Inuzuri Hotaru

**Inuzuri Hotaru** (*Kanji*: **戌吊**, **蛍**; *English*: **Howling Dog**, **Firefly**) is a human who leads the 11th Division as its Captain and the Ichimaru Family as its head.

In the past, he was a Bount-Quincy Hybrid with Shinigami powers and a former student-trainee at Shin'ō Academy.

## ***History***

### *Birth and Childhood*

Hotaru is the son of a Bount-Shinigami named Inuzuri Otaru and an Echt-Thule Quincy named Traudl Arnoldi. Alongside his twin brother, Inuzuri Botaru, Hotaru was born in Hueco Mundo and during a war between Pelayo Riaño and Thule.

Like Botaru, as a hybrid, Hotaru was not an Echt. But rather, Hotaru was a Gemischt. As such, like Botaru, Hotaru was not allowed to enter Thule. However, unlike Botaru, Hotaru was born with a deficiency in spiritual energy and with a lack of spiritual pressure. As such, Hotaru was incapable of attaining the powers of a Bount or Quincy. And Hotaru was sickened by the environment of Hueco Mundo.

Because of Hotaru's impurity, Traudl could not bring Hotaru to Thule. And because of Hotaru's weakness, Hotaru would not survive in Hueco Mundo without assistance and protection. As such, not long after Hotaru became a 10-year-old, Traudl asked Otaru to bring Hotaru to Soul Society and then entrust Hotaru to Underworld. And Otaru agreed and promised to bring Hotaru to Soul Society and then entrust Hotaru to Underworld.

Notably, Botaru overhead Otaru and Traudl's conversation. Upon discovering that Hotaru and him were about to be separated from one another, Botaru imbued his doll into Hotaru and then ordered his doll to protect Hotaru.

Also of note, Otaru had lied. As, while Otaru may have intended to bring Hotaru to Soul Society, Otaru had no intention of entrusting Hotaru to Underworld. So, needless to say, Otaru broke his agreement and promise to Traudl. Otaru brought Hotaru to Soul Society but then entrusted Hotaru to Inuzuri Otari, his twin sister, instead of Underworld. Hotaru then left Otari to raise Hotaru in Inuzuri, the 78th District of South Rukongai.

Sometime when Hotaru was a 15-year-old, Otari was accused — but not found guilty — of Otaru's crimes of selling reigai to hollows and smuggling both arrancar and hollows from Hueco Mundo to the Soul Society. Consequently, a group vigilantes broke into Otari's home and murdered Otari. However, before the vigilantes managed to murder Hotaru as well, a shinigami-in-training arrived on the scene.

Said shinigami-in-training was a 12-year-old Ōe Kuniyuki. Kuniyuki had detected the vigilantes' killing intent and then rushed to the scene. As soon as the vigilantes caught sight of Kuniyuki, the vigilantes attempted to explain themselves and surrender. But Kuniyuki ignored the vigilantes' surrender and slew all of the vigilantes on the spot!

Afterward, because Kuniyuki mistook Hotaru for a girl, Kuniyuki advised Hotaru to attend Shin'ō Academy and become a shinigami himself. Out of admiration for and gratitude towards Kuniyuki, Hotaru decided to follow Kuniyuki's advice. However, even after 5 years of life in Soul Society, Hotaru was still a sickly and weak boy. As such, every time Hotaru attempted to enroll into Shin'ō Academy, Hotaru was denied enrollment for meeting neither the physical nor spiritual prerequisites for a student-trainee of the Shin'ō Academy...

...until, after 10 years of failure and training, he finally managed to pass the admittance exam and procure enrollment into Shin'ō Academy! However, by the time he finally managed to become a shinigami-in-training, Kuniyuki had long-since graduated from Shin'ō Academy and started a career as a full-fledged shinigami of the 2nd Division.

## ***Current Abilities and Equipment***

### *Physical and Spiritual Capabilities*

#### **Spiritual Prowess**

Hotaru exhibits an immense amount of spiritual power and standard-type spiritual pressure.

### *Skills and Techniques*

#### **Atem**

Hotaru is an Atem Master.

Hotaru is able to use all of the standard maneuvers of Atem; in addition, Hotaru is also able to use an In'yōno Kisoku named Enno Kisoku.

* **Enno Kisoku** (*Kanji*: **炎の気息**; *English*: **Flame Breathing**) - Is a sub-style of the In'yōno Kisoku. It consists of using the **Gokumahōno Kisoku** in conjunction with the Zettaino Kisoku in order to both augment one's physical capabilities and enchant one's body with fire magic.

#### **Jahada**

The **Jahada** (*Kanji*: **蛇肌**; *English*: **Snake Skin**) is a maneuver where Hotaru will maximizing his spiritual pressure's sensitivity in order to use his spiritual pressure to sense his environment in a touch-like manner.

Notably, this maneuver is the prelude to the Jagan.

#### **Shinnoden**

As a result of his exhibition of SKP reiatsu and then exposure to Ibusoku Jinoshi's effect, Hotaru has become a Shinnoden Practitioner.

##### Stage 1

Hotaru can ascend to Stage 1 of the Shinnoden and then maintain Stage 1 for an indefinite period of time.

During Hotaru's ascension to Stage 1 of the Shinnoden, his **Reiryoku** (*Kanji*: **霊力**; *English*: **Spiritual Power**) will be converted into **Tenryoku** (*Kanji*: **天力**; *English*: **Heavenly Power**). As such, because Tenryoku is more efficient and more powerful than Reiryoku, he will experience an increase in the efficiency and power of his Reiatsu.

##### Stage 2

Hotaru can ascend to Stage 2 of the Shinnoden and then maintain Stage 2 for an indefinite period of time.

During Hotaru's ascension to Stage 2 of the Shinnoden, his Reiatsu (*Kanji*: **霊圧**; *English*: **Spiritual Pressure**) will be converted into **Shinatsu** (*Kanji*: **神圧**; *English*: **Divine Pressure**).

Notable, while Shinatsu may not be any more efficient or more powerful than Reiatsu, Shinatsu does exhibit a property that Reiatsu does not exhibit. Specifically, Shinatsu allows the body to ascend into divinity alongside one's spirit and thus grants one an augmentation to one's mental and physical capabilities. To put it simply, Shinatsu causes Hotaru to become more athletic and more intelligent than he was before.

##### Stage 3

Hotaru can ascend to Stage 3 of the Shinnoden and then maintain Stage 3 for an indefinite period of time.

By ascending to Stage 3 of the Shinnoden, Hotaru is able to assume a form named the **Ōshijinzō** (*Kanji*: **王紫神像**; *English*: **Royal Purple God Form**)!

Like Shinatsu, the Ōshijinzō augments Hotaru's mental and physical capabilities. As such, like Shinatsu, the Ōshijinzō causes Hotaru to become more athletic and more intelligent than Hotaru was before. In addition, the Ōshijinzō augments Hotaru's maximum and regeneration of Tenryoku. And the Ōshijinzō increases the potency and range of Hotaru's Shinatsu.

#### **Zanjutsu**

Hotaru is a Master Swordsman; specifically, Hotaru is a Master Iaidoka.

## ***Former Abilities and Equipment***

### *Physical and Spiritual Capabilities*

#### **Spiritual Prowess**

Hotaru exhibits a basic amount of spiritual power and the standard type of spiritual pressure.

Hotaru is blind and deaf to all spiritual entities because the amount of spiritual energy that he exhibits is below the minimum of spiritual energy that is needed to be spiritually aware. In other words, Hotaru is too weak to hear or see any spiritual entities.

##### Spiritual Pressure

As previously stated, Hotaru exhibits an icy type of spiritual pressure.

Hotaru's spiritual pressure exhibits all of the coldness of ice, but it does not exhibit the tangibility of ice. As such, in terms of its texture, Hotaru's spiritual pressure is less like ice and more like cold air or cold water. Notably, because of its similarity to cold air and cold water, Hotaru's spiritual pressure is able to engender wind in hot or even just warm temperatures and freeze a large number of gasses and liquids! In addition, Hotaru's spiritual pressure is able to inflict frostbite and hypothermia with ease and haste!

###### Jagan

The **Jagan** (*Kanji*: **蛇眼**; *English*: **Snake Eyes**) is a maneuver where, by maximizing his spiritual pressure's sensitivity and minimizing his spiritual pressure's temperature, Hotaru is able to detect the warmth of photons and thereby perceive his environment in an infrared vision-like manner.

Notably, Hotaru exhibits enough experience and skill with his maneuver to detect the warmth of and thereby perceive even an individual photon! As such, through this maneuver, Hotaru is capable of both macroscopic and microscopic perception.

###### Fuyuko Notōka

The **Fuyuko Notōka** (*Kanji*: **冬湖の凍渦**; *English*: **Frozen Vortex of the Wintry Lake**) is a maneuver where Hotaru will maneuver and shape his spiritual pressure into a maelstrom which is centered on himself. By doing so, Hotaru is able to perform a myriad and variety of other maneuvers.

* **Hensō** (*Kanji*: **返送**; *English*: **Return to Sender**) - By allowing a powerful and warm spiritual pressure to contact or enter his spiritual pressure, Hotaru is able to create a whirlwind from the turbulence between his cold spiritual pressure and the warm spiritual pressure and then use the whirlwind to launch both his cold spiritual pressure and the warm spiritual pressure towards a target!
* **Sōsai** (*Kanji*: **相殺**; *English*: **Counteraction**) - After using his Jagan to analyze the spiritual energy which constitutes a kidō or kidō-like phenomenon, Hotaru is able to alter his Fuyuko Notōka into a **Hanki** (*Kanji*: **反鬼**; *English*: **Reverse Demon**) with the ability to cancel the kidō or kidō-like phenomenon. Notably, it's also possible for Hotaru to use the Jagan to analyze an individual's spiritual energy through the individual's spiritual pressure and then alter his Fuyuko Notōka into a Hanki with the ability to paralyze the individual by neutralizing the individual's spiritual energy.
* **Tōketsuka** (*Kanji*: **凍結渦**; *English*: **Freezing Vortex**) - By using his spiritual pressure as a heat sink which conducts heat away from his environment, Hotaru is able to freeze his environment!
	+ **Sokushikū** (*Kanj*i: **即死空**; *English*: **Instant Death Void**) - By abruptly freezing his environment's air, Hotaru is able to deprive his environment of air and thereby generate a vacuum within his environment! Subsequently, Hotaru is able to allow the vacuum to draw in air as powerful gales capable of both cutting the entities within the vacuum and drawing entities into the vacuum.

##### Quincy Perception

However, Hotaru is able compensate for his blindness and deafness with naught but the sheer and unprecedented acuity of his Quincy ability to both detect spiritual particles and sense spiritual pressure.

Because Hotaru perceives his environment in terms of spiritual particles and spiritual pressure, Hotaru lacks the macroscopic viewpoint that is exhibited by others and possesses a microscopic viewpoint that is unique to him. As Hotaru identifies entities by the chemical composition of their spiritual particles and recognizes phenomena by their effects on the background radiation of spiritual pressure.

##### Quincy Forgery

Notably, by analyzing and memorizing an entity or phenomenon, Hotaru is able to use his Quincy abilities to emulate or even recreate the entity or phenomenon.

As such, as long as Hotaru has access to a sufficient amount of spiritual energy and spiritual particles, Hotaru is able to generate an emulation or recreation of any entity or phenomenon that he has managed to analyze and memorize.

##### Human King Abilities

Like the Buckbeard and Jugram Haschwalth, Hotaru exhibits the ability to break off a piece of his soul and then imbue that piece of his soul onto an individual. By doing so, Hotaru is able to cure the individual of afflictions and wounds. Under normal circumstances, Hotaru would be able to empower the individual as well, but Hotaru does not exhibit enough spiritual energy to fuel an empowerment.

Notably, while Hotaru's soul piece is imbued within an individual, the soul piece will absorb a minimum of the individual's spiritual energy and use that spiritual energy to develop itself. Afterward, Hotaru can reclaim the soul piece from the individual in order to procure the soul piece's development from himself. Unfortunately, Hotaru is unable to reclaim a soul piece from an individual without killing the individual.

Lastly, by expending an amount of spiritual energy, Hotaru is able to perform the Auswählen. Through Auswählen, Hotaru is able to access and manipulate any Quincy's soul. By doing so, Hotaru is able to redistribute the Quincies powers among them or seize the Quincies' powers for himself. However, because of his lack of spiritual energy, Hotaru is limited to performing Auswählen upon naught but 1 Quincy's soul a day.

### *Equipment and Weapons*

#### **Eiskrieger**

The **Eiskrieger** (*German For*: **Ice Warriors**) are an alchemical and bioprecipitation-based weapon created by Hotaru.

By imbuing pieces of his soul into a microbial colony of ice-nucleating bacteria, Hotaru was able to cultivate and empower the bacteria. Subsequently, by co-adapting the bacteria and his body into a mutualistic relationship and then integrating the bacteria into his body, Hotaru was able to endow himself with the ability to procure a copious amount of ice nucleation-active proteins (INA proteins) from the bacteria. In addition, Hotaru was also able to endow himself with the ability to use his soul pieces that he imbued within the bacteria to transfer spiritual energy from the bacteria to himself.

With his Quincy ability to detect and manipulate spiritual particles, Hotaru is able to mix the INA proteins into any of the water within an individual's body. By doing so, Hotaru is able to cause the water to undergo crystallization into snowflakes and thereby freeze the individual. It's also possible for Hotaru to freeze water into ice by mixing INA proteins into either water that he created from spiritual particles or water that is within his environment. Subsequently, with the pieces of his soul that are imbued within the bacteria, Hotaru is able to siphon spiritual energy from the bacteria and then use that spiritual energy to manipulate the ice.

Notably, by combining his ability to create and manipulate ice and water, Hotaru is able to create a myriad and variety of clouds. Subsequently, Hotaru is able to manipulate those clouds as a means of altering the weather.

#### **Haizento**

Hotaru exhibits an S6-ranked haizentō named **Taja** (*Kanji*: **焚蛇**; *English*: **Burned Snake**).

##### Gattai ~ Achieved

By mixing Taja and his reiryoku together and then resonating Taja and his reiryoku, Hotaru is able to augment and combine Taja and his reiryoku.

###### Chogattai

By mixing Taja and his Gattai with Toja's reiryoku and then resonating Taja and his Gattai with Toja's reiryoku, Hotaru is able to perform a **Chōgattai** (*Kanji*: **超合体**; *English*: **Super Combination**) which augments and combines both Taja and his Gattai and Toja's reiryoku!

Also of note, it's just as possible for Hotaru and Taja to perform a Chōgattai with Hijōtōki Tōja rather than Tōja. Needless to say, Hotaru and Taja's Chōgattai with Hijōtōki Tōja is far more powerful than Hotaru and Taja's Chōgattai with Tōja.

##### Kyomeijo ~ Achieved

Taja's full name is **Hijōnatsu Taja** (Kanji: **非情夏**, **焚蛇**; English: **Heartless Summer**, **Burned Snake**). It is transformed into its Kyōmeijō state by chanting the command **Constrict** (*Romaji*: **???**; *Kana*: **???**) and then calling out its name.

Hijōnatsu Taja exhibits the ability to forego absorbing air in favor of just pulling the air into the Magical fires created by the Enno Kisoku. By doing so, Hijōnatsu Taja is able to fuel the Enno Kisoku's fires by providing the Enno Kisoku's fires with oxygen.

#### **Hollow Dumplings**

A **Hollow Dumpling** (*Romaji*: **Horōdango**; *Kanji*: **虚団子**) is a gikongan, a soul candy, which embodies a hollow-like modified soul rather than an artificial soul or a plus-like modified soul. They were invented by Urahara Kisuke Yawara, before they began to be manufactured and revolutionized by Hotaru.

For the most part, Hotaru manufactures the Hollow Dumplings for Toko's consumption in order to allow Toko to become and evolve as a menos without jeopardizing her individuality or morality. However, Hotaru also manufactures the Hollow Dumplings as weapons as well. By consuming a Hollow Dumpling, Hotaru is able to poison himself and thereby prompt Nerven into action! In addition, with his Quincy ability to manipulate spiritual particles, Hotaru is able create a body that a Hollow Dumpling is able to empower but is unable to maneuver. Subsequently, Hotaru can manipulate the empowered body as a puppet for combat!

##### Rüstung

**Rüstung** (*German For*: **Armor**) is a maneuver where, with his Quincy ability to manipulate spiritual particles, Hotaru will clad himself in draconic and full-body armor that a Hollow Dumpling is able to empower but is unable to maneuver and then input a Hollow Dumpling into the armor. Subsequently, Hotaru will manipulate the armor as if it was a puppet, By doing so, Hotaru will be able to encase himself in protection and maneuver his body with as much haste as he is able to maneuver spiritual particles!

Notably, while Hotaru is manipulating the armor, Hotaru will be able to augment the armor's empowerment by providing the armor with spiritual energy that it can use to fuel itself and spiritual particles that it can use to expand itself.

#### **Zanpakutō**

##### Bankai

The full name of Hotaru's zanpakutō is **Hijōtōki Tōja** (*Kanji*: **非情冬季**, **凍蛇**; *English*: **Heartless Winter**, **Frozen Snake**).

Hijōtōki Tōja exhibits an automatic and passive ability which generates a number of albinic and kaijū-sized snakes by converting Hotaru's temperature from heat into the snakes. Notably, the greater amount of Hotaru's heat that is converted, the larger and more numerous that the snakes will be. In addition, even without converting his heat and lowering his temperature, Hotaru is able to augment all of the snakes and his physical capabilities at-will!

However, as Hotaru's temperature is lowered, Hotaru will begin to experience some of the symptoms of hypothermia. Initially, Hotaru will just experience a decrease in his motor skills and reflexes. But eventually; Hotaru will begin to suffer from amnesia, confusion, and hallucinations. While Hotaru can mitigate and stave off the hypothermia by resisting the cold with his spiritual pressure, Hotaru can not neutralize or prevent the hypothermia.

Notably, because Hijōtōki Tōja's decrease of Hotaru's temperature can not be neutralized or prevented, that means Hijōtōki Tōja endows Hotaru with a complete and utter immunity to heat. As, no matter how great of a heat that Hotaru is exposed to, Hijōtōki Tōja will not allow the heat to heighten Hotaru's temperature by so much as a quantum of a degree.

### *Skills and Techniques*

#### **Anruf**

**Anruf** (*German For*: **Call**) is an alchemical maneuver where Hotaru will use his control over spiritual particles to recreate the effect of hollow bait and thereby lure a number of hollows to his location.

##### Lindworm

**Lindworm** (*Romaji*: **Rindowāmu**; *Kana*: **リンドワーム**) is an advancement of Anruf.

It consists of Hotaru using his control over spiritual particles to recreate the effect of both hollow bait and modified souls alike; by doing so, Hotaru will be able to both lure out a hollow and modify the hollow into a draconic and serpentine flame which is unable to maneuver itself but is able to be manipulated by Hotaru. Subsequently, Hotaru will be able to puppeteer the hollow as a means of weaponizing the hollow.

While Hotaru is puppeteering the hollow, Hotaru will be able to augment the hollow's empowerment by providing the hollow with spiritual energy that it can use to fuel itself and spiritual particles that it can use to expand itself. In addition, the more powerful the hollow that is lured out and modified is, the more powerful that this maneuver will become!

It should be noted that Hotaru is capable of a more exact and more powerful version of this maneuver where he can lure out and modify all or just some of the hollows which constitutes **Lake Gillian** (*Romaji*: **Rēku Girian**; *Kana*: **レーク・ギリアン**), a biofilm and convene of a googolplexian hollows whom have been devouring each other for millennia in a futile attempt to fuse into the largest and most powerful gillian in the history of Hueco Mundo! Notably, because they have been churning for millennia while constantly breaking apart from each other and repeatedly recombining with each other, the hollows are superdense and superheated as well. Consequently, as he lures out and modifies the hollows, Hotaru has to cool himself with Eiskrieger in order to prevent himself from being vaporized by the hollows' temperature. Subsequently, after Hotaru has managed to lure out and modify the hollows without being vaporized by the hollows, Hotaru will be able to puppeteer the hollows as a means of weaponizing the hollow.

#### **Blut**

**Blut** (*German For*: **Blood**) is a maneuver where one augments one's physical capabilities by circulating spiritual particles throughout one's blood vessels.

##### Blut Arterie

**Blut Arterie** (*German For*: **Blood Artery**) is a maneuver where one augments one's offensive capabilities by circulating spiritual particles throughout one's blood vessels.

It can **NOT** be used in conjunction with Blut Vene.

##### Blut Vene

**Blut Vene** (*German For*: **Blood Vein**) is a maneuver where one augments one's defensive capabilities by circulating spiritual particles throughout one's blood vessels.

It can **NOT** be used in conjunction with Blut Arterie.

#### **Hirenkyaku**

Hotaru is a Hirenkyaku Practitioner.

By erecting a pathway of spiritual particles and then abruptly and quickly sliding along that pathway, Hotaru is able to nigh-instantaneous journey from one location to another location. However, instead of erecting a pathway and then sliding along the pathway, Hotaru generates a flow of spiritual particles and then allows that flow to sweep him away from one location to another location.

##### Eischritt

**Eischritt** (*German For*: **Ice Step**) is Hotaru's version of Hirenkyaku.

It consists of Hotaru erecting his ice-like spiritual pressure into a pathway and then abruptly and quickly sliding along that pathway and from one location to another location.

#### **Kidō**

Hotaru is a Kidō Practitioner; as such, Hotaru is able to cast a few spells without chants and a large number of spells with chants.

#### **Schatten des Todes**

Notably, by using Anruf to both integrate hollows into his Shadow and manipulate the integrated hollows, Hotaru is able to convert his Shadow into the **Schatten des Todes** (*German For*: **Shadow of Death**).

The Schatten des Todes is, in essence, an artificial menos under Hotaru's control. As such, the Schatten des Todes allows Hotaru to indirectly use a variety of Hollow abilities.

#### **Schrift ~ A for Acuity**

Hotaru exhibits a schrift named the **A** (*Romaji*: **Ē**; *Kana*: **エー**) for **Acuity** (*Romaji*: **???**; *Kana*: **???**).

The Acuity allows Hotaru to both maximize the perception that is afforded to him by his senses and minimize the amount of time that it takes for him to analyze his perceptions; by doing so, the Acuity allows Hotaru to augment his intellect and reactions.

In addition, because Hotaru is a Human King Vessel and thus a True Quincy, the Acuity allows Hotaru to apply determinism to his analysis and thereby predict the future through his analysis.

#### **Schrift ~ A for Auspicious**

As a direct result of gaining the Shinnoden, Hotaru has developed a new schrift named the **A** (*Romaji*: **Ē**; *Kana*: **エー**) for the **The Auspicious** (*Romaji*: **Ji Asupishasu**; *Kana*: **ジ・アスピシャス**).

Notably, while active, the Auspicious changes the appearance of Hotaru's eyes. Hotaru's right eye will gain an azure sclera. Said azure sclera will exhibit both a black iris with a white pupil and a white iris with a black pupil. And the black iris and white iris will consistently and constantly rotate alongside one another in the manner of a taijitu. While Hotaru's left eye will gain a crimson sclera. And, like the azure sclera, the crimson sclera will exhibit both a black iris with a white pupil and a white iris with a black pupil. And the crimson sclera's black iris and white iris will also consistently and constantly rotate alongside one another in the manner of a taijitu.

The Auspicious allows Hotaru to conduct a simulation of a course of action that he is able to undertake by allowing Hotaru to perceive all of the futures that could result from him undertaking the course of action; by doing so, it also allows Hotaru to both know what a course of action's results will be without having to actually undertake the course of action and experience a course of action without having to actually undertake the course of action. As such, it endows Hotaru with **Kanzen Senken** (*Kanji*: **完全先見**; *English*: **Complete Foresight**). For it grants Hotaru with knowledge of all the possible outcomes of a course of action by allowing Hotaru to both divine all of the possible effects of the course of actions and predict all of the possible responses to the course of actions. And it also endows Hotaru with **Zettai Keiken** (*Kanji*: **絶対経験**; *English*: **Absolute Experience**). As it grants Hotaru the experience of all the future Hotarus that it caused Hotaru to perceive.

However, ultimately, the Auspicious is a simulation rather than a vision. As such, while the Auspicious may allow Hotaru to discern what is possible, it does not allow Hotaru to discern what is predestined to occur. To put it simply, the Auspicious allows Hotaru to know all that can happen. But the Auspicious does ***NOT*** allow Hotaru to know all that ***WILL*** happen. So while Hotaru may be aware of all that can happen, Hotaru is still not aware of what will happen.

According to the Human King, because this schrift allows Hotaru to perceive the future, Hotaru's possession of this schrift is proof that he is a "True Quincy".

#### **Zanjutsu**

##### Eischwert

**Eischwert** (*German For*: **Ice Sword**) is a combination of kidō and zanjutsu which consists of using icy reiatsu in conjunction with swordplay.

###### Rückkehr

**Rückkehr** (*German For*: **Return**) is a maneuver where Hotaru will mix his cold spiritual pressure into a hotter spiritual pressure in order to produce a whirlwind composed of the two spiritual pressures. Immediately afterward, Hotaru will launch the whirlwind towards his target!

###### Sprengen

**Sprengen** (*German For*: **Blast**) is a maneuver where Hotaru will align and condense his spiritual pressure along the edge of his zanpakutō and then release his spiritual pressure as he is slashing at a target. By doing so, Hotaru will be able to blast and freeze the target with crescent wave of his spiritual pressure.

### *Doll*

#### **Lügner**

**Lügner** (*German For*: **Liar**) is the doll of Inuzuri Hotaru. It takes the appearance of a double-edged and one-piece sword. Hotaru keeps Lügner contained within his zanpakutō, and Hotaru is able to release Lügner from his zanpakutō by chanting **Zeige Dich** (*German Fo*r: **Show Yourself**).

Lügner endows Hotaru with an immunity to coldness; in addition, Lügner exhibits the ability to gradually absorb the heat that is permeating throughout its immediate surroundings and then convert that heat into an icy type of spiritual pressure. Subsequently, Hotaru can use that icy type of spiritual pressure to either augment his physical capabilities or generate and then manipulate ice.

Notably, Lügner perceives its environment with both a Quincy-like ability to detect spiritual particles and a Quincy-like ability to detect spiritual pressure. As such, Lügner perceives its environment from a microscopic viewpoint where it identifies entities by the chemical composition of their spiritual particles and recognizes phenomena by their effects on the background radiation of spiritual pressure. In addition, Lügner is able to share its perception with Hotaru. And whenever Lügner shares its perception with Hotaru, Lügner is able to share its perception as it is or translate its perception from a microscopic perception into a macroscopic perception.

#### **Nerven**

**Nerven** (*Romaji*: **Neruben**; *Kana*: **ネルベン**; *English*: **Nerves**) is, in actuality, **not** the doll of Inuzuri Hotaru. Instead, it's the doll of Inuzuri Botaru. Before Otaru left with Hotaru, Botaru imbued Nerven within Hotaru as insurance of Hotaru's safety. Initially, Nerven was dormant. However, when Hotaru's life was threatened by the vigilantes whom killed Otari, Nerven awoke and would have empowered and puppeteered Hotaru into slaughtering the vigilantes if Kunuyuki had not beat Nerven to the punch.

Nerven takes the form of a finite and specific amount of electricity. It's bound within the body, but in exchange, it's able to efficiently and quickly course throughout the body without needing any assistance from the body's conductivity and without suffering any hindrance from the body's conductivity.

Nerven can enter and journey through a body's nervous system in order to either augment the body's reactions or seize control of the body. It can also emulate spiritual energy in a manner which allows it to exert a spiritual pressure-like magnetic field; as such, it can augment a body in any way that spiritual energy and spiritual pressure is able to. Lastly, in the case of a body that is not that compatible with it, it can use its emulation of spiritual energy to cast a Kidō which will transform the body into a more capable and compatible form.

##### Mind Reading

By perceiving an entity's nervous system with his Quincy powers and then translating the brain's electrical activity with Nerven, Hotaru is able to read minds!

Notably, Hotaru is able to read memories and thoughts alike. However, Hotaru receives the memories and thoughts as information rather than as experience.

## ***Gallery***

### *Hotaru*

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### *Tōja*

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