Lilynette Gingerbuck
Race	Arrancar
Birthday	January 19[1]
Gender	Female
Height	142 cm (4'8")[1]
Weight	31 kg (68 lbs.)[1]
Professional Status
Affiliation	Aizen's Arrancar Army
Occupation	Starrk's counterpart, 1st Espada in Aizen's Arrancar Army (post-release only)
Partner	Coyote Starrk
Base of Operations	Las Noches, Hueco Mundo
Zanpakutō
Resurrección	Los Lobos
First Appearance
Manga	Volume 30, Chapter 269
Anime	Episode 161
Video Game	Bleach: Flame Bringer
Voices
Japanese	Kiyomi Asai
English	Kate Higgins
Spanish

Lilynette Gingerbuck (リリネット・ジンジャーバック, Ririnetto Jinjābakku; Viz: Lilynette Gingerback),^[2] sometimes incorrectly romanized as Lilinette Gingerback, is an Arrancar. Apart from being an Arrancar, she herself is a sealed part of Coyote Starrk's power; when he uses his Resurrección, the two become one.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 History 4 Plot 4.1 Hueco Mundo arc 4.2 Fake Karakura Town arc 5 Equipment 6 Powers & Abilities 6.1 Second Being 7 Appearances in Other Media 8 Quotes 9 References 10 Navigation

Appearance

Lilynette is a young-looking female Arrancar. Her outfit consists of white-colored briefs with a black line positioned in the middle, arm-warmers, a revealing vest with a high collar, and thigh-high, fur-lined boots. Her Hollow hole is positioned in the center of her stomach. The remainder of her Hollow mask is the form of a helmet with two horns on the top of her head. The left horn looks as if it has been cut off, and the left half of the mask covers her left eye. Her right eye is light pink and she has light green hair arranged in a very basic manner.^[3]

Personality

Lilynette can be both cheerful and mischievous at the same time. She enjoys waking Starrk up in unusual ways, such as shoving her fist down his throat. Despite her initially childish behavior, she does have a more serious side, as she is concerned about the ominous occurrences in Hueco Mundo and shows sorrow over Aaroniero Arruruerie being killed.^[4] She also seems to be rather proud, quickly taking offense when underestimated due to her appearance.^[5]

Her relationship with Starrk is also unique amongst the Espada and their subordinates, appearing more comical and lighthearted. She does not address him with the usual "-sama" suffix (a Japanese honorific similar to Lord or Master), as the other subordinates generally do for their respective Espada, and simply calls him by his name.^[4] As such, her relationship with Starrk is more similar to that of a younger sister than a servant. Despite this familiarity, however, Lilynette does show a certain degree of respect for Starrk and knows of his true power, even when he chooses to be humble about it (or is simply too lazy to show it), to the point of being outraged that he allowed Baraggan Louisenbairn to lead the battle against the Shinigami in Karakura Town, knowing that Starrk is higher in rank and power than him. This is likely because Lilynette is actually part of Starrk, with the two having originally been a single Hollow. In their separated forms, Lilynette appears to retain all self-motivation and drive, while Starrk himself has next-to-none.^[6]

History

Starrk and Lilynette were once part of the same single being, who was always alone. This being tried to live with other Hollows, but they died just by being around it. Because of this, it became jealous of the weak and wanted to become weak itself. In an attempt to escape this loneliness, it split its soul into two: Starrk and Lilynette. Starrk claims he does not remember which of them they originally looked like and suspects that perhaps their original appearance corresponded to neither of them.^[7]

Plot

Hueco Mundo arc

When Rukia Kuchiki kills the 9th Espada, Aaroniero Arruruerie, Lilynette approaches Starrk, who is sleeping. She wakes the 1st Espada from his slumber by shoving her fingers down his throat, causing him to violently wake up and puke. Despite his discomfort, she cheerfully greets him when he recovers somewhat. Starrk rolls over to sleep again but Lilynette employs other method of torture to try to force him to stay awake. She becomes serious when she informs him that Aaroniero was killed and Starrk maintains that he's already aware of his death. She asks him what they should do, but Starrk asks her what she thinks he can do about it.^[4]

Fake Karakura Town arc

Lilynette travels with Starrk to do battle with the Gotei 13 in the Fake Karakura Town, alongside the other top two Espada and their Fracción.^[8] She angrily scolds Starrk and kicks him in the thigh when he agrees to let Baraggan take control of the situation while Aizen was immobilized by Yamamoto's Shikai.^[6] After the Shinigami have successfully defended the pillars that kept the Real Karakura Town in Soul Society and the fake one in the Human world, she and Starrk engage in battle with Captains Jūshirō Ukitake and Shunsui Kyōraku.^[9] Following an initial face down, though, Kyōraku asks Starrk if she could be taken somewhere else during the battle, as he would have problems fighting with a child. Lilynette responds with furious disbelief, but Starrk tells her to be quiet, using the statement as an excuse to try to avoid a fight.^[10] She is next seen arguing with Ukitake, stating that he probably should help Kyōraku due to Starrk's strength. When he politely refuses, Lilynette asks to fight him. Although Ukitake flat-out refuses to fight someone who looks like a young girl, she draws her Zanpakutō and decides to fight him anyway.^[11] Despite her confidence, Ukitake barely needs to try to keep her at bay, even blocking her Cero with his bare hands, upsetting her. Ukitake comments that Lilynette's powers (specifically, her Cero) are not mature and are lesser than the powers of a Menos, again begging her to "just go home" so he does not need to continue fighting her.^[12]

Lilynette insists on battling Ukitake and attempts countless attacks, only to fail miserably. Ukitake deflects and forces away Lilynette numerous times, but does not try to kill her. Instead, he's "training" her by not allowing her to use her own sword. Lilynette eventually becomes so frustrated that she begins to cry, still trying to get her sword back. It is later revealed that she and Starrk are, in fact, one. When they evolved from Hollow into Arrancar, instead of splitting their power between their body and sword, they had split into two bodies. If they were to merge back to one, their full power would be released. With that, she merges with Starrk, much to Ukitake's shock. ^[13]

When the Visored Love and Rōjūrō come to do battle with Starrk, he initially lets them attack him, depressed over Baraggan's death and Aizen's cold disregard of the 2nd Espada. However, when he lies in the rubble after an attack, she encourages him to protect his friends by fighting.^[14] This seems to renew him, and he returns to re-engage the two in battle. However, Shunsui returns and deals Starrk a fatal wound to the chest.^[15] As Starrk remembers his past, Lilynette dies along with him.^[16]

Equipment

Sword: Lilynette has a sword that is drawn from the stump of the missing horn on her mask fragment. It resembles a scimitar with a standard katana hilt and an oblong guard.^[12] After merging with Starrk, her sword is seen to still be beside Ukitake, where it is in the process of disintegrating.^[17]

Powers & Abilities

Cero: Lilynette charges a light-green Cero through her left eye (which her mask remnants cover), and fires it from the center of her face. The power of the Cero is very weak, as Jūshirō Ukitake comments that even a Gillian-class Menos fires a more potent Cero.^[12]

Spiritual Power: Despite being Starrk's other half, Lilynette seems to be a rather weak Arrancar, as during her duel against Ukitake, he was easily able to fend her off with low-level Kidō and minimal effort, and when she tried her Cero against him, he easily repelled it unarmed.^[12]

Second Being

Los Lobos (群狼 (ロス・ロボス), Rosu Robosu; Spanish for "The Wolves," Japanese for "Wolf Pack"): Unlike all other known Arrancar, Starrk's enormous power is not sealed in the form of a Zanpakutō. Instead, it is sealed in the form of another Arrancar, his own subordinate, Lilynette Gingerbuck, who is a separate distinct being but also an actual part of him.

• Resurrección: Due to the fact that Lilynette and Starrk were originally one being^[18], she shares his Resurrección, "Los Lobos". While she wields her own sword, in her (and Starrk's) Resurrección form, she is both of Starrk's guns. She can apparently still feel things and talk audibly in this form, as she says it hurts when he hits her against his head, and cries out when he slaps the back end of the gun.^[19]

Appearances in Other Media

Lilynette appears as a support character for Starrk in Bleach: Flame Bringer and in Bleach: Heat the Soul 7.

Quotes

• (To Coyote Starrk) "I won't stop tickling you until you wake up"^[4]

• (To Jūshirō Ukitake) "Listen! Arrancar don't have ages!"^[11]

• (To Coyote Starrk) "That hurt! What're you gonna do if my head splits open, moron?"^[20]

• (To Coyote Starrk) "Ow, Ow, ow, that's my ass! You know damn well that's my ass, you bastard!"^[20]

• (To Coyote Starrk) "What're you just layin' around for? Isn't this a battle of revenge? How pathetic!"^[21]

• (To Coyote Starrk) "You're such a moron, Starrk! You're the Primera, have some sense of your position! And you've just been putting up a front and haven't even tried to take this seriously!! Why do you think that Aizen made you number one?! Because he believes in your power, right!? If you don't want to lose any of your comrades then the only thing to do is fight!!!"^[21]

References

Navigation

v • d • eEspada
Current Members	3rd: Tier Harribel • 6th: Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez
Former Members	0: Yammy Llargo (Post-Release) •1st: Coyote Starrk / Lilynette Gingerbuck (Post-Release) • 2nd: Baraggan Louisenbairn • 3rd: Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck • 4th: Ulquiorra Cifer • 5th: Nnoitra Gilga • 6th: Luppi Antenor • 7th: Zommari Rureaux • 8th: Szayelaporro Granz • 9th: Aaroniero Arruruerie
Privaron Espada	103rd: Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio • 105th: Cirucci Sanderwicci • 107th: Gantenbainne Mosqueda

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