Jin Kariya
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| Bleach character | |
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| Jin Kariya | |
| Occupation | Bount leader |
| Seiyū | Toru Ohkawa |
Jin Kariya (狩矢神 Kariya Jin?) is the leader of the Bounts in the anime series Bleach.
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[edit] Character outline
Jin Kariya's original name is Eugene Currier, but he adopts a Japanese-style name later in his life.[1] He has a scar on his chin caused by a slash from a hollow when he was young, short white hair, and bright red eyes. He is the most powerful member of the Bount group. In a flashback, it is revealed that Kariya had brown hair and brown eyes when he was a young boy. The reason why his hair colour and eye colour changed is that this is what happened when he first merged with his doll.[2]
When first introduced, Kariya's goal was to acquire massive numbers of living spirits to increase the power of himself and his followers, most notably through the summoning of the bitto. The techniques used had a 50% chance of ripping open the barrier between the mortal world and Hueco Mundo.
This intial plan, however, has been revealed as merely a means to an end. His ultimate goal is not simply to increase his power, but rather to invade and overthrow Soul Society. To accomplish that, Kariya has obtained a device (Jōkaishō) from the Shinigami Research Institute which he claimed would allow him to obliterate Seireitei. However this could also be a means to end his eternal existence.
Kariya seems to be very knowledgeable and intelligent as he has great knowledge of Soul Society. He knew who Byakuya Kuchiki, Rukia Kuchiki and Ichigo Kurosaki were before even meeting them. He was aware of the Four Great Noble Houses of Soul Society, and knew of existence of the Jōkaishō in the Shinigami Research Institute in Seireitei. He is also able to speak both German and Japanese.
Kariya is revealed to have no emotional attatchment to any of his subordinates, as he mentions that he sees them only as pawns to achieve his own ends.
[edit] History
Kariya was first created by an experimental error which occurred in Seireitei. Later, in the Bounts' Cave in the real world, he was saved by Rantao from the shinigami who were trying to eliminate the Bounts. Right before Rantao told him to run away while she deals with the shinigami, Rantao gave Kariya his Doll, Messer ("knife", in German). Kariya merged with the doll when fighting Hollows, and since then his attitude changed, and he became determined to destroy Soul Society. Later, Kariya was against proposals to use the Quincy to return to Soul Society to live, thinking the shinigami would use the Bount as servants. He witnessed a war between the Bount and the Quincy, where the shinigami from Soul Society suddenly came and started to massacre the Bount. Kariya was deeply angered by this, and ever since then, he held a strong grudge against the shinigami. He also decided to give up on weak Bounts, forming his plan to gather all the remaining strong Bounts to him to destroy Soul Society. He perfected doll summoning from being hit-or-miss to a method that would sort out the strong Bounts from the weak, with failure resulting in death. In that way, the Bounts that were power-hungry stayed with Kariya. Sometime in his life, he learnt that the shinigami were the ones who created the Bount. Knowing that the shinigami created his race just to destroy them, his grudge against the shinigami only became worse. He later married another Bount, Yoshino Sōma, after stopping her from committing suicide, though he never truly loved her. He was merely trying to gather the Bounts from all over the world in order for him to be able to achieve his goal of annihilating Seireitei.
Kariya was also close friends with a Bount, Koga Gō for a long time. At some point, Kariya asked Koga to take care of a young Bount, Cain for him. Koga ended up failing when Cain was killed by his doll.
Also, at some point, Kariya and Koga saved a shinigami, Maki Ichinose, from a hollow in a desert. Ever since then, Maki became loyal to Kariya.
[edit] Synopsis
[edit] Bount arc
Kariya makes his first appearance after his former right hand man, Ryō Udagawa, takes Kariya's wife, Yoshino, back to his mansion after Yoshino fights Ichigo against Kariya's will. In the mansion, Kariya reveals that he is not friendly with Yoshino, and he states that Karakura Town is beautiful because it is being absorbed by darkness.
One day later, Kariya is seen ordering two young Bounts, Hō and Ban, to attack Ichigo and his friends.
Later, Kariya tries to persuade Uryū Ishida to join forces with them after Koga captures him. He is planning to use Uryū's Quincy powers in order to enable him and the rest of the Bount to enter Soul Society. Uryū doesn't accept, and Kariya orders him to be kept inside a room in his mansion.
Later, when Ichigo and his friends went to the Bount's mansion to rescue Ishida, Kariya first introduces himself to Ichigo's group, and he reveals that he knows Ichigo's and Rukia's names. Kariya's right hand man, Ryō chooses to fight Ichigo, but in the middle of the fight, Ryō tries to steal Kariya's seal, which allows one to control all the other Bounts' powers by being able to disable their ability to unleash their Dolls. Unfortunately for Ryō, the seal was not released when he stole it from Kariya, so Kariya was still able to deflect an attack from Ryō's doll, Fried. Maki Ichinose then appeared and killed Ryō with his initial release. After that, Maki became Kariya's new right hand man. Maki then fought with Ichigo until Kariya interrupted and tried to persuade Ichigo into joining the Bount. When Ichigo refused, Kariya beat him up badly until Kisuke Urahara, Jinta, Ururu and Yoruichi Shihouin appeared to rescue Ichigo and destroy the Bount's mansion.
On the next day, Kariya met up with his wife in the ruins of his mansion. They proceeded to fight, but Kariya kills her easily and reincarnated her soul to create new Dolls, called bitto. The bitto were used to collect human souls, which can be absorbed by the Bount to gain power. Kariya then takes his subordinates to an old cave and introduces them to the new Dolls. The Bount are all excited about gaining new powers by drinking the human souls absorbed by the Bitto, except for Mabashi, who insists on not breaking the law of their race, which says that one should not absorb a living human's soul. However, Kariya brings him to near death and forces him to drink the human souls.
Later, Ichigo finds Kariya inside his cave and attempts to fight him, but was easily defeated. He then tells Ichigo that the Bount's true goal is to destroy Seireitei. After attempting to stab Ichigo with Zangetsu, Ichigo recovers and is able to fight Kariya evenly by activating his final release. Uryū then appears, with his Quincy powers restored. Uryu fires an arrow into a dimensional gate, allowing the Bount to enter Soul Society, though Uryū only did that so he could defeat Kariya in Soul Society, as the Quincy are stronger there. Kariya and his subordinates then enter Soul Society.
After Kariya and Koga defeat two shinigami, Tetsuzaemon Iba and Marechiyo Ōmaeda, Kariya enters a gambling place in Kusajishi, the 79th district of Rukongai. He bets his life that he will win a card game, and he wins. Frightened, his opponent tries to kill him with a knife, but Kariya defeats him easily. Then Kariya, Koga and Maki annihilate everyone in the place, and then convinces them to join forces with the Bount to annihilate Seireitei.
Kariya then met up with Byakuya Kuchiki in a forest and attempted to kill him in order to cause an uproar in Seireitei. They began to fight, Ichigo later joined in. Eventually, Rantao, the one of the creators of the Bount appeared and interrupted the fight. He swore that he would kill her after he annihilates Seireitei. Koga then appeared and helped Kariya retreat as he was being overpowered by both Byakuya's and Ichigo's final releases.
Kariya, his subordinates and the inhabitants of Kusajishi later appeared before one of Seireitei's four gates. The inhabitants of Kusajishi open the gate with their physical strength, as spirit attacks cannot damage the gate. After opening the gate, however, Kariya betrays the Kusajishi people and attacks them, saying that they are only needed for opening the gate.
Later, Kariya enters the Shinigami Research Institute in Seireitei and gains immense power from a seal called Jōkaishō. He claims that he currently has the power to destroy Seireitei completely whenever he wants to, but he wants all of Soul Society to fear for their lives for a day before doing so. Some research by Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake later revealed that Kariya lied, and in reality, he needed to wait for one day after first activating the Jōkaishō in order to destroy Seireitei with it.
Startled by his steadfast determination to destroy all of Soul Society and the fact that many of his comrades have died, Koga argues with Kariya, saying he shouldn't go through with his plan, going as far as slamming him into a wall. Kariya stabs him through the stomach and leaves, giving his thanks for all the years of his servitude. He then waits until the next day to destroy Seireitei.
While waiting, Rantao appears to confront him. After a brief fight using a kidō gun, Rantao explains to Kariya that she had always been trying to save the Bounts, especially Kariya, but Kariya does not recall any of that at first. After his wind blast knocks Rantao down onto the ground, Kariya has a flashback of the events during the Bount massacre. When he finished recounting the past, he comments that "for [him] to have forgotten the false hope and endless suffering [Rantao has] caused must be because of Jōkaishō", demonstrating that he viewed Rantao's attempts to save the Bounts as trying to torment the Bount.
Uryū appears to save Rantao, and with full mastery over his battle accessory, is able to fight Kariya evenly. However, his battle accessory becomes increasingly unstable, and begins to break. Uryū eventually finds an opening, and is prepared to kill Kariya until Kariya sends a wind blast at Rantao. Unwilling to let Rantao die, Uryū uses his last shot from his battle accessory to save Rantao. As Kariya prepares to kill the two, Ichigo arrives, and the two move to Sōkyoku hill.
Ichinose then turns up and fights Ichigo temporarily. He then turns on Kariya saying his revenge by destroying Seireitei won't help him, and if he doesn't stand down, he'll kill Kariya. Kariya gets annoyed and impales him. As of this moment all Kariya's comrades are dead. Ichigo gets angry at seeing Kariya kill his comrade. Kariya replies that Ichinose was just a pawn in his plan, like the others.
Ichigo then defeats Kariya in a powerful and climatic sword collision even though Kariya uses some of Jōkaishō's power to boost his own. Before disintegrating into dust Kariya mentions he regrets not being able to watch if Ichigo will choose to take the same path as he did.
[edit] Messer
Kariya's Doll is Messer, German for "knife". The first time he was able to use this doll was when he used a device given to him from Rantao, the co-creator of the Bount. It takes the form of a sword in the shape of the Bount crest with a wind blade. By gathering static electricity in the air he can change this blade to a condensed lightning blade, which can also shoot electricity. It is powerful enough to contend with Zangetsu.
It is originally shown that unreleased, Kariya's doll is a pack of cards. It is later shown that unlike the other Bounts, Kariya can use the abilities of his doll without it being called out, which is what his tattoo (seal) on his upper body indicates; the doll's ability is the manipulation of wind. This would explain why he is able to deflect other dolls' attacks. Kariya also has hidden powers, which allow him to easily defeat hollows and other dolls. He is also able to deflect attacks and immobilize opponents with a single touch. He creates wind barriers using the manipulation of his doll, but the barriers seem to be penetrable after countless attacks from Byakuya using his Senbonzakura Kageyoshi. So far the only people that have been able to cut through his barriers are Ichigo, Byakuya, and Ishida. Some of his wind attacks include Windestanz (German for "Wind Dance"), a chanting attack which allows him to summon tornados, and Wind Licht Schneide ("Wind Light Cutter"), which is Kariya's equivalent of Ichigo's getsuga tenshō. Messer's true form can produce friction of the wind in the atmosphere to create static electricity, which then calls forth lightning seen in the last battle between him and Ichigo.
It is incorrectly suggested that in episode 79, Kariya calls the name of his doll when summoning the bitto, naming it Noin Raven. However, this is an error introduced through the fansubs; given his pronunciation and the situation, he is actually saying "zeigt euch, neue Leben" (show yourselves, new lives) another translation could be "neun Leben" (nine lives), referring to the birth of new dolls mentioned during the same episode.
