POP Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)

Rukia Kuchiki is the character through whom everything started. Although she is not the main character of Bleach, she is the one who helps to make sure that the main character - in this case Kurosaki Ichigo - can acquire the powers that he will use in the rest of the plot.

Indeed, this one being attached to the thirteenth division of the Gotei 13, is a Shinigami in mission in the world of the humans. Her role is to intervene to defeat the Hollows - these souls having taken a monstrous form to devour spirits - in order to prevent dramas.

However, while she will feel weakened for a reason she does not know, Rukia will find herself defeated by a Hollow. In desperation, she passes her powers to Ichigo Kurosaki to ensure that he can get rid of the creature that was attacking them.

After this event, Rukia will not be able to return to the Soul Society, the spirit world where she originated. She will then find herself living in Ichigo's closet in order to better guide him in his missions. Indeed, even without her powers, Rukia will demand from Ichigo that he assumes his duty as a Shinigami in her place after she has transmitted her powers to him.

Both of them will defeat many Hollows in the course of their missions. This routine will come to an end when, later on, the captain of the sixth division of the Gotei 13 in the person of Byakuya Kuchiki, accompanied by his lieutenant Renji Abarai, will intervene in the human world in order to find her and bring her back to the Soul Society.

There, Rukia will be sentenced to death for having transmitted her powers to a human. Imprisoned for a long time, she will be later saved by Ichigo and his comrades having braved all the worst elements of the Gotei 13 to find her. We will learn at the end of this narrative arc that Rukia had been initially weakened because she had the Hogyoku hidden in her by Urahara Kisuke. Aogyoku that Aizen will take to consolidate later his Arrancar army. Thereafter, after having recovered her powers, Rukia will very frequently assist Ichigo and his gang in their adventures.

The Funko POP figure of Rukia Kuchiki represents her much later in the plot when she has finally recovered her Shinigami powers to use them. It was not until the first Arrancar invasion that she was able to show herself in battle. Thus, the Funko POP of Rukia Kuchiki naturally wears the black kimono emblematic of the Shinigamis, this one being tied to her waist by a white belt.

The face of the Rukia Kuchi figurine is obviously faithful to the character while a lock covers part of his face. On her right hand, the POP figure of Rukia Kuchiki carries her Zanpakuto in a state of Shikai. The power that emanates from it creates an icy effect on those who suffer from its attacks. This Zanpakutô, then, is presented as being of an immaculate white, evoking the snow that we readily associate with its power.