Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-2197197-20160911070805/@comment-44061-20160912133137

Except for the fact virtually none of that is correct. Each Zanpakuto has one zanpakuto spirit. Zangtsu was always (hollow ichigo), the old man was the personification of ichigo's quincy powers. All the time the old man showed himself he was playing a part that wasnt real. The younger version did the same thing. Neither one was the actual zanpakuto spirit. There was only one true zanpakuto spirit (hollow ichigo) and the old man was like a gate keeper. You cannot manifest a bankai before shikai. The spirit is the same regardless and it cannot be seen by others only the wielder. She meets none of the definitions of what we know about zanpakuto. The basis for this concept never made sense im not sure why the fan fiction people have pushed this idea so hard based on virtually nothing. In order for it to work you have to ignore everything that contradicts it, which just happens to be factual information.