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Demotivator wrote: Can't believe I've only just seen this thread. Another place to post and share zanpakutō ! Here's one of mine (japanese names courtesy of Google translate haha):

Ryūsei Hayabusa (Meteor Falcon): In its sealed form it resembles a regular katana but it also has a small metal ball connected to the pommel by a 14cm metal chain. It has reddish brown coloured hilt-wrapping and a maroon coloured scabbard.


 * Shikai: The wielder whirls Ryūsei Hayabusa by its chain connected metal ball and then releases by the command “Smash it away”. In its shikai form it resembles a meteor hammer crossed with rope dart. The hammer is a black metal ball the size of a regular football (soccer ball) and is connected by seven metres of black metal chain to the dart, which is golden and has an extremely sharp tip. Both the hammer and the dart have a thick red tassel on them.


 * Special shikai abilities: It is used mainly for mid-to-long ranged melee combat by functioning as a meteor hammer and a rope dart simultaneously. The hammer is used for bludgeoning, crushing damage and the dart for pinpoint impaling, stabbing damage. The hammer is quite heavy but to the wielder it is effortless to carry and hurl. The metal chain can be extended very far by the wielder’s force of will.


 * Sensui Hayabusa (Diving Falcon): A technique that triples (quintuples in bankai) the momentum of the hammer/dart after being thrown. A falcon-shaped aura surrounds the hammer/dart while this technique is active. It can be used in both shikai and bankai and can be used in conjunction with other techniques.


 * Bankai: Ginga Hayabusa (Galactic Falcon): The wielder wraps the metal chains around their body and holds each chain end in each hand; then they initiate bankai. In bankai Ginga Hayabusa takes the form of a double-headed meteor hammer. The black metal hammers at the end of the ten metre long black chain now heavily resemble oversized spiked balls with one spike (directly opposite where the chain is attached to the hammer) being larger than the others and resembling the dart in its shikai form. There is a tassel where the chain attaches to each hammer; one hammer has a crimson tassel while the other has a light blue tassel.


 * Special bankai abilities: In bankai it functions as a meteor hammer and is used mainly in mid-to-long ranged melee combat and is best used for breaking down sturdy defences by utilizing its heavy weight and the high momentum it can produce. When the wielder charges spiritual energy into Ginga Hayabusa, the spikes on the hammers become volatile, causing them to release the pent-up energy explosively on striking contact with a surface. Like in shikai the metal chain can be extended very far by the wielder’s force of will.


 * Moeru Ryūseigun (Blazing Meteor Shower): Ginga Hayabusa absorbs some of the wielder’s spiritual energy and focuses it into the hammer with the crimson tassel, causing the hammer to set ablaze with intense fire; the wielder then violently hurls it at a target. The blazing hammer releases the pent-up flaming energy on striking contact along with an explosive burst of intense fire and heat.


 * Hyōketsu Ryūseigun (Freezing Meteor Shower): Ginga Hayabusa absorbs some of the wielder’s spiritual energy and focuses it into the hammer with the light blue tassel, causing the hammer to become infused with cold energy and surrounded by sub-zero vapour; the wielder then violently hurls it at a target. The icy hammer releases the pent-up freezing energy on striking contact along with an explosive burst of intense frozen vapour and cold.

Love it, a great physically damaging zanpakutou that has a balanced level of power. Just one thing though, I'm pretty sure zanpakutou can't have more than 1 element that it can utilize, so if you had to choose, would you prefer fire based, or ice based bankai techniques?