Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29325824-20190316164100/@comment-1920550-20190410172126

Ok so a few key issues:

- First off, using Zangetsu as an example for Zanpakuto inner-workings is not the best idea. That thing follows its own playbook due to it being spliced Hollow and Quincy power. Also using Getsuga Tensho as an example is not the best idea due to the abilities simplicity. And while Kazeshini is not a dual-Zanpakuto (i.e two spirits), it may be one with a "dual-nature" (i.e life and death).

- As for Hisagi "not having access to his Zanpakuto's most basic ability, even when knowing the spirit's name", several problems with that. First and foremost, Shikai names are not the "true names" of a spirit, or more specifically, not the "true full names". They can offer a glimpse to their true nature, but nothing more, hence why they are alot easier to acquire and usually much less powerful and loopsided than Bankai's are.

- It's not really the first time this has happened. Rukia knew the name of her Shikai well enough and for a long time, but it was only years after the fact that she actually tapped into the blade's core abilities. Even Byakuya, a diligent perfectionist with arguably the most cooperative blade spirit in the bunch, missed some aspects to the abilities of Senbonzakura. I mean it makes sense...Zanpakuto spirits are pretty much manifestations of the darker, hidden aspects of a Shinigami's heart...make the relationships fickle and requiring alot of fine-tuning. All this to say that know the Shikai name doesn't mean all that much.