User blog comment:Salubri/Deicide 14. New Vision/@comment-1248963-20100718055031

@Salubri- Well let's hope it isn't. If it is, then being a Shinigami isn't as glamourous as they make it seem. It is known that you have to fight your zanpakuto to submission to achieve Bankai, and then train even further to master that Bankai. But I doubt the "getting stabbed through the chest" is included in the contract when you sign in for the Academy