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Bleach OC: Akio

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Name: Akio

Nickname: "Carp"

Age: 288

Sex: Male

Sexual Preference: Heterosexual

Species: Visored

Alliance: Independent

Appearance: Akio is about 5 ft 6 inches tall. Not uncommonly tall, but not short either. His hair is a deep brown and just shaggy enough to reach his thick brown eyebrows. His eyes are a deep blue, like the ocean after a storm. A short, scruffy layer of facial hair covers his upper lip and chin. It never grows very thick, despite how long he goes without shaving. It causes him to have a sort of unkempt appearance. His clothing contributes to his unkempt look. Akio wears cargo pants or cargo shorts most of the time. He prefers loose fitting shirts, when he wears one. Akio usually has no shirt on under his opened jacket. Akio loves to wear sunglasses. His favorite pair look similar to steampunk goggles with a wide leather strap that is always hanging from his neck when not being worn. The one piece of clothing Akio never goes without is his jacket. It is a loose fitting dark gray leather jacket, lined with soft white fur that sticks out from the ends of the sleeves and at the edges of the collar. A large hood made of denim and lined with white fur hangs down his back when not covering his head. The jacket is scarred with burn marks and frayed with tears. Crude stitching can be seen holding some of the larger holes together, while a few patches made from what appears to be netting cover others on the back. Anyone else would have thrown it away, but this jacket means to much to him. Strangely, Akio never wears shoes. He owns one pair of large black leather boots, but refuses to wear them. His excuse is because only one has laces. A flimsy excuse at best, but pressing the subject any further usually angers Akio.

Personality: Akio is very approachable and makes new friends easily. Despite this, he only maintains a close relationship with a few select people. Although he makes new friends easily, he finds it hard to get close to new people. This is mostly due to the fact that he has lost most of his closest friends over the years, and is not in a hurry to go through that again. Akio's wife Rose is the person he is closer to than anyone. They have been together for a very long time and have two beautiful daughters together. Kazue is the oldest, followed only two years later by Yumi. Akio is friendly and easy going to a fault. It takes a lot for Akio to be pushed into any sort of physical confrontation, but rest assured, he has a very short fuse when it comes to anyone threatening his family. Akio is also quick to avoid and defuse a verbal confrontation with a joke or simply outwitting his adversary. Akio can usually be seen playing with his children at the beach or swimming. In fact, the beach is one of the only places Akio removes his jacket.

Personal History: Not much is known about his personal history as of now. He grew up in a small town about thirty miles from the ocean. Akio spent the summers of his youth on beaches and islands with his father learning to fish, swim and surf. Akio's relationship with his father in his teen years was volatile at best, due to his father's heavy drinking. Akio didn't have much time to reconcile with his father before he died due to alcohol related illness. Akio took refuge on the beaches from his childhood. It is here that he was killed in a storm while swimming. He ignored the weather and swam too far out. His soul stayed on that beach for a long time, wandering around aimlessly. He was lost. And after a few years there, a hole in his chest had almost completely opened. He was minutes away from becoming a hollow and had already begun losing his sanity. His mask was almost completely formed when he lost conciousness. He awoke in a tiny hut in the poorest district of soul society. He had been saved by the woman who would become his wife. She was a shinigami. She filled him in on where he was and how he had come to be here. She had managed to preform konso at the last possible second before hollowfication was complete. She neglected to tell him that his mask had fallen off and remained intact for several minutes before fading away. She knew this was a sign that he was a hybrid, but she kept the information secret because he would have been executed if anyone found out. Normaly, some random soul wouldn't have mattered to her, but she saw something in him that intrigued her. Not much information about the next few decades of his life exist. What is known is that Akio entered into the shinigami academy and within a few years mastered his shikai. But, Akio had a tough time controling and restraing his intense, stormy reiatsu. Thus, for two years his zanpakuto remained in it's released state. Only after intense training, did he develop enough control to seal his sword. Although he can only hold back about 80% of his power. This is the reason for the unique state of his sealed zanpakuto. The last piece of information that exists on Akio's history is a small one. At some point after being assigned a vice-captain position, he was revealed as a visored. This put him and his family in danger. Akio then fled the soul society with his family and has never been found. Although there are rumors he is still alive somewhere, living in a gigai with his family and posing as normal humans.

Equipment: Other than his jacket and goggles, Akio doesn't really hold on to much. One unique thing about him is a tattoo on his left upper arm. It is the insignia of the 8th division. Although he is no longer affiliated with soul society, he still has fond memories and chooses to honor his time there with this tattoo. It has a double purpose. There is actually a mod soul sealed inside the tattoo. Akio can leave his gigai very quickly by placing his right hand over the tattoo and pulsing a small amount of reiatsu through it. This causes the mod soul to push Akio out of his body and take control. It is a very effecient way of always having a mod soul on hand to run away with your gigai.

Abilities: Although he prefers to avoid fights, Akio is a competent hand to hand combatant. His fighting style involves dodging or parrying and striking at whatever opening he can create. Akio never agressively pursues an opponent. He prefers to bait and catch. His speed is very impressive and his physical strength is nothing to scoff at, although he is far from the strongest shinigami or visored. His major advantage is his ability to grapple and ensnare his opponents.

Zanpakuto Name: Retiarius (net fighter)

Zanpakuto Appearance: Retiarius's original sealed appearance was that of a standard katana with a very long oval crossgaurd, embossed with a swirl design that resembles tentacles. However, since Akio awakened his zanpakuto, he can only seal it partialy. This has caused a change in Retiarius's sealed appearance. The blade is the same, but the cross gaurd and handle are gone. In their place is a slender, 24 inch long spiral conch shell. The opening of the shell where a crab would normally hide is large enough for Akio to place his right hand inside and grip the curvature of the shell. His right hand is completely covered by the shell's opening while his left hand grips the last 7 inches of the shell.

Zanpakuto Inner World and Spirit: The inner world of Retiarius is an unpredictable one. A vast, seemingly endless ocean stretches out in every direction, making it hard to tell where the ocean ends and the sky begins. This ocean is usually calm, but can be very violent and stormy if Retiarius is of a mood, which is half of the time. The spirit of this zanpakuto is very moody. Retiarius appears to be a man in his mid fifties. His shoulder length salt-crusted brown and gray hair is tied back with a torn shred of a fishing net. Small shells and shark teeth can be seen woven into a few braids in his loose hanging ponytail. His face is tan and marred by wrinkles from always squinting. His eyes are always barely visible, unless he is upset. Then, one can plainly see his deep blue eyes that seem to be backlit by lightning. Crude clothing made from old nets are draped across his chest and shoulders. Small sea stars can be seen caught in the net from time to time. Retiarius has no legs to speak of, instead his lower body is made up of 8 tentacles. These tentacles resemble octopus tentacles, save one feature. A thin but tough membrane of skin bridges the gaps between the tentacles, giving them a batwing-like appearance. The suckers on the underside of the tentacles all have 1 to 3 inch long hooks as large as tiger claws coming from the middle of them. When Retiarius feels upset or threatened, he turns his tentacles up and makes a dome around his upper body, covered in hundreds of protruding hooks. When Akio enters his zanpakuto's inner world, he finds himself on a small boat with two oars. Since Retiarius isn't always in the mood to talk, Akio must sometimes paddle for what seems like hours before Retiarius shows himself. Retiarius can usually be seen floating waist deep in the water casting a large net across the surface.

Shikai Release Command: Ensnare! Retiarius!

Shikai Appearance: Upon releasing the shikai of Retiarius, the 7 inch protrusion at the base of the shell used as the handle rapidly extends downward. Meanwhile, the katana blade shortens and widens into a 12 inch long 3 inch wide, double sided blade. Two smaller 7 inch blades burst forth from the crest of the spiral conch shell on either side of the main blade. The two smaller blades look like the tips of katana with the edges facing outward. The base of the blades are about 3 inches from the base of the main blade. This gap widens gradualy up the blades as they are slanted outward to increase the overall potential cutting area of the head of the trident. When the release is complete, Akio is left holding white and tan colored 7 foot tall trident. The head of the trident is the spiral shell that was formerly the hilt of his sealed sword.

Shikai Abilities: Ryoushi (fisherman) To activate this ability, Akio reaches into the hole of the shell with his left hand and pulls outward. In doing so, he can pull a net made from nearly indestructable fibers that can range in overall size from 10 feet wide to over 100 feet wide. The nets are woven in a diamond pattern with a tight weave. Each opening in the nets are only about 4 inches across. At every joint of the nets are 1 to 3 inch hooks that latch onto enemies and inject them with a toxin that blocks and alters the flow of reiatsu of whomever is ensnared. Not to mention the nasty gashes they leave. Akio can manifest over two dozen nets before he fatigues at all. These nets weigh next to nothing in Akio's hands and can be used as a large thick whip to keep enemies at bay and deflect reiatsu based attacks. The special reiatsu disrupting properties of the nets make them very good flexible shields. If Akio can cast a net onto an enemy, (which isn't that difficult considering his skill as a fisherman) the enemy will find it is next to impossible to escape. If an enemy does manage to escape, they will be covered in hundreds of gashes from the interior of the whip, and have a hard time focusing their reiatsu.

This is the only true ability of Retiarius. Akio compensates for his lack of a diverse arsenal with very creative techniues and using his net and trident in tandem. (ex: ensnaring an opponent and stabing them to death with the trident before they can escape)

In a very rare occurance, Akio can use a very stunted version of this attack when his zanpakuto is sealed. Since it remains partially released, he can pull a net from the hilt of his sealed katana in a similar fashion. This net is generaly only large enough to ensare one average adult and lacks the hooks of the true net. However, it does still posses mild reiatsu disrupting powers.



Bankai Name: Coming soon

Bankai Appearance: Coming soon

Bankai Abilities: Coming soon

Visored Mask Description: Coming soon

Visored Abilities: Coming soon
This is my first draft of a character sheet for my new OC Akio.
It is incomplete and I am sure that it has typos.
I would like a little critique on the character, not the grammar lol.


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L-SaDiablo13's avatar
The shikai's hilt design could use a bit of work. For example, instead of wielding it two-handed, maybe have him wield it like a katar; a horizontal handle within the shell so the any external parts protect his hand and forearm. Or mayhaps have it become somewhat a part of his arm (Similar to Kimimaro's spear in his second state during the battle with Gaara).

Just thought I'd give some input with my weapons knowledge. All in all, very well-written. Make sure you didn't add any extraneous detail that don't seem necessary unless something brings them up in the story/roleplay.