[五] Gyoko Tano

Hareta Zanshu
Sunny Beheading (晴れた斬首) is the base technique of Taiyōnokanmuri's arsenal. Utilizing this technique absorbs a portion of light ranging from a single photon to all ambient photons within forty meters into his ethereal sword. This creates an actual blade composed wholly of light energy. After having done this, the concentrated light emitted from the sword is even more intense than when the Shikai was initially released. This is not the actual objective of Hareta Zanshu, however. The light energy within the sword transfers to much energy to any molecule surrounding it that they become super-heated and expunge any moisture from the area. This effect is dramatically felt in the very air as this tends to cause people in the area to immediately begin sweating (and then have their sweat immediately evaporate). When used against someone, the swords not only cuts but burns as it goes, cauterizing the wound and preventing the natural healing of the wound.

Tsuki Gyakusatsu
Moon Slaughter (月虐殺) is a technique utilizing Taiyōnokanmuri's ability to manipulate light. By bending light away from himself, he becomes capable of effectively hiding himself and anyone he includes in this technique from sight. There is no trace of them, including shadows. They can continue to make sounds and smells, even be felt or sensed but are completely excluded from vision.

Taiyō no Bakudan
Sun Bomb (太陽の爆弾) can only be used after Tano has used Hareta Zanshu. After using the technique, he will disperse the gathered photons into the air, restoring the light to the area. However, all of these photons are tagged with his reiatsu. At his go, he can ignite these photons, causing them to rapidly explode. Since these are photons, components of light, predicting the location of an explosion is next to impossible without mastered perception. Tano can guide the photons so that he can combine the explosive force of all of the released photons into one, creating a gargantuan explosion that can wipe out whole city blocks. The use of this technique is characterized by an initial burst of light that blinds all in the area for a moment.

Taiyō no Kodomo
Sun Children (太陽の子供) is a supplementary technique used by Tano to create illusions. Like Moon Slaughter, Tano bends light to create intricate illusions ranging from people to whole environments. However, these environments are only there in vision alone. They have no physical mass or other identifying properties, making them relatively weak illusions typically only used to fool those with their guards down.

Taiyō no Osen
Sun Taint (太陽の汚染) is a special effect of tagging photons with Tano's reiatsu in the Bankai state. If any of Tano's tagged photons affect a target, a taint will enter the target's body. This taint acts slowly but is surely fatal if some sort of intervention doesn't occur. The taint will irradiate all the cells of the target's body slowly until eventually they all die leaving the target dead. The taint shows signs as soon as the photons affect the target. For example, if Tano slices someone with a light-based blade, the taint will be spread to all cells adjacent to the cut and spread from there. If one is exposed to the taint by an explosion, all tissue exposed to the explosion will bear the taint.

The taint alters the genetics of the affected cells and will show first in intense burns followed by abnormal tumor growths. As the taint spreads, the victim will begin to be struck by disturbing hallucinations. It all culminates on the third day following exposure in which they have a vision of themselves ripping out their heart. When this occurs, the victim will suffer a fatal heart attack or simply succumb to the multiple growths and radiation poisoning.

The taint also introduces a fallout--any non-living molecules affected by Tano's light will be irradiated and touching them will cause a transfer of the taint. However, the taint with this degree of separation will be non-fatal and only cause intense burns.

Sōsai-teki Kanshō
Destructive Interference (相殺的干渉) is the ultimate defense against Tano's own Bankai. Being that he is not immune to the effects of Taiyō no Osen, Tano must activate Sōsai-teki Kanshō immediately after tagging photons. This releases a constant wave of photons of the opposite phase as the photons that are tagged effectively nullifying them. This zone of interference only encompasses an area of one inch around Tano so he cannot protect others with this. The only fail-safe passed this is the active controlling of the path of a controlled photon which takes immense amounts of concentration to do.

Taiyō no Gyakusatsu
Sun Slaughter (太陽の虐殺) is an expansion of Hareta Zanshu and Taiyō no Bakudan. Using Taiyō no Gyakusatsu, Tano absorbs all the photons across the electromagnetic spectrum within his realm of influence leaving the area in complete and utter darkness. He doesn't condense the photons into a sword however (though that is possible), but instead into a single point that he seals so it cannot be restored unless he releases the seal. Even if he dies, that area will forever be in darkness.

This technique is a suicide technique in truth in that unsealing the conglomeration of light will cause the rapid expansion of all the light therein. Given the speed light travels at, this technique is next to impossible to escape. The sheer force of the explosion is enough to kill most but the addition of the taint adds fall out so this technique can affect a range even greater than Tano's realm of influence. Not even Tano's Sōsai-teki Kanshō is enough to nullify the effects of this technique--while he won't immediately die from this, he will die within an hour of the attack's release. The same cannot be said for others caught in the attack. They will be vaporized instantly.