Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25051789-20140627020827

In japanese Bankai is 卍解 (Final Release) If separated, these two words are ‘swastika solution’ (卍= swastika, 解= solution.) Everybody has noticed that Ichigo’s Tensa Zangetsu has the swastika symbol on it’s hilt and Tensa is (obviously.) his Bankai. So, we must take into consideration why the swastika is on his hilt. By now, if you’ve read every chapter, you know “That is not bankai”. (Quote by pretty much every quincy to ever face Ichigo in the newest arc.) But that doesn’t mean Zangetsu doesn’t want it to be bankai. Yes, did you ever take that into consideration? We could see the swastika symbol on Tensa’s hilt as a way of saying ‘I’m bankai, totally not something else.’. In conclusion, I believe the swastika on the hilt of Tensa Zangetsu is because of the japanese character ‘卍’ in Bankai. What do you think?

P.s: Please do not mention the Nazi thing. 