Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20131130185522/@comment-11477779-20140604180429

I just said it would be bad ass IF, never meant to imply I thought it actually was that way. My current belief is Ichigo is still full-time release and his zanpakuto will never be sealed into regular katanas or katana/wakizashi (or knife) combo. Zaraki's oddity can be retconned by saying he was a partial full-time release because he couldn't communicate with his zanpakuto. Sort of a pseudo-shikai.