Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24065031-20131018111356

Ok, I may be misreading the situation, but up until now the zanpakutou Ichigo has been using, that he believed to be zangetsu, was in fact a mix between his quincy spirit, in the form of old man zangetsu,(Juha Bach), and his actual shinigami/hollow powers, ie. Hollow ichigo. In the most recent chapters, he learnt about the conflicting quincy and shinigami spirits within him, and thus reforged his zanpakutou in the form of 2 swords, similar to kyouraku's. I think he might actually be the first shinigami to wield 2 zanpakutou's, as in 2 different swords with 2 different spirits (quote from bleach chapter 5647 2With 2 souls in his hands), and if he were to seal them (Which I hope he can do now) He would get 2 sealed katana's.

Now, onto his bankai. If my theory is correct, then that would mean he could have 2 seperate bankai's. People have speculated his new bankai would be a upgraded version of his original shikai, however remember that it has been mentioned multiple times that Ichigo's bankai was a worn bankai. Therefore I think that one of his zanpakutou's would have a worn bankai, while the other may be similar to the black katana that was in his original. Thought's?

P.S.I'm also wondering about the fact that Ōetsu Nimaiya said that every shinigami's zanpakutou came from the asauchi, and he forged every one. However Ichigo's zanpakutou came straight from his soul. 