Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24065031-20131018111356/@comment-11051098-20131021192842

Stefan (Shikai - "Rust & Shatter") wrote: Perhaps Ichigo's Bankai only affects his larger sword, Hollow Ichigo, which is his true Zanpakutõ. Since his short sword is the manifestation of his Quincy powers, it might not be affected, or transformed, when Ichigo activates his Bankai.

Logically, it would make sense that only the large blade was affected, since that's the sword form of Zangetsu. But Ichigo accepted both Hollow Ichigo and Old Man as his Zanpakutô, so I expect both blades to be a full part of his Zanpakutô, and his new Bankai. But it would be interesting to see the proposed idea, that the small blade stays the same and only the large blade transforms into his new Bankai.

But regarding both Shikai and Bankai, maybe we could see something like


 * Small blade = defensive power --- Quincy-powers?
 * Large blade = offensive power - Hollow-powers, Cero?