Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5693502-20141219175924

Been thinking about this for a while, but I still can't figure it out...

So Ouetsu Nimaiya's method for creating zanpakutō involves merging loads of Shinigami souls together (something he said was very very similar to Aizen's method of creating White).

What I want to know is: where is Nimaiya getting all these Shinigami souls for use in generating all these zanpakutō ? What unsuspecting Shinigami are being snatched away to be turned into the fearsome iconic weapons we know and love ? Even worse, considering over 6000 Gotei officers have received zanpakutō, just how many Shinigami were used to create all of them ? 