Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24074672-20131123065301/@comment-5847836-20140124225607

In order of address:

Kubo has always used this black/white dichotomy. So Uryū must be an Arrancar, right? Not exactly.

Kuinshi is from Japanese. There's no German word "Quincy" with such meaning.

Yes, quince is Spanish for 15, but that's a very weak coincidence.

"Ichi-go" is technically one-five, not fifteen. That's just a homophone, not the meaning of his name. Japanese is absolutely full of homophones – wordplay like this is exceptionally easy.

Anyway, numbers are very common in Japanese names: Ichigo, Ikkaku, Yachiru, Kenpachi, Nanao, Ichimaru…

The swastika in Japanese is called , and is used (either in the original form 卐 or the simplified 万) as a kanji meaning a "vast quantity" or "everything." It derives from the original use of the swastika – a sun cross. It's a common design element in Buddhist artwork. Its use here has nothing to do with its use by Nazi Germany.

Again, kuro in Kurosaki is part of the black/white motif. Ichigo is always given black, and his enemies are almost always white.

Zangetsu has always looked like a khyber knife.

And the zombies…

No. Just, no.