Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-13237238-20130724132657/@comment-5693502-20140807161552

QueenOfDespair wrote: Aetheral wrote: I assume, unlike Ryumon Hozukimaru, this one does not have a gauge or something to fill, but progressively grows stronger, meaning, a more enduring fighter would have a much more powerful sword in their hand by a later part of the fight? I should not be saying this though.. Mine is full of references :P Well Ikakku's Bankai: Ryūmon Hōzukimaru has a gauge which means there is a limit at to what extent the strength of the sword itself can accumulate or increase. Well I don't know about the (Satjusin Hoetsu technique) As his technique suggests that it has or haven't placed any limit. What I'm curious is that yes the zanpakuto is getting stronger as you say but what kind of strength you guys are referring to? is it the level of reiatsu? and even if the level of the reiatsu the sword accumulates increases,would the user be able to handle a zanpakuto in which the Power of reiatsu exceeds that of its owner? When I said other features I meant other things apart from the Satsujin Hoetsu technique hahaha. But yeah about that technique, I did mention: Thus its power gradually increases as the wielder continues to fight (regardless of whether it’s a swordfight or not); this in turn means the blade’s hardness, strength and overall cutting capabilities gradually increase as battle continues I.e. the blade itself gets stronger physically (and by extension its spiritual power should increase accordingly). Though, as we've seen with both Ryūmon Hōzukimaru and Gremmy Thoumeaux, if you begin exceeding the amount of spiritual power that your body can handle then you run the increasing risk of damaging or even destroying yourself. So by that ruling, my zanpakutō automatically has a limit to how 'strong' it can get even if I didn't explicitly mention it having one. That's my line of thinking anyway.