Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1978840-20130605154325

The latest chapter brings an unsettling revelation: Zangetsu was a manifestation of Ichigo's Quincy heritage in Zanpakutou form. Even more unsettling is that Zangetsu (and, I guess, Tensa Zangetsu) was a younger version (and even younger with Tensa Zangetsu) of the Quincy King. Now, Ichigo has to understand his new Zanpakutou which was derived from the Hollow that was passed onto him from his mother. After learning of the role "White" played in Ichigo's past, it makes sense how some of the events in his life occurred: His Visored transformation upon obtaining his Shinigami powers, his development in Hollowfication, the form he took to defeat Ulquiorra, and his use of Fullbring. We'll eventually learn what the name of his new Zanpakutou, if "Zangetsu" isn't the name, in the following chapters, so I'll end with that. 