User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 540 - The Sword Five/@comment-8051005-20130605181653

Truly mind-blowing! Among all other pieces of the puzzle that came together today, I am really happy we finally get a sort of an explanation to why Ichigo's zanpakuto (both in shikai and bankai) has always been more or less simply a hyper-advanced katana shooting condensed spiritual power, while everyone else has been sporting the crazy supernatural transformations and techniques.