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I took the bait... I will post the 100th zanpakutō XD It was between either this or an OP gravitational blade, guess this one won !

Shishōmen (Death Façade): Shishōmen takes the form of a regular katana with a darkened cross-guard, black hilt-wrapping and a black sheathe.


 * Shikai: Shishōmen is released by the command “Bring me their essence”. In shikai its appearance changes slightly; its blade lengthens slightly, it gains six semi-circular indentations along the back edge of the blade and it gains a downward-curved pronged extension near the tip of the blade.


 * Special shikai abilities: Shishōmen enables the wielder to accurately and precisely detect and ascertain the reiryoku levels, abilities and powers of an opponent and their zanpakutō just from a glance. Also the wielder is able psychometrically read anything that Shishōmen cuts. These abilities are all automatic.

In bankai Shiga Futari wo Wakatsu now becomes a 1.3 metre long, straight bladed katana with thirteen semi-circular indentations along the back edge of the blade and a larger downward-curved pronged extension near the tip of the blade. Also a hooded, spirit-like entity forms behind the wielder (it looks somewhat like a Dementor); the entity carries an inverted version of Shiga Futari wo Wakatsu in its left hand. The entity wears a hooded inverted version of the wielder's shihakushō that is bound by a black rope cord instead of the regular sash. It has bony legs and feet, the latter of which can be seen from the bottom of the entity’s dark cloak; the skeletal feet are tridactyl and dinosaur-like in appearance. It has two thick, decay-coloured, metallic bands around each bicep. The hood concealing its head and face is looming, billows out from the back and constantly emits a black wispy smoke from inside, almost as if the entity is breathing.
 * Bankai: Shiga Futari wo Wakatsu (Death Do Us Part): The wielder positions Shishōmen horizontally in front of themselves causing it to begin floating in the air; the wielder’s hands suddenly begin glowing with their spiritual energy and Shishōmen begins glowing in a dark hue. Finally the wielder places their hand underneath Shishōmen and initiates bankai.


 * Special bankai abilities: Shiga Futari wo Wakatsu retains all its shikai abilities; however Shiga Futari wo Wakatsu’s true ability is to permanently steal the physical muscle memories, mental knowledge and mental memories of any person that has recently died. The wielder gains an enhanced memory as a by-product. The entity will always float close behind the wielder regardless of what the wielder is doing and will only aid the wielder in combat when commanded to do so; the entity possesses the same level of skill as the wielder, can perform all techniques the wielder can perform, can synchronise perfectly with the wielder and will fight tirelessly until damaged enough or when the wielder’s spiritual energy becomes depleted. When a significant amount of damage is inflicted upon it, the entity will dissipate for a few minutes before reforming back to normal again. It cannot reform if the wielder does not have sufficient spiritual energy remaining.


 * Honshitsu Kyūshū (Essence Absorption): After the wielder has found a deceased victim the entity traverses to the victim’s corpse and drains the essences from the body by impaling the corpse where their Saketsu and Hakusui (or alternative) would be. The entity then returns to the wielder and impales them with its zanpakutō through the wielder’s Saketsu and Hakusui; instead of sealing the wielder’s spiritual power (like it normally would), this transfers the drained essences into the wielder’s body, giving them all of the victim’s physical muscle memories, mental knowledge and mental memories they had at the point of death. This can only be performed on victims/corpses that still have their Saketsu and Hakusui (or alternative) still intact and surrounded by flesh (e.g. it won’t work if the corpse is just a skeleton etc.). After successfully performing this technique the wielder’s spiritual power increases slightly too.


 * Fukō no Shutsu (Out of Misery): It is an extension that enables the wielder to perform Honshitsu Kyūshū on an opponent that is still alive. However the opponent needs to be close to death or in severely bad shape; it will not work on a healthy opponent. The victim of this technique will always die afterwards.