User blog comment:Tinni/Tinni's random Zanpakuto ideas/@comment-1403595-20091021073951

Haha I like some of them! Black Plague is pretty...morbid I guess but I like the idea. Fenghuang sounds a bit more like a bankai than a shikai but maybe that's just me, and Anahata sounds just a tad limiting, the wielder would really hope to be a good kido user as the release seems to me to allow the opponent to use their sealed blade where the wielder can't even do that, and considering the damage we've seen some captains and espada do with a sealed blade... but the idea is really nifty. The other two are cool design ideas with some interesting wielding challenges.

Sorry if you weren't looking for critiques! To make it even I'll put an idea I've had up.

Name: White Horseman Release phrase: Reap (in my defense, I didn't know of Hisagi's zanpakuto when I thought this up and the command fits so well that I'm loathe to change it) Shikai form: Long black scythe adorned with skulls Shikai special ability: Ignores any armour, hierro, reaitsu hardened skin. So even a rookie would be able to cut Zaraki with this, although much good it would do them... Bankai: White Horsemen of the Apocalypse Appearance: The wielder is riding a large white horse, wielding the scythe and their clothes have become a flapping black tattered cloack with a hood. Ability: The horse is made of solid reiatsu and so is extremely difficult to cut, increases speed massively and reduces opponents ability to sense reiatsu.

Lame I know but I thought it could look really cool, although the bankai ability needs working on. I originally had something to do with time control but then Barragan released his zanpakuto and I thought I'd ripped off enough characters accidently already!