Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-24073263-20140105083629/@comment-1429792-20140105114604

Zanpakuto only have 2 releases (though you could say they have 3 forms/states: sealed, Shikai and Bankai). Sealed is not actually a release, otherwise what is the shikai being released from? It is just the normal resting state of the Zanpakuto. Only Shikai and Bankai are releases.