User blog comment:Gon10/Kuchiki Byakuya´s Bankai/@comment-10961564-20130620172314

renji and ichi got their zanpakuto back becoz Oetsu Nimaiya had taken and smashed their zanpakutos, their zanpakutos weren't stolen by the Stern Ritters.........Byakuya's situation is completely different, but kubo might give Byakuya his zanpakuto back as As Nodt has died