Forum:Shunsui Kyōraku

Does anyone think the reason Shunsui Kyōraku where's that brightly colorful coat is because of his sword ability. With a coat like that, there isn't a person in the world he couldn't cut using that game. Course doesn't make sense he took it off before the game, maybe it was the other way around, Starrk is so strong and smart that he would learn the rules and call out those colors and use them against him


 * It could be that he not only likes the coat he also wears it for that purpose. If that's the case then it makes sense for him to ditch it right before fighting Starrk for real as Starrk was wearing no pink at all. Therefore with both white and black as his most powerful attacks he can counter Starrk, although admittedly it was risky for him that Starrk figured out the rules so quickly. It also makes me wonder why he started off with grey as he wasn't wearing it and so his powerful blow only nicked Starrk. BollyW 03:51, September 18, 2009 (UTC)

Most likely he was hoping to confuse starrk and maybe that would give him the opening he needs, but Starrk is far to smart to fall for it and catches him off guard. Also not totally related, but does that mean in the new anime we'll get to see her ability used now that it's been revealed.

About the coat, he didn't need it for the fight with Starrk, so of course he dropped it. The only colors that mattered in the Starrk fight were grey/white/and black, every other color on Shunsui's coat wasn't even present on Starrk at all. And yes, the coat is probably meant for fighting everything that he could possibly go against. As you saw for the final blow against Starrk, Shunsui removed the White captain's coat so that he could swing with full power in his "black" attack, dealing a fatal blow. "wonder why he started off with grey" - because he wanted to play with Starrk. It seems that Shunsui, even though serious in the fight, doesn't want to kill his opponent right off the bat, but wants to at least allow his opponent to get the grasp of 'the game'. As his personality continues to show, Shunsui loves to hang back, chill out, and "play" as often as possible, probably hence the fun shikai powers. Regardless of how much he loves to play around, he also wants to be serious, so this conflicts in his fighting all the time. Shown in the fight against Chad in the Soul Society Arc, he starts with very entertaining chatter, and just playing with Chad for a while, until he finally decided to finish the fight with one fatal blow. His serious/fun side shows off again when running from the Captain Commander right after they stopped the execution, he "playfully runs away" with having a serious reason behind it all. He is a fun contradiction between entertainment and deadly circumstances. and it was the best fight to pit Shunsui up against -Starrk- because like everyone has said, both Starrk and Shunsui are very docile in nature, and tend to have more laid back attitudes, which is where most of their fight came from, sadly Starrk was more laid back for a while, until he got very serious considering the power of his opponent (Shunsui).

Ok, so maybe i'm taking this a step to far, but if we are right about the coat and how it plays up his sword power, i think he might be the first person to change himself to better aid his sword in battle. Everyone else kind of just uses their swords as tools that they honor and what not, but i think he's the only one who changes something about himself to be increase his sword use and even play the "game" the sword likes. Maybe this is why he's one of the strongest captains, because he's got a connection with his sword that no one else has. just a theory Kulash05 16:46, October 23, 2009 (UTC)