Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-11927664-20130730160308/@comment-11444045-20150404124552

I don't think it created Zangetsu i think ichigo always had his dormant powers, it just needed a trigger according to what he said to ichigo when he was trying to find his real zanpakuto during the destruction of his inner world on episode 19/20 or so.

Does Kukaku even know about ichigo being there cousin? I mean she seems like an intelligent person much like Kisuke, such as knowing convenience stores and what not, i would think they would have figured it out at one point but not told ichigo.