Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10751001-20130804140846/@comment-25360536-20140927153743

Aetheral wrote: TennoHaineko wrote: Aetheral wrote: TennoHaineko wrote: TennoHaineko wrote: Aetheral wrote: TennoHaineko wrote: Powerfulzan21 wrote: Anyone think she created the shihikasou?

No, unless she created another thing that is really relevant, because i doubt the Shinigami Ropes are "enough invent" as to be part of the Royal Guard. They are symbols of the Shinigami. Just like the Zanpakutō. Maybe not as much, but still...

Do not take this as an offense, but compare a Zanpakuto and ropes is just really stupid. Those ropes aren't quite much. A Zanpakuto, for the other side, could be used as another powerful weapon. Or if you want an example of that, you just compared a stick to a missile when we're in a war to a powerful enemy. Oh, I am well aware that Ichibei Hyosube and Oetsu Nimaiya have done things far more important than inventing simple robes. Do note however, how Senjumaru managed to actually do pretty awesome things with those robes. She managed to make them resistant to crossing over the barriers of the Soul King Palace and what she did to Wenzol. I don't think she got that position because she made something that is actually useful in combat. She made something that will forever be remembered as a symbol of the Shinigami. All hollows have holes, all of the current quincy have those white outfits, all shinigami have. Since you brought up the military metaphor, it is like uniforms. It sets your side apart from all other sides, and while it might not have any function in combat whatsoever, it does in fact mean something to their culture and organization.

For me, they are still just some ropes and i think comparing a Zanpakuto and these are an insult. And what Senjumaru did to Wenzol doesn't have anything to do with Shinigami Ropes. If you're talking about that this uniform could help the shinigamis to know which other persons are shinigami too, they could simply know it by detecting their reiatsu. Of course. Do remember than not everyone is actually a masterful reiatsu sensor, and that there are many, many lower ranking shinigami, who also have no use for their zanpakutō despite that of a meele weapon. If they made inventions just for the captains or vice captains they would not be in that position. It relates to shinigami as a whole. If they had a Zanpakuto, wouldn't they know that he's a Shinigami? I mean only they (and arrancars) have Zanpakuto's, but Arrancars have their own holes, Aizen Clothes and the rest of their old masks, so you wouldn't mistake them with Shinigamis.