Seele Schneider

are sword-like weapons used by the Quincy. The Seele Schneiders Uryū uses are stolen from a secret storage room under Karakura Hospital, and belong to his father, Ryūken Ishida.

Design
Seele Schneiders were not created solely for the ability to cut through spirit pressure impacts. On impact, the union of spirit particles, in whatever has been cut, loosens. This is merely a tool which makes them easier to steal away. For a Quincy, absorbing spirit particles from the environment to strengthen one's weapon is absolutely imperative, and the Seele Schneider is the strongest embodiment of this process. It's much longer than a standard arrow and functions something like a chainsaw, and the blade is composed entirely of reishi, which are constantly revolving around 3,000,000 times per second. Uryū also stated that using it increased his own spiritual power.

Powers and Abilities
Reishi Collection: The Seele Schneider's second ability is to collect reishi during combat by absorbing the opponents attacks. the more spiritual pressure and energy they release, the more powerful the Quincy wielding it becomes. It allows an opponents spirit particles to become the user's.

Sword & Arrow Functionality: Since a physical high-speed impact can be destroyed by a spiritual high-speed impact, the Seele Schneider can do more damage to someone physically strong, when they physically attack, than when using a spirit-based attack; as seen in Uryū's fight against Cirucci Sanderwicci. Basically, it cuts through spirit pressure impacts. The Seele Schneider makes for a powerful blade in combat, but can do even more damage as an arrow.

Fired as an arrow, it was able to defeat a former Espada in one shot, easily piercing her soul chain, removing all of her abilities. Had it been aimed higher, towards the head, it would have undoubtedly been fatal. The lethality of the Seele Schneider at full power depends, not on it's power, but the arrow's trajectory.

Gintō Techniques

 * This technique uses five Seele Schneiders to create a pentagon-shaped seal which, when activated, causes a massive explosion within its borders. The Seele Schneiders function as accumulators, gathering the necessary amount of spirit particles to create the explosion, with the liquid inside a Gintō acts as the trigger.

But there's also a potentially-fatal drawback. The preparations needed to successfully execute this technique, combined with the charging time for the Seele Schneiders, make Sprenger's use in battle impractical unless the user has a partner that can stall their opponent in order to buy time. It is one of the most powerful Quincy attacks seen so far.

Known Seele Schneider Users

 * Uryū Ishida
 * Ryūken Ishida