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That's a good question. With Zaraki you could say he was finally able to bring out his true Shikai now that he can finally talk to his zanpakuto although if he was still full-time release you would expect him to show up to the battle with the huge axe which he didn't. I think it would be pretty bad ass if the current state of Ichigo's zanpakuto ARE in their sealed state and he's not even using Shikai yet. However that feels inconsistent for Ichigo to me. It'd be hard to picture a third state for his zanpakuto as I'm still trying to imaging what his Bankai will look like now.