Kon (Bleach)
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| Occupation | Modified Soul |
| Birthday | December 30 |
| Height | 27 cm (in plushie form) |
| Weight | 182 g (in plushie form) |
| Theme Song | "Tanaka-san, Nichiyoubi DANCE", by Kuuki Koudan and "Bushman", by RIP SLYME |
| Seiyū | Mitsuaki Madono |
| Voice Actor | Quinton Flynn |
- Kaizō Konpaku redirects here. For modified souls other than Kon, see Shinigami (Bleach) and Characters in Bleach.
Kon (コン) is a fictional character from the manga and anime series Bleach. His name is short for Kaizō Konpaku (改造魂魄 modified soul?). Kon, named by his owner Ichigo Kurosaki ('Kai', or 'Mod' in the official English dub, was refused because it 'sounded too cool' and annoyed Ichigo, this angered Kon), 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.
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 is able to kick aside massive hollows. He can run 100 meters in 3.8 seconds while in his plushie form. When in Ichigo's body, he is capable of jumping over 13 meters and 56 cm from standing position.
[edit] 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.
Ichigo began to take Kon (in his plushie form) everywhere in case hollows should appear. When Uryū Ishida challenged Ichigo to a duel in which whoever could destroy the most hollows would win, Kon was again given charge of 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 by driving back into Hueco Mundo.
When Rukia decided to leave Karakura, Kon tried to stop her, but she bound and gagged him behind the Kurosaki's toilet. When Ichigo, Orihime, Chad and Ishida decided to go after Rukia, he tried to join them in Ichigo's body, but Ichigo made him stay behind.
In the meantime, he is recruited by Don Kanonji to the Karakura Superheroes team as Karakura King. He serves as a football (soccer ball) 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. Isshin was revealed to have long known of Kon's existence at this time.
[edit] Anime only
After the beginning of the Bount arc, Kon meets his fellow modified souls, Ririn, Kuroud and Noba. He does not get along well with his new companions. Ririn views him as a fool and they often fight, and Kon is jealous of Kuroud's assignment to guard Orihime. Occasionally, however, they do work together, most notably in episode 80, where they collaborate in the construction of several elaborate, yet useless, anti-doll traps.
When the Bounts infiltrate Soul Society, Kon accompanies Ichigo and the others to find them (partly due to fear of falling victim to Don Kanonji if he stayed alone in the real world again). Kon gets seperated from the group in Rukongai and settles temporarily with a woman who owns a coffee shop. In contrast to Kon's usual lack of luck with women, this woman takes a shine to him.
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| Karakura High Schoolers: | Ichigo Kurosaki | Orihime Inoue | Uryū Ishida | Yasutora "Chad" Sado | Tatsuki Arisawa | Keigo Asano |
| Shinigami: | Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai & Chōjirō Sasakibe | Soifon & Marechiyo Ōmaeda | Gin Ichimaru & Izuru Kira | Retsu Unohana, Isane Kotetsu, & Hanatarō Yamada | Sōsuke Aizen & Momo Hinamori | Byakuya Kuchiki & Renji Abarai | Sajin Komamura & Tetsuzaemon Iba | Shunsui Kyōraku & Nanao Ise | Kaname Tōsen & Shūhei Hisagi | Tōshirō Hitsugaya & Rangiku Matsumoto | Kenpachi Zaraki, Yachiru Kusajishi, Ikkaku Madarame, & Yumichika Ayasegawa | Mayuri Kurotsuchi & Nemu Kurotsuchi | Jūshirō Ukitake, Kaien Shiba & Rukia Kuchiki | Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi Shihouin, & Isshin Kurosaki |
| Vizard: | Shinji Hirako | Other Vizard |
| Arrancar: | Ulquiorra | Grimmjow Jaggerjack | Yammy | Wonderwice Margera | Other Arrancar |
| Other characters: | Ganju Shiba | Kon | Ryūken Ishida | Jin Kariya | Other Bounts |
