Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-13429037-20130726043727/@comment-13429037-20130727004614

I understand what they originally were. My question is more about how they can live in the human world. Rukia, nor any of the other shinigami in the real world are shown to be able to use their zanpakuto in a gigai. Urahara, Tessai, and the Vizard are obviously in gigai however, and use their zanpakuto all the time. How is this possible? Did Urahara's special Gigai make them Human/Shinigami hybrids like Isshin? (Ichigo's dad). The manga only states that they were reitsu concealing gigai