Origin
Creation
Senjumaru Shutara (??? ???, Shutara Senjumaru) is a character in the BLEACH series that was created by Tite Kubo, It first began serialization Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in August 2001. She was first introduced during the the Thousand-Year Blood War Arc that began in Volume 55.
She first appeared in BLEACH Volume 58 CH. 516 “THE SQUAD ZERO“.
Character Evolution
Major Story Arcs
Senjumaru first appears in the Thousand-Year Blood War Arc, where she and the other Royal Guard members are summoned to Soul Society in the aftermath of the Vandenreich invasion. After arriving in Soul Society via the Royal Guard’s Tench?ren, Senjumaru retrieves Rukia Kuchiki, Byakuya Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, and Ichigo Kurosaki’s broken Tensa Zangetsu by placing them in translucent orbs; she openly admits to Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who had been keeping an eye on the Kuchiki siblings and Renji Abarai, that she picked the lock to his compound in order to retrieve them all, stating the lock was easier to pick than when she was in charge of the facility.
After returning to the Soul King Palace with the Royal Guard and Ichigo Kurosaki, Senjumaru tells Ichigo that while Sosuke Aizen was undoubtedly the “personification of evil,” the Vandenreich pose an even greater threat than he.
Some time later, Senjumaru assists in the recuperation of Rukia and Renji by taking them to her palace in order to measure them for new robes. When Renji refuses to take off his fundoshi, Senjumaru casually threatens to cut off his genitals should he not comply, prompting Renji to reluctantly agree to be measured everywhere on his body. After the experience, both Renji and Rukia dread even thinking about returning to Senjumaru’s palace.