Zanpakutō

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Chen Wuming was a hardcore Bleach fan whose greatest interest was its Zanpakutō, particularly captain-class weapons. Following his transmigration into Achill’s body and the fusion of their memories, he resolved to reshape Achill’s failed Requip Magic around those weapons alone. 1 4

The first Zanpakutō to manifest was Wabisuke, which appeared when Chen refused to die against Tucker. Its emergence established that the body’s Requip Magic could call weapons modeled on those from the Bleach world rather than merely summon conventional stored equipment. Chen initially understood this process as summoning the weapons from Bleach itself. 15 20 21

After first summoning a Zanpakutō, the wielder can retain it permanently in Requip space. During his later amnesia, Achill could still summon a handful of these weapons and instinctively knew both their names and the term Shikai, despite not understanding their source. 21 23

By the end of two years of solitary travel and combat, Achill had acquired several more Zanpakutō and mastered the abilities of those already available. However, he was unable to summon any additional Zanpakutō during the two years before his reunion with Mirajane. He first tested simultaneous wielding during his confrontation with Ultear, combining Sode no Shirayuki and Benihime. 33 40 48

Achill’s confrontation with Makarov established that the arsenal also possessed completed Bankai releases. His first documented Bankai, Black Rope Punishment King, manifested an enormous armored warrior capable of fighting Makarov’s giant form. During the subsequent Phantom Lord conflict, he used Sōgyo no Kotowari to intercept Jupiter, destroyed the mobile fortress with Suzumebachi’s Bankai, and killed Jose through Katen Kyōkotsu’s game rules. 51 58 60 61

The weapons’ apparent origin became increasingly uncertain through Achill’s encounters with the mysterious presence associated with his moon-white sword. A dream voice described the Zanpakutō as toys it had made for him, and his Hollow counterpart likewise mocked his failure to understand their creator. Within his inner world, a phantom displayed and shattered Ryūjin Jakka and Kyōka Suigetsu while rejecting Achill’s assumption that it was itself a Zanpakutō. 65 79 83

Later narration explicitly establishes that Achill’s individual Zanpakutō are complete ability copies created through the phantom’s power, rather than independent soul-born weapons imported from Bleach. They reproduce the forms and abilities Achill understands, but ordinarily lack independent consciousness. The fusion of three Bankai into the King of the Underworld marks an exception: a new consciousness emerges, prompting the phantom to acknowledge the result as a true weapon rather than a toy. 265

During his training to stabilize his Hollow, Achill developed both more elaborate release combinations and Dancing, a partial-Requip technique inspired by Erza. These developments allowed him to use restrained portions of individual weapons’ abilities or fuse multiple Bankai when a single release was insufficient. 197 239 252 264 265

By the final confrontation, Achill identifies the fundamental source of these powers as his Unique, Longing. Zanpakutō and Hollow abilities are manifestations of the powers he desired, shaped by his magic according to his will. This understanding expands the arsenal beyond its earlier summoning restrictions, allowing him to create over a million different Zanpakutō and release them together. 373 374

Abilities & Skills

Requip Summoning and Storage

Zanpakutō were initially understood as weapons summoned from an unknown space identified as the Bleach world, then treated as weapons within the wielder’s Requip system. Later revelations establish that they are copied manifestations created through his own underlying power. 20 21 265 373

• A Zanpakutō must initially be successfully summoned before it can be used through normal Requip. 21
• Once obtained, it remains permanently in Requip space and can be summoned again directly. 21
• Recalling an already-equipped weapon to storage requires only thought; initially summoning a new Zanpakutō is much more difficult. 20
• During amnesia, successful new summons occurred only under unspecified conditions and only a handful of times. 23
• The wielder can immediately recall a thrown Zanpakutō through Requip Magic, as shown when Sode no Shirayuki returns after intercepting an ice spear. 22
• Achill can equip two different Zanpakutō simultaneously and coordinate their distinct abilities, first demonstrated with Sode no Shirayuki and Benihime. 48
• When investigating the abyss where Gildarts was injured, Achill uses Benihime and Hyōrinmaru together, judging their combined strength to approach Bankai without the same conspicuous release. 116
• Requip initially fails during his encounter with the phantom in the inner world, but later mindscape training permits him to summon and use his available Zanpakutō there. 83 195 268
• Upon revealing Longing’s completed scope, Achill states that he can freely create magical cores and instantly manifest over a million different Zanpakutō. 373

Shikai

Each Zanpakutō possesses an instinctively known name. Calling that name causes a transformation known as Shikai, strengthening the weapon and activating an individual ability. 23

• Shikai release commands vary by weapon, including “Dance,” “Raise your head,” “Shoot to kill him,” and “Sting all enemies to death.” 16 20 27 49
• The transformed weapon can differ drastically from its sealed form, causing observers to mistake its release for extremely fast Requip Magic. 20
• Some releases appear to affect the wielder’s mentality; Wabisuke’s gloomy nature gradually influences Chen toward the disposition of its former owner, Kira Izuru. 16
• During the Tower of Paradise battle, Hollow Achill mocks the supposed need to inherit the copied weapons’ owners’ personalities and emotions, describing these as Achill’s imagined constraints rather than proof that the weapons possess their original owners’ consciousnesses. 79
• Kenpachi’s battered, unnamed blade is described as permanently released, like Zangetsu, because its power is too great to seal. 103

Zanpakutō-Enabled Movement

The Zanpakutō’s power allows the wielder to use Flash Step, an instantaneous high-speed movement technique. 16

• Flash Step enabled Chen to appear behind and kill both a water mage and his black-robed companion before they could react. 16
• Early use consumed nearly all of his magic power after only two activations. 16
• By age fifteen, Achill could use Flash Step repeatedly without the same immediate exhaustion. 33
• Later combat combines Flash Step with petal attacks, thrown weapons, and immediate Requip changes to exploit openings rather than rely solely on direct sword strikes. 195 197 249

Bankai

Bankai is the higher release of an individual Zanpakutō and an ultimate expression of Achill’s Bleach magic. Its first completed appearance is Black Rope Punishment King, manifested during his fight with Makarov. 51 249

• Individual Bankai vary widely in form, including an enormous armored warrior, an explosive heavy weapon, an ice-dragon-like transformation, and a vast storm of cutting petals. 51 60 76 140
• Black Rope Punishment King follows Achill’s bodily movements, raising and swinging its colossal sword in correspondence with his own blade. 51
• The construct’s damage can be reflected onto Achill, as demonstrated when Acnologia crushes its weapon and attacks its body. 259
• Bankai consumes substantial power and releases conspicuous fluctuations that may reveal Achill’s position to an enemy. He therefore avoids activating it before locating a threat during his investigation of Gildarts’s injuries. 116
• Senbonzakura Kageyoshi expands the blade’s cutting-petal attack to hundreds of millions of petals, overwhelming Hades’s magical tentacles and spreading across the sky. 249
• Zanka no Tachi concentrates Ryūjin Jakka’s flame power into a blade whose single strike kills Acnologia; a later swing opens a vast chasm along its path. 365 367

Combined Releases

Achill progresses from wielding two independent Zanpakutō to fusing their higher releases into new combat forms. These combinations are distinct from a naturally paired weapon such as Sōgyo no Kotowari or Katen Kyōkotsu. 48 58 60 252 265

The King of the Underworld is not merely a larger collection of copied abilities. Its emergent consciousness marks the difference between the phantom’s “toys” and a genuine weapon of war. However, its instinct knows only slaughter and destruction; Achill must impose his judgment and coordinate its movements to fight an intelligent enemy effectively. 265

Dancing / Partial-Attribute Requip

Dancing equips the unique attributes of a Zanpakutō without summoning its entire physical weapon. Achill develops it during his mindscape training after observing Erza’s partial changes to individual armor components. 239

• Achill channels his magic directly into the selected Zanpakutō’s ability. 239
• The technique cannot exceed one-fifth of the corresponding blade’s full power. 239
• It fills the gap between basic magical attacks and full Zanpakutō releases, providing a suitable response to intermediate opponents and a safer option for sparring with Fairy Tail members. 239
• Ruohuo Golden Flame adapts Ryūjin Jakka’s flame attribute into a magic-powered technique. Though far weaker than the original blade’s power, it absorbs and extinguishes Zancrow’s black God Slayer flames. 238
• During the same confrontation, Achill uses Hyōrinmaru’s freezing power to stop Fire God’s Banquet and bind Zancrow in an ice dragon, then removes the ice and flames with golden fire. 239

Copied Abilities, Restoration, and Consciousness

The individual Zanpakutō perfectly reproduce the forms and abilities Achill understands from Bleach, but do not ordinarily possess independent consciousnesses. Their creation is attributed to the phantom’s ability, while Achill’s final explanation places Zanpakutō and Hollow powers within his own Unique, Longing. 265 373

• Damaged Zanpakutō can fully restore themselves when supplied with magic. 265
• Their effectiveness against soul-based creatures remains a practical property of the copied weapons: they tear apart Esoda’s wraiths and are especially effective against Nothingness’s ghost hands and wraiths. 27 141
• Released forms can display complex behavior. Minazuki understands speech and retaliates against insults, although the later explanation still distinguishes ordinary copied weapons from the independently conscious triple-release King. 113 265
• Ruri’iro Kujaku’s iridescent vines and flower provide a recovery application rather than only direct offense; Achill uses the flower to replenish his power after releasing stored magic from a jar. 176
• Achill describes his power as spiritual pressure rather than ordinary magic when Aria’s magic-draining attack fails to affect him. 56

Known Zanpakutō

Limitations

• During the early stages of Achill’s development, new Zanpakutō could not be summoned at will; the first summoning process was difficult, and no new weapons appeared during the two-year period before he met Mirajane again. This restriction is superseded by the completed scope of Longing, which allows instantaneous creation on a massive scale. 20 40 373
• Some Zanpakutō initially contained higher, sealed powers that Achill could sense but could not safely or easily release with his strength at the time. He later demonstrates numerous completed Bankai. 33 51 60 76 140
• High-output techniques can heavily drain magic power, particularly early Flash Step and Zangetsu’s Crescent Strike. 16 38
• Wabisuke’s early use comes with psychological influence that Chen knowingly accepts in exchange for strength; Hollow Achill later challenges his assumptions about inheriting copied owners’ personalities. 16 79
• Powerful ultra-long-range Zanpakutō attacks can be unsuitable when Achill needs to capture a target alive. During the pursuit of Ultear, he avoids some attacks because they might kill her outright. 50
• Bankai’s energy consumption and conspicuous fluctuations make premature release tactically dangerous. 116
• Jakuhō Raikōben produces violent recoil and leaves Achill weakened, contributing to his vulnerability when Jose attacks afterward. 60
• A single Bankai is not sufficient against every opponent. Senbonzakura Kageyoshi inflicts only minor injuries on Hollow Achill, motivating an experimental combined release. 197
• Black Rope Punishment King’s link to Achill transmits damage from the construct to its wielder. 259
• Dual-blade Bankai consumes several times the power of a single release and is initially beyond Achill’s full control. After defeating Hades, he retains less than one-tenth of his power and suffers severe physical pain. 252 256 263
• Three-Blade Bankai requires enormous energy for movement, attacks, and damage sustained by its armor, while direct control demands intense concentration. Its independent killing instinct also threatens Achill’s control of his own mind. 265
• Dancing is limited to no more than one-fifth of the selected Zanpakutō’s full power. 239
• Zanpakutō can be physically broken, although magic can fully restore them. A mysterious black mist also drains two equipped blades of their luster and presence without visibly damaging their surfaces, an effect Achill considers unprecedented. 227 265
• Kyōka Suigetsu’s control of the five senses does not necessarily defeat an opponent’s autonomous magical responses. The author’s note identifies Zeref as such a case, and Zeref later explains that his magic can guide his body and correct his actions despite confusion. 320 366
• Even multiple dual releases and the Triple-Release Underworld King fail to harm the separate Chen Wuming during the final confrontation; Chen shatters the King with a casual strike. 369

Relationships

• Chen Wuming / Achill — Primary wielder. Chen’s desire for Zanpakutō becomes the foundation of the unique Requip Magic; after recovering his memories, he identifies himself as both Chen Wuming and Achill, choosing to retain the latter name. 4 39 His final explanation identifies the weapons as forms shaped by his own Longing. A separate Chen Wuming later appears as another version of him and withstands his combined releases. 369 373
• Erza Scarlet — Sode no Shirayuki’s beauty inspires Erza’s wish to possess beautiful weapons herself. Chen later uses the Zanpakutō to protect her from Gerard and a hidden attacker. 20 22 Erza’s partial armor Requip inspires Dancing, and she recognizes and explains Achill’s Bleach Requip Magic during his battle with Oración Seis. 127 239
• Gerard — Sode no Shirayuki is first summoned to stop Gerard’s corruption; Chen uses its ice techniques against him despite viewing him as a younger brother. 19 20 Their later Tower of Paradise confrontation features Senbonzakura Kageyoshi and Hollow Achill’s Lock Zangetsu. 76 79
• Ultear Milkovich — Achill employs Sode no Shirayuki and Benihime together against Ultear while attempting to force the location of the Tower of Paradise from her. 47 48 Shinsō wounds her during the subsequent pursuit, which leads to Makarov’s intervention and the first documented completed Bankai. 50 51
• Mysterious phantom / moon-white sword — Connected to the creation of the copied arsenal. The phantom rejects classification as a Zanpakutō, calls the individual weapons toys, and demonstrates authority over Ryūjin Jakka and Kyōka Suigetsu. It recognizes the independently conscious King of the Underworld as a true weapon. 65 83 265
• Hollow Achill — Uses copied weapons while possessing Achill’s body and mocks his limited understanding of them. Later mindscape battles against the Hollow provide opportunities to test tactical combinations and develop higher fused releases. 79 195 197 239 265
• Makarov Dreyar — First opponent against whom Achill completes Black Rope Punishment King. Their confrontation also prompts Achill to affirm that his magic exists to protect. Makarov later supports him as Fairy Tail family before the first battlefield use of Three-Blade Bankai. 51 264
• Fairy Tail — The principal group protected by Achill’s arsenal. Their acceptance and the Wolf Tree’s restoration of his power enable his renewed assault on Acnologia, while his responsibility toward them motivates his forbidden releases. 252 264 374
• Laxus Dreyar — Experiences Ryūjin Jakka’s heat, Minazuki’s retaliation, and Senbonzakura’s full petal storm during Achill’s confrontations and training. His reactions later warn Natsu and Gildarts of the petals’ lethality. 110 113 249
• Natsu Dragneel — Learns from Achill’s use of Ryūjin Jakka-derived golden flame and Hyōrinmaru against Zancrow. The demonstration teaches him to reconsider the supposed absolute superiority of God Slayer Magic. 237 238 239
• Wendy Marvell — Supplies speed, defense, and attack enhancements before Achill unleashes Three-Blade Bankai against Acnologia. 264
• Jose Porla / Hades — Major opponents defeated through specialized combined or rule-based abilities: Katen Kyōkotsu’s Irooni kills Jose, while the forbidden dual-blade Bankai is used to overcome Hades. 61 252 253 256
• Acnologia — Breaks Black Rope Punishment King, is seriously wounded by the King of the Underworld’s Moon-Burial Wheel, and is later killed by Zanka no Tachi. 259 265 365

Notable Quotes

“Raise your head—Wabisuke!” 16

“Dance, Sode no Shirayuki.” 20

“Shoot to kill him—Shinsō.” 27

“Exists to protect...” 51

“All waves, become my shield. All thunder, become my blade...” 58

“Death Combo Technique... Dual-blade Bankai—” 252

“Unlimited release, Three-Blade Bankai—” 264

“Whether it's the power of Bleach or the power of Hollows, in the end, it's merely a manifestation of what I longed for most, shaped by my magic according to my will.” 373

“Have you ever seen a million Zanpakutō released at once?” 373

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