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Ok, I got another one that I think could be cool.

Tempora

Tempora is a time dilation Zanpakuto.

Shikai: Its shikai command is "Distort". Upon activating, it creates an insular field with a space of time dilation within. The field can be expanded or contracted for the master's wish but its will not move with the master, he must deactivate it to use it change its location. The time dilation field slows down time for the target while the wielder of Tempora moves in real time. For someone outside the field looking in, it would appear as if the users are moving in slow motion.

The strength of its effect on its targets depends on their strength and power. Example: Rukia's ability to react would be cut relatively in half while most Captain level Shinigami would be able react normally but with a strain on their bodies.

Yugameru Jikan: The Shikai's effect can be altered in this mode. Rather than slow down time on the targets, it randomly increases and decreases it, preventing them for adjusting. This is often used when the enemy is strong enough to counter the effects of Tempora. By randomly increasing the speed of time from slow to rapid, it keeps the target from adjusting. Jikan is least used because there are times when the target moves faster than the wielder, which could be a dangerous gamble.

Tempora's Shikai has a field that can be perceived by strong Shinigami or Arrancars, it looks like a hour-glass. Weaker opponents can walk right into it without noticing it.

Bankai: Rather than creating a time dilation field over the targets, Tempora creates a time dilation field over its wielder. This field, however, speeds up time. The Shinigami will move much faster as time is going at a different rate for him. With this, he can be mobile, which the shikai couldn't.

"Watch Closely": Not necessarily an ability, it begins when the wielder spins his around his finger by the loop at the end of the hilt. At some point, the target will notice that the blade is spinning the other direction or the blade facing the wrong way. By this time, the wielder has already attacked and then resumed his previous stance, all before they could blink.

The weakness of this Bankai is its strain on the wielder. As a result of using it to move beyond the rate of those around him by using time, he also ages faster when he uses bankai. The equivalent is one minute within bankai equals one year outside. As such, the use of bankai is reluctant.