Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-6296810-20140622193753

I have been thinking, what would happen if someone stole a Shinigami's zanpakuto? Can they feel their zanpakuto's presence, since it is a part of them, or would they be forced to look for it? Can they, like, grow a new zanpakuto out of their reiryoku while the old one disappears, in a similar way to how they repair them after they are damaged in combat?

And what happens when a shinigami is disarmed in combat? Can they all summon their zanpakuto back to their hands, like Hollow-Ichigo did during his fight against Ulquiorra?

It's a question that's been buggering me, because I can't recall any instance in the manga or the anime in which a Shinigami is disarmed and retrieves his zanpakuto. 