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When sealed, Kenkō to hāmu looks like a normal katana. Its hilt is dark green, while its sheath is black.

Shikai Kenkō to hāmu's Release Command is In sickness and in health. In Shikai the Zanpakutou itself does not change, but its blade can be used to provide medicinal treatment or afflict an individual with viruses or diseases at the blood level upon physical contact. The blade doesn't necessarily need to break skin, and it can be halted with enough reiatsu control or techniques like Blut Vene.

The healing aspects of Kenkō to hāmu allow those who are healed by it to be immune to the Zanpakutou's Bankai.

Bankai - Byōki no sekai (World of Sickness), upon releasing Bankai the surrounding area gains a green haze as long as it is released and the buildings themselves start to succumb to illness. Byōki no sekai is capable of causing many forms of sickness in one's opponents, but for the most powerful or deadly diseases it takes a fair amount of time to cultivate properly.

If one has been chosen to not be afflicted by this Bankai's abilities a symbol appears near or on them, this process is either done by the Shikai's healing effects or the wielder's own will while activating the Bankai.

The only real "attack" it holds is Samael (Poison of God), which causes wings of a inky liquid to form on the user's back for the duration of the technique, and can be used to poison someone's core being in order to weaken them or, if they have been diseased enough, render an opponents power deadly to use or not function correctly.

If using the Hollow Pills that Kisuke developed the Samael technique can poison a Quincy with Hollow reiatsu and render them a mixed blood Quincy while tearing through their Blut defenses against blood based sickness with ease.

Despite the potential of Samael using it renders the wielder vulnerable to the various illnesses that are in the area, and the technique can only be used once a certain amount or a certain potency of "sickness" is built up.

Using this Bankai is also incredibly dangerous for any allies that stumble upon its area of effect without having the symbol to be spared, and they will most likely be killed unless they can survive until the Bankai is resealed, or they can somehow immunize themselves from the many illnesses attacking them all at once.

Unlike the Zanpakutou's Shikai form Byōki no sekai has no ability to heal others, and is purely to torment and then kill others with disease.

(Gasp.. Breath Kaestal!!!)