Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5218928-20140305213023/@comment-3578825-20140306203613

Yup, and that goes against everything that Yoruichi told us: which is that Zanpakuto have to be made to obey their wielders by use of force. No one ever said that the Zanpakuto could lie. "Tensa Zangetsu" didn't lie to Ichigo, but it said plainly: "Yes, I know the technique you want to learn and I'm NOT teaching you. DEAL WITH IT."

But, before when Yoruichi said we knew that Zanpakutos are their own individual thanks to Ichigo and Kenpachi's fight. Zanpakuto are force to obey wielders, but for survival. And every Zanpakuto may think differently to insure it.

Renji suddenly discovering that his bankai wasn't "a true bankai" is a cop-out to me, because this allowed Kubo a chance to redevelop Renji's bankai/superpower and make him more awesome/appealing to the audience: it'd be the same as Kubo revealing in future episodes that Daiguren Hyorinmaru or Jakuho Raikohben aren't true bankais, either.

But everything I said before prove that it isn't, and Daiguren Hyorinmaru is in a different situation because we knew that it wasn't complete way before we knew that Hihiou Zabimaru was a lie.

And what makes you think that Jakuho Raikohben is a lie? Soi Fong said that she doesn't like using it, that doesn't mean she barely use it. Like all or most Shinigamis she a professional and practices all of her arsenal. If you ignore the fillers that she was in you understand best time for Jakuho Raikohben was at the Fake Karakura arc.