Uryuu Ishida

Appearance & Personality

Schoolboy Ishida

Quite possibly Uryu's most admirable quality is his disdain for the mistreatment of woman and weaker people. During several points in the series Uryu attacks characters that pick on Orihime, Rukia, or non- spiritually powered people.

 
During the Battle of the Rubicon story Uryu fights in an everyday school uniform. He wear his glasses and even carries around a sewing kit in his back pack. After he joins Ichigo and the others to invade the Soul Society he wears the traditional Quincy uniform. This is made up of a white outfit that has a high neck collar jacket that hangs down close to his knees.

The outfit also has white pants and shoes, again Uryu is rather dramatic so he chose to wear a uniform that has a useless cape that he has to replace after nearly getting devoured by a spirit entity that roams the connection between our world and the Soul Society.

Part of this uniform is the sanrei gloves which help concentrate his powers and ampilify the potency of his arrow's attack. During his battle with the Soul Reaper captain Mayuri Kutotosuchi, Uryu lets his full spirit power lose to defeat the mad scientist captain. At that point his powers manifest themselves as a samurai like armor. He has a chest plate that covers his upper body and baggy pants that tighten at the knees.

History - Bleach: Part I

Uryu grew up learning to be a Quincy from his grandfather, Soken Ishida. Uryu learned about the destruction of the Quincies from his grandfather and becomes a little bitter.

Uryu Ishida is a young human with high spirit powers. As a young child Uryu was one of the last surviving member of the human equivalent to the Soul Reapers, the Quincies. Uryu was trained to embody his powers to resemble a bow and arrow even though he could also manifest it as a sword. When Uryu first appears he demonstrates his spiritual abilities by killing several Hollows and then tracking Ichigo and Rukia using the spiritual ribbons that are attached to everyone.

Soken Ishida corrects Uryu by explaining that he has no right to hate the Soul Reapers, and that he has to get past these feelings to learn to work with the Soul Reapers.  Ishida was stabbed by Ichigo Kurosaki when he tried to prevent ichigo from decapitating ulquiorra. Shoken explains that the hatred for each other is the reason the the Quincies were wiped almost completely out. Soken tries to pass on his desire to work with the Soul Reapers so that the response time when Hollows attack can be reduced so less humans are killed.

Shoke is killed when Uryu is young though, and Uryu didn't help because he wasn't strong enough, by several powerful Hollows. Uryu grows up and has to finish training himself since he father Ryuken Ishida gave up being a Quincy to become a doctor. Uryu went to school Ichigo and the others, but doesn't stick out to them much. Uryu is the top student in the class though and part of the school sewing club.

Battle of the Rubicon

Soul Society

This combined by Mayuri's continous abuse of his lieutenant, Nemu Kurotsuchi, pushes Uryu too far and he breaks his sanrei glove to pull out all of his power and defeat Mayuri. Unfortunately Uryu is poisoned during the battle and is only minutes away from dying as he watches Mayuri Kurotsuchi turn into a puddle and escape. He is saved by Nemu though as she reveals that she carries an antidote under her lieutenant's badge. Uryu, being the gentleman that he is insists that she drink half of it first. Nemu however reclines and informs him that she is immune to the poison since she is made of Mayuri's poison. Uryu gratefully takes the medicine and begins to move on towards the White Tower to find Rukia, joking that he is gonna get there before Ichigo as his wounds start to slowly kill him.

As he turns climbs the last set of stairs leading to the Tower's courtyard Uryu is left face to face with Tosen, another Soul Reaper captain that easily defeats Uryu by using his Soul Pressure release only.

Captured with Familiar Faces

While in the Soul Society prison Uryu is greeted by two familiar faces, Ganju and Sado. Uryu begins to try and reason with the two of them on how they will escape, but is saved the effort as Kenpachi Zaraki, Orihime, and the highest seats in the 11th division break them out of jail. Uryu joins them as they begin to make their way to the execution grounds.

Sitting the Bench

One night he goes to Ichigo's to repair Kon, who was apparently mauled by something while Ichigo and the others were gone. His first attempt was too girlie for Kon, who hits him for adding lace to him, so he just repairs him and leaves a Quincy symbol sewn to the back of Kon's head. After leaving Uryu wonders into a park where he is attacked by a pair of Hollows that were attracted by Ichigo when he is fighting Shinji. Uryu mistakes them as one Hollow and tries to use a few small silver charms that he has stored the energy he gained before he broke his glove. Unfortunately the Hollow is also a regenerator and heals almost instantly from the wound and goes on the attack. As Uryu is staring at possible defeat he is saved by Ryuken Isshida, his father.

The True Quincy

Ryuken explains to Uryu that he is ashamed by the fact that Uryu would lose his powers so easily after claiming he was the last Quincy. Uryu becomes angry with his father, but stares in disbelief as his father reveals that he is the true final Quincy. Uryu admits that he may not like his Quincy background, but he does accept that he is the last true Quincy. Uryu is offered help by his father to regain his powers. Uryu is ready to accept his father's help, but he has to make a promise first. Uryu has to agree not to ever help the Soul Reapers again.

Path to Recovery

Uryu accepts his fathers help and goes into training where he has to avoid his father while also trying to defeat him. Uryu gives his all and even manages to lock his father away in a silver prism. Ryuken quickly breaks the prism and goes back on the attack, shotting Uryu point blank in the chest with one of his own arrows. Uryu passes out from the attack connecting, but when he wakes up he isn't dead. Instead his father's attack has revived all his former spirit powers. Ryuken explains that once a Quincy has lost their powers they can only gain them back by using what little remains of strength they have and then taking a shot from another Quincy to the chest, slightly off to the side of the heart.

Return to Battle

Uryu lays low training to improve his Quincy powers so that he can surpass his father. Than when Urahara comes and asks for his help Uryu only agrees because he wants to go against his father, but uses the loop hole that he isn't helping the Soul Reapers as much as he is helping his friends Orihime. Uryu shows up with Sado and demonstrates to Ichigo that he is more than capable of fighting. Ichigo accepts the help and the three move into the passage way set up by Urahara. Along the way they have to travel along a path made of energy (Ichigo makes on for him and Sado). Uryu spends a part of the trip making fun of Ichigo for not being able to control his energy as well.
 

History - Bleach: Part II

After the loss of Ichigo's spirit powers, Uryu replaces him as the local Hollow remover of Kurakara town.

Powers & Abilities

In the first form it looks like a regular bow and energy but is made of raw soul pressure. It's size is completely dependent on the amount of energy that Uryu is controlling at that time.

While in the Soul Society Uryu unleashes his second form for his bow and arrow. In the second stage of manifestation the now is still energy and Uryu gains an energy wing over his shoulder. Unlike the first form Uryu's arrows manifest as a solid form before firing and turn back to energy once they are released. Also in his second form Uryu's power cover him with an almost samurai looking armor.

After Uryu loses his powers during the Soul Society Arc and regains his powers from his father his bow evolves. In it's third form Uryu's bow can transform into a spider web looking energy field around his hand. In this form he can fire faster or manifest his bow in it's true form as a sword.

Uryu can also manifest his energy as a sword if he chooses, but he seems to like the advantage of long range attacks.

Uryu can make energy blast as strong as the energy that he takes in from what is available in his surroundings.

When Uryu is fighting the hollows before the invasion of the Soul Society he uses a pendent to aim and focus his attacks through.

Uryu later increases his attack ability when he uses the sanrei gloves that he makes.

Uryu is very efficient at taking out enemies when he uses his Lone Sparrow, winding the Hollows numbers down during his challenge against Ichigo.

With the training that Uryu received from his grandfather Uryu can perform also track others by sensing their spirit ribbons.

Uryu is very intelligent and even ranks as the number one seated student in his school.

Despite his rather thin build Uryu actually takes quite a bit of damage and keeps fighting when he is in the Soul Society.

His heightened stamina is more than likely due to his high spirit level and training to fight against stronger and faster enemies like the Hollows.