Shinya Shirogane

**Shinya Shirogane** (白銀 深夜, *Shirogane Shinya*?) is a recurring character in *Bleach: Mirrored Planes*. He is the current Lieutenant of the Seventh Division of the Gotei 13. His Captain is Togiuna Tenkūbashi. He formerly served as the Lieutenant of the Seventh Division, albeit under Kazuaki Nagao.

## Background

Shirogane Shinya’s past is something that’s not very intricate; no special bloodline, no special privilege, no special parents whatsoever. He lived a very ordinary life within the Shirogane household. He came out of academy with average scores in both kido and normal combat. He was a social person back in the academy, where he basically made everyone an acquaintance (note that it’s just acquaintance). He barely remembers people if they don’t interact with him enough, though.

After he graduated, he eventually joined the Gotei 13 and he was assigned to be in the Squad 7. Being someone who graduated from the academy even before World War II started, he was also assigned to be in a shinigami squad designed to fight Quincies under the guise of World War II. He amiably survived the war, coming out a little schated, but he went back with a new hobby: reading English literature—and that was because he traveled around Europe on his own before eventually coming back to Seireitei. Shinya was reported to be MIA, and thus, his reappearance was an event to behold. Eventually, he rejoined the Gotei 13 and rose up to the rank of Lieutenant within the Squad 7.

A little while ago, Shinya was chosen to be a marriage partner to a girl from the Ishiwatari family, Ishiwatari Irisu. At first, both of them are a little apathetic towards each other—until Shinya saw Irisu being a resemblance to Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Since then, Shin tried his best to make himself more likable towards Irisu, who also happened to be a member of Gotei 13.

## Personality

Laid back and a little apathetic, Shinya is a staple example of a teenager getting tired of his job yet is stuck on the job forever. Even though he does his job as Togiuna’s lieutenant decently, it doesn’t change the fact that he’s still just a lazy bum. It only happened recently after the factions had split into two, and the secret of Soul King was revealed. At a personal level, Shin does not feel compelled nor disgusted by the facts that had been made public; however, that decreased his work morale a little low.

He did take part in the Thousand Year Blood War as a special detachment, much like Togiuna, his captain. However, even if he won the war, it never really occurred that it affected him at a personal level. Thus, he never really had any hate towards quincies; one thing for sure, he still couldn’t really accept arrancars, as they are at some point, are still just hollows. For some reason, he is quite weak towards girls that fit the criteria of being ‘Alice’.

Even though he looks really lazy and apathetic (which is accurate), Shinya is still a lieutenant, and he knows how to perform his duties well when ordered. For one, stopping his captain from being blinded with rage; that, or, urgent extermination missions. If anything, he’s the type of person who’s serious when he’s into it.

## Appearance

Normally, Shinya wears white Haori that matches well with his white hair.

## Abilities

### General Abilities

As an average lieutenant who trained somewhat diligently if he felt like it, Shinya’s combat prowess, even though not incredible, is still considerable as lethal. He could take on at best 4 Menos Grande at the same time using his speed and shikai alone. He may not be very good with swords, but he is certainly proficient at handling long-handled weapons, be it spear, halberd, or even just a staff. During his time as MIA in Europe, he visited some library and hastily read some books about martial arts, and in result, he brought one which contained various ways of handling spears, Medieval Western style. This, combined with his original spear play, was already proven to be quite a tricky thing to deal with in human vs human combat.

### Zanpakutō

Being a lieutenant and a veteran since the Thousand Year Blood Wars, Shinya has mastered both his Shikai and his Bankai, wielding them properly as a shinigami. In sealed form, his zanpakuto is a katana with normal length and decorated with some golden linings. The scabbard itself is white, adjacent to Shinya’s daily outfit. However, since he isn’t particularly great at using a normal sword, he mostly uses the zanpakuto in shikai form, that is a spear with three points at its front end and a sharp point on the rear end. This spear is named **Tenryūmyaku** (天竜脈, *Celestial Dragon Pulse*?), and it’s capability is to absorb energy that was either directed at it or released by it. Simply said, the more it hits or gets hit, the more energy **Tenryūmyaku** stores inside her and Shinya can unleash it in one go. If the energy was released from the front tip, it would be a “blunt force”; if released from the rear end, it would be a “sharp force”. It can pierce or slash, depending on the move execution. A special technique that Shinya concocted using **Tenryūmyaku** was called [Dragon’s Claw]; by using either end, Shin could unleash three vertical waves of energy, reminiscent of an eastern dragon’s claw. The release command is, “Rise, **Tenryūmyaku**,”

#### Bankai

**Tenryūmyaku Enma-tei Kyōsōkyoku** (天竜脈炎魔帝狂想曲, *Celestial Dragon Pulse Blaze Demon Sovereign Capriccio*?) is **Tenryūmyaku**’s true form; upon unleashing this form, the spear turned into a War scythe with a pivotal joint, making it capable to turn into a reaper scythe whenever needed. Shinya himself gained a set of leg armor and gauntlets, a white dragon-like pelt around his shoulders, and quite oddly, a white top hat with gray ribbon. Now, in addition to the previous abilities, Shinya is able to directly reroute any energy he received somewhere else instead of merely storing them. This can be done with the gauntlets and leg armors, too, instead of just the handheld weapon. The top hat can be flattened, thrown, and he can store the war scythe inside. Can be called back, too.

The ultimate move that Shinya can unleash using **Tenryūmyaku Enma-tei Kyōsōkyoku** currently is called **Ryūkōrin** (竜降臨, *Dragon’s Advent)*?); as the blade bends itself into a reaper scythe, Shinya swings it to summon an energy dragon directed towards the intended target. The dragon can appear anywhere, making it perfect for surprise attacks and catching opponents off guard. The dragon is, despite its appearance, composed of ‘sharp’ energy, and thus if it crashes into something, it would slice the object instead of destroying it with a heavy force. The dragon itself is huge enough for Shin to sit still on its forehead without being absurdly overshadowed, and its total length is 50 meter. Since it's composed of energy, it can be cut but it won’t just die. If it was ‘killed’, the dragon would disappear before being able to be summoned again. Can also disappear at Shinya’s will.