Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25360536-20141013154617/@comment-25227771-20141023013949

You're probably taking Byakuya's zanpakuto's name too literally; yes, Senbonzakura literally means a thousand cherry blossoms, it doesn't mean that it must always have a thousand petals.

For example, Sogyo no Kotowari means Truth of Pisces, and although Pisces has two fish and said zanpakuto has 2 swords, the zanpakuto doesn't actually have anything to do with fish.