Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10786787-20130613005503/@comment-24749544-20140401054013

Xilinoc wrote: Blazenite104 wrote: is it possible that bankai is somthing that is achieved through the zanpukto telling its master how to perform it? if so he may simply learn bankai because the zanpukto wants him to. ...no, that is not at ALL how it works. If you're referring to Renji, he had already gone through the necessary training to achieve his Bankai; Zabimaru simply withheld its true power because he felt Renji wasn't ready. If it were as easy as the spirit telling its master how to perform it, half the Shinigami in Soul Society would know Bankai. It's nowhere near that simple. the real problem with this kind of argument is that we don't really know what kind of training is normally done or what kind of communication is meant. it could be different for everyone and that is why it is so rare. or by that same token that my thought that the sword must acknowledge the master is all that is needed.