Rukia's Zanpakuto Re-design

I've wished I could redo a lot about the Bleach series, and one of those things is Rukia's powers. While I do like her Bankai's ice princess look, the similarity's her zanpakuto has with Hitsugaya always seemed like a waste, and a bit lazy. I thought that giver her a power over water would be good for a couple reasons. First, we only see two two characters use water-based abilities in the series; Tier Harribel, and Kaien Shiba (used by the Ninth Espada), and both of them get very little time for do anything. The second reason is, by giving her a water-based power, she could be taking up her mentor's mantel as the series' water-powered shinigami, as well as adding another layer to her respect for him.

Her water based Shikai could be an easy one, turning her blade into water, allowing her to manipulate the blade's form, as well as project water-bullets towards her enemies.

Her Bankai can summon a a massive wave of water for her to control. She can perform an array of attacks based on various sea creatures. I would have given her a trident, but since that was what Kaien's weapon took the form of, I decided to settle for a harpoon.