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Remember though that means he can't use vollstandig until he gives the bankai up so we might see a new form and power if Ichigo manages to trump Yama's bankai.

Slightly off topic but does anyone else think the reason Yhwach ordered the stern ritter members to kill the guys they stole bankai from themselves is that that's the only way to keep bankai once the shinigami owner dies? I mean the only 2 cases of bankai being retained are Yhwach after killing Yama and the guy who killed Yama's vice captain himself, as his huge lance was clearly the killing weapon