User blog comment:Lemursrule/BLEACH 366 Review: Goodbye for Now/@comment-387500-20120327195345/@comment-1393830-20120328173305

Actually Lemurs, we do know how a Zanpakuto is formed. A Zanpakuto is formed when a Shinigami learns to materialize their reiryoku into sword form. The Zanpakuto then is nothing more than a physical form of the user's reiryoku. It cannot exist without the Shinigami. One does not need to go to the academy to materialize their Zanpakuto. Ichigo and Kenpachi have both done so without going to the academy. The Zanpakuto however just cannot exist without its owner. This is fact and has been stated on multiple occasions. Anyone spouting otherwise is in violation of our Speculation Policy and multiple violations of such will lead to a ban. Move on, this discussion is closed.