichimaru is revealed as a traitor and when Orihime feels depressed about her role in Ichigo Kurosaki's life.

Despite her lackadaisical image, she can be extremely serious when needed and is a capable fighter and strategist, best-shown when she uses clever teasing to manipulate the third Espada's Fraccion into squabbling amongst themselves and dropping their guard; leaving them open for an attack.

Matsumoto's favorite food is dried persimmons, just like that of Ichimaru. She dislikes bamboo shoots because of their sharp flavor. Her favorite past-time activities are afternoon napping and Japanese dance. It is also known that she collects kimonos and grabs every opportunity to get herself treated to sake; she can spend her entire free days drinking. Her favorite "drinking buddies" are Shunsui Kyōraku and Shūhei Hisagi.

Appearance:

Rangiku is an attractive woman with long, wavy, strawberry-blonde hair (worn short in her youth) and has ice-blue eyes. Her height’s approx. 172 cm (5'8") and her weight is about 57 kg. (126 lbs.) But her most distinctive features are her extremely large breasts, which are even larger than Orihime Inoue's. She also shares Orihime's very strange taste in food. She dresses in the garb typical of a Shinigami; though she lets her robes hang loose for her ample bosom to be revealed. She wears a necklace and a pink scarf over her arms. In addition, her lieutenant's armband is worn on her uniform's sash, as opposed to around the arm.



"A voluptuous beauty with an adult charm in the Gotei 13 Squads. With her broad-minded personality, the chances of guys in the 13 divisions who say no to her… do not exist." (Thought I’d add that in, 'cuz it was quoted by Tite Kubo himself! LOL!)

Zanpakuto Spirit:

Here we go... (This one's a doozy)

Haineko's spirit takes the form of a were-cat with peach skin and brown chin-length hair. While looking mostly humanoid, she possesses a tail, cat ears and pink fur over her body. The fur on her upper body covers her functions as a rather provocative shirt, not covering her shoulders and mid-section, while the fur on her left leg appears as sort of stocking, and puffy shorts that extend mid-thigh. She also has sharp claws for nails which she can use in the conventional sense of striking at her opponent. She sports a voluptuous figure not unlike Rangiku Matsumoto's; both have curvy bodies and well-endowed breasts.

She is highly mischievous, and tends to get bored rather easily. She also enjoys taunting her opponents, is rather flirtatious, and seems to possess a slight sadistic streak (or a more aggressive side to her flirtatious nature), based on her comments about "playing" with Ichigo when she and Tobiume first encountered him a few minutes before their first fight with Momo and Rangiku. She also cares for the well-being of her fellow Zanpakutō, as shown by her claim that she was "glad" that Kazeshini was able to make it back to their hideout, despite the large wound he bore on his back.

She is rather superficial in appearances and has a passion for perfumes. She also appears to be infatuated with Hyōrinmaru, often calling him "darling." Her desire for leaving Rangiku appears to flaunt her own ideals of true feminine beauty, believing that women who reach a certain age have no right be considered beautiful. In addition, she has a love-hate relationship with Tobiume and Rangiku, often arguing with and teasing them, even after being released from Muramasa's control, despite nearly always being around each other. Additionally, Haineko and Rangiku both have an interest in fashion, but have notably different tastes; Rangiku opts for the "cuter" and surprisingly more modest style of clothing, while Haineko prefers "sexier" and slightly more revealing outfits.

Enhanced Speed: Haineko has shown tremendous speed comparable to Shunpo, great enough to fight on even ground with her former partner.

Expert Swordsmanship Specialist: Haineko has shown great swordsmanship as well, able to easily keep up with Rangiku.

At anytime, Haineko can manifest the sealed sword form of her former self. This is a straight-bladed katana with a cross guard in the shape of a cat's head, with two triangles on the top half curving into ear-points and the bottom half tapering down into a single point.

Inner World: [May or may not include this part! Depends...]

Type: Ash, I would guess! ^^;

Sealed Zanpakuto:

The guard is in the shape of a cat's head, as its name suggests. The Zanpakutō's form is that of a straight-bladed wakizashi… (If this is the sealed form… It’s not really specified as such!)

Shikai Description:

Stubborn and lazy mostly, like her Master… I assume! But she always manages to come when she’s called to action. She’s a real bitch in her true form though! (Lol)

Her Call-Out Phrase: ‘Growl, Haineko!’ ('Unare, Haineko!')

Quotes: (To Matsumoto) "You see, women have expiration dates on them... and you went bad a long time ago." (Lol! I certainly hope this is acceptable and even though it's from a totally different Arc, I still hope to be able to use 'er in her true form once in a while! It might be fun. ^^)

Shikai Abilities:

Haineko can produce ash which floats in the air. Though it now takes on the look of scattered ash, each particle is a tiny blade. Haineko controls the ash to attack from any direction as her hand controls the hilt, ultimately enveloping and tearing up the enemy. So evidently, Haineko's ash is very hard to fight against in this form. The main attack strength of the ash comes from how much ash makes contact, thus this is the reason why it is clumped together. If the ash was to attack the opponent in single particles, the damage would be little to nothing. The ash can cut through objects as easily as a sword would, similar in principle to Byakuya Kuchiki's Senbonzakura.

As Rangiku mentally controls the ash she can make it take various forms. So far she has created a gust of ash which flies towards her opponents and a tornado. This gives her an advantage while fighting groups of enemies. Rangiku has also shown that Haineko can be a defensive weapon as well by having it take the form of a shield to defend against Apache's attack.

Bankai Description:

None yet as far as I know... Wish she had one though... ^^'

Bankai Abilities:

N/A (But I bet Rangiku will release it IF she's forced to fight Gin... which is a slight possibility.)

Skill Level: Kidou: Intermediate
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Advanced
Skill Level: Shunpou: Advanced
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Intermediate
History/Background:

Not much is known or mentioned about Rangiku's past. She came from the Rukongai District and was rescued as a child by Gin Ichimaru; the two soon became friends and she was once asked by Ichimaru during her childhood when her birthday was. She replied that she didn’t know because she never counted days until she met him. Rangiku also had been alone for as far as she could remember. This possibly means she was orphaned since birth. When he heard about this, Ichimaru told her that if this was the case, then her birthday should be set on the day they met, which was September 29th (The day she wasn’t alone anymore…)

It is also unknown how she became a Shinigami or how she became Lieutenant of the 10th Division. Despite that fact, it is known that she was the one who convinced Tōshirō Hitsugaya to become a Shinigami by confronting him that his leaking reiatsu was the cause of his grandmother's sickness and why she was getting thinner and weaker.

[Roiben Masuno-Ryu]

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