Hō and Ban

and are twin Bounts who participated in the Bount Invasion.

Appearance
Hō and Ban appear as young boys who dress identically. Both wear an orange undershirt beneath a light brown sweatshirt, as well as dark gray shorts, with the pant legs rolled up. The only exception in their appearances are their hairstyles and hats. Hō has short hair with a red baseball cap over it and Ban with a white beanie over chin-length hair, parted down the middle.

Personality
Hō and Ban are incredibly wise despite their youthful appearances. Before fighting, they analyze the enemy's power and adapt their strategy so that they have a better chance of winning. Being that their dolls are sentient, both usually stand behind the battlefield, revealing only their lower face. In order to control their dolls, they telepathically link, so they often finish each other sentences.

Bount arc (anime only)
Note: Events occurring in this arc are only in the anime and do not constitute canon material.

Hō and Ban do not initially appear, instead sending their twin dolls after Uryū Ishida while he is recuperating at the hospital. The two water dolls, Guhl and Günther, attempt to envelop and capture Ishida. However, they are fended off by Ichigo Kurosaki, Yasutora Sado, Renji Abarai, Orihime Inoue and Rukia Kuchiki, who proceed to take the Quincy away. The dolls chase them throughout the hospital, ambushing them several times by manifesting from sinks, fountains, and numerous other water sources. In the meantime, the twin Bounts observe their quarry's actions from the shadows, coordinating their dolls' movements.

Ishida's friends are able to fend them off repeatedly, but as the dolls absorb more and more water, they more powerful. When the dolls eventually seem to corner Ichigo and the others, Hō and Ban finally appear before them, blocking the exit. Ichigo and his friends attempt to destroy the dolls, but Guhl and Günther only continue to grow in size. Nonetheless, they use the opportunity to escape from the hospital, only to realize that it is raining outside. The twin Bounts give chase again, their dolls growing even stronger in the rain. To increase their attack power even further, Hō and Ban combine their dolls. They temporarily lose control over their dolls when Sado manages to separate them from one another.

Quickly recovering however, they finally manage to reach and capture Ishida. Using the Quincy as a hostage, they are then able to easily capture his friends as well. With their victory seemingly at hand, Hō and Ban declare that they will use their special ability to tear them into pieces. However, their efforts are thwarted when Noba appears and uses his teleportation ability to separate the twins once more, knocking Ban unconscious in the process. Without his brother, Hō loses control over the combined doll. Just as he decides to take on Ichigo and the others by himself, Ganju Shiba suddenly arrives with Hanatarō Yamada. Using his fireworks, Ganju vaporizes Guhl and Günther, critically damaging their bottle cap cores in the process. With the dolls destroyed, Hō and Ban die, disintegrating into dust.

Dolls
and are Hō and Ban's twin dolls, respectively. Both dolls take the form of bottle caps, which the twins keep on their water bottles when not in use. When released, the dolls can control water, making destroying them quite difficult since the bottle caps are small targets within the large eyestalk-like shape they take.


 * Mental Control: Each control one doll, but both of them can apparently control either if need be, as Hō demonstrates. They are able to control their dolls with more killing power if they combine them into one large body of water. But the downside is, Hō and Ban need to be side-by-side with each other in order to coordinate the dolls' attacks properly. If they are more than a few feet away, or if one of them is knocked unconscious, the dolls will disperse, as their control lies within their telepathic synchronization.


 * Water Manipulation: In order to kill opponents, Guhl and Günther form a large stalk around their enemies and restrain them, forcibly drowning them. They also have the ability to force themselves into the Human body (as 70% of the Human body is water) and tear the enemy apart from the inside out. They are stronger when more water surrounds them, such as when its raining.

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