Musashi Kanda

### Relatives

Kaguya Kanda (Sister)Kouki Kurosawa (Nephew)Kaito Kurosawa (Brother-in-Law)Mao Kuroawa (Sister-in-Law)

## Zanpakutō

### Reiatsu Color

Golden

> "Power must be used for the common good. Our mission is to impose order and ensure the safety of soul society, so put your back straight and fight, I don't want to see you sleeping again!"
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**Musashi Kanda** (武蔵 神田 Kanda Musashi) is the oldest of the Kanda, founder and current captain of the Kido Corps. Ex-captain of Kaito Kurosawa, brother of Kaguya Kanda and one of the Special War Powers of the Wandenreich.

## Powers & Abilities

**Master Swordmen**: As Shigekuni Yamamoto's partner and founder of the Kido corps, Musashi had the pleasure of training alongside the founder of the gotei 13 and the first enpachi in his golden days, due to which his sword skills are simply comparable to those of a master. His attacks are precise and despite looking slow they are performed with an almost perfect technique, only being surpassed by legendary shinigami such as Yamamoto, Zaraki Kenpachi, Yachiru Unohana and Ōetsu Nimaiya himself.

**Kido Master**: As the founder of the Kido Musashi bodies, he´s a shinigami with an incomprehensible knowledge of these techniques, he develops perfectly in each of the areas and is responsible for the creation of more than 40 kidos. His ability to perform these spells is so great that is able of using more than one at the same time, apparently the type of those spells isn´t relevant since in the fight he had with Miu Kurosawa, he healed himself with Kaidos at the same time as performed various kinds of Hados.

**Hakuda Master**: Even when he´s separated from his zanpakuto and limited with his kidos, Musashi can hold his own in close combat very well as in some trainings with Kaito Kurosawa where he proved to be an expert in grappling and using the energy flow in the blows, being able to throw Kaito several times to the ground without making much effort and simply flowing with the blows of the young Kurosawa.

**Enchanted Strength**: In addition to his amazing physique for his age, Musashi possesses superhuman strength which is first represented on the occasion where, in order to enter the library where he keeps his most important books, he must move an incredibly heavy door which only few people apart from Musashi have been able to open, among them there is Mao Kurosawa but she had problems to made it at the first attempt

**Enchanted Durability**: Musashi has remarkable durability, having withstood attacks from Genryusai Yamamoto, Mao, and Apollo Kurosawa, survived slashes from Yachiru Unohana, Hados from Tessai Tsukabishi, and still stood up. Despite not being indestructible he has proven to be as tough as few are and can proudly say that he has faced the strongest and survived.

**Immense Spiritual Power**: The spiritual power of the first and strongest captain of the Kido corps ever existed in the history, that already gives an idea of the immeasurable power that Musashi can release. A Reiryoku that allows him to perform kido # 100 of each branch of this art without problems, Aizen himself has admitted that "*if Musashi were not such a kind old man he could have killed him the day he expelled him from the Kido corps*". Despite commonly giving off the aura of not being a big deal, Musashi can give off a spiritual pressure capable of making masters like Miu, Kaito Kurosawa, young Hachigen Ushōda and Tessai Tsukabishi kneel and be afraid of him.

**Wisdom**: One of Musashi's greatest virtues is his wisdom, from his first appearance he demonstrated knowing what to say or do when faced with Kaito's questions and attitudes. The day he resigned his position as captain, he gave a prediction to his friend Genryusai about "*a nameless dark calamity disguised as a white butterfly flying over hell*" which ended up referring to Sosuke Aizen and his plan to become the new spiritual king.

### Zanpakutō

Gashadokuro (がしゃどくろ/ 餓者髑髏, lit. "starving skeleton") is the first kido-type zanpakuto forged by Ōetsu Nimaiya and was mainly created to bring order to the kido bodies and keep future problems related to demon arts. It´s a very particular zanpakuto because it simply has a unique release that cannot be said out loud, that´s why Musashi created a Kido spell that allows him to say Gashadokuro's real name without anyone else hearing it.

* **Bankai**: **Idaina tamashī no yoku: Takiyasha Hime no Gashadokuro** (偉大な魂の欲: 滝夜叉-姫 餓者髑髏, *Great soul greed: Takiyasha Princess Gashadokuro*) While Musashi says Gashadokuro's real name, he puts away his sword and slowly unsheathes it, making a cut in the air that forms a black stain through the entire path of the sword. From this cut, a gas begins to come out that surrounds the blade of his zanpakuto and transforms it into a twin set of shatered swords. His appearance also changes and his eyes possess a double set of pupils, one to perceive the world as normal eyes would and the other to observe the flow of reiatsu, reiryoku and reishi with unparalleled accuracy.

***Bankai Special Ability***: Musashi´s bankai has a simple ability, he´s able to summon and create all kinds of Kido's spells at will, not limited by spells or names. This ability has been used very few times and only one of them has been documented and it was when Musashi faced Sōsuke Aizen in the past and with his Bankai he expelled Aizen from Kido's bodies, creating a barrier specifically designed so that he would not I could go through it for all eternity.

Spells cast by Musashi in his bankai do not have a time limit like normal spells, meaning they are immune to Baraggan Louisenbairn's corrosive effects.

The only limitation of Gashadokuro is similar to the case of Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, if he stays active for a long time all the things around him would progressively disappear due to the Bankai altering the Reishi molecules around him. A prolonged use of the Bankai would mean the irreparable destruction of the surroundings, therefore it is strictly forbidden for Musashi to release his Bankai in any world, Hueco mundo, the human world or the souls society, because doing so would cause damage to the world. order of the worlds.

## Trivia

* Even though he had abandoned his position as captain in the past, Musashi was still invited to Yamamoto's tea ceremonies because they were both huge fans of the ceremony.
* Despite having a lot of paperwork as a captain, he always finds time to visit or talk with his younger sister Kaguya.

## Quotes

* (To Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto) "*Evil is elusive Gen, it can be everywhere without us noticing so let me warn you of something. Beware of a nameless dark calamity disguised as a white butterfly flying over hell in search of an arrogant wish , if you go without care you will die*"
* (To Kaguya Kanda) *"You are right, you´re not the strongest, you´re afraid, you´re clumsy and very sentimental but you know... weakness and fear are that trigger that is able of destroying us or destroying itself. It´s up to you decide what you do with that trigger"*
* (To Sosuke Aizen) *"Listen to me and engrave my words in the depths of your soul, Sosuke Aizen: If you continue with this arrogant plan you will be dethroned and your soul will rot in the darkest corners of hell along with your twisted desire in an unspeakable disgrace formed by the raging lives of all those you drag with you"*