Child Prodigy: Perhaps the most astonishing trait of Benihime is her intellect and natural talent. Before she even entered the Academy she was shown to be a genius with a cold streak able to quickly understand all of the material she was taught even through mere observation. She was shown to be a talented fighter with a shrewd streak even as a child, knowing how to completely break down another individual in the quickest manner possible, often sacrificing the safety of others temporarily to meet her own goals. She's considered to be one of the most gifted individuals in the Soul Society, she is easily placed among the top five candidates who has ever entered the Shinigami Academy since its inception. Having entered the Academy on her first try and graduating within a year of that entry, it is known that her prowess was strong. She as even named Valectorian of her class, without ever revealing her attained Shikai, showing more than a basic understanding of all other forms of Shinigami Combat. All of this is made even more astonishing knowing that the young girl wasn't putting forth more effort than she needed to in order to maintain her spot. Her ability to maintain a high level of output without the extreme effort needed by most of her classmates made the girl an astounding prospect. She easily found herself 5th seat among the 12th Division within a week of graduation (turning down an opportunity to be 3rd seat for her own reasons) and became the head of one SRDI's departments within a week of that.
Genius Intellect: Arguably, the most fearsome trait of Benihime is her tremendous intellect. She is well-versed in the history and proceedings of the world and is privy to knowledge unknown to many, such as secret methods. She easily grasps the concepts of subjects completely new to her and masters them quickly. Even in the most complex and dangerous of situations Benihime can rely on her calculating intellect to figure out the best course of action. Her assessment of a situation is swift, ad-hoc and accurate, allowing her to deduce the nature of other people’s abilities and countering them, often only requiring a few instances of observation. Her genius is defined by the ability to remember seemingly unrelated bits of information and piece them together into a clear picture or plan. Of course, doing so means she often has things floating around in her head which she doesn't need in regular situations. To keep these things, she deletes instead unnecessary information, like names. When in deep thought and drawing on multiple held bits of information, Benihime is prone to holding her hands in a cupped position as it helps her concentrate.
Ability Intuition: Benihime has the special brand of genius which allows her to know and understand abilities used before her. Anything which she is capable of physically, she is able to understand intricately, copy and adapt it for her own use. The more often she sees something, the more likely she'll be able to replicate it, making repetitive opponents a negative for her. If she has nothing more to learn from them, they become a nuisance to her. This is true, even if she hasn't learned something directly from combat situations. That being said, the more advanced a persons skills set while she is facing them, the more likely she is to develop in the face of this challenge. In this way, she is much like a shadow herself, becoming stronger in the light of stronger challenges. This can be understood as the reason that she is keen to face only people that she can learn from, which can sometimes appear as an elitist attitude, but is not, it is simply the idea that she shouldn't fight someone and get nothing out of it.
Keen Scientist: Benihime is a gifted inventor and scientist, having created a number of clever devices and techniques to aid her in battle or otherwise. Her intellect in this field is evident, as she is able to create and invent devices on her own and further sophisticated research. She is an asset to any development bureau as her work can help accomplish the developmental goals. She knows chemistry, being able to work with chemical formulas and combined them to make new ones. She can also repair advanced machines, sometimes needing to improvise on materials. Her natural intellect allows her to study various different kinds of souls and invent things which can be manipulated for various applications to many different soul types.
- Reiatsu-Concealing Cloak: One of Benihime's first inventions, for helping with her field research was to create a cloak which conceals her spiritual pressure from others around her. This was to aid in hiding from things that were more powerful than her, and those with enhanced senses. She later made special bandages out of the same material in order to constantly use such a thing, and keep others from having an accurate sense of her Reiatsu level unless she decided to exert said energy. This was something she was inspired into making by an interaction with Kumori Raizen during the first Tournament of Power.
- Capsule Technology: Her most useful creation to date, Benihime created in her laboratory a way to store an item within a small capsule which can be deployed back to its original size regardless of the mass of the object originally created. She uses this to carry around laboratory equipment, temporary housing, even special gigai, samples of Reishi and Reiatsu, and different pieces of clothing.
- Body-Part Regeneration Serum: After studying the Reiatsu output of a Hollow which had the ability to regenerate lost limbs, Benihime created an alternate version of that spiritual energy which can be used by Shinigami to regrow body parts previously lost to them. When injected directly into the injury it will cause the regrowth of the limb in a speed proportionate to the amount of Reiryoku the person possesses. Those with a larger amount will regrow limbs faster than those with a smaller amount. The only functional drawback to this measure is that in order for it to work the tissue can't have healed shut yet, meaning if someone lost a limb a long time prior to this invention and wanted to regrow it, they'd have to willing have more of the tissue amputated so that the wound was fresh.
- Arms Mode (アームズモード, Āmuzu Mōdo): A prototype weapon system that Genos possesses. When inactive it takes the form of a suitcase. To activate it, Genos pushes a button on the handle and then throws it in front of him. The suitcase splits down the middle and separates, each half then opening revealing the "arms" inside with the container then flipping back to become the attaching mechanism. Genos then throws his arms into the new "arms" and they attach to him causing quite a bit of electrical discharge. When the "arms" fully attach, parts run up his shoulders and neck and his face is framed by pieces of metal. The new arms are much thicker and are all black, with the blaster on his palm having changed shape as well. While using these arms, Genos was shown to be able to move his core to the shoulder of his right arm, directing all of his power into a massive blast. This is a weapon created by Benihime for the Cyborg 3rd Seat to use as his Bankai equivalent.
Master Tactician: she has shown himself to be a masterful and flexible tactician, capable of adjusting seamlessly to any given combat situation, if not planning out events well in advance. She understands the strengths, weaknesses and mannerisms of her enemies, and creates strategies to achieve victory; this includes preparing traps or leading her enemies along complex battle plans so she can even deal with enemies stronger than herself. Like this Benihime can prepare victory many steps in advance and even incorporate her enemies and their plans into her grand scheme. Regardless of her own powers or those of others, Benihime always remains a tactically cautious.
Expert Manipulator: Benihime has been known to manipulate people and situations to suit her liking. In battle this would be called tactics, but she does this socially simply to get what she wants, or for her own amusement. She can easily tell a lot about people from a single session of observation, and uses that information to poke and prod at them to gain the reactions she finds most favorable for herself. Her actions include simple things, like using her knowledge of people to creation situations she might enjoy observing, mentioning things in a casual way which she knows will cause a ripple of events, and even doing things she knows will cause suspicion in order to get herself put into a situation she'd rather be in. She doesn't seem to have any malicious intentions when doing these things, and they rarely go astray while she's acting this way. This is a skill she's learned and enhanced over time, as obvious manipulations have led to people being exceedingly suspicious of her intentions, like Kisaragi Saya when she first started teaching the girl the Shinigami Arts.
Enhanced Senses: not only can Benihime utilize the normal Reiatsu sensing technique of a Shinigami, she is also in possession of superior other senses. Her sight, hearing, sense of smell and even her feel for Reiatsu are very acute and sharp; able to discern smaller sources and nuances where others could not. She seems to be perfectly capable of telling the amount of Reiatsu one is expelling versus the amount of Reiryoku they actually possess. She was able to figure out that Kumori Raizen went about suppressing the base amount of Reiryoku he had to work with against his opponent by directly observing it once, and even used it as the basis of some research into spiritual studies.
Great Spiritual Power: Benihime possesses a great amount of spiritual power, enough that would put her in the same tier as some Captains. She's used this power to some effect to bolster her defenses, allowing her to be a first hand witness to fights between Captains of Immense Power without buckling. As seen when she was present for Raizen's massive use of Kurohitsugi without falling to the gravity of the spell, which crushed two people who would have been considered her peers. On the more active side, she's been seen overpowering Hollows and creatures of massive power while barely lifting a finger to fight them. Her Reiatsu when exerted is a dark crimson color which borders just the colorful side of black. When uncontrolled the weight of her Reiatsu can feel stifling and is often described as encroaching darkness.
Hohō Expert: Benihime excels in Shunpo. Already quite well versed in its various techniques, she is proficient enough to use special techniques to keep up with and even surprise high-level opponents. She can even keep up with those of master level for a short amount of time. She is also very quick at close-range, being able to perceive and dodge swift sneak attacks and come out unscathed.
Zanjutsu Expert: while not as proficient in swordsmanship as some masters, Benihime is skilled enough to hold her own in a fight. She has shown to be very crafty with her Zanpakutō as her skills are great enough to regularly fight opponents who released their Zanpakutō while hers remains sealed, only relying on her own Zanpakutō's released form as a last resort. She has shown herself to be capable fighter that is on par with lieutenant-level fighters.
Hakuda Expert: Benihime has proven herself to be very dangerous while barehanded. She can easily catch an opponent's attack with a single hand, perform powerful kicks, and easily subdue opponents with throws and take-downs. In battle, she has shown herself to be tremendously agile and is able to attack from various angles with great dexterity. She can take on most armed opponents and those many times her size easily.
Kidō Expert: Benihime excels at Kidō, being able to cast powerful spells up to #79, while not requiring a full incantation up to #63. She can use multiple spells in conjunction with each other, creating a unique way in which to attack and incapacitate her opponents. In this way, she can make common spells all her own. She can use a single Kidō technique on two separate targets at once. She can use high-level Kidō in rapid succession without incantations and still retain considerable control and power. She has great skill in using various spells in unique combination, even using multiple spells at the same time. However, she requires incantations when using high-level spells simultaneously.
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