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Kakorat wrote: Khaotic Twist wrote: Rule 1 of Zanpakutou: "There can never be a Bankai unrelated to it's Shikai." Let's see suzumebachi is a zanpakuto that kills any opponent it hits with poison and Jakuho Raikoben is a zanpakuto that is a gigantic rocket launcher.... COMPLETELY RELATED!

Suzumebachi and Jakuhō Raikōben are based around a hornet's sting. While Suzumebachi takes the literal sense of it, Jakuhō Raikōben acts as a stinger missile(it's just another Kubo pun). They both involve blowing up the target; but Jakuhō Raikōben takes it one step further by eliminating Suzumebachi's need for getting close to the target and striking them twice to take effect.

In fact, Sui-Fēng has a lot of stuff in reference to hornets; such as her braids she used to have that resemble hornet antennae, and her Mukyū Shunkō which resembles of hornet's wings just like her Hōmonka marks.