Senjumaru Shutara

is a member of the Royal Guard, holding the title. She holds the position of, as well as.

Appearance
Senjumaru has the appearance of a slender and very youthful woman with fair skin and long, black hair that is adorned at the back by a large golden ornament in the shape of a crescent moon with numerous small lines radiating outwards.

Senjumaru wears the standard Shinigami shihakushō beneath a white long-sleeved haori, over which she dons a further white robe fastened at the front near the center of her chest. Her height makes her the shortest among other members of Zero Division, but she wears a pair of extremely thick-soled okobo. She has six long, golden skeletal artificial arms attached to her back that she uses in place of her physical hands.

Personality
Senjumaru is somewhat playful, providing a fanfare with several musical instruments upon the Royal Guards landing in Soul Society and taunting Mayuri Kurotsuchi. She is also focused on the mission they have been given, seeing it through while other Royal Guard members talk with each other and the Gotei 13. She can be rather forceful as well, to the point of threatening, as she threatened to castrate Renji if he did not take off his fundoshi so she could fully measure his body for a new shihakushō. When referring to herself, Senjumaru uses the archaic pronoun "warawa".

The Thousand-Year Blood War arc
After the death of Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Senjumaru travels to Soul Society with the other members of the Royal Guard, where they are greeted by the surviving Gotei 13 captains and Ichigo Kurosaki. As they emerge from the Tenchūren, she provides music for their procession by playing multiple instruments simultaneously.

While the other members of the Zero Division discuss their plan to take Ichigo to the Royal Palace, Senjumaru leaves to retrieve Captain Byakuya Kuchiki, Lieutenant Renji Abarai, Lieutenant Rukia Kuchiki, and the broken Tensa Zangetsu. She carries them all back in large, translucent orbs, stating to those assembled that all of the ones on their list are present. She then points to Ichigo, stating that only he remains. Captain Retsu Unohana objects to her seriously injured patients being taken out of Seireitei, but is rebuffed by one of the other Royal Guard. Seeing Tensa Zangetsu, Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi asks Senjumaru if she broke into his laboratory to obtain it. Surprised by Mayuri's presence, she denies breaking into the lab, stating that she simply placed her hands on its door and it opened by itself. She then claims that the lock was easier to open than the last time she was there.

As the Royal Guards, the injured Shinigami, and Ichigo Kurosaki finally arrive at the Soul King Palace, they leave the Tenchūren. While Ichibē Hyōsube is conversing with Ichigo regarding both the Ōken and Sōsuke Aizen, Senjumaru joins in and starts speaking to Ichigo with the fact that Aizen himself was scheming of creating life, defeating the Soul King, and become a god himself. She continues by stating that while Sōsuke Aizen is unmistakably the "personification of evil", the Quincy of the Wandenreich are even more wicked than him.

After Renji and Rukia both fully recover, they eventually gather at her palace so she can take measurements of them. She forces them to strip down, and threatens to cut off Renji's "thing" if he doesn't willingly take off his fundoshi, causing Renji to reluctantly agree. Later, Senjumaru helps Ichigo leave the Soul King Palace and travel to the Seireitei by manifesting a flight of spiral stairs for him to walk on. The next day, when Yhwach, Jugram Haschwalth, and Uryū Ishida arrive at the palace, Senjumaru senses their presence.

After Yhwach passes Kirinji, Senjumaru confronts him with several soldiers, noting that it has been awhile. She scolds him for showing up without an invitation and wonders if he has gotten overconfident for defeating Yamamoto. She orders her soldiers to attack as Yhwach tries to pass her, but is shocked to see that they were unable to land a single blow before watching as Nianzol Weizol emerges from Yhwach's shadow. When Nianzol explains how all attacks are useless because he can deflect any attack that he sees, Senjumaru surmises that he can only deflect attacks in his line of sight before having more of her guards appear from behind tapestries resembling the pillars and attack Nianzol from behind. However, Nianzol bends their swords and explains how he can deflect the attacks of anyone whose abilities he has seen before cutting the guards in half. Unfazed by this, Senjumaru points out how she never said that the guards were the only ones attacking before revealing that she has completely replaced Nianzol's outfit with one of her own design. When Nianzol states this is impossible, Senjumaru states that she does not have her name for no reason before warning Nianzol against taking it off before he dies as he is impaled by dozens of spikes from within.

As Nianzol falls to the ground, dead, Senjumaru remarks that forgetting to remove the needles from her work after tailoring it is her own bad habit. Stating that blades can now reach Yhwach, she looks on as he uses his shadow to summon forth Soldat to counter the Soul King's soldiers, as well as his elite force to face the Royal Guard. When Gerard Valkyrie attacks her, she attempts to block it but her sewing needle is destroyed. She calls forth a massive soldier to assist her, but it is promptly disposed of by Pernida Parnkgjas. Lille Barro takes aim and shoots a large hole through her head using his Spirit Weapon.

Senjumaru's body crumples to the ground as large amounts of blood begins to pool from the large open wound in her head. After Lille attacks the various constructs seemingly causing their destruction the landscape around him pulls back revealing elaborate cloth used to simulate the surroundings. Senjumaru appears alive and well and tells him that this was a fake Soul Palace created to welcome them, and that the real palace is hidden by Ichibē Hyōsube.

Soon afterward, Senjumaru is defeated by the Schutzstaffel.

Equipment
Artificial Limbs: Attached to her back, Senjumaru has a number of long, golden, skeletal arms that she can elongate and move with great dexterity, seemingly using just her thoughts alone. Despite their slender appearance, each arm holds a considerable amount of physical strength, being able to bear the weight of a full-grown Shinigami.

Powers & Abilities
Immeasurable Spiritual Power: As a member of the Royal Guard whose collective power far surpasses the Gotei 13's, Senjumaru possesses vast amounts of spiritual power; her Reiatsu is golden-yellow. Should Senjumaru unleash her power in full, the sheer pressure will be felt not only throughout Soul Society, including down in the Seireitei, but also in the Human World and Hueco Mundo, or as Senjumaru put it "make heaven and earth across the three worlds tremble". Using her Bankai, Shatatsu Karagara Shigarami no Tsuji, Senjumaru was able to effortlessly defeat the entire Schutzstaffel by herself, even after they had been empowered by Yhwach's Auswählen.

Ōken: As one of the Royal Guards, Senjumaru has the Ōken imparted in her bones, which grants her the ability to travel in and out of the Soul King Palace as she pleases, as well as grant permission to others simply by willing it.

Cloth and Textile Manipulation: Senjumaru can create, shape, and manipulate any sort of cloth, as well as textile materials like threads, for a myriad of purposes. She can, for instance, weave long tapestries that fall down to enclose a space, producing extremely realistic backdrops to simulate elaborate sceneries and scenarios while keeping her real self (and allies) hidden. Senjumaru can also use her weaving offensively, by wielding her needle to discreetly modify the clothing worn by her opponents, so fast that they do not notice a thing, and subsequently deal fatal injuries to them (like adding spikes beneath a foe's attire that spring forth to skewer them), or even immobilize an opponent by sewing them to the ground. Defensively, Senjumaru may use threads to weave an entire umbrella within seconds using her six arms, durable enough to withstand Uryū Ishida's Licht Regen, or fill an ally's wounds with reconstructive tufts of cotton and threads that, within moments, replace any lost flesh. She can even create a rag doll-like dummy of herself to act as a substitute and take attacks in her stead.

Weaving Proficiency: Senjumaru is a masterful weaver and seamstress, her swift handiwork being why she is. She created the Ōken Clothing, woven from the bones and hair of the Royal Guard, as a special outfit designed to let someone safely return to the Seireitei from the Soul King Palace; given their makeup, these clothes possess incredible defensive power, allowing wearers to withstand the friction that results from breaking through the 72 barriers between Soul Society and the Soul King Palace without suffering any damage. Senjumaru can even alter an entire outfit within a matter of seconds, without the wearer being aware that she did anything at all, as well as sew people to surfaces using multiple threads to immobilize them, by brandishing her needle at blinding speed. Alternatively and just as quickly, Senjumaru can form elaborate textile constructs, like a defensive umbrella or a doll-like clone of herself.

Shunpo Expert: Senjumaru has demonstrated impressive skill with Shunpo, being able to easily keep up with Uryū Ishida's level of speed.

Zanpakutō

 * In its sealed form, Shigarami takes the form of an oversized sewing needle. She can wield it offensively, such as using it to puncture someone's heart.


 * Shikai: Not Revealed


 * Bankai: : Upon activation, the area around Senjumaru is engulfed by darkness while a torii-like structure rises from the ground. Senjumaru then extends her skeletal arms back towards the structure as if in prayer. Emitting iridescent light, the gate expands to form a massive, golden loom and produces endless swathes of red cloth, one rolling out like a carpet while others connect to multiple smaller tapestry looms on the sides, and yet others envelop the scene akin to a barrier. The Bankai's release causes noticeable tremors across multiple dimensions, including the Soul Society and Human World.
 * Bankai Special Ability: Shatatsu Karagara Shigarami no Tsuji allows Senjumaru to manipulate the space enclosed by her Bankai with her clothwork—literally weaving and sealing victims' fates within. Her weavings are not only uniquely patterned but each possess different powers, which seem limited only by the concept of weaving and Senjumaru's skill in it.


 * Senjumaru weaves six tapestries to use against six opponents. One hank is unraveled at a time, conjuring a special environment that wears down each target as the cloth entraps them, before Senjumaru cuts and releases all finished pieces from her Bankai's loom, the victims sealed within. This ability was shown to be powerful enough to defeat and seal all members of the Schutzstaffel with minimal effort, as well as seemingly bypass the single-type restriction of elemental Zanpakutō.


 * A purple cloth with an intricate pattern, including rhombus and eye designs. The tapestry grows actual eyes while forming eight mirrors that reflect Senjumaru's image, as well as the victim's attacks back onto them. As the latter is damaged by their own power, Senjumaru chants, "The eyes be crushed, of those who stare back". This piece was used to defeat Lille Barro.


 * A golden cloth patterned with repeating rows of barbed scales. Senjumaru can use this tapestry like an iron maiden, turning it into actual spiked sheets of metal that are cut in her image, which wrap around the victim as Senjumaru chants, "There shall be nothing, to stand dressed in". This piece was used to defeat Askin Nakk Le Vaar.


 * Rippling black cloth covered in gray, spiral fractals. This cloth can transform into an abyss of whirling black sand that swallows targets whole, while Senjumaru chants, "To be pulled in so, shall be fatal". This piece was used to defeat Pernida Parnkgjas.


 * Blue cloth patterned with interlinked snowflakes. Senjumaru can use the cloth to invoke an arctic environment, binding and freezing targets solid. With it, she chants, "To enter a place, in which never to wake again". The piece was used to defeat Gerard Valkyrie.


 * A procession of red cloths picturing black trees aflame. Framing a hallway, they emit fire capable of reducing targets to ash, as Senjumaru chants, "Until turned to ashes, there shall be no escape". The piece was used to defeat Jugram Haschwalth.


 * Dark-blue cloth emblazoned with the Wandenreich emblem, surrounded by a pattern resembling siphoned-off energy particles. This piece captures the act of Auswählen and can mimic its effects by draining targets of their energy, while Senjumaru concludes her chant with, "To be caught in the end, by the star of death". The piece was used to defeat Uryū Ishida.

Zanpakutō
Cross-dimensional Collateral Damage: Due to the overwhelming power of Senjumaru's Zanpakutō, her full power has to be sealed lest the stability of all three worlds is jeopardized. This is accomplished by Senjumaru linking her life with those of the other Royal Guards, meaning that for her to be able to unleash the full power, at least three others must end their lives, thus breaking the.

Appearances in Other Media

 * Senjumaru makes her first appearance outside of the manga as a playable character in Bleach: Brave Souls as part of the commemoration for the Thousand-Year Blood War arc tie-in. In this form, Senjumaru is a melee strong attack character with the "Heart" Attribute and the "Arrancar Killer" ability who has a chance to inflict Lacerate with every attack other than her second Strong Attack, which is a barrier move; her third Strong Attack has her summoning a Second-Class Divine Soldier. Her unlockable skills are "Berserker +20%", "Bruiser +20%", "Damage to Lacerated Enemies +40%", "Debilitator +2 secs.", "Frenzy +1", "Havoc +20%", "Increased Status Ailment Chance Against Mind Attribute Arrancar +10%", and "Sprinter +1", while her Soul Trait is "Strong Attack Recharge Time -12%"; meanwhile, her Arena Traits are "Strong Attack Damage +13%" and "Focus +30", while her Arena Abilities other than "All Stats +5%" are "Strong Attack Damage +10%" at level 5 and "Strong Attack Damage +20%" at level 10. Senjumaru's special is, where she clothes her foe in a new garment that causes inflicts damage and Lacerate.
 * In Ryōgo Narita's novel, Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World, it is revealed that Senjumaru was promoted to the Royal Guard for creating the the Shinigami wear.

Quotes

 * (To Nianzol Weizol) "Swift work is my biggest selling point, you understand. Do not underestimate the name of Senjumaru."

Trivia
General Trivia=
 * In the second best bout poll, Senjumaru's fight with Nianzol Weizol ranked 83rd.
 * In Chapter 480, members of the 12th Division mention a.
 * Curiously, the various tapestries created by Senjumaru's Bankai to defeat the Schutzstaffel all seem to relate to eventual fates the Schutzstaffel would experience in the manga. It is unknown if this is narrative foreshadowing or the Bankai somehow able to predict or determine the future.
 * Jugram Haschwalth's Tapestry sees him being burned alive, corresponding to his eventual fight to the death with his childhood friend, Bazz-B, The Heat.
 * Lille Barro's Tapestry sees his attacks being reflected back at him by mirrors, corresponding to his eventual defeat through Shinken Hakkyōken.
 * Pernida Parnkgjas's Tapestry sees it being swallowed whole by quicksand, corresponding to its eventual death by consuming and assimilating Nemu Kurotsuchi's abilities.

Klub Outside Trivia=
 * According to Q&A #149 and Q&A #389 by Tite Kubo on his fansite "Klub Outside", Senjumaru's accomplishment that gained her a promotion to Royal Guard was the invention of the shihakushō.

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