Jushiro Ukitake is a sickly looking man with long white hair. He suffers from tuberculosis, which caused his hair to turn white, and acts as an inhibition for him throughout the series; if he fights for too long, or even becomes too agitated, the illness flares up. He is forced to leave most of his duties as a captain to his subordinates so that he can rest. Despite this, Ukitake is respected by many Shinigamis for his honesty, loyalty, and personal sense of justice. He and his friend Shunsui Kyouraku are two of the oldest captains in the Gotei 13, both having trained under General Yamamoto thousands of years before the current Bleach storyline.
Ukitake’s zanpakutou is Sougyo no Kotowari. His zanpakutu is, along with that of Shunsui Kyouraku’s, one of only two zanpakutu in Soul Society to exist as a pair. Where it differs from Kyouraku’s is that it only becomes a pair after its shikai release, while Kyoraku’s is a daisho sword pair even in its sealed form. It is released with the command “every wave be my shield, every thunder become my blade”. In Sougyo no Kotowari’s released state, it splits into two thin blades resembling fishing javelins with reverse jitte prongs on the dull side of the blade, that are connected by a cord lined with several small charms. While the anime and manga have yet to depict what special abilities it possesses, some Bleach video games portray it as having the ability to manipulate water and electricity.
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