[Slight Update #2] Bleach OC Regulations.~

Hi Hi, here's Nel with a blog that will hopefully help you all with creating great ocs! o;

First of all, what's an OC, some of you may ask.

Well, OC stands for Original Character, aka a character of your own making and with each series comes a lore and some specific rules associated with it. And this, my friends, is when Regulations are needed.

For example; one could not possibly have a fire breathing neko with Shinigami-like abilities who can also go Super Saiyan and use Kagunes in a Bleach specific roleplay. That simply wouldn't work out, since most of those things aren't specific to Bleach and/or were never shown in the anime or the manga.

Races And Sub-Species.

There are three main categories in Bleach with each of them having their own specific abilities;

Humans; Bounts, Fullbringers, Quincies (sternritters, etc), Substitute-Shinigami.

Souls; Plus (Regular Souls), Shinigami (Academy , Seated Shinigami, Lieutenants, Captains, Kidō Corps, Zero Squad, etc), Beasts, Mod Souls, Vizard, Sinners.

Hollows; Demi-Hollows, Hollows, Menos Grande, Gillians, Adjuchas, Vasto Lorde, Arrancars/Natural Arrancars (Espada, Fraccions, Privaron Espada, etc.), Sinners.

Certain races cannot be mixed together, such as Quincy and Hollows since a simple scratch or bite from a hollow could kill a Quincy due to it provoking souls suicide. A Hollow's reiatsu is basically poison to Quincies.

You cannot have a half Shinigami half hollow, since the closest you can have to that is a Vizard which needs a really strong background that explains how they became one since the only Hogyoku in existence is in possession of Aizen and it's literally lodged in his being. Then there's Arrancar for Hollows which gained Shinigami-like abilities.

It is important to note that in order to attain Shikai/Bankai a Shinigami's mental health must be perfect, otherwise they won't be able to have a stable connection with their Zanpakutō spirit or even their inner world.

Age

People are often confused when it comes to ''human'' age and ''Shinigami/Hollow'' age when creating an OC. But in reality, both mean the same thing.

Humans, as you probably already know, can live up to about 100 years. But.. Some of their sub-species can live far beyond that point. Bounts, for example are immortal.. But one cannot simply make a bount live longer than when they were originally created. Quincies are another example of a human sub-specie which can live longer than the regular human can and they obviously age slower.

When it comes to Souls, anything below the age of 100 years old would be considered a toddler or a child. Between the age of 100 - 200 they'd be considered as a teen. 300- 450ish a young adult, etc. The longest a Shinigami can live up to, based off of Yamamoto being in his 2 000 and looking 70-ish, is approximately 3 500 years old.

Hollows are a different thing. Since they were removed from the reincarnation cycle, they can live until the end of time or until they are simply killed. They do not age at all. But as you all know, it takes thousands of years for them to go through the whole hollowification and evolution process, so you cannot simply decide to make your Arrancar OC 16 or 20, because that simply wouldn't work out. They'd still be at the Hollow stage.

Language/Naming.

As you've all probably noticed, each species in the series use a specific language when it comes to their weapons and abilities.

Shinigami is Japanese.

Example: Rukia and her Sode No Shirayuki.

Hollow/Arrancar is Spanish.

Example: Ulquiorra and his Lanca Del Relampago.

Quincy is German.

Example: Uryu and his Seele Schneider.

Fullbringer is English.

Example: Riruka and her DollHouse.

Just to name the main ones.

Main/Canon Character Stuff.

I'm sorry to tell you this, but you cannot simply decide that your OC is going to be Ichigo's daughter or big brother, because.. One, he never had a daughter but only a son *Insert a Smol Nel trying not to rage here* and Two he doesn't have a older brother, only two younger sisters. Same goes with any other characters in the series. If it wasn't shown or mentioned, then it simply cannot happen. It's the sad truth. The same rule applies for OC x Canon.

Second point, you cannot be just like Ichigo since he's not even supposed to be existing in the first place. He was an experiment of some sort orchestrated by Aizen. He placed all the elements so that he'd end up like this.

Third point, you cannot have an Hogyoku since the only one existing is sealed somewhere of the highest security and any and all data about how to create one doesn't exist, or was simply destroyed as they are far to dangerous to be recreated.

One simply cannot be as strong or even stronger than Aizen or Ywach, etc. Since they are on a godly level. Aizen having been made immortal by the Hogyoku and being capable of constantly evolving, whilst Ywach is the literal son of the Bleach Universe's God.

It is also important to mention that ''unknown information'' is not a thing in a character sheet, as it is all the information concerning them. If something happens to be ''unknown'' such as a character's abilities and that one constantly invents ability for their characters, then they can be called out and their action will end up being ignored for not having mentioned said thing in their sheet, so it is extremely important to always fill in everything. Plus, if someone uses information to which you know that their character doesn't have any knowledge of, you can simply call them out for Meta Gaming, which in literate roleplay would have them discalified.

I think that's pretty much it.

Hope you all enjoyed and that this will help you all with creating an OC in the future.

Bye bye!

Nel.~ -3-

P.S. It might be edited in the future if I see the need to add on to it.