Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26329069-20150420050852

I was just thinking about Ichigo's Zangetsu, since it was always in its released form, Ichigo must have said the command at some point when training. Personally I like the idea of 'Look Ahead, Go Forward, Never Stop! If you retreat you'll only grow older! If you hesitate you will only die' being the release, however, since the revelation of Ichigo's true zanpakuto, I would add 'reign/rain zangetsu' to the end. I would also envision it as something never written, so it is just the meaning of the word. What I mean by that is now that, to my understanding, Ichigo has accepted the hollow/shinigami (true zangetsu) and the Quincy (old man) parts of his soul to create his true shikai, zangetsu's release should have meaning to both sides. The hollow/shinigami hybrid part is obsessed with being the king and essentially wants to 'reign' over Ichigo. The Quincy side connects from Ichigo's mother, and everything to do with that part of himself has always had something to do with 'rain' and Ichigo strives to make the rain stop. To unlock his Shikai (if he is ever able to seal it in the future) I think its a nice idea for the release to have to resonate with both sides which make it up.

Also, I don't know how I feel about Renji and the situation with him and his bankai not actually being complete. This last arc is confusing me a little and I think its going to take a while to get my head around it completely. 