A zanpaku-to is the direct reflection of the power of its wielder, a shinigami's spiritual pressure given physical form. While they mostly look like any other katana an old-time samurai might carry around, zanpaku-to are far from normal. The foremost difference is the ability of zanpaku-to to harm shinigami. Since shinigami are really a kind of ghost, normal blades and weapons can't touch them. In fact, "zanpaku-to" literally means "soul cutting sword."
The other major point that separates them from plain ol' swords is a zanpaku-to's ability to transform. Each blade has up to three distinct forms which its wielder can acces according to their strength and skill. The first, and one that doesn't take any effort to attain, is the blade's normal form. With a few exceptions, a zanpaku-to's normal form is indistinguishable from that of a plain katana.
The second form is called "Shikai", or "first release". The key to Shikai is learning the zanpaku-to's name. Discovering it is not the easiest thing in the world; some Shinigami never do manage it. But for those that do, they gain a whole new level of power. Easily triggered by an incantation unique to each sword, a shikai zanpaku-to changes immensely, often becoming a weapon far removed from a sword. Also, shikai zanpaku-to usually have special powers a shinigami can use, such as poisons, illusions or power blasts.
"Bankai", the third form, means "all release". Only shinigami at the Captain's rank, or highly powerful Vice-Captains can acquire bankai. Increasing the zanpaku-to's power by as much as a factor of ten, it takes many decades of intense training to learn bankai (or three days of cheating courtesy of Urahara and Yoruichi. ^^) Triggering a zanpaku-to's bankai needs only a one-word incantation: Bankai.
Bankai zanpaku-to get additions to their names, indicating it is New and Special, and it changes even more drastically, usually (presently with only 1 exception) becoming something far, far larger than the wielder.
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This is a chat history. Think it is kinda funny so i decided to post it. =)
Joon Wee™ says:lol. tmr bio tutorial need to do anotیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:i did le...xP ooopsJoon Wee™ says:wad the hell. u are banished from the slacker's clubیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:Omg. no~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Joon Wee™ says:tmr u shall receive a decree. banning u from ever slacking againیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:arh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Joon Wee™ says:but will give u certificate of participation lar. don worryیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:it is done by accident, pls forgive me my lordJoon Wee™ says:Argh. by accident! a likely tale! do u have any evidence to show that this is an isolated incidentیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:i lended my blank tutorial to wenrui. then she typed out for meJoon Wee™ says:orh ok. i shall pardon u then. no next timesیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:thanks my lord! i promise i will do that again!Joon Wee™ says:huh?! seems like u arent remorsefulیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:sorry my lord this is another accident! my hands simply do not tally with my thoughtsJoon Wee™ says:Arhhh. may i know what are your thoughtsیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:oh my lord there is a plane there! wowJoon Wee™ says:i see. you are showing disrespect to the Lord. i have ordered for ur expulsionیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:arh~~~~~no!!!Joon Wee™ says:your license to slack shall be revokedیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:pls don my lordJoon Wee™ says:you shall be forever condemmed to doing homeworkیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:it is my honour to continue serving uJoon Wee™ says:arh... we must get this point clear. you are not serving me. we are merely disobeying the queen of muggerland wen rui to fight against her and her forces and achieve a decisive victory. thats our main concernیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:hmmm, so wad is your strategy, my lord?Joon Wee™ says:i do not have a concrete plan yetیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:i will use my life to repay ur kindness! tell me wad to do my lordJoon Wee™ says:my kindness is nothing compared to the nobleness of the great order. few have fought wen rui and survived to tell the tale. many of our ranks fell under her spell and joined her forces. our strength is decliningیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:arh~~i was nearly controlled by her spell! luckily my lord has saved me!Joon Wee™ says:but how many of us am i able to save? i am only 1 man against the whole of her forces. we must unite... at onceیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:yeahJoon Wee™ says:yeah doesnt seem sophisticated enoughیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:long live slacker's club!!!Joon Wee™ says:in the name of the slacker's club... we shall keep a portion of the class bench forever ours. Nor books nor pens nor tutorials nor lecture notes shall be placed on that portionیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:oh, didn we hav achieved that from 10pm to 4am?Joon Wee™ says:yeah we did. but thats because queen wen rui disbanded her forces temporarilyیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:oh i see…tricky her!Joon Wee™ says:thats true. what is the strength of our current forces generalیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:hmm, my lord shud discuss wif our slacker brigadier kxiangJoon Wee™ says:i see... but im afraid we dont have much time…do we have assassins?یєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:unfortunately she betrayed us and joined the forces of queen wenruiJoon Wee™ says:speak the name of that traitorیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:assassin wei linJoon Wee™ says:this…that assassin. I’ve encountered her during my daily walks. she has potent crippling spellsیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:omgJoon Wee™ says:she might be able to cause queen wen rui to be lame. but be careful. i almost got frozen to death by her jokesیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:oh my lord, i shall go wif u, i would be able to cast a fire shield on u my lord!it will melt the ice casted upon uJoon Wee™ says:thank you. i guess the only way to destroy her would be to burn all her notes, and tutorials only then will she stopیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:oh my lord, but my power is limited, the only way to cast unlimited flame is to supply me wif manaJoon Wee™ says:who amongst us is able to provide u with unlimited mana? unless there is no spoon?یєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:hmm, or maybe we shud hunt for mana stones at the muggerland?Joon Wee™ says:hmmm but that would cost us a hefty 4200 goldیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:so who are the feeders in the muggerland? we shud feed on themoh ya, ting yi the treasurer is one of the subodinates of the queen wenruiJoon Wee™ says:we shall feed on the traitor first then. Hmm…we shall feed on both of themیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:roger that my lordJoon Wee™ says:we are damn lameیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:yalorJoon Wee™ says:we actually can write a story on thatیєυέŋ Ŧћŕεε Yu Siang™ says:Yalar. i underestimated my ability to lame wif u
patrick and spongebob, by artist weilun
bear bear, by artist florence
Haha. Our class actually got a lot of artists. Other masterpieces kena destroyed by the end of chem lab so don't have photos. Chemical bonding can be fun actually. lol.
posted by the NOT guilty one =)
Ok... Another rofling vid.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG LOL!