Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10587310-20130620070434/@comment-11477779-20130702102200

Seems weird that it would need to be reforged at all. Renji, Rukia, and Byakuya were originally taken as well as Ichigo to the Soul Palace to heal them, right? Only reason I guess would be because of the damage (slight) to his bankai. I wouldn't expect it to look too different. On a side note, I'm guessing that Rukia and Byakuya will be returned to the Seireitei without going through the additional stages that Ichigo and Renji did once they are fully healed.