Zanka no Tachi, Minami: Kaka Jūman'okushi Daisōjin
CharacterZanka no Tachi, Minami: Kaka Jūman'okushi Daisōjin is a technique of Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Bankai, Zanka no Tachi. Driving his blade into the earth, he raises the ashes of everyone he has ever burned to death as an army of servants.
Appearance
When Yamamoto plants his sword point-down into the ground, the incinerated remains of his past victims surge upward as charred skeletons, erupting with force enough to shatter a defensive barrier such as Kirchenlied: Sankt Zwinger. At his will, individual corpses can resume the faces and forms they wore in life, a sight meant to unnerve any foe who once knew them.
Abilities
The heat of the blade rouses the ashes of all Yamamoto has slain, animating their bodies as extensions of his own that hound a chosen enemy until nothing remains but dust. The swarming dead can also heap themselves into a shield around him, and he may single out one specific fallen figure to summon, letting him wound opponents psychologically through their ties to the deceased. He commands the horde with an invocation, calling on the ashes of those scattered by his flames to lend their strength in return for a brief taste of battle.
History
Yamamoto first unleashes the technique against Royd Lloyd, reciting his summons before the skeletal legion overwhelms the field. The Ten Trillion element of the name draws on the Buddhist term jūman'okudo, a reference to the afterlife, specifically the Western Pure Land said to lie ten trillion buddha-lands beyond the Earth.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Yamamoto's Bankai called?
Yamamoto's Bankai is Zanka no Tachi, and Minami: Kaka Juman'okushi Daisojin is one of its techniques. The full name means Longsword of the Remnant Flame, South: Great Burial Ranks of the Ten Trillion Fire Dead.
What does Bankai Zanka no Tachi mean?
Zanka no Tachi means Longsword of the Remnant Flame. Its South technique, Minami: Kaka Juman'okushi Daisojin, translates as Great Burial Ranks of the Ten Trillion Fire Dead.
What does Minami: Kaka Juman'okushi Daisojin do?
By driving his blade into the earth, Yamamoto raises the ashes of everyone he has ever burned to death as an army of charred skeletons. The heat of the blade rouses these ashes and animates them as extensions of himself to hound a chosen enemy until nothing remains but dust.
Can the summoned corpses do anything besides attack?
In Minami: Kaka Juman'okushi Daisojin, the swarming dead can heap themselves into a shield around Yamamoto, and he can single out one specific fallen figure to summon, letting him wound opponents psychologically through their ties to the deceased.
When was Minami: Kaka Juman'okushi Daisojin first used?
Yamamoto first unleashes Minami: Kaka Juman'okushi Daisojin against Royd Lloyd, reciting his summons before the skeletal legion overwhelms the field. It debuted in Chapter 508.
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