SHUNSUI KYORAKU

Captain of Squad 8. Wears a floral kimono over his captain's haori. Perpetually sleepy, perpetually finding reasons not to do paperwork, perpetually drinking somewhere comfortable. His zanpakuto ability is one of the more conceptually interesting in the series: it turns combat into a children's game with rules that apply to both participants equally and lethally. Shunsui is deceptively dangerous in the specific way that people are dangerous when they have decided being underestimated is a tactical advantage. His friendship with Ukitake is the longest standing relationship in the Gotei 13. The laziness is a performance. The strength underneath it absolutely is not.