Ugaki

is an anime-only character in the Bount arc. He is a male Bount who helps Jin Kariya achieve many of his goals.

Appearance
Ugaki has the appearance of a professional man, wearing a tie with a white button-up shirt, large glasses, and his hair neatly combed over to one side.

Personality
Preferring to stay out of direct battle, when Ugaki released his doll, Gessel, he stayed hidden behind a wall. He was responsible for helping Kariya create the bitto after Yoshino Sōma's death, and seems to be fiercely loyal to the Bount leader. Also, Ugaki seems to take great pride in the results of his research and boasts about it. He also seems to be somewhat of a peacemaker as shown when he attempted to quell an argument between Mabashi and Yoshi, though the former cut him off.

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

He was mostly alongside Kariya and the other Bounts, witnessing and analyzing battles. While Ichigo tries to rescue Uryu, he originally chased Orihime and Chad. While Kariya fought Yoshino, he witnesses the battle, and cries out for more of the bittos to appear from Yoshino. Later on he volunteers to "kill" the intruders. However, even after the Soul Society team shows up, he continues to be the distraction. He sets his doll's cards on a board, and calls out to his doll. Many of Gesell's eyes are summoned by the card Wachter, and begin to project light. After Wachter, he puts down a card that summons spears to impale his opponents. He uses this attack against Yumichika, and tries to kill him with it. Rangiku Matsumoto, Izuru Kira, and Shūhei Hisagi help him out by cutting off the limbs which were the spears. The group then splits up. Ugaki tries to lure Rangiku in by hiding his doll behind pillars. Rangiku dispatches them with her Zanpakutō, Haineko. Ugaki then tries to smash her, but she dodges it. Ugaki then puts down a card which manifests ropes from Gesell's limbs. The ropes catch Rangiku, but she severs them all. Once she lands on the ground, she is attacked and nearly killed by Ugaki's spear card. Ugaki then attacks Shūhei and Izuru. He sends Izuru flying, and immobilizes Shūhei with ropes. Once he cut the ropes, he is distracted. He gets Izuru, and helped him up. While doing this, Gesell punches the ceiling, and makes many rocks collapse on them, nearly killing the two. He then faces Yumichika, who is quickly defeated by Gesell's hand. Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, Renji Abarai, and Rukia Kuchiki are outside, and hear Gesell's roar, which lets them know that they are running into a battle that already started.

Ichigo and the others then walk in. They begin fighting, and Ugaki has the upper hand. While Ichigo is blocking one of the dolls limbs, he nearly saws Ichigo in half, but Orihime's Santen Kesshun saves him. While they fight, Chad and Renji keep destroying the endless amount of pupils. Rukia tries to help, but becomes overwhelmed, as she was severely hurt in her battle with Mabashi. Ichigo and the others then find out that the eyes make shadows out of the pillars within the cave. They start destroying the pillars, maddening Ugaki. He then makes shadows out of the Humans standing already. While Ugaki continues to have the upper hand, nearly killing Ichigo, Izuru and Shūhei shield Renji and Ichigo from being cut in half. Once they appear before Ichigo and the others, Ichigo and Renji decided to keep on going ahead, and defeat the doll.

They continue getting attacked, until Renji claims that the teamwork he was taking part in softened him up. He then uses Bankai and begans fighting the doll itself. He uses Higa Zekko and stabs the doll multiple times. Ugaki then looses control of the doll, as it goes wild. The doll heads for Ugaki, and breaks the wall shielding him. Ugaki's cards fly away, and the doll keeps heading for him, while it goes wild. Ugaki runs away, but the doll gets a quick hold of him. The doll then crushes Ugaki with his hand, and both of them turn to sand.

Powers & Abilities
Skilled Tactician: He was able to nearly kill his Shinigami opponents with his tactics. He used his ropes attack to distract Rangiku, and once she severed the ropes, Ugaki tried to smash her. Once she dodged, Ugaki attempts to impale her with spears. When Izuru and Hisagi were escaping, he made Gesell punch the ceiling, making many rocks collapse on them.

Doll
is Ugaki's doll, which he summons with the command Zigedich Gesell. It is sealed within a pack of cards resembling tarot cards, which Ugaki uses to control the doll's actions. In its normal state, Gesell takes the form of many small, mouth-like eye creatures. Gesell is voiced by Kozo Shioya in the Japanese version and in the dub by Neil Kaplan.

Gesell's actions are controlled through Ugaki's placement of the cards on a small mat marked with German incantations. The mat bears a resemblance to the Sephiroth, Tree of Life, as the words on the mat, written by the lines on it, correspond to tarot cards and the "paths to God" found between the Sephiroths. The words written by the lines are also the names of tarot cards in the Major Arcana. The primary card is "Wachter" (Wächter is German for 'Guardian') which allows Gesell's eyes to flash a strong light onto objects and create shadows. After "Wachter" is initialized, other cards are chosen which summon Gesell's limbs or morph them into weapons. The card "Dämon Kraft" (Demon Power) summons a giant purple hand that can capture and injure opponents, one card summons spears to impale, and another summons ropes to immobilize.


 * Remote Viewing/Hearing: Ugaki can see what the eyes see through his glasses, allowing him to control them from a safe distance. He can also speak and hear through the eye creatures.


 * Shadow Constructs: Though they are used to spy on people and act as a lookout, the true purpose of the eyes is to project light, which in turn creates shadows. From the shadows, Gesell can manifest any weapon, object or single body part to effect the physical world by attacking or ensnaring. The shadow constructs created can also create blade weapons. These shadow constructs only last as long as the eye creatures are projecting light.


 * True Form: by grouping a multitude of eye creatures together to shine their light Gesell manifests its true form from the shadows, that of the upper body, of a large eyeless monster. It can also manifest various melee weapons from its limbs. Gesell possesses a great deal of strength in this form. Gesell can dissipate and reappear any of its body parts from any shadow.