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My zanpakuto would be a pure black katana with a purple crescent guard and would be based around darkness.

Shikai: Kage no nisshoku (eclipse of darkness) release command: obscure

In shikai the blade doubles in length and a black sphere is now on the bottom and the crescent is now a full circle.

Shikai ability: absorbs all light within range of spiritual pressure the blade itself glows with bright purple reatsu and the wielders vision is not obscured, the zanpakuto's drawback is that all it's techniques can be broken with light.

Attacks -Kurai kusari ketsugō, wraps the opponent in shadow chains that can only break when exposed to light -Kurai daburusu the enemy's shadow becomes a hostile living entity that mimics there every move but will attack them when their back is turned -Shakunetsu no yami the blade of kage no nisshoku becomes encased in black flame that burns more intensely the less light there is

Bankai:Kage no chōetsu (trancendace of shadow) In bankai kage no choetsu still absorbs light but in a much greater area and now all light absorbed will power the blade, meaning it slowly gets stronger over time but any other light will give the blade an extra boost. The sword is the same but no longer glows and the sphere on the end is now a crescent and the guard is also a crescent. After five minutes the dark field around the bankai will dissipate so the wielder has to accumulate as much power as possible within that time. Once the darkness is gone the sword can now use a new set of skills.

-shao-sho the wielder becomes a 2-d shadow and can go to new places and cannot be attacked but can be damaged with the surface they reside on and cannot attack -Dākuenerugī-hō the wielder can fire blasts of darkness from the sword, the attack is limited to how much power the wielder got in the dark zone -Kurai tsuihō burasuto all the remaining darkness still in the blade is violently expelled in a devastating blast, when the blast is done the blade will restart its light absorption cycle