Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-3578825-20160710040714/@comment-3578825-20160710052758

FutureQuincy wrote: Here's the problem with this whole train of thought: it's based on pure assumption. Until it's outright confirmed then it won't be changed. And the 'it's so obvious'-type attitude isn't helping.

And before the appearance and release command are brought up, let me use a confirmed fire-type Zanpakuto as a counter: Tobiume looks like a tree branch and has the release command 'Snap', yet its ability involves shooting fireballs, rather than anything tree-related. Basing its typing strictly on its appearance and command would be misleading. If Engetsu is confirmed to be fire-type in the future then it will be changed accordingly. Until that happens then it will remain as is. I agree that commands can be misleading, but the fact that Isshin said that he'll barbecue the hollow, and there is no proof that was a mistranslation. And my observation argument should be helping, because if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, then it a.... Also, wood does make a snapping sound when its on fire.