Bleached Ichigo

Hanataro Yamada

Hanataro Yamada
7th Seat of Division 4
H: 153cm W: 45kg Blood type: – Birthday: April 1
Zanpakutou: Hisagomaru (Gourd)
First Appearance: Manga chapter | Anime episode

Hanataro Yamada is the 7th Seated Officer of the 4th Division led by Retsu Unohana. He is a rather timid and clumsy Shinigami who is often picked on by others. Like most Shinigami serving in the 4th Division, Hanataro is proficient in providing healing to comrades who are injured in battle. As expected, Hanataro’s combat skills are fairly low. He does have a Zanpakuto, but claims that he often forgets where he put it since he rarely needs to use it.

Hanataro was first introduced after Rukia was taken back to Soul Society. As the 4th Division is often in charge of more menial cleaning activities around Seireitei, Hanataro often spoke to Rukia in while cleaning her jail cell. When he met Ichigo and Genju Shiba during their attempt to rescue Rukia, Hanataro volunteered to help them by guiding them through the sewers. He was firm on his decision even though he knew his punishment would be severe if he were caught.

The name of Hanataro’s Zanpakuto is Hisagomaru and has a rather strange attack. Prior to its Shikai release, Hisagomaru has a red gauge on its blade. Oddly, the Zanpakuto will heal opponents instead of injuring them, making Hanataro’s attacks quite pointless. However, doing so will fill the gauge on the blade. Hisagomaru’s Shikai command is “fulfill” though it will automatically transform when its gauge is full. The Shikai form is called Akeiro Hisagomaru and has the special ability of concentrating the damage of every wound it healed prior to the release into one large attack. Subsequent attacks using the Zanpakuto will damage the opponent as normal and will no longer heal wounds.

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