Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44061-20130307153642/@comment-6963992-20130605133705

Skitzo1 wrote: Andym221 wrote: Since Ōetsu refuse to repair Zangetsu does that meet that Ichigo is going to wear white and shoot arrows.

It probably means, Ichigo can only repair his bankai himself, using Quincy methods. If a shinigami "MUST" use an Asauchi, and Ichigo didn't it must mean he made it himself. Ōetsu can probably only repair an Asauchi (what all his swords are) if Ichigo isnt using one, how can Ōetsu repair it? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the misconception here is that he's going to repair his Zanpakuto. Oettsu said he was going to reforge is Zanpakuto so he was essential creating him a new sword not fixing his original one.