Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-6296810-20140622193753/@comment-5398287-20140622211650

Mr.Rig and Zig wrote: Xilinoc wrote: Now that I think about it, there HAS been one instance of Zanpakuto "stealing" in the series: during the Deicide arc, Keigo nicks Zennosuke's Zanpakuto to defend himself, as Zennosuke was unconscious at the time. Zennosuke had to physically track Keigo down and take his sword back, so that seems to prove that he can't make a new one, call it back at will, etc. etc. Um didn't Kenpachi steal his Zanpakuto from a dead Shinigami. Yes, but 1. he stole an Asauchi, not a full-fledged Zanpakuto, so the dead Shinigami hadn't formed a connection with it yet, and 2. the Shinigami was dead, so the things Weeman wants to know about don't apply to him, as he couldn't have done any of them (if they were possible to begin with) in order to regain his Zanpakuto. So Keigo's the only instance of Zanpakuto stealing from a living Shinigami.