Post by Zou ۞ on Jul 10, 2011 0:48:51 GMT -5
-Opening-
Type: [Soldier]
Affiliation: [Death Inc]
Rank: [Executive]
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-Basic Information-
Name: [Zouma Santeku]
Age of Death: [1]
Real Age/Age of Appearance: [485/22]
Blood Type: [AB+]
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-Appearance-
Height/Weight: [6'3/195 lbs.]
Physical Description: [When one looks at Zouma Santeku, the very first figure seen is someone that is powerful. Zouma Santeku, by all appearances, looks extremely strong. Every little detail of him is crazy strong. From the hair to the eyes, from the clothing to the body type, from the hands to the numerous scars and tattoos on his body. Zouma Santeku is the absolute pinnacle of a man that looks strong. When one looks at him, underestimating his power is impossible. He is simply too strong in looks, and even in reality, for anyone to dare to underestimate him.
The very first noticeable part of Zouma is the eyes. His eyes are deathly black, and gaze out at adversaries with apparent coldness, an icy torrent that hits enemies like a sudden blizzard. Just looking into Zouma's eyes is enough to release fear into an enemy. The look is of someone that has been through immeasurable pain, that has developed hatred and anger, negative emotions in a storm of feelings unlike anything that anyone has ever seen before.
The feeling is otherworldly, cold, powerful. The eyes really do belong to someone that has been to Hell and returned from it. Zouma's eyes inspire such fear in people, that just looking into them really can cause an immobilization at times. It comes also with some arrogance in the eyes, since, after all, Zouma is rather cocky due to the fact that he is very powerful. His strength is not something to be taken lightly, that much is said already by his eyes, which can never be forgotten once they are gazed into.
His hair is something that has changed over the years. Before, it was a medium length, unruly style which had the hair drop to the first circular bone in his neck, marking the beginning of the spine, the first notch. Now, he has cropped it. It's a short, unruly cut. Still jet black. Put simply, he shortened it for battle purposes. For the purpose of killing.
Zouma's body is also in utmost good shape, unbelievably athletic. Whereas before it was still very athletic, it has come to the point where it truly is an unbelievable phenomenon to behold when one looks at his body. It is a pale toning, with only a slight tan. But, this is enough to still make it very attractive. It glistens, since Zouma shaved off most of his torso hair and leg hair. The only hair really on his body are the crotch area pubes, and the hair on his head and face, though he cannot grow a beard, or even stubble.
His muscles are very well toned, and very, very tight. They are tight, and a medium size. He trained to constrict them so that his appearance wouldn't be overly bulky, and he is broad shouldered on top of that. Zouma has the appearance of a middle class body builder, though his muscles are much tighter than one. His arms and legs are solid like steel, or beyond steel even, some would compare it to diamond. His eight pack can take one hundred punches before he grows tired of the hitting, and his back is well exercised, as are his hands and feet.
Moving to the hands and feet, these are quite odd. The feet are perfectly normal, it is the hands which are odd. On the right hand, Zouma's hand is totally normal except for the lines on his hand. Most people, on the right hand, have a 'VI", roman numeral six created by the lines. But Zouma has an "XIII", the roman numeral for 13. It isn't certain why he has this, but in no way is it good for his foes. It signifies his hellish attributes, signifying also that Zouma has developed powers directly from Hell.
The left hand doesn't have the "IV" pattern that most have, which is the roman numeral for 4. Instead, Zouma has an "IX", the roman numeral which signifies the number 9. Zouma isn't certain why it is this way, but he believes that it is because he was in hell, and so his hands have changed, his whole body has changed, and become otherworldly, completely demonic. It is something that doesn't scare him in the least, because he has grown used to it, accustomed to his vast stores of power.
The markings and scars on his body, the tattoos, all tell a story. Zouma is not one that gets injured too often, and most of his scars are from training rather than battles. However, one battle scar that he does indeed have is a wide gash across his back, inflicted by a slashing chain whip when he battled his rival at the Shinigami Academy. The scar is something that has been left on Zouma for the rest of his life, and left an impression on him as well. This is accompanied by six very minor scars on his back, two on his chest, and a few on his left leg. All in all, not too many scars.
There is a black ink tattoo over Zouma's heart, however. The tattoo is a circular swirl, and contained in it is the number 4. This tattoo was imbued on Zouma only recently, as a result of some very harsh training that he had to undergo. It is something that he despised going through, and it isn't something that he would want to go through again. The tattoo glows white whenever Zouma activates his Shikai/Bankai, or his Maks/Ressurection. It never disappears or changes other than the glow, ever.
Zouma's outfit is the next thing. He has changed it up only slightly in coming years. His pants are long, smooth black khaki, fancy type. This is very comfortable to Zouma in battle, and it goes well with his shiny black shoes. They are actually sneakers, but there is some kind of permanent illusion over them which makes them appear to be dress shoes. Zouma's lower half clothing is of course a full black, because black is his style when it comes to clothes.
The upper body clothing is also black. He wears a very dark black t-shirt, which tightly reveals his muscularity on his body. Over this, he wears an unzipped, long sleeve, pointed collar black coat. The coat tail reaches down to the joints of his legs, and it is made of what appears to be leather. It is adorned with several square type runic lines running across it in a silver etching pattern. Overall, it is a very dramatic outfit and look that Zouma boasts, which really shows just how strong he is.]
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-Personality-
Dislikes: [Create a List below.]
1. Weakness - Zouma dislikes weakness of all kinds. This is just one big dislike, which branches off into several sub dislikes. Out of everything that Zouma hates in people, weakness is probably the biggest one of all. It is weakness which makes people so very pitiful, which makes them perform some of the most hated things of all time.
2. Predictability - What good is a predictable enemy? They die in a little under six seconds, without ever posing any threat. It isn't that Zouma likes threats, it's that he hates when things are far too boring. If it becomes routine to cut down a group of foes with ease, then it is far, far too easy, and too lame.
3. Lack of control - If an enemy can't control their own power, then what good are they? Suppressing and killing an out of control enemy or even an ally is simple enough, but it's a hassle, a pain. It's a pure demonstration of just how weak many people are in the long run of things.
4. Lack of emotional control - This is one of the larger ones. When people can't even tame and command their own emotions, they become the tool, the subject, the slave of their own emotional state. Emotions can be used to aid in battle, but not as the slave. The emotions are the tool, not the commander.
5. Slow or weak allies - If an ally is too slow or too weak, then what good are they? If all they can do is hold you back, they're no good. Zouma saves his comrades yes, he likes his comrades yes, but he dislikes when they are weak, and slow him down. Luckily, he has no comrades like that.
6. Rain - It reminds him of many things, many things that he doesn't want to remember, and many things that he flat out hates. With Zouma, it is rather simple. He hates rain, and it brings out his more negative emotions, makes him use his anger, and his hate in battle even more.
7. Noon - It isn't that he dislikes the time in general, he just dislikes that the sun is highest in the sky. Zouma's greatest powers work at night, not in the day. Though his powers during the daytime at great, Zouma's powers in the night are even greater. And so, he despises when the sun is strongest, as it doesn't allow him to bring out his greatest strengths.
8. Crowded places - Zouma hates being in crowded places. He wants to be in solitary places, to be left alone. Unfortunately, he oftentimes isn't, and this is why he hates crowds. Another thing he learned that he hates throughout his experience in the human world, elevators. He hates elevators, especially under one particular circumstance.
9. Elevators filled with fat people - Why the hell are there so many fatasses in an elevator? Why the hell are they crushing all the non fatties? Who knows?! It's just that fat people in an elevator suck, and Zouma hates it when they are in the elevator. He wants to kill all fat people that dare to occupy elevators.
10. Lack of knowledge - Zouma hates not knowing things. If he doesn't know something, he hates it automatically, no questions asked. He will beat anyone he sees fit to into submission until he learns what they know that he doesn't know, and he isn't too modest about the beating either.
11. Technological advancements - Zouma is a fan of technology, but he hates the arrogance that comes with technology. People are misguided in their belief that their new, more advanced weapon or spell or tool, will grant them victory. In reality, it is the one behind the weapon, not the weapon itself.
12. Misguided Arrogance - Zouma can't really hate arrogance, because he himself is incredibly arrogant. But, he hates arrogance that is misguided and totally can't be backed up. If someone is too weak or pitiful to back up their own cockiness, or if they act cocky without first gauging their foe, then what the hell are they doing?
13. Oceans - It's just water for hundreds to thousands of miles all around! There's nothing cool or exciting at all, just water! Worst of all, there are countless evil evil creatures lurking in water for Zouma to fend off. Evade the ocean? Yes, any day! The ocean sucks, who needs that?
14. Giant monsters or enemies - Really gigantic enemies suck. Why? Because they take so many hits to kill. It's a slow, boring, and irritating process. Especially when all they have is brute strength, and all it takes is an hour of landing small hits. It really is just a waste of time to face enemies like that.
15. Suffering - Zouma hates suffering because he's suffered enough as it is. He's tired of suffering, he's tired of feeling pain. He will never suffer again, he will never be the victim again. Zouma will always be the strong one, the one looking down on the weak, forever.
16. Naive Preaching - People who are so naive that they don't even realize what a rut the world is, they're idiots. Zouma hates hearing them talk about the potential for good that humanity has, that people have. He hates hearing them talk about the things that are apparently bad. They don't know what they're talking about, plain and simple.
17. People who talk too much - Why can't they just shut up once in a while? If they talk too much, it means they're just ADHD faggots in Zouma's mind. If they would just shut up, that would be a lot better.
18. Loneliness - Why does Zouma hate this? Because he went through it for a long time, well over a century. For a long time, the only companions that he had were the corpses of those that he slaughtered, the corpses of the predators that he had to eat, that he had to kill.
19. Recklessness - People that charge in recklessly without gauging first their own power, and then the other person's power. What good are they? What good is someone if they just get killed right off the bat? It's so pointless to have them around, and Zouma would just finish them if he learned how weak some of them are.
20. Fear - Why do people have to be afraid? It immobilizes them, makes them weak. To be enslaved by fear is the ultimate weakness, the ultimate lack of power. In Zouma's damning eyes, anyone that is subject and slave to their own fear, is nothing but a pitiful worm.
21. High ranks - They think they're so strong, they think they can't be beaten by an outcast like Zouma. They think they're tough just because they rank high. Well that's useless. If they're weaker than him, they're weaker than him, and that's all there is to it.
22. Slow music - It drives Zouma crazy. He will destroy any source of slow music that he hears, because he just can't stand it. If it moves too slowly, it's dull and dreary and annoying like a buzzing fly. Music should have a nice, normal to fast pace.
23. Soul Society - Zouma hates Soul Society, particularly Seireitei. It is because they cast him out. It was as a matter of events beyond his control, and they outcasted him for it! He had to leave them, he was forced out. They tried to kill him even, they would have killed him if not for his power. And...they slaughtered not just his Shinigami comrades, but some of his Vizard comrades as well...
24. The Captain Commander - This is the man that Zouma blames for everything that happened to him. He was forced out of Soul Society, he became an outcast, and many of his comrades died. All at the whim of the Captain Commander, all by his orders, all by his command. This is the object of all of Zouma's hatred, this man, whom he has sworn to kill even if it costs him his life.
25. Sweets - Zouma just hates sweets. They don't taste good at all to him. He can't stand them, plain and simple. He just doesn't like sweets, and so nobody can make him eat them.
Likes: [Create a list below.]
1. Strength - Zouma likes strength. In himself, and in others, this is one of the largest of the things he likes. It is a main one, and it branches off into several sub likes as well, all part of this one, main like.
2. The unpredictable - When enemies are unpredictable, it is much better, a much more entertaining battle. If they're just overly reckless of predictable, then what good are they? None, they're useless. And so, that is why Zouma likes those that can make him think and guess.
3. Control - If someone can control their powers, especially fluidly, all the better. They should be able to command their own powers like another part of their body. If they can't, they're no good. And so, Zouma likes it when people are in control of their own powers and abilities. Things are much more interesting that way.
4. Emotional Control - Another large like, which branches into even more sub likes. Emotional control. To be able to command one's emotions, use them to fight, just like tools or weapons. Forge them, sharpen them. Do not become the slave to an emotion, become the master of all of them, or destroy the ones that cannot be mastered.
5. Anger - When someone can control and sharpen their anger, and use it as a tool in battle, nobody can truly stop them. Anger is a nearly unstoppable power, and it is something that allows enemies to be crushed in an instant.
6. Hatred - The next step from anger. Hatred is the greatest tool in a battle. To be able to sharpen and control hatred, this is the ability to command killing, the urge and ability to kill. Hatred is what allows people to overcome strength, and to break it with nothing but willpower, backed up by the hatred.
7. Battle ego - Zouma has a huge battle ego that he likes to employ. It is what is generally used in place of anger or hatred during his Bankai. It is the belief that he is superior, his enemy is not strong at all, and his enemy is nothing but a bug, an insect. If you believe tha tyour enemy is just a filthy dog, you have no problem stepping on them.
8. Hymns - Zouma is a large fan of hymn type music. It is one of his favored types, and this is shown even in his powers, where he demonstrates hymns in his strength. Zouma likes this, along with fast and dramatic music. It really is something to enjoy.
9. Protecting - He likes to protect his comrades. It makes him happy whenever he succeeds in doing so. And this is why Zouma has become a new man. A better, and more peaceful man than before. Indeed, Zouma is a great guy.
10. Killing The threats- Zouma is tired of having his comrades killed, of having those close to him die. And so, he enjoys killing those that could do this. He enjoys killing his foes, his adversaries. He especially enjoys killing those he deems responsible for his own suffering.
11. Making opponents frustrated - To frustrate his enemies, Zouma toys with them in painful, and unbelievable ways. It not only proves his dominance and amazes spectators, but it sends enemies into a hellish pain, really. Zouma does not fight lightly, he truly kills and destroys enemies.
12. Women - Zouma knows that they're naive and create sin for many men, but they're still damned sexy. Every now and then, he may or may bed a woman. It is simply because they're hot, and he wants to screw them. That's all there is to it, one night stands, nothing special or important at all.
13. Dead Shinigami - Zouma likes to destroy other Shinigami. Why? Because they inflicted pain on him! Zouma enjoys deaths of shinigami, he enjoys seeing them suffer. He wants to crush them in every possible or imaginable way, to utterly break them!
14. Fun battles - If battles are fun, interesting, Zouma may just let the foe off easy, and give them a painless death. But, most of the time they're not, so he makes their final moments as painful and excruciating as possible. This is why many fear and avoid Zouma, and battling Zouma.
15. Wrath - To inflict wrath on others, to make them feel the full strength, and the full wrath of hell itself. This is something Zouma loves doing. He loves breaking enemies like nothing, to show them just what kind of strength hell has, what kind of strength he has.
16. Beauty - Beautiful things do not escape Zouma's notice. He doesn't like things to be filthy, and he deems a lot of things that he dislikes filthy. So, things that are beautiful, clean, or look nice, he likes those things.
17. Weapons - Weapons are symbolic. Every person has a weapon that symbolizes them, Kuroi believes that. And so, it is Zouma that loves weapons. When it comes down to it, he probably loves weapons more than he does himself.
18. The scythe - This is the weapon that Zouma believes represents him. It is a weapon of death, to inflict death on others, to represent the reaper, a darkness come to drag people off to hell, and banish them there for all eternity! This really is what represents Zouma, on his mad quest to kill the Shinigami.
19. Puppies - Zouma's last soft spot. He likes puppies. Dogs are loyal forever, man's best friend. Really, they never betray anyone. This is why Zouma likes them. Loyal to the end, true friends.
20. Corruption - Zouma likes the idea of Corruption going around, and corrupting everyone, corrupting others. He likes the idea of people slowly losing their purity, their ideals, everything, all for the sake of corruption.
21. The CC's Death - This will be added as Zouma's biggest like, the greatest memory ever. The death of the Captain Commander, whom Zouma hates more than anyone, more than anything, more than he can possibly recount, more than anyone can imagine. A hatred so vast and deep, hell itself cannot contain such hate.
Flaws: [Create a list below.]
1. Arrogance - Zouma is a very arrogant figure now, having become cocky to the point where he no longer believes that there are any people that truly pose a threat, that others can only strategically hinder him. He really is aware of how strong he is, and so he's also aware that there aren't many people really that can stand against him.
2. Anger - He fights oftentimes with anger, raw anger. It is controlled yes, but it also means that during a battle, he opens himself to easy irritation. This makes him a lone wolf, as he may attack his comrades should they accidentally provoke him.
3. Hatred - His hatred has made him powerful, but it has also made him follow his adversaries until he sends them to a bitter grave. Sometimes, if truly wrapped in his hate, he will abandon his comrades simply to send an enemy to his/her death.
4. Power Hungry - He has become hungry for more and more power. It isn't because he likes the feeling of power, it's because he needs the power to overtake his adversaries. To destroy those that threaten his loved ones, Zouma must have power, he must!
5. Corruption - All of the above are part of his main flaw. Corruption. Zouma has truly been corrupted. His experiences have changed him. He is no longer what he once was, and he has become a man twisted by his own hatred, and by his own need for revenge.
6. Lack of fear - He fears absolutely nothing. Having been through Hell itself, Zouma has no reason to fear anything that can possibly be thrown at him. But, twisted by his lack of fear, he does things that other people would never dare do. It is almost as if self preservation has weakened.
7. Blood lust - He is blood thirsty, very much so. This really is one of Zouma's key flaws. He hides it, and most people can't see it in his expression or eyes, but deep down he thirsts for the blood of his adversaries.
8. Too much power - Too much power is a bad thing. It corrupts. Not just the mind, but the attitude. Everything. Power is really one of the most corrupting things one can get. To see a man's true colors, give him power. Unfortunately, humans are rotten and evil deep down.
9. Hypocritical - Zouma is a big ass hypocrite. He hates people for certain reasons, even if those reasons or attributes are also present in himself. Ironically, he hates hypocrites, even though he is one.
10. Picky eater - Since Zouma doesn't need to eat to survive, he doesn't just eat any random thing. He only eats stuff he likes, not whatever is put in front of him. But, since he doesn't need to eat to survive, he can afford to be picky.
11. Killer - Mercy? What the hell is mercy? Zouma doesn't give such a pitiful thing anymore. All of his adversaries die if he can kill them, plain and simple.
Habits: [Create a list below.]
One § Holding back the hate - Zouma's got a lot of hate. This didn't settle with Old Lightning's death. He tries to ignore it and hold it all back, but the truth is that he doesn't want to let Soul Society continue to exist. That's why he's in Death Inc now.
Two § Skipping songs - Sometimes he is too choosy with his music, and so he randomly skips through songs over and over for up to 30 minutes before choosing one song to listen to.
Three § Spacing out - When bored, he spaces out. If someone is talking to him as this happens, they may feel insulted, and decide to reprimand him somehow. But, Zouma thinks about his hate whenever he spaces.
Four § Showing off - He likes to show off, and so he often does it. He tries to hold it back for some efficiency, but he still ends up showing off sometimes anyway.
Five § Being dramatic - He's too dramatic, even when he doesn't have to be. It's really unnecessary, and may one day get him killed!
Six § Overkill - He just goes overkill with some of the things that he does, plain and simple.
Seven § Trying to atone - Zouma regularly goes out and does nice things for his friends and comrades. Why? Because he knows he's wrapped up in his own hatred. He's fully aware that there's a chance he could betray them.
Eight § Thinking of Las Noches - While he doesn't like hollows or anything about them, he can't deny it. Zouma downright thinks Las Noches looks pretty badass.
Nine § Saying dramatic things - He makes promises, he says things. Shinsei will always do whatever it takes, whatever he can, to fulfill these things.
Ten § Revealing power - He oftentimes reveals too much power, revealing more of his strength than he means to. Oh well, not that big of a deal, really.
Eleven § Being merciless- Zouma never, ever, under any circumstances, lets enemies live if he can help it.
Twelve § Getting emotional - In battle, he does tend to get a little bit too emotional.
Thirteen § Staring - When something is weird, he might stare at it. More accurately, he might glare at it if it pisses him off.
Fourteen § Kicking stuff - He kicks stuff a lot, especially if it's a person that pisses him off that he doesn't have to kill, or is actually just some random loser or gangster or something.
Fears: [Create a list below.]
None. Zouma is a man with absolutely no fears. He has gone through the worst of the worst, lost his comrades over and over, repeatedly. He has been broken twice in his life, destroyed quite literally. And, he has had to regain the things he lost. But, more than anything, he has gone through Hell itself, literally traversed the place known as Hell, and returned. There is nothing left for Zouma to fear, nothing at all.
Goals: [Create a list below.]
1. To kill the Captain Commander. Zouma's personal vendetta. The Captain Commander leads Soul Society. He is the man that Zouma deems truly responsible for his pain, for the things that happened to him. As a result, Zouma has made it his duty to kill the Captain Commander. No, not duty. It is merely a vendetta that he must fulfill. The Captain Commander is someone that he must kill. He killed Old Lightning. He feels the same must be done to The Strong Man.
2. Protect. Zouma's single goal. To protect his friends and comrades, everyone around him that he loves. That gave him a place that he can truly and perfectly call his home. To protect them with his life! So that together they can share the times. The good times, the bad times. The sad times, the angry times. The happy times. The laughter and arguments. Everything. He'll defend all that with his last dying breath.
Alignment: [Lawful Neutral]
Overall Personality: [When it comes down to it, Zouma is a very positive person. He is based fully around the various ways that he can view corruption in the world. His love for his comrades, his arrogance, his anger, his hatred, his urge for revenge, his need for power, and most of all, his urge to protect, all make up who he is today. Zouma is in no way a man that can be associated with rash destruction anymore, he has already gone past the brink of what some would call redemption. He has become a man torrent of power, and this has allowed him to decide that he wants to change the world and make it better, and protect his comrades.
A few years ago, Zouma loved and cherished his comrades above all else, above anything. Even when he returned from Hell, even when he was cast out of Soul Society, that did not change. His hatred and anger and rage, his bitterness and inner darkness, these did not overlap his love for his comrades. He was contented to forgive and forget as long as he had his comrades, as long as Zouma could continue to live with his comrades, to be happy with them. Even now, that is true. And from now to infinity, it will always be true. That's the kind of person he is.
Now, Zouma doesn't seem to care. He does act pretty half assed sometimes, but when it matters he will be the first to yell a friend's name. The first to go off and rescue someone like some badass hero. The one to ask who's alright, and to say stupid and cheesy monologues in the middle of a fight. Zouma will be the guy that declares things like "I can't forgive you!" if someone messes with his comrades. He also seems unable to let slip when someone else betrays or badmouths their own comrades. He might even kill them just for that.
Arrogance. Zouma didn't have much of this back a few years ago. He was confident, with only a little bit of hubris, a chip off of the whole wall. It came because he was strong, and didn't fail missions. He wanted to put up a strong front in addition to that, to give his comrades some good emotions too, to have them feel positive when in battle with him. In tough situations, they got hope. In seemingly impossible odds, they had the will to continue on, to press forward.
But now, his arrogance really has taken root. Zouma is cocky, he knows that enemies are weaker than he is. They're not strong compared to him at all, and so he doesn't have to worry about any adversaries whatsoever. In the long run, they're not worth fighting. Zouma really doesn't see any way that he can truly be beaten. He is strong, that is that. He is powerful enough to accomplish any of his goals, to defeat enemies, to win and destroy. However, he does know the few times when someone is stronger than him. He's not stupid. He can recognize superiority.
Anger, this is something that Zouma used well, always. He didn't always use it during battle of course, but he still used it during battle sometimes. He never used it outside of battle, and he still never uses it outside of battle. Battle is where anger truly belongs. The anger is something that assisted, and still assists Zouma in battle. It is a fine point tool, sharpened and readied for battle. It is used merely to increase his aggression, to make him seem stronger, faster, when really his style is all that has really changed.
Zouma's hatred does not consume him now. Though once it may have, he is not consumed at all by it. He does still have it, he doesn't like the Soul Society. And he will refuse to work with them. He won't help them. He won't bail them out. And he won't accept help from them. But, that doesn't mean he'll go off and attack them either. "Just because I gave up my revenge doesn't mean I need to work with scumbags like you." Zouma still sees Soul Society as a lying place full of deceit, betrayal, and hate and corruption. He doesn't like it.
Also, Zouma is totally overrun by his own cheesiness. He is dramatic, brash, and overprotective. His care for his comrades has left him very similar to an anime protagonist, or at least a side character that acts a lot like the protagonist does, and thus works well with the protagonist. His hatred is a tool just like his anger is, but he doesn't use them to destroy. He uses them to protect. It isn't something to be taken lightly when one fights Zouma. His anger cannot be outmatched easily, and his hatred seems to make him unbeatable, invincible, godlike.
Not too long ago, Zouma did not really care about his revenge. Sure, he wanted the revenge, but his love for his comrades kept him from seeking it, from going after the prize that would mean the death of the Captain Commander, maybe even the death of Seireitei, of Soul Society. Zouma was happy with the Vizards, and he was contented to just stay with them and live out his life.
And this has not changed. Before, he may have wanted to destroy everything using a torrent of raw bitterness and hatred. But as it turns out, Zouma no longer cares about his revenge. He just wants to live with his comrades and have fun with them. To share the good times and the bad. So of course, Zouma is really a great guy now. He's a good guy, that much is obvious, is evident. There's no one that can tell Zouma otherwise, of course. He's one of the best friends that anyone could ever have, or could ever really ask for. He's a fierce, fiercely loyal friend.
Power. Before, Zouma didn't really care about power. He was just strong on his own merits. He didn't give a shit about needing power. He was with his friends the Vizards, and that was enough, he didn't need anything else to be happy, to survive. But then, tragedy struck, and some of those comrades died, just like others that Soul Society, and the Captain Commander, had taken from him, had taken from Zouma. And, with this, Zouma became more and more entangled. He became more entangled in a need for power. To accomplish his newfound goals, power was required
Zouma needed that power, desperately. It was just one thing that he couldn't stand not having anymore. If he wanted to stop being victimized, if he wanted to protect all of his comrades for real, and not fail them again, he had to get more power than he already had. He was already pretty strong, but he had to get even stronger. Zouma really is the peak of wanting power by now. Power does still mean a lot to him now. Nothing matters more than his comrades, which therefore makes power the secondary most required value. Zouma will destroy anyone in his way when it comes to protecting his comrades. Especially if it helps give him the power that he needs in order to do so, and in order to help protect those comrades of his.
Bitterness. Zouma is the last person that people would ever imagine to come out bitter. And that is how he is now. Zouma is not bitter. At one point he was bitter, yes. Bitter about his entire life. His earliest memory dates back to the human world, to his human family being destroyed by a hollow. More of his memories date back to having and loving friends in Rukongai, only for them to be eaten by a hollow. Then, Soul Society. He made comrades, and became a Captain. He went through an incident, and came back. His friends were killed for it. And then with the vizards, more friends were killed. Zouma was bitter, hateful, angry. And, he had come to a realization. It wasn't just Shinigami that he hated, but Hollows as well. He wanted to destroy both Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, for that was his goal. Zouma Santeku, the Vizard Leader, wanted overcome all odds, all obstacles, and destroy both, completely wreck them!
Despite all of this, Zouma has a firm understanding of the world around him, of how it works, of the way everything runs and the way everything is. He is no longer bitter, and these are no longer his goals. He is happy as is now. He can be contented. He understands the concepts of love, justice, hatred, war, humanity, what it is to be alive, what it is to be human, what it is to be good or evil. Zouma understands these things, and holds a positive viewpoint about the world and its humanity. He knows it's negative, but he feels he can fix it too. Beyond his own revenge, beyond the vengeance he once wished to take on, Zouma still has one more wish, a wish that he will accomplish under all circumstances. Zouma wishes to change the world, and erase this feeling of hatred forever.]
