Ushi Atama

**Ushi Atama** (*牡牛 あたま, Meaning: Bull Head*) is the **former Captain** of the Third Division of the Gotei 13, which made him both the **Commander** of the **Shinsengumi** and the **Vice Warden** of the **Black Box**, a high security prison ran by Division 3. He held both positions for hundreds of years.

## ***Personality***

### **Quirks**

* **Lawful to a Fault**: Ushi is a believer in the law and will try to follow it and enforce it as well as he can.
* **Fatherly**: Ushi conducts himself like a father.

### **Goals**

* **Redemption**: Ushi seeks to redeem himself still after being released from hell, this is why he's so insistent on following the law and enforcing it.

### **Problems or Flaws**

* **Lawful Stupid**: Like a proper lawful neutral Ushi sometimes does stupid stuff just because the law says so. Ushi is also not necessarily the smartest of captains but he makes up for it by listening to and appointing people more qualified than him to stop this from becoming a problem for his division.

## ***History***

### **Background**

Ushi Atama was a former Togabito which has escaped from hell by seemingly atoning for his sins in life and having ascended from Togabito in Hell to Plus in Soul Society. Ushi performed this feat by giving up his unending rage which caused him to murder hundreds in life, including his own wife and children, and dedicating himself to stopping the suffering of the other togabito in hell with his own body.

## ***Abilities***

### **4 Shinigami Styles**

Ushi Atama is a capable physical fighter who possesses not only great physical and spiritual prowess but also a mastery of the 3 great physical arts of **Zanjutsu, Hoho** and **Hakuda**.

Ushi possesses great knowledge of **Kido** but exclusively Kido which binds and subdues opponents which he makes great use of to perform his duty as Captain of the 3rd Division. Because he has specialized so deeply into **Bakudo**(Binding) and **Fu**(Sealing) type Kido he cannot be considered a master outside of those areas so he is classified as an expert instead.

### **Togabito Combat**

Ushi is able to fight using a modified **Bakudō #63. Sajō Sabaku** that creates a large amount of chains extending from him as a means of fighting like a togabito does but with even more control. He is capable of using any technique a normal Togabito can be expected to use and furthermore because his chains are Kido based and controlled by him he can combine other kido into them to take the techniques to a new dimension of power and skill.

### **Devil Clad Form**

Ushi has at some point in his time as the Vice Warden of the **Black Box** managed to coax and befriend a Kushanada which he brought over from hell into the special prison he presides over. The Kushanada are capable of granting a large ammount of power to those they deem worthy of holding it, allowing them to increase their abilities and perform impossible feats, Ushi can call upon this power with a large ammount of success to perform his job as a Vice Warden. While in this form Ushi's parameters increase to a level which is incomparable to any shinigami except perhaps those who bear the title of Kenpachi.

If Ushi is inside the prison he can freely attempt to access this form and maintain it indefinitely so long as the Kushanada allows it so, however outside of it he can only access it by means of a special object known as **The Devil's Horn** and it can only last a short ammount of time, enough to overpower an especially tough opponent for an attack or so.

Demon Clad Form
## ***Former Zanpakuto: Gyukimaru***

Ushi's Former Zanpakuto was known as **Gyukimaru** (*牛鬼, Lit: Ox Demon Boy*) and it manifested itself as a standard katana except its sheath is burnt black. He has since rescinded the use of the Zanpakuto after its Bankai got stolen, destroying its abilities in hopes of destroying the stolen Bankai as well.

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*Shikai*

It is triggered by the command **Kuru** (*くる, Lit: Escavate*). When in shikai form Ushi's sword doesn't actively change its shape but instead the blade becomes covered in such a large amount of spiked chains as to turn it into a metal bat which is reminiscent of an oni's club.

Gyukimaru's special ability is the ability to "dig" through dimensions with his sword and to create temporary fixed portals to hell. These portals can last only a few seconds and their location cannot be controlled by Ushi, instead always appearing on top of an ever erupting volcano. In practice Ushi's Shikai allows him to "shoot streams of lava" by slashing a lava portal into existence with his sword. Because the result was always the same Ushi thought his Shikai's special ability was Lava Creation until he achieved Bankai and he finally understood its real mechanics.

*Bankai*

**Ienikaeru Gyukimaru** (*家に帰る 牛鬼, Return Home Ox Demon Boy*) is the bankai of Ushi and when called upon breaks every chain which wrapped its blade and causes them to wrap around Ushi's sword wielding arm instead.

The special ability of the Bankai is to allow Ushi to create his portals in the last layer of hell in a more specific and controlled location rather than always on top of the same ever-erupting volcano. These portals work both ways theoretically but whenever Ushi creates a second one the last one created instantly closes, allowing him a max of 2 portals. He has been shown using this ability defensively to simply send attacks into hell and has even shown its unorthodox application by removing a Kushanada from hell for his own personal use in the **Black Box** prison.

## ***Trivia***

* This character is portrayed originally by Konro from Fire Force but after his "ressurection" after an encounter with Chupacabra he acquired the design of Benimaru of the same series.