Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25801533-20160531211643/@comment-957629-20160604104035

I am going to close this thread if it has now served ts purpose as these types of threads tend to attract unsavory users who misuse forums and such. I am going to address some of the things about Getsuga Tenshō that appears to be misunderstood.

1) First of all Ichigo is Isshin's son, his son. We know that spiritual powers are linked to one another as Quincies pass their abilities on to their children. Fullbringers are the product of parents who have previously been attacked by Hollows so we know their is a biological and spiritual link within families. so "this father and son can do this thus everyone else can too", is a massive jump in assertions with nothing to back it up.

2) Ichigo is a complete and utter anomaly. You cannot use him as an example of comparison to other Shinigami and an example of what Shinigami can do. Everything about him is completely and utterly unique as the situation of his conception was also singularly unique. The father's Shinigami abilities were actively mingling with the mother's Hollow infection in order to keep it suppressed. Those powers were actively linked and subsequently passed to Ichigo and continued to be linked and mingle. Thus Ichigo is the product of something never quite seen before so he is unique and saying other Shinigami are the same as him and can do the same as him is again flawed and a massive leap.

3) If all Shinigami can use Getsuga Tenshō then simply, why have they not been shown doing so? Its a massive and destructive power so there's no reason for them not to use it. The reason? They cannot.

4) Byakuya had to ask Ichigo the name of his attack proving that he did not recognize it. And the reason he asked for its name is because every Zanpakutō has its own set of abilities that are unique to them. In the same way that the Zanpakutō spirit teaches the user its name in order to effectively use it and achieve full power, Ichigo stated that he couldn't properly use Getsuga Tenshō until he learnt its actual name. If everyone can use this ability then the other Zanpakutō spirits would be able to teach this ability and the name of this attack to other Shinigami but they do not because they cannot thus nobody else outside of this relationship uses it without hacked abilities to copy it.

5) Let's look at names here, names that were established early in the series as very important to using Shinigami abilities. Zangetsu is translated as "Slaying Moon" and Engetsu is translated as "Scathing Moon" and there is a very notable theme to their names, they are related to the Moon in some way. Now look at the translation for Getsuga Tenshō: "Moon Fang Heaven-Piercer" again it follows their theme of the moon. They are intertwined with one another and the attacks reflect the Zanpakutō and there is no getting around this inescapable fact. So again, believing others can use it is erroneous.

6) If everyone can use Getsuga Tenshō then it would be inescapable that everyone could use Final Getsuga Tenshō with the right amount of power, you can't have one without the other. You could say that others don't have the power but assuming that other Captain-level characters can't use Captain-level abilities is a baseless assumption as we have easily seen what a fully unleashed Yamamoto is capable of so why didn't he just use Final Getsuga Tenshō? Because he cannot use it. Why did the other captains do it? Because they cannot. In the same way they cannot use Getsuga Tenshō, they cannot use the Final Getsuga Tenshō and Ichigo cannot use Zanka no Tachi, Higashi: Kyokujitsujin because his Zanpakutō is not related to Zanka no Tachi and Zangetsu would not be able to teach him to use this ability they way he taught him Getsuga Tenshō.

So yes, all facts considered, covered and now moving on with our lives. It is now understood why topics are closed when people start bringing their own facts into the forums and making erroneous claims and presenting them as true, we are an information site not an opinion site.