Forum:Shunko

This just came to me. Why didn't Soi Fon use Shunko against Barragan? It's a more assasin type move and since it covers her whole arm, wouldn't it have acted like a barrier against respira? Sort of like when respira hit hachi's mask and only the mask detiorated, not his face. What do you think?Renshiro zaraki 01:08, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

Because she is no good at it? I know they keep using it in the movies but her Shunko is actually incomplete as Yoruichi pointed out by displaying a proper Shunko. In addition, now that Soifon understands what Shunko really is (i.e. not something Soifon invented herself) she understands that she has a long way to go before she can properly use it in combat. Therefore, no Soifon would not use Shunko against anyone any time soon. However the reason she didn't use it against Barragan was probably as simple as hand to hand combat was useless against Barragan because as soon as you got close to him, his "time acceleration" field kicked into gear and as such there wouldn't be any point to her using her Shunko. Tinni 23:57, October 13, 2009 (UTC)

She's most likely trained a bit more so she can use it in real battle and I don't mean that her shunko would be completely resilient to respira. Just that it would age her shunko first and not her arm. Then she could just repair the hole in her shunko or dissengage then reengage the technique and she has a near constant shield.Renshiro zaraki 01:08, October 14, 2009 (UTC)


 * I think you seem to forget that's its been two months max since her meeting with Yoruichi. Unless she trained 24/7, she is unlikely to have improved her shunko noticeably. I mean that day she tried to use it on Yoruchi she admitted that she just "recently perfected it" but then found out it wasn't actually perfected. She hadn't used it in combat before and she is unlikely to use it in combat again any time soon. It's just those damn movies that makes people think Soifon's shunko is anything but useless. Tinni 01:31, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

Thus far she only seems to use Shunko when she in trouble(with the exception of when she was fighting Yoruichi, in which case she was just showing off). Plus, later Barragan reveals his Rispera can also age Kido, so it really wouldn't have been much good against him. Other then that who knows. The anime for the first part of FKT was a little different then the Manga. I'm hoping they go into a little more detail during the fighting with the top three Espada. Minato88 00:11, October 14, 2009 (UTC)