Zanpakutou Rating IV - Ichimaru Gin's Shinsou

[Byakuya]

Previous Ratings:


Byakuya's Senbonzakura - 9.4
Rukia's Sode no Shirayuki - 9.2
Urahara's Benihime - 7.8

Okay, this week you will be rating Gin's Shinsou. ^_^

Gin Ichimaru's zanpakutō is Shinsō (神鎗, lit. Divine Spear, Viz: Sacred Spear).[1] It looks like a wakizashi (Japanese short sword) normally and the guard is shaped like an 'S'. Shinsō's initial release is triggered by the phrase "shoot to kill" (射殺せ, ikorose?, English dub: "impale him", Early Viz: "skewer him", Recent Viz: "pierce him"); in the anime, this was slightly changed to ikorosu ("shoot to death").

In its initial release, Shinsō's blade extends at high speed to impale Gin's opponents from a distance. The sword also carries tremendous force when extending, as seen when Gin pushes both Ichigo Kurosaki and the giant Jidanbō out from under the Seireitei gate, despite the latter being firmly braced under it. In addition, he can maintain the extension and swing the activated Shinsō in wide arcs, attacking multiple targets quickly and simultaneously.

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[Kojy]

8/10

One of my favourites, even if we still don't know a clue about his last release ( which i expect to happen :p). Still the ability is great but it's too simple just for a sword to extend, i hope that his zanpakutô is more for a simple Shikai and a totally different and cooler Bankai :p.

[LivingHitokiri]

gets an 10 from me Deadly Zanpaktou XD

[Rain]

I gave it a 3. It's initial release doesn't seem powerful at all, Hitsugaya dodged from point blank range and Matsumoto blocked the move.

One video game version of the bankai has shinso raining down right? If that is real I'd give it an 8 (I'm biased towards anything that rains )

[Jhaxe]

I love Gin's Shinsou. It's got a pretty unique shikai. But I also like the fact that there's a lot we still don't know about it. We haven't learned what else Shinsou can do beside the basic shikai command. It makes it more mysterious -^^- 10/10 from me!

[DeDaL]

7/10

"ikorose" seems like an interesting and pretty good move. But it doesn't do anything except extending(yet). And at this moment no other info is known.

[Kojy]

I gave it a 3. It's initial release doesn't seem powerful at all, Hitsugaya dodged from point blank range and Matsumoto blocked the move.

If Ichimaru was serious like Hitsugaya was, i seriously doubt that both him and matsumoto would get out alive :p.

[twsl]

I think it's a v. nice sword. i would've ranked it higher if his shikai wasn't just one ability V____V;;; but!! if his bankai is the same as in that game (the same as his shikai instead with more swords, coming everywhere) than his sword will be a 6 or smth :/

[Syn]

7/10 not bad but we only saw one attack. And I'm not really impressed by it. Might change with the bankai but since we're not close to see it >___>

[NightMare]

8/10 it seems cool!!

[Miranu]

9/10 Deadly bloodthirsty zanpakutou, with a Killer Clown as a master :D Good combination if ya ask meh :D I thinkit has other shikai abilities /Like SodeNo Shirayuki/

[yachiru389]

i think that overalld its a pretty sweet zanpakutoh but there is better.....i like wen he sed shoot to the heavens.....shinsou i gave it an 8 for overall awesomeness

[Mz D]

I only gave this a 7 as I've still to see his zanpaktou's other abilities. It was an awesome ability to extend but I can see some flaws. I want to see more of Ichimaru Gin fighting. It was a cool fight that he had in Soul Society with Hitsugaya.

The sword really did give him the advantage of using some sneeky moves, pretty fitting for a bad guy.

[Velius]

Look
unreleased - 7/10. Basic zanpakuto
Shikia - 6/10. Extendo power.
Bankai - n/a
Overall - 6.5/10

Attacks
Shikai - 5/10. Extendo power.
Bankai - n/a
Overall - 5/10

Release commands/attacks names
Shikai - 10/10. Very nice.
Bankai - n/a
Overall - 10/10

Grand Score - 7/10.

One of the gaggle of zanpakuto that we just haven't seen enough of. sigh.

[Slev]

We haven't really seen much of what it can do. The extending power doesn't really seem all that interesting to me. I'll probably like it more when we see Gin's bankai. 6/10 for the release command :p

[Amon]

I gave 10

1. The sealed form makes you underestimate its abilities, thus when it releases, it can catch by surprise.

2. Haven't seen bankai yet, which im most anxious to see along with Benehime

3. Gin is one of my favorite characters in Bleach >>> I'm kinda biased >_<

[spacecat]

Yeah we haven't seen enough of Shinsou yet >_> the scene in the anime where he uses it extended to kill that big gang of hollows was awesome but er yeah didn't happen in the manga... but anyways it shows its potential I guess. Since we haven't seen it's bankai we can't talk about that. Damn you Kubo and your lack of Gin. 10/10 cos I'm bias anyways.

[furato]

6/10

Imagine Shinsou not being carried by Gin. Imagine it carried by someone less impressive, like say, Isane or Jiroubou. Get the chilling voice of Yusa Kouji's shikai chant out of your mind.

Nope, not too cool. Guess I need to see more attack variation, because range won't be enough if you don't have the skills to use it. The points I'm giving, I give mostly because of Gin.

[tehworstguy]

I admit that I have a soft spot for simplicity in weapons. A lot of the more grandiose zanpakutou strike me as unwieldy and predictable. Shinsou allows Gin a far greater amount of room to improvise in a fight than other zanpakutou would, and I have to say that of all the the spectacular moves we've seen in bleach, none have been as cool as Gin using his coat to conceal the location of his weapon when fighting Hitsugaya. I like that it allows him to fight like a swordsman rather than some kind of sorcerer. I gave it a ten, because it allows Gin to be himself even when fighting.

[Air]

6
I'm pretty sure, Shinso has other abilities.. and a cool bankai form.
But for what's been showed 'til now, it's nothing special..

[batz]

8/10
Soul slayers are best when they do what they've been made to do, SLAY.
And of the few and far between glimpses we have of Shinso, I'd say it does a hell of a job!
Very flexible, and has the ability to sneak up to you in a false attack. Also, the range is undoubtedly long. In the end, it'd be a little bias and say that "Kill, Shinso" as a summoning is plain badass and deserves some bonus points for it.

[yellowdot]

It's a sneaky little thing like its owner. But I wonder whether it allows for much flexibility in combat. I'm sure its bankai will be awesome, but unfortunately we haven't seen it yet, so I can't give it as high a mark as I'd like. I was going to give it a 6, but it gets a 7 because it's Gin's. ;)

[Saffire]

5/10 for me. We haven't seen very much of it, and what we have seen hasn't impressed me a whole lot, especially after Isshin's stunt with changing his zanpakutou size. (I'm also not a big Gin fan, which I suspect is skewing the results. :p)

[HighSeraphShin]

Well, personally, I give Shinsou a 10 as you learn that he can swing it while it is released, allowing intensive range and pain, He can attack from frther away then most people, but may have a problem against ishida. either way Ichi is awesome

[ForteAnly]

I can't really rate Gin's Zanpaktou since not so much has been revealed other than his Shikai. That's like trying to rate Ishin's Zanpaktou. Shinsou is definetly cool wish Kubo would reveal more on it.:cry

[TotalAbsolute]

i gave him a 9 because of it being Gin and his release command ... Until we see more i cannot give him the it deserves tho

[JebbaChan]

10/10, b/c it's Gin's & I think it has the potential to be the deadliest out there.