Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20131130185522/@comment-11444045-20140622200917

Zodiark21 wrote: @StealthBlade98 ichigo can use cero he probley just needs to learn how to and his hollow was passed on from his mum who was attacked by white then white entered her soul then isshin suppressed the hollow then it passed on to ichigo and the old men kept it suppressed Theoretically speaking, he could learn to use cero if he wanted too but he doesn't and it's not Ichigo's Style to use that technique nor has any information came about of a visored ever using instant regeneration in combat which leads me to believe he cannot do it there for the powers and zanpakuto spirit should look more like Old Man Zangetsu than a hollow version of ichigo. This is why I felt Kubo convoluted everything with this arc adding in quincy powers and making things incredibly confusing. Darkhunter-X wrote: StealthBlade98 wrote:

There has never been a zanpakuto that has the same face / looks as the soul reaper. We've seen every one except ryujin jakka(as it was just flame).

The zanpakuto spirits from the zanpaktuo rebellion and tobo"?" arcs are non canon and thus can not be used has facts to base anything off of. Don't give me that, of course it's canon Kubo had a hand involved in designing them. I will say the look of the Zanpakuto can be altered by Mayuri Kurotsuchi which was stated during the anime. However my point still stands: there has NEVER been a zanpakuto that resembles the look of the soul reaper. Outside of Ryujin Jakka who we never saw(or had an idea of what it looked like besides flame) the others were pretty accurate to the look of the spirits for their personalities. Even Senbonzakura was really close to what I expected, opposite to serious business Byakuya.

Unrelated to the previous quotes: does anyone know how far the manga is on this arc and when it'll be close to finish? Cause i'm itching to watch the anime and would like to know if they'll start in a year or so. :(