Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26475399-20160213023528/@comment-26475399-20160213031420

Spinoff theory!

So let's take this theory and apply it to another aspect of the story.

So we know that Ginjo and Tsukishima have a bond. And the only glimpse we've been shown of their past was when a younger shihakusho-clad Ginjo first met and reassured little Tsukishima. Notice that Ginjo's scabbard is holding his Zanpakuto in a sealed katana form.

My theory suggests that Ginjo merged his Shinigami powers to his Fullbring, and that his CoS is really his Shikai blade form, modified by Fullbring. So what happened to the sealed form?

He gave it to Tsukishima.

The story tells that Ginjo always had Tsukishima at his side from the moment he met him, and that he trained him and taught him how to use his power and fight. My theory is that, in order to help him learn his power, Ginjo gave him the left over sealed form of his Zanpakuto as a vessel for manifesting his ability.

This, of course, would have been something that had to have happened after Ginjo -- in theory -- removed and kept for himself the released form of his Zanpakuto separately.

As for Tsukishima's response to Orihime's inquiry: If the released form could be removed from the sealed form, then the latter would become an empty blade, therefore losing its definition as a Zanpakuto. Plus, it would have also been modified by use of Fullbring ability. So maybe it used to be one, but now... it is not a Zanpakuto.

This theory of mine is one i thought of when taking note of the fact that Ginjo and Tsukishima are the only Fullbringers who have blades as their Fullbring weapons. That, and considering the fact that their backstories are connected and they are very close to each other.

Might be a stretch, but i think it would be a nice twist to tie things together.