Forum:Tessai's Zanpakutō - Disguised or just not shown yet

Tessai Tsukabishi has not been shown to carry anything that obviously resembles a Zanpakutō. There have however, been many theories floating around about his Zanpakutō. Below are some of the ideas I have heard. What do you think of them, and does anyone have your own suggestions? --Yyp 12:55, October 22, 2009 (UTC)


 * Tessai carried a shakujō during Turn Back the Pendulum. It is possible that his Zanpakutō is sealed/disguised within that shape in much the same way as the ones of Kisuke Urahara and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto are.
 * It is also possible that the shakujō is the Shikai of his Zanpakutō.
 * Or, alternatively, it is possible that it is stored in a similar fashion to Hachi's - inside a barrier from which it can be summoned at will.

Just an idea, but maybe he has disguised his zanpakutou as the broom he usually carries in the shop? :P --Akeki 12:07, October 22, 2009 (UTC)

It would be nice if the Shakujo that he carried during TBtP was actually his Shikai. It would be a nice difference from all of the weapons that are meant to do damage. If it was something that just augmented his abilities since he is a kido user, would be a pretty useful weapon and also something different from a sharp blade. KamikazeNewf 04:51, October 23, 2009 (UTC)

I think that the broom idea is the coolest, but as he is not a shinigami, he may not have one at all. I still hope he does though.


 * First, please sign your posts. Second, he is a Shinigami. Hitsugaya said that the Shinigami forces are split into 3 armies - the Gotei13, Kido Corps & Special Forces. He was the leader of the Kido Corps and his lieutenant (Hachi) has a zanpakuto, so there is absolutely no reason why he would not have one. --Yyp 11:09, December 2, 2009 (UTC)

Cutting the soul chain
When Ichigo was sent to urahara to regain his shinigami abilities, tessai cut through his souls chain with a one handed, single bladed axe. Since the only weapon that can damage a soul is a fullbring, a zanpakuto, a Quincy spirit weapon or a bount doll it's entirely possible that this was his zanpakuo. However it could be that kubo was lazy and just gave him a random axe Otokage (talk) 16:56, May 31, 2012 (UTC)Otokage