Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25199543-20140719134821/@comment-957629-20140723121917

Sternritter M wrote: Nothing really says that it's a constant Shikai-state. Correction This Chapter says that it has no seal upon it and thus, it is released, it may be a partial released but it is still released!!

Sternritter M wrote: When Kenpachi picked up the Zanpakutô from the dead Shinigami, it could have been a recently joined unseated Shinigami and a basic Asauchi whom he had not yet formed a bond with. We don't play with "could have this" and "could have that" we build this database about Bleach on what is presented factually (in that universe) in regards to the Manga!! Assuming things "could have" to explain other things that we have no proof happen either way, is the minute it becomes flawed!! It may be this way but we do know that his Zanpauto is different from the blade he initially has and completely different!! It is more different that a hilt having an unusual shape, its a whole different blade and different type of hilt holding it together!! No other hilt looks like that, its a released blade, regardless if it was partial or otherwise, since Ichigo and Yumichika and Renji prove (notice proof) that with names and true names, appearances can change!!