HistoryGin saved
Rangiku Matsumoto from starvation when they were children, and the two have been good friends since then.
[5]Rangiku is the only person Gin seems to truly care about, although he
seems to "disappear" often, as Rangiku puts it. He also never tells her
where he's going. Gin was considered a child prodigy since he graduated
from the academy within a year and was assigned to a seated position in
the 5th Division.
[6] Gin killed the 3rd seat of the division with ease, which aroused Aizen's interest in him.
[7] Before he became captain of the 3rd Division, he served under Captain
Sōsuke Aizen as the lieutenant of 5th Division.
[8] A lesser point is his constant talks with
Byakuya Kuchiki, which Rukia believes he did specifically to unsettle her since she was afraid of him.
[9][edit] SynopsisGin's first major appearance is at the gates leading into the Seireitei, following
Jidanbō's defeat by
Ichigo Kurosaki.
He easily repels the two without killing them, simultaneously closing
the gate which Jidanbō was holding open (it is later revealed by Aizen
that he ordered Gin to do so). The other captains question his failure
to kill opponents whom he should have had no trouble killing, but a
second intrusion by Ichigo's group, followed by the supposed death of
Aizen, leaves them with bigger concerns. Aizen, having faked his death,
has Gin deliberately cast suspicion on himself, thereby drawing
attention away from Aizen's activities. After Aizen's plot is revealed
and they retreat to
Hueco Mundo, Gin bids Rangiku Matsumoto goodbye and apologizes to her, one of the rare moments in which he doesn't smile.
In Hueco Mundo, Gin jokingly chides Aizen over his habit of playing
around with his subordinates. When Ichigo's group breaks into Las
Noches, he observes them, even altering the position of the halls when
no one is around. When
Ulquiorra Schiffercatches him in the act, Gin denies changing anything, saying that he
wouldn't do that to "those kids" and that he does not like "sad
stories". He later appears alongside Aizen and Tosen in Karakura Town,
commenting on Kira's sudden change in emotion to Tōsen and remarks that
Kira is 'doing well'.
[edit] ShinsōGin uses Shinsō to attack from great distances.
Gin Ichimaru's
zanpakutō is
Shinsō (神鎗
?, literally "Divine spear").
[1] It takes the form of a
wakizashi when sealed. The guard is shaped like an 'S'. Shinsō's
shikai is triggered by the phrase "shoot to kill" (射殺せ ,
ikorose?); in the anime, this was slightly changed to the declarative
ikorosu.
In the English equivalents of the series, the phrase is inconsistent
between uses, but mostly uses terms describing stabbing (slay, impale,
pierce, etc) coupled with a direct object, i.e. "Slay them." Another
trigger phrase, used in the first Soul Society arc, was "Shoot em'
dead". Its first rendering in the Viz translation was "skewer that
punk".
In its
shikai, Shinsō's blade glows white and extends at high
speed to impale Gin's opponents. In addition to making it a deadly
long-range weapon, the extending blade also carries tremendous force
without affecting Gin, making it useful for dislodging heavy objects,
as seen when Gin pushes both
Ichigo Kurosakiand the giant Jidanbō out from under the Seireitei gate, despite the
latter being firmly braced under it. Once extended, Gin can maintain
the blade's length and swing Shinsō in wide arcs, attacking multiple
targets quickly and simultaneously.
While it has not been seen in the actual series, various
Bleach console games have depicted Shinsō as having additional abilities. In
Bleach: The Blade of Fate,
Bleach: Dark Souls, and
Bleach: Shattered Blade, Gin fires Shinsō into the sky and swords similar to Shinsō's unreleased state rain all around him. In
Bleach: Blade Battlers Gin shoots Shinsō into the ground and the blade hits the opponent from underneath, whereas in
Bleach: Heat the Soul 5, a wave of blades instead shoots up from the ground to hit the opponent.