[hider=Yūen Kashimori][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ouAi6rj.jpeg[/img][/center]
[color=#2B80FF][b]⊰❖ B I O ❖⊱[/b][/color]
[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Name[/b]: Kashimori(flourishing oak), Yūen(elegant/grand).
[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Age[/b]: 27.
[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Gender[/b]: Male.
[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Personality[/b]:
[indent][b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Key Traits:[/b] Steadfast, Dedicated, Careful | Calm, Diplomatic, Disciplined, Competitive | Fair | Emotionally Blocked off (refusal to wrestle with some of his own issues).
[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Core:[/b] A protector by nature, Yūen is dedicated to the safety and wellbeing of others, his family and loved ones above all else. He's slow to anger, quick to action, and can often appear steadfast to the point of implacability. The truth is, though, that Yūen is rather cut off from his deeper more 'selfish' emotions. A lifetime of parentification–though largely unintentional–has led to him being a person who puts others before himself...even when he really shouldn't. `Nonetheless, this does make him an eminently reliable friend, co-worker, and partner. He's perceptive, emotionally intelligent, and while not afraid of conflict, he well tend to avoid dealing with his own internal struggles...even when those struggles inevitably begin to affect how he treats others.

[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Motivation:[/b] On the surface, Yūen is motivated primarily to ensure the success of others, with his own wellbeing, happiness, and life path being more of an after thought. It's not that he never does anything for himself, and more that the things he does decide to do end up being things that also help others. Truthfully, an unrepresented part of Yūen wants to be surrounded with people who check in with him, who prioritize him, who lift him up as much as he lifts them. He's not the sort to have particularly materialistic goals, he doesn't care about money or fame or legacy–he just wants self-actualization in whatever form he can get it. Sounds easy, right? Well, wrong, especially when he won't even focus on himself to begin with.

[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Preferences:[/b]
[indent][color=green]▲[/color] Spicy and Sweet things
[color=green]▲[/color] Physical Activity
[color=green]▲[/color] Puzzles
[color=red]▼[/color] Pettiness
[color=red]▼[/color] Crowds
[color=red]▼[/color] Bullies[/indent][/indent]

[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Physical Details:[/b] Yūen stands at 6'1" (185.42cm) with a lean sort of sleeper build. There's muscle definition, most certainly, but it's often concealed beneath clothing. He moves with a natural grace that is neither predatory nor unassuming. Short, fairly neat, brown hair with somewhat messy bangs that fall just short of his exceptionally dark blue eyes–which are often mistaken for black in low light. There is a quiet confidence about him and a gentle sort of authority that screams "I have younger siblings!" His more casual clothes tend to consist of jackets, often in blue tones (his favorite color) and button-up dress shirts beneath, with slacks, often black in color. On occasion he'll wear rings or a necklace.

When acting as a substitute shinigami, Yūen wears a standard shihakusho with no modifications. His zanpakuto sits sheathed on his left hip.

[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Backstory[/b]: He’d never call it a tragedy. That was a fact, but so too was it true that Yūen hadn’t had it easy. On the one hand, he was fortunate enough to have both his parents, a reliable older brother and three younger siblings to make the house rowdy and energetic as the years passed by, but on the other. Well…his father–Tetsuo– was present, sure, but only just. The man woke early, ate, went to work, came home and then buried himself in his study. Tetsuo paid the bills, sure, but everything else? He’d rather hide behind a newspaper or a closed study door. So, naturally, their mother–Kairi–did her best to pick up the slack, and where she couldn’t…there was Yūen’s older brother: Junkei. When she was run ragged, Junkei took up the slack while Tetsuo moved among the five children like he was nothing more than furniture: solid, present, but utterly without warmth.

Where their mother frayed, Junkei held the seams together. Only three years his senior, somehow it was Junkei who was always there. He was the one who broke up fights, who noticed when their sister went quiet, who sat with Yūen on the back steps after a bad day and said nothing because nothing when he just needed silence and the knowledge someone cared. Perhaps, had he stayed, things could’ve been different, but he didn’t, even if it wasn’t of his own accord.

Because, when Yūen was eleven, Junkei died. No warning, no bad feeling. Just a bad accident and a sudden emptiness where once he’d been. Yet, life went on, even if everything felt twisted and out of place, even if every load Junkei had carried suddenly fell on Yūen’s shoulders. Silently, he took on the mantle, not because he wanted to, but because there was no one else to do it. It wasn’t noble, it wasn’t fair, but it was how things were. So, he carried it and moved in the way his older brother once had–without complaining, without asking for anything in return, and with as much dignity as he could manage. It wasn’t easy. His grades suffered, he lost friends because he was ‘never around’ anymore, and as high school came around…milestones passed him by. First girlfriend? Who had the time when brothers needed homework and sisters needed chaperones? First night on the town when he was old enough to drink? There was no one to go with and who’d prefer a lonely night of drinks over time spent with his dear brothers playing ball, or shopping with his sister and watching her eyes light up when she saw the ‘perfect’ outfit come together.

Yet, there was one place that Yūen just got to be himself: the dojo. He’d started at thirteen, not because it’d seemed interesting, but because the guidance counselor had suggested it. To Yūen it was practical–the discipline helped him focus and keep things together for his family–and realistic. After all, the world was a dangerous place, Junkei’s accident had proven that much, but there were other things that could be fought, could be defended against, so he trained.

He was still there, every day and every night…for his mother…for his siblings, but he had one place where the world went quiet except for the sound of bodies moving and voices rising with every strike. As time went on he moved out, found his own apartment–nearby home of course–and he kept helping. He packed lunches, checked homework, and for the youngest, his brother Kei, he sat by the bed when the nightmares were worst and Kei just needed to know he’d wake up not alone.

Yūen carried that structure further, but eventually siblings blossomed beyond needing their older brother all the time, even little Kei. Yet, it seemed that life wasn’t done playing tragedy with their lives, as one night, during a family dinner…perhaps attracted to the repressed emotions of his mother, something he couldn’t even see attacked.

A hollow.

That was when things really changed. For the better? Well, only time will tell.

[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Why did you become a Substitute Shinigami[/b]: Duty. Desperation. Instinct. When he was confronted with death he accepted the pact not to save himself, but because he felt that if he did not, his family would perish, both in the moment or that they would hurt in his absence.

[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Recent Events[/b]: Though he'd done his initial work and 'training' as a substitute shinigami for some time after he became one, Yūen–roughly two months ago–had to cease his 'normal' patrols and duties as a substitute shinigami due to real life responsibilities. Specifically, one of his rarely visiting high profile clients showed up, a certain Don Kanonji, and he had to attend to the man in order to pay the bills. Only recently has Yūen finished his work with Don Kanonji, thus allowing him to return to his work as a Substitute Shinigami, and now with the assurance that the bills will be paid for awhile!

[color=#2B80FF][b]⊰❖ C O M B A T ❖⊱[/b][/color]
[list][*][b]Strength[/b]: 100 (Physicality - Zanjutsu)
[*][b]Skill[/b]: 300 (Technique/Precision - Zanjutsu/Hakuda)
[*][b]Speed[/b]: 300 (Athletecism - Hoho)
[*][b]Focus[/b]: 500 (Rei control - Hoho/Kido)
[*][b]Constitution[/b]: 150 (Durability/Resilience)
[*][b]Reiryoku[/b]: 1000

[*][b]Reiatsu[/b]: 200
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[b]⊰❖ S H I N I G A M I  A R T S ❖⊱[/b]
[list][*][b]Zanjutsu[/b]: 1/5
[*][b]Hakuda[/b]: 0/5
[*][b]Hoho[/b]: 0/5
[*][b]Kido[/b]: 2/5[/list]
[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color]Feats[/b]: N/A

[color=#2B80FF][b]⊰❖ Z A N P A K U T O ❖⊱[/b][/color]

[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Sealed Appearance:[/b] White sheath with a standard silver-bladed Asauchi. The hilt is composed of four diamond-shaped sections. The grip itself is wrapped with black and white blue fabric, the blue fabric trails off the end two feet.

[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Techniques[/b]:
[indent][i][u]Kidō-giri(鬼道切り ‘Demon Way Incision)[/u]:[/i] By focusing the reiryoku of a Kidō spell through one’s blade, Yuen can cast in this alternate manner. This has several distinct benefits, chiefly it becomes more efficient with increased mastery with a zanpakuto. However, this aspect is currently irrelevant to Yuen due to his lack of a Shikai. More notable, perhaps, is the fact that casting in this way can hide the initial visual tells of a spell as the initial physical manifestation is hidden and the reiryoku is contained within the zanpakuto itself. Finally, as proficiency increases in the technique, its wielders can subtly tweak spells cast through their blade. These modifications are typically exceptionally minor, in the order of changing a spell’s shape or the directed focus of its manifestation.
[hider=Examples][i][u]Kido-Giri - Sho[/u]:[/i] A faint white light shimmers diffusely along the Zanpakuto’s blade. Upon release, the spell will manifest as a small directed shockwave originating from the blade. Stronger if aligned with the length of the blade, but may be released from any plane on the body of the sword, but never in an omnidirectional fashion. [i][b]This effect can propel the blade in a direction, which may be a boon or a bane depending on the circumstance.[/b][/i]

[i][u]Kido-Giri - Seki[/u]:[/i] The Zanpakuto’s blade briefly shimmers light blue, which then fades. Upon contact with another object–or if the caster ‘detonates’ the spell–a blue flash will occur along with Seki’s normal effect. Notably. Seki used in this manner does not cause any form of paralysis. If ‘detonated’ the flash will occur, the small ovular spheroid will appear aligned somewhere next to the blade (within an inch or less) and then it will release its repelling force. Skillful use may allow a caster to enhance the force of a strike with their Zanpakuto.[/hider]
[i][u]Reiheika(霊兵戈 'Spirit warfare')[/u]:[/i] Reiatsu is the pressure or force exerted by one’s spiritual potency, thus Reiheika is a technique that seeks to turn that force itself into a weapon or tool. As proficiency develops, this technique may enable its users greater precision, control, potency, and range when manipulating their reiatsu. At its lowest grade, which is presently Yuen’s purview, it may be used only within his direct vicinity (2ft radius) and may serve only to slow or slightly redirect the trajectory of attacks (or his own movements).
[hider=Explainer]Think of this as creating waves/shockwaves/pulses of kinetic energy…manifesting a dense ‘pressure’ around oneself…or generating invisible (but highly detectable by spiritual senses) energy constructs via reiatsu.[/hider]
[i][u]Rei Senkaiken(霊 旋回剣 ‘Spirit Turning-blade’):[/u][/i] Requires both significant Focus and Skill, Rei Senkaiken centers around channeling reiatsu into and around one’s strikes with precision in order to counter non-martial techniques. Functions primarily upon the edge of the Zanpakuto, focusing reiatsu in a flowing pattern down the body of the katana to pool in a wavering point like a heat haze at the tip. By stabbing with the blade tip after channeling the necessary reiatsu, a pulse of force can be released into reiryoku-based techniques to disrupt their structure. If done swiftly enough, the wielder can ‘draw’ patterns of briefly lingering reiatsu in the air around them. Running into these faintly shimmering lines of pressure causes them to burst, which can throw off movements or attacks.[/indent]

[b][color=#2B80FF]❖[/color] Memorized Kido[/b]:
[indent][list][*]Sho
[*]Seki[/list][/indent][/hider]