OC Creation Guide #3: Bleach

Hei/Hello everybody! This time, we're going to take a look at the do's and don'ts of making a good/decent Bleach OC.

Species: There are 5 races in the World of Bleach, Humans/Fullbringers, Quincies, Shinigami, Bounts and Arrancars.

Name: For humans and Bounts, there honestly isn't any special rule to names, so go wild. Shinigami names are usually Japanese, save for one exception(Soi Fon). Arrancar names are always spanish.

Appearance:  Keep them human, and aside from the humans and bounts, each race has a standard uniform. For the shinigami, it's a black kimono with black hakama pants. For the Arrancars, it's a white coat and/or a white jacket and white hakama pants. Quincy uniforms are primarily white with blue stripes. Arranger's also have their Hollow Hole somewhere on their body, and it doesn't necessarily have to avoid a vital spot, and they also have some fragment of their Hollow mask.

Personality: Nothing to add from the basics.

Background: If your OC is not a human, Quincy, or a Bount, they have already died once. Sure, they might not remember their previous life in full detail, but they should remember some parts of it, especially those parts that elicit some sort of a reaction from them.

Special abilities: Each race has their own special powers, so just read the section marked with our OC's race. Humans have 2 sub-species/clans who have their own special powers.

Zanpakuto(Shinigami): Zanpakuto is essentially a Shinigami's soul in a physical form, made with putting their Spiritual Energy into a Asauchi, which is made by one of the Squad Zero people.There 3 states to a Zanpakuto:

Sealed state, which is usually a normal Katana. A Zanpakuto's sealed state might change after the Shinigami unlocks Shikai, and might change even more when Bankai is unlocked.

Shikai, the first released state, which usually transforms into a simple weapon, like a spear or some other hand-held weapons. The abilities of a Shikai are always pretty simple and related to the Shikai's shape, for example: a Shikai transforms into a giant hammer, it's usually either just a basic melee Zanpakuto, or it causes tremors whenever it's swung, like what Whitebeard from One Piece can do.

Bankai, the final released state is the hardest one to unlock, but it's also the showiest one of the Zanpakuto's forms, and more than often it's not something simple like a costume change, but something more along the lines of a giant mech suit. A Bankai's powers are always the evolved state of the Shikai's, but they usually don't develop an additional power. For example, let's say that a Shikai's ability is to kill one person with 2 strikes, then the Bankai's would be to kill numerous people with just one strike.

Zanpakuto(Arrancar): An Arrancar's Zanpakuto is slightly different from a Shinigami's, as it doesn't transform into another weapon, but it instead stores the powers the Arrancar had as a Hollow, and when released, it gives the Arrancar an armor with the abilities of their Hollow form. Now, Arrancar's Resureccion(It's essentially them unleashing their Shikai) usually doesn't have a Bankai-like state, but as Ulquiorra Cifer has demonstrated, there is a second level to the Resureccion, called Resureccion: Segunda Etapa, which boosts their powers even further.

Fullbring: Fullbringers are humans who had their mothers survive a Hollow's attack while they(The Fullbringer) were still inside their mother. A Fullbring is more often than not manifested with a item that the Fullbringer has a personal connection to, and the powers manifested are related to that item. 

For example, a person who's Fullbring power manifested in a magnifying glass could manifest as the ability to look far, seeing small things clearly, possible x-ray vision, but that's pushing it, and lastly, magnifying blasts to bigger size, for example: user shoots a Reiryoku laser through one side of the glass, the laser gets bigger when it exits.

Fullbrings manifest in numerous stages, but they evolve out of those states as time progresses, and when it finally settles on a form, it doesn't change naturally, but if the Fullbringer absorbs some spiritual energy from a Shinigami, the Fullbring will evolve. 

Quincy: Quincy's use bows, there isn't much to say about this. Honestly, the only thing that you can do is make your bow look unique. Quincy's also have a upgraded form, called Volstandig, when the Quincy grows wings.

Doll: Bounts use dolls, which have sealed forms, usually some a basic object, but it has been shown that they van be animals and plants. They usually embody some element, and they usually take a inhuman form. 

The dolls themselves don't have a evolved stage, but when the "friendship meter reaches max level", the Doll can transform into an armor for the Bount. But before that, if the Bount becomes weak, the Doll will eat them, and if the doll gets destroyed, the Bount dies.

Bakkoto: Simply put, Bakkoto are weapons made to rival the Zanpakuto, created by a clan in Secrete that wanted to overthrow the Shinigami. There really isn't any limitations, so go nuts.

Synopsis: Yritä olla alkuperäinen, mutta seuraa sarjan sääntojä.

Seuraavalla kerralla pidän taukoa OC-luonti tutoriaaleista, jolloin arvostelen Boku No Hero Academian ensimmäisen jakson.

Next time, I'll be taking a break from OC creation tutorials. Instead, I'll be reviewing the first episode of Boku No Hero Academia.