Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-10797017-20130622101437/@comment-10630156-20130623232325

Sternritter M wrote: My guess for the new Bankai is one of these:

- improved version of the Shikai, connecting the blades with an extendable chain that allows the short one to be used as a ranged weapon + defense, while the long one has offensive techniques like Getsuga Tenshô

- single blade with techniques like Getsuga Tenshô + an extendable chain connected to the hilt allowing him to use it as a ranged weapon (imagine old Bankai with more techniques + longer, extendable chain) Seems about right though I still believe the blades have abilities opposite too each other because of the following:

1. Small Blade opposite size to the Large Blade 2. If the small blade is used for attack and the larger one is used for defense then this (I think this is highly possible)

3. the corresponding blades represent opposite soul types (Quincy and Shinigami)

4. when his hollow took over in the past it heightened his strength which is opposite to heightening speed which we guess was the old man's ability in the original bankai

5. Ichigo has shown possibilities for both fire and water as elemental types in the past (Fighting in his inner world, evaporating the sea in Nimaya's palace ect) and could actually posses both (one in each blade).

Would make for interesting Zanpakutos in Shikai and Bankai if this is the case and doesn't interfere with any of your opinions Sternritter