Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-13237238-20130724132657/@comment-24282510-20140110224404

Hitsugayatoshirou wrote: Using Toshiro as an example, his is an ice type all of it's abilites are ice based though oddly as in the case of Rukia's zanpakto water is required to manifest their ice ability.

How is this related to the tread topic?

Anyway ingoring the 1st half which Nel answered.

I think you should have a look here []

Hitsugaya states he is waiting for moisture (water) to use his most powerful attack.

And here he states all water is his weapon.

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Chapter http://www.mangapanda.com/94-812-19/bleach/chapter-358.html

So yes his does need water. But he can get it from the heavens also.