Clones is an anime exclusive power channeled through Raiku, the sword of Kageroza Inaba. By spinning the blade he tears open rifts tied to the Dangai, and by stepping through one himself he calls forth a self governing copy of his own body.
The technique announces itself as a cluster of swirling gateways, conjured when Inaba gives Raiku a sharp twirl. Each opening ties back to the Dangai, the fractured corridor lying between worlds. When Inaba produces a double of himself through one of them, that figure stands as an exact match for his build, save for a single telling gap: it carries no version of his blade.
Objects pressed against the openings can be captured and reproduced, letting Inaba record an event and stage it over again. More striking is his knack for walking into one of the rifts and emerging as a separate self. This duplicate moves and acts on its own initiative rather than echoing his motions, functioning as an independent agent that still serves his broader design.

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The power belongs strictly to the animated adaptation and never turns up in the manga. It is put on display during the Gotei 13 Invading Army storyline, first surfacing in the anime's 334th episode as part of Inaba's repertoire. Because the wiki assigns it a descriptive label rather than an official title, its name remains conjectural.
Clones is an anime-only power that Kageroza Inaba channels through his sword Raiku; by spinning the blade he tears open rifts tied to the Dangai and can step through one to create a self-governing copy of his own body.
No. The Clones ability belongs strictly to the anime adaptation and never appears in the manga; it debuts in episode 334 during the Gotei 13 Invading Army arc.
A duplicate created through Clones is an exact match for Inaba's build except that it carries no version of his blade Raiku, and it acts independently on its own initiative rather than mirroring his movements.
Yes. Objects pressed against the technique's rifts can be captured and reproduced, letting Inaba record an event through the Dangai-linked openings and stage it again later.
No, the name is unofficial; since the wiki assigns it only a descriptive label rather than an official title from the series, Clones remains a conjectural name.
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