Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24189673-20131120064700/@comment-26475399-20151031154544

I've just now finished reading Chapter 649, and wish to share my thoughts.

Never did i imagine that i would see the day where filler material would become 100% canon. And by this, i'm of course talking about the grand entrance of Katen Kyokotsu in the manga. I had heard before that Kubo was actually the one who designed the Zanpakuto Spirits in the respective filler arc of the anime, so it makes sense... and therefore that aspect wasn't fully filler, technically. But at the same time, it never really crossed my mind that he would bring any of these characters into the actual story. So my mind is pleasantly blown in this regard.

Katen Kyokotsu may be the only canon appearance of a Zanpakuto Spirit manifestation, but if we do end up seeing any of the others (which i personally find doubtful), i'm glad that the first we got to see was of her, epically coupled with the Bankai unveiling of Shunsui Kyoraku.

This chapter really got me excited and intrigued. The fact of a canon appearance of Katen Kyokotsu is so awesome, to me. She herself is also a beautiful character, so heheheh. ;P

I really dig the chemistry between Shunsui and Katen Kyokotsu. Based on some of the dialogue concerning the two so far... is Shunsui the one and only Shinigami to have a romantic relationship with his Zanpakuto Spirit? That would be rather interesting. (Cue discussions of ShunKotsu ships. Lol.)

So now we've seen her... but that leaves me to wonder...

What about the other half of Katen Kyokotsu? Will she appear and be the one who Shunsui calls upon to help finally (permanently!) defeat Lille? Ooh! We shall see!