Zaera-Polo Grantz
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| Occupation | 8th Espada in Sōsuke Aizen's army |
Zaera-Polo Grantz (ザエルアポロ・グランツ Zaeruaporo Gurantsu?) is a character in the manga series Bleach. He is an arrancar in Sōsuke Aizen's army.
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[edit] Character outline
Zaera-Polo is an average-size arrancar with shoulder-length pink hair and reddish-orange eyes. He is Ilfort Grantz's younger brother, although Zaera-Polo is stronger. The remains of his hollow mask take the form of rectangular-framed glasses which give him an intelligent appearance. His arrancar outfit is slightly different from others in that he wears shorter hakama that expose a type of sock covering his shins. His shirt is somewhat different from other arrancar, as well, as most arrancar have some form of jacket instead. The sleeves are unnecessarily long, covering the majority of his hand, and has extra seams on the chest area.
Zaera-Polo is the scientist of the Espada, developing various spiritual equipment for use by the arrancar. Using various methods, he is able to analyze the spiritual power of an opponent through those that person has defeated. He is also adept at creating devices that can manipulate and suppress spiritual power, as evidenced in his battle with Renji Abarai. Much like Mayuri Kurotsuchi, he seems fond of studying people (be they arrancar or shinigami). By his own admission, Zaera-Polo's skills lean more towards science than combat, which he uses to make up for the latter through his inventions that manipulate spiritual power. He often acts very condescending to those he considers to be less intelligent, mocking his opponents with a barrage of insults and sarcasm.
Zaera-Polo sometimes acts without Aizen's approval. Although Zaera-Polo is very polite to Aizen, later gestures he makes when his back is turned make it appear that he resents him. He also possesses two subordinates, possible creations of his called Lumina and Verona who are round creatures with bare feet and sparse hair.
[edit] Synopsis
[edit] Hueco Mundo arc
Zaera-Polo first appears when Aizen gathers the Espada to inform them that Hueco Mundo has been invaded by Ichigo Kurosaki, Uryū Ishida, and Chad. Despite the order to stand by and do nothing, Zaera-Polo orders out the Exequias. Expecting to be punished for this action when discovered, he apologizes to Aizen. Aizen elects not to punish him because he doesn't view the infraction as destructive. Aizen then questions Zaera-Polo about his research and what useful information was extracted from Dordonii's body.
Later, Zaera-Polo appears before Renji Abarai. Dondo Chakker arrives shortly after and explains who Zaera-Polo is. After he does so, Zaera-Polo reveals that Ilfort Grantz, whom Renji killed, was his older brother. In spite of this, Zaera-Polo cares nothing for his brother, since Ilfort was a mere gillian-class menos before becoming an arrancar. In fact, he had used Ilfort to gather data on Renji. Using his expertise in analyzing an opponent's spiritual power through their defeated opponents, Zaera-Polo has designed the room they're in to prevent Renji from using his final release.
During the battle, he is informed of the mutual deaths of Aaroniero Arleri and Rukia Kuchiki, having been too busy with Renji to notice. Taunting Renji over the apparent loss of his friend, Zaera-Polo confidently proclaims that Renji has no hope of winning with his initial release, even boasting that Renji won't even manage to harm him. Renji disproves this boast by doing just that, but Zaera-Polo seems to be simply amused by the injury.
[edit] Zanpakutō
Zaera-Polo's zanpakutō has yet to be shown in its released state. When sealed, it has an unusual guard consisting of a series of orbs attached to one-another in a sphere formation. The sheath is fixed to his sash with a vine-like rope much like a tachi instead of a katana as the edge is down instead of up.
