Tobimune

Tobimune
Type	Enchanted Blade
Users	Seiichi Samura
Debut	Chapter 49

Tobimune (飛宗 (とびむね) , Tobimune) is one of the seven Enchanted Blades crafted by Kunishige Rokuhira. In the Seitei War, it was wielded by Seiichi Samura. Three years ago, the Hishaku killed Kunishige and stole the original six Enchanted Blades, including Tobimune. On the 9th of November, during the attack on Senkutsuji Temple, Tobimune was transported back to Samura by Hakuri Sazanami.

Overview

Tobimune was forged in response to the Seitei War over 18 years ago, as a weapon to assist Japan in the war effort. Seiichi Samura was chosen to wield the blade. After the war, Tobimune was returned to Kunishige alongside the other Enchanted Blades and Kunishige went into hiding. Three years ago, the Hishaku attacked the Rokuhira residence, the Hishaku Sorcerer, Uran and Hokuto's puppet killing Kunishige and stealing the six Enchanted Blades, Tobimune included.

On the 9th of November, Hiruhiko was assigned to attack the Sanso that housed the Enchanted Blade bearers other than the Master Swordsman. With Kokugoku Hot Spring and Senkutsuji Temple, the Sanso of Yoji Uruha and Seiichi Samura respectively, as Hiruhiko's targets, Hiruhiko used his sorcery to form paper butterflies that carried Kumeyuri and Tobimune high in the sky. During the attack on Senkutsuji Temple, Hakuri Sazanami registered Samura and used his contract with Tobimune to transport Tobimune to Samura, who used the blade to fend off the attackers in an instant.

Samura maintained control of Tobimune afterwards, using Owl to monitor Japan for spirit energy signatures on par with an Enchanted Blade, cancelling it after sensing Chihiro and Hiruhiko activate Enten and Kumeyuri at the Kyoto Bloodshed Hotel. In the ensuing battle, Chihiro managed to inflict a crack in Tobimune's blade, but Samura immediately repaired it using Suzaku.

Abilities

Tobimune manifesting spirit energy in the form of feathers assembled as wings

As an Enchanted Blade, Tobimune is a katana constructed from Datenseki. Tobimune is activated by calling its name, which forms feathers in the air around the wielder. As with all Enchanted Blades, Tobimune amplifies the spirit energy inside its bearer to such an extent that it can no longer be contained inside the bearer's body, and instead concentrates into a mass of spirit energy.

Tobimune manifests spirit energy in the form of black feathers. The feathers formed from Samura's amplified spirit energy vary in how they are manifested; typically they are seen simply appearing in the air, though they can be manifested in the form of wings, giving the user the ability to fly. As manifestations of Samura's spirit energy, Samura can use them to sense his surroundings, gaining a finely detailed 'vision' of the environment around him.

According to Chihiro, Tobimune was originally forged for a support role.

During the Seitei War, Samura accessed the True Realm and altered Suzaku through his desire to assist others, allowing him to bestow the flames' healing properties on others, not just himself.

Tobimune has three abilities, which are indicated by its feathers:

• Crow: Allows the user to exchange the location of themselves or Tobimune with any feather.
• Owl: Summons large owl eyes in the sky that can detect spirit energy signatures of varying strengths.
• Suzaku: Spreads fire which heals the user and harms enemies.

Techniques

Unofficially named techniques are labelled by an asterisk (*).

Crow

Crow (鴉 (からす) , Karasu): Tobimune enables its bearer to instantaneously exchange places with any of the feathers summoned when Tobimune is activated, greatly enhancing the bearer's mobility. Alternatively, Tobimune itself can be individually swapped with any feather's position. Shortly before the switch, a faint trace of spirit energy will momentarily manifest around the designated feather. Through using this technique, Samura is able to travel great distances extremely quickly, with mobility resembling teleportation.

Owl

Owl (梟 (ふくろう) , Fukurо̄): Tobimune summons two gigantic owl eyes in the sky, massively expanding the user's senses within an area. The user is able to view any sources of spirit energy within the eyes' gaze, and in this way can identify specific people within a location or specific items that are not sealed away. Using this technique, Samura was able to track Yura's location within a warehouse through surveying an entire city. The technique's range has been demonstrated to be capable of surveying the entirety of Japan at once. Owl's range is inversely proportional to its sensory capabilities, with only extremely high (i.e. Enchanted Blade) levels of spirit energy being detected when Owl's range is set to cover Japan. Owl appears to be a physical object in some sense; after Samura dispelled it on the 14th of November, snow began falling, which Kuguri speculated to be due to it covering the sky.

Suzaku

Suzaku (雀 (すざく) , Suzaku): Tobimune ignites nearby feathers and summons flames around its blade or its bearer. When applied to its bearer's wounds, Suzaku will heal them. Suzaku has been shown to be able to heal even normally fatal wounds. When in contact with people other than Tobimune's bearer, Suzaku's flames will instead harshly burn them as with any other fire. Suzaku's flames can be used to improve Tobimune's attack power, and when Tobimune is unsheathed with sufficient force, Suzaku's flames will cause an explosion of flames around the bearer, blasting back and burning anyone nearby. Suzaku's regeneration consumes large amounts of spirit energy.

• External Suzaku*: An extension technique of Suzaku where instead of damaging other people using its flames, Samura causes the flames to heal other people instead, and recover the state of damaged, destroyed or altered objects - including Tobimune itself. When imbued into Tobimune, Suzaku's healing flames can be implanted into those cut by the blade, which can revive them even after death. This use of Suzaku has been noted by both Chihiro and Uruha to be beyond Samura's capabilities from the Seitei War, which at the time were incapable of resurrecting the dead.

Gallery

Samura uses Crow.

Samura knocks out his bodyguards using Tobimune.

Samura defeats Chihiro.

Samura departs from Senkutsuji Temple.

Samura uses Owl.

Samura forms wings using Tobimune's feathers.

Samura moves himself in front of Iori.

Samura activates Suzaku.

Samura heals himself with Suzaku.

Clashing with Enten and Kumeyuri.

Samura ignites his wings with Suzaku's flames.

Samura engulfs the Kyoto Bloodshed Hotel with Suzaku.

Samura restores the Kyoto Bloodshed hotel with Suzaku.

Samura implants Suzaku into Uruha.

Samura uses Suzaku to amplify the power of his sword slashes.

Samura slices through the Kyoto Bloodshed Hotel.

Enten vs. Tobimune

Samura uses Crow to outmanouevre Chihiro.

Samura shifts Tobimune instead of himself using Crow.

Samura blasts the Masumi away with Suzaku.

Chihiro lands a crack on Tobimune.

Samura repairs Tobimune's crack with Suzaku.

Samura's Crow and Chihiro's Kuro engulf the area.

Samura strikes Chihiro.

Samura repairs Ro's sunglasses and heals Chihiro.

Seiichi Samura wielding Tobimune against Akemura Soga.

Etymology

The name Tobimune (飛宗 (とびむね) , Tobimune) can be broken down as follows:

• 飛 (とび) (Tobi): Means "flying" or "high".
• 宗 (むね) (Mune): Means "religion" or "creed".

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