Shinigami Physiology

Summary

Shinigami are the most prevalent race appearing in and throughout the Bleach series. They are Spiritual entities that reside in the Soul Society, beings completely made of Reishi, who have honed their exceptionally high Spiritual power in order to fulfil their duty as enforcers of the Soul Cycle, purging Hollows that plague the human world and ensuring the safe passage of Souls that have lost their way, in order to maintain the balance between the ever turbulent Realms.

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Low Class

Rating given to Shinigami that passed the Spiritual Arts Academy and unseated Officers of the Gotei 13.

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics: Shingami that possess even a decent amount of Reiryoku can physically contend with giant Hollows that can shatter holes through large structures and they move better then humans or Konpaku, the more Reiryoku a Shinigami has the sharper there movements become.

• Enhanced Senses: Shinigami can see spiritual entites like pluses and hollows which are invisible.

• Extrasensory Perception: Shinigami can sense the reiatsu of other beings.

• Enhanced Senses & Extrasensory Perception Negation: Shinigami with higher Reiatsu can block or delay the Reiatsu senses of weaker Shinigami.

• Intangibility: Shinigami have a technique that allows them to move through physical structures.

• Information Analysis: Shinigami can roughly gauge another beings power level by the Reiatsu they emit.

• Immortality: Type 2. Shinigami can survive fatal wounds as long as they have enough Spiritual Energy, as it’s connected to their life force.

• Limited Absorption: Shinigami naturally absorb Reishi in the atmosphere. At naturally dense places they can even restore there lost powers.

• Chi Manipulation & Energy Manipulation: Shinigami can convert their Reiryoku into Reiatsu, which they use to perform supernatural feats, fuel their Kidō and exert pressure causing psychological harm.

• Pseudo-Flight: Shinigami float and combat mid-air by gathering and solidifying the Reishi beneath their feet.

• Longevity: Shinigami can live for thousands of years and physically age at a slower rate than humans.

• Invisibility: Shinigami cannot be perceived by beings that lack the sufficient Reiryoku.

• Non-Physical Interaction: Shinigami can interact with intangible spirits like Pluses and weaker Hollows.

• Soul Manipulation: Shinigami pour Reiryoku directly from there own Soul into their Zanpakutō which they can use to damage other Spiritual like entities.

• Holy Manipulation & Purification: Type 2. The Zanpakutô cleanses a Hollow’s soul of it sins and purifies it so it may enter the Soul Society.

• Reactive Power Level: Reiryoku is most quickly increased when a Soul is in a life-or-death situation, increasing their power and the Zanpakutō will continue to evolve alongside the Shinigami.

• Power Bestowal: By piercing a Humans heart with their Zanpakutō and channeling Reiryoku through it, they can turn them into a Shinigami.

• BFR: Shinigami can forcibly send spirits to the Soul Society by tapping their forehead with the hilt of their Zanpakutō, the process is called Konsō.

• Dimensional Travel & Portal Creation: The Zanpakutō can open the Senkaimon, a pathway from the human world to the Soul Society.

• Limited Invulnerability: Shinigami cannot be harmed by Humans or other beings that lack the Spiritual Energy.

Low Class Resistances

• Resistance to Soul Manipulation: Shinigami can survive soul based attacks.

• Corruption: Type 2. Shinigami possess antibodies against the Hollows toxic nature and can even intake the power of a Hollow without suffering its effects.

High Class

Rating given for Seated officers, Lieutenants and Captain Class.

Note: Although they exist under the same catergory, it should be noted that there is a substantial power gap between the three subclasses.

All previous abilities

• Greater Enhanced Senses & Non-Physical Interaction: Shinigami can see spiritual objects like Reiraku which are invisible to unseason Shinigami.They see the Reiatsu of others as a bodily glow with Reikaku.

• Greater Extrasensory Perception: Shinigami can sense Reiatsu at further ranges, home in on the individual souls hiding amongst others.

• Greater Non-Physical Interaction: Can interact with Spiritual objects like Reiraku which are intangible to lesser Shinigami.

• Limited Thread Manipulation: Shinigami can use Reiraku to track other beings that have a Soul.

• Transformation: Shinigami can enter release states to vastly improve their combat capabilities, the change can vary between substantial to barely noticable.

• Statistics Amplification: Shinigami can increase their speed with movement techniques and physical attributes with release states.

• Multiple Personalities: Shinigami of this class have unique Asauchi forged from their own soul. They have a spiritual entity with a separate personality that resides inside them.

• Telepathy: Shinigami can communicate amongst each other through their Reiatsu and to their Zanpakutō via a meditative state known as Jinzen.

• Size Manipulation: The size of a Zanpakutō reflects a Shinigami's power but Captain class Shinigami actively change the size to a managable state.

• Attack Reflection & Invulnerability: When two Spiritual Forces collide, the weaker of the two absorbs the impact, while the stronger of the two is unscathed if the Spirit energy unconsciously released from their body is superior.

• Soul Manipulation & Aura: Higher Reiatsu exerted towards weaker spiritual beings can passively induce various status effect ranging from paralysis, sleep to fear inducement. The pressure crushes the soul and if theres too much of a disparity in power, destroys it outright.

• Limited Power Nullification: Shinigami with noticeably greater Reiatsu can use it to seal the abilities of other weaker Spiritual beings.

High Class Resistances

• Greater Resistance to Soul Manipulation

• Limited Matter Manipulation: Shinigami can survive in the proximity of the Quincy Letz Stil and Sklaverei Reishi enslavement.

• Soul Absorption: Shinigami can withstand the Gonzui which sucks the souls from a wide amount of beings.

• Sleep Manipulation: Shinigami that possess captain class Reiryoku can resist the Shinten.

Unique abilities

• Elemental Manipulation: If a Shinigami unlocks an elemental Zanpakutō, the Reiatsu Aura changes to their corresponding elemental state whenever they release it.