Forum:Zanpakuto Forms

What has been interesting the most is the various zanpakuto releases in the series. The development and change we have seen with some of the recent releases are really refreshing not to mention the abilities they possess, such as:


 * Yamamoto - (shikai) katana {oldest zanpakuto and most powerful fire}
 * Chojiro - (shikai) Rapier
 * Soifon - (shikai) Stinger {poison} - (bankai) Missile launcher ? (I dont care for it at all though, doesn't seem well thought out)
 * Omaeda - (shikai) flail
 * Gin - (shikai) extending blade
 * Kira - (shikai) hooked blade {weight multiplier}
 * Unohana - (shikai) manta ray creature
 * Isane - (shikai) tri-bladed sword
 * Aizen - (shikai) katana {absolute hypnosis}
 * Momo - (shikai) jutte sword {fire balls}
 * Byakuya - (shikai) {thousands of tiny blades} - (bankai) {millions of tiny blades}
 * Renji - (shikai) extending whip sword - (bankai) Huge snake tail whip
 * Komamura - (shikai) katana {materialized appendages} - (bankai) {giant samurai}
 * Iba - (shikai) wide blade w/ pick
 * Shunsui (shikai) Chinese falchion {Turns childs play into reality}
 * Tosen - (shikai) katana {unconsciousness tone, multiple blades} - (bankai) katana {sensory depriving sphere}
 * Hisagi - (shikai) twin inverted kusuri-gamas on chain
 * Hitsugaya - (shikai) katana {ice dragons} - (bankai) katana {weather/ice/water manipulation}
 * Rangiku - (shikai) {ash}
 * Mayuri - (shikai) tri-pronged sword {paralysis poison} - (bankai) katana {giant poison spewing caterpillar creature}
 * Ukitake - (shikai) spear-sword attached by rope {Energy Redirection}
 * Rukia - (shikai) katana {ice manipulation}
 * Ichigo - (shikai) cleaver - (bankai) long katana {physical enhancement}
 * Love - (shikai) kanabo {fire}
 * Rose - (shikai) whip
 * Lisa - (shikai) spear
 * Hiyori - (shikai) cleaver w/ serrated blade
 * Kensei - (shikai) bowie knife {wind manipulation}
 * Ikkaku - (shikai) three-sectioned naginata - (bankai) three oversized blades
 * Yumichika - (shikai) split sickle {reiatsu absorption}

Which is the best form so far and i wonder what others will be present. But even more so what do you think can be so cool ones for the future or even for bankai's we have yet to see. So in a speculative sense any thoughts?Salubri 14:24, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

I would like to see a halberd, A Ring blade like Tira from Soulcalibur or a chakram. I would like to also see more living creature type zanpakutos, I thought of one where the blade detaches into flesh eating insects when released and overwhelms you and slowly eats you to kill you! That would be a truly sadistic zanpakuto... Tinni 15:23, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

My personal favorites are Byakuya's, Shunsui's (too cool for words!!), and I'm intrigued by Rose's. I think my least favorite would have to be Soifon's. She can shoot someone once every three days? It seems kind of lame for a captain's Bankai. And Tinni, that totally made me laugh out loud. xDD That would be totally insane! I guess for other ideas, I think I'd like to see more unusual types, rather than so many katanas and oversized weapons. For example, there's a Mario game where Princess Peach gets all sorts of really weird weapons, like a slap glove, parasol, frying pan and a war fan. I don't necessarily mean those exact items, but it certainly is indicative that a weapon doesn't need to be a typical sword-esque thing in order to be effective as a weapon. Twocents 16:44, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

I would like to see an Earth element Zanpakuto, maybe shaped like a drill. We have not seen any in the manga, and it's only been shown in fillers. Or maybe a Zanpakuto that slows down the opponent! My favourite zanpakuto is Komamura's I think there is more to his bankai than we have seen.

Yeah, i like this. You should start an actual page on this. Yeah, i hate the vizard shikai's too... they just seem really hashed out to me... especially hiyori's(im reading the manga like "wtf?", goes with the mask though) and Kyorakus is too awesome for words... especially the fact that if you lose the game you die, so any unsuspecting opponents make the wrong move,and boom, ur dead. freaking insane. little dissapointment over not seeing his Bankai, but what the hell. it'll come out when its good and ready. I think itll be *kickass* to see an energy absorbing sword. not like Ukitakes, but one that absorbs energy from physical and energy attacks, and then uses the energy to deliver stronger blows. not very subtle though.Or, maybe a zanpakuto where the shikai just turns into pure solidified spiritual energy generated from the scabbard, and can be molded to the users will... awesome.--Ulquiorra Wannabe128 18:53, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

Just wanted to add, I think Soifon's missile is a reference to "Stinger missiles" and from that perspective it keeps the stinger theme. Plus the destructive power suits her zanpakuto. I mean, her's is the only one we have seen that can guarantee kills in two hits to the same place. So it suits for her to have a bankai that, unless you are espada no. 2, pretty much ensures you'll die in one hit and that she'll probably take half the battlefield with you. Tinni 00:39, September 28, 2009 (UTC)