Ganju Shiba

“	Sorry Aniki... I'll avenge your death next time. This time I blame my sister... because she didn't bring me up to be... a coward who runs away and leaves his friends behind!!	„
	~ Ganju about Kaien

Summary

Ganju Shiba (志波 岩鷲, Shiba Ganju) is a resident of Rukongai in Soul Society. He is a member of the former noble Shiba Clan and younger brother of Kaien and Kūkaku.

Powers and Stats

Tier: At most 7-B physically, higher with equipment

Name: Shiba Ganju

Origin: Bleach

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Soul

Powers and Abilities: Soul Physiology (Soul: Low-Tier), Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant (Was capable of fighting on-par against the likes Ichigo Kurosaki in hand to hand combat), Magic, Earth Manipulation and Sand Manipulation (With Seppa - Ganju's own specialized magic, it allows him to manipulate the earth around him, doing so to transform otherwise solid material such as walls or the ground into sand, he can also seemingly manipulate the "type" of sand as well, creating more quicksand-like sand to trap Ichigo's Shikai or more normal sand, to dampen falls), Explosion Manipulation (Ganju has access to multiple different types of fireworks which explode after being lite alight)

Attack Potency: At most City level+ physically (Ganju and the others contributed roughly equal portions of their spirit energy into the Reishukaku enabling them to survive this impact, albeit Ichigo is implied to have contributed somewhat more than Ganju, and he could fight with Ichigo ), higher with equipment (Defeated Yumichika Ayasegawa)

Speed: At least Subsonic to possibly Supersonic (More or less ran away from Yumichika Ayasegawa)

Lifting Strength: Class M (Can physically fight on par with and at times overpower Shikai Ichigo )

Striking Strength: At most City level+ (Comparable to his Attack Potency, as he somewhat harmed Ichigo with punches)

Durability: At most City level+ (Comparable to his Attack Potency, as he can withstand the force of his own punches )

Stamina: High

Range: Extended Melee Range when fighting with his sword, Several Dozen Meters with projectiles

Standard Equipment: Fireworks

Intelligence: Average

Weaknesses: Stupidity among other things

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

High Spiritual Power: Being of the Shiba family, Ganju possesses high spiritual pressure, enough to be acknowledged even by someone as Byakuya Kuchiki, albeit he called it weak.

Earth Magic: Ganju's earth magic doesn't seem to operate on the same principal as standard Shinigami Kidō, as it is used without incantation and is unnumbered.

• Seppa (石波, Stone Wave): By moving his hand in the same pattern as the trembling current, the sign of the Shiba clan, Ganju can reduce anything he touches to sand. He normally uses this as a delay tactic, blasting through walls in order to run away, but he has demonstrated that it has other potential uses in a fight; such as when he used it to sink Ichigo's Zangetsu into the ground up to the handle, effectively rendering it useless. He can also perform "Seppa" with his feet. He has also shown the ability to project a Stone Wave in order to break the fall of himself and Ichigo upon arriving in Seireitei.

• Renkan Seppa Sen (連環石波扇, Stone Wave Fan of Linked Rings): Essentially a larger version of Seppa, this technique reduces all the surfaces around Ganju, not just the part that he touches, to sand.

Seppa

Renkan Seppa Sen

Fireworks Manipulation: Like his elder sister Kūkaku, Ganju has a knowledge of creating and using fireworks, but he's seen using old-style shakudama (灼玉, scorch ball)-type fireworks in his fighting style.

Senpen Banka

• Senpen Banka (旋遍万花, Enveloping Whirl of Myriad Flowers): Ganju throws several Shakudama (灼玉, Scorch Ball) fireworks at his opponent. This technique can lightly injure an officer-level Shinigami.

• Kakaku Shahō Niban: Kagizaki (花鶴射法二倍･拘咲, Crane Flower Archery Twofold Style: Wresting Bloom): A two-part incantation spell for launching and controlling a large firework. The initial spell controls the launch and its direction, then a continuation spell is used to adjust the acceleration and axial position.

Notable Matchups

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Discussions

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