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Kosuke's zanpaktou wears the name Sabishihime, The Lonely Princess. Nothing lies out of the ordinary for the katana pre-release save for it's thin diamond shaped guard and navy blue tape that bandages the hilt. Sabishihime takes on the appearance of a beautiful pointed eared princess. Her face is constantly in a frown and the very voice she speaks in is eternally filled with sorrow. Just from simply hearing her voice may one fall victim to her sadness and feel grief themselves. Sabishihime is named so because she is forever locked away in an endless abyss- as is the inner world. By calling the release phrase "Kussun, Sasishihime" (sob, lonely princess), the sword takes on a slightly different appearance. Once navy blue, the hilt becomes somewhat darker so that it is barely visible in darkness, and out from the bottom of the hilt sprouts two bells attached to a string. The bells are the source of the swords abilities, each ability being a different song sung by Sabishihime. Since each abilitiy is a different song requiring the bells, no two songs can be sung in unison. The blade actually shortens from four feet to three after reaching release, though besides that no other changes can be seen in the blade.

一室[ISSHITSU] (One Room) - One Room is the main combat ability of Sabishihime. The bells at the end of the hilt serve the purpose of spreading the shikai's ability. Upon activation, the bells at the end of the hilt begin to ring, anyone in a twenty meter radius is able to hear the ringing. The ringing noise directly affects a targets equilibrioception functions; the closer the target is to Sabishihime's bells, the more intense the effect. The first aspect of the ability plays on the targets visual system; slowly their vision(visual perception) will dull, prolonged exposure to the sound will result in the target simply having blurred sight. As the targets entire equilibrioception funcitons are being affected, the vestibular system as well as the targets sense of where they are in space are dulled like the visual system. With these systems affected, the target would find balance extremely difficult as well as a false idea of their position. Attacking and dodging become challenging.

悔悟[KAIGO] (remorse) - A song of sadness, the bells at the hilt of Sabishihime ring with a unique tune, sparking a growing feeling of regret in those in a twenty meter radius. The feeling of regret grows with each movement the target makes, eventually causing hesitation when they make even basic motions.

安心[ANSHIN] (relief)- Anshin is a song similar to Kaigo, though with a different tune and effect. Rather than generate a feeling of sadness or remorse, Anshin generates a feeling of great relaxation to those in the twenty meter radius. At first the targets hearing the sound of the bells would feel as if a pressure or weight had been lifted from their body. The longer they stay in the range of the ability the more their muscles relax, making it difficult to move about.