Kaizō Konpaku
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Kon (コン) is a fictional character from the manga and anime series Bleach. His name is short for . Kon, named by his owner Ichigo Kurosaki ('Kai' was refused because it 'sounded too cool'), is an artificial soul (modsoul) designed to inhabit Ichigo's body when Ichigo is in his shinigami form; when not serving that purpose, Kon usually inhabits a lion plushie. Notably, Kon's head is surprisingly flat when viewed from the side.
Kon primarily serves as a comedic foil in the series; when not inhabiting Ichigo's body, his normal plushie body is treated with little respect and much disdain, from being run over to being dressed up like a designer doll (he currently sports a Quincy cross at the back of his head as revenge from Uryū Ishida for violently attacking Ishida after the latter turned him in a frilly doll; in the anime, Ishida also turned him into a backpack). He is quite perverted and often takes advantage of his form to get girls to hug him to their chests. He also appears at the end of every episode during the Soul Society arc, giving a short course on individual members of the Shinigami.
During the few times that Kon is in combat, he has proven to be able to hold his own - in addition to possessing all the combat abilities of Ichigo's well-trained body, he was designed to have exceptionally powerful leg strength. He was able to fend Ichigo off in combat by using just kick-attacks and leg-blocks, and later used this leg-strength to kick a massive hollow out of the way when it threatened to crush some children as it fell down a building. He can run (in plushie form at least) 100 metres in 3.8 seconds and jump (in Ichigo's body) over 13 metres and 56 cm.
History
Rukia Kuchiki and Ichigo obtained an item known as gikongan (Soul Candy) contained in dispensers similar to those that store Pez at the Urahara Shop, a pill that allowed Ichigo to bring out his shinigami self in the event that Rukia was not around. Unbeknownst to everyone (including the Urahara Shop's employees), the particular Soul Candies Urahara had given Rukia had been declared defective by Soul Society, as they were made from a batch meant to be turned in for destruction. These pills contained modsouls, artificially created souls which were endowed with abilities to combat hollows. All of these modified souls were designed to have their own special strengths; in Kon's case, his legs. By the time the store staff got word to Rukia however, Ichigo had already ingested one, who immediately took over his body.The modsoul, free and having no desire to return to its pill form, went on a mischievous (and damaging) rampage, diverting Ichigo from the pursuit of a particularly dangerous hollow. The pair clashed a few times during the course of the modsoul's spree, and would have continued had not the hollow chosen to appear and attack a group of children nearby. The modsoul acted on its instincts, attacking the hollow and giving Ichigo the time to defeat it.
Afterwards, Ichigo had a talk with the modsoul, who explained that he just wanted to be free and experience life, similar to that of a real soul. Taking pity on him, Rukia and Ichigo ignored a standing directive to all shinigami, deciding not to turn him in for destruction; they instead stuck the candy into a lion plushie, giving it life. Ichigo shortly afterwards gave the modsoul the name of Kon.
Kon went on the trip to Ichigo's mother's grave, being forced into a backpack by Rukia. When Ichigo left to save his family and avenge his mother against Grand Fisher, Kon was forced to take over his body and pose as Ichigo so his family wouldn't worry about him. He begs Rukia to try and help Ichigo before he leaves to find him later.
Ichigo began to take Kon (in his pill form), everywhere in case Hollows would appear. When Uryū Ishida challenged Ichigo to a duel in which whoever could destroy the most Hollows would win, Kon again took over Ichigo's body. He joined in the fight around Karakura to defeat Hollows, saving an ambushed Rukia. He would later watch as Ichigo and Ishida teamed up to defeat a Menos Grande Hollow.
When Rukia decided to leave Karakura, Kon tried to stop her, only to be taped behind the toilet and endure many a dumping when Ichigo found him. Days later, when Ichigo, Orihime, Chad and Ishida decided to go after Rukia, he tried to join them in Ichigo's body, but Ichigo had him stay behind anyway. He would return to his body when Ichigo returned at the end of the summer.
In the meantime, he is recruited by Don Kanonji to the Karakura Superheroes team as Karakura King. He serves as a football for Karin's special attack, the Karin Impact Kick.
With the arrancar invasion beginning, Kon took over Ichigo's body to have a little fun on the town, only to run into Grand Fisher. He was saved by the timely re-emergence of Isshin Kurosaki, Ichigo's father, as a shinigami. Isshin quickly dispatched Grand Fisher with ease and Kon was forced to keep Isshin's true identity secret.
Trivia
- Bleach creator Tite Kubo assigned several characters theme songs which are used to give insight to characters that might not normally appear in the run of the manga or anime. In Kon's case, he is unique in that he has two:
- *"Nichiyoubi DANCE" (Public Air Corporation�Mr. Tanaka Sunday Dance), by Kuuki Koudan
- *"Bushman", by RIP SLYME
- Only one other character so far has two theme songs: Lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi of the Gotei 13's 11th Division.
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