Ōko Yushima (Modified Soul)

Like the Shinigami he sprang from, this Yushima has long green hair, brown eyes, a slim jaw, and none of the yellow hair his components carried. Restored through the merger of Inaba and Nozomi, he dresses in ordinary Soul Reaper black over a yellow undershirt, with pale blue gloves and a purple belt slung loosely at his hip to hold his sword.

He inherits his template's creed of self-reliance, scorning friendship and teamwork as crutches for the weak while worshipping power and glory. Endlessly boastful, he preens over his new strength, yet the contempt masks a bruised inferiority: he cannot bear to be looked down upon and will not accept defeat on any terms. Challenge his worldview and he turns savage.

Yushima came into being when Inaba completed his fusion with Nozomi, a rebirth that produced this Modified Soul. He first loomed over a Hollowfied Ichigo, brushing aside a Cero and pinning the berserk Substitute with a binding spell. His blade, Sumitsukigasa, unites the powers of the two Zanpakuto it was born from: it can copy and replay an enemy's attack while draining their Reishi to fuel itself, and he had coveted Nozomi precisely for that absorbing ability. He tore through Ichigo's allies and turned Uryu's Sprenger back on them by converting the surrounding energy into raw Reishi with his Hajo Kuri fortress.

The unstable merger repeatedly faltered as Nozomi's will surfaced to shield Ichigo and pin Yushima in place. After Kon, hidden inside a Reigai body, slipped Ichigo a perfected Mod-Soul pill that restored his Shinigami powers, the two clashed in earnest. A Hollow Mask undid Yushima, whose blade could not swallow Hollow-based Reishi, and a black Getsuga Tensho ran him through. Desperate, he raised Renzan: Hajo Kuri to level Soul Society, only for his own Reigai army to sacrifice themselves halting it. Ichigo shattered his sword and struck him down, ending the fusion and freeing Nozomi and Inaba, while Yushima wept over everything he had failed to achieve.