Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20131113141215/@comment-24282510-20140209013202

Sternritter M wrote:

Seeing as Hitsugaya couldn't feel Hyôrinmaru's spirit, the solution could be that the Zanpakutô spirit became impossible for its owner to feel because a part of the spirit and/or its power was stolen, and the medallion could have allowed its owner to use the Bankai, but not being able to sense the Zanpakutô spirit.

Well considering that Hitsugaya was the only 1 (of the 2 that we seen fight that got their bankais stolen) that could not feel Hyôrinmaru's spirit perhaps it is because his shikai and bankai power levels are so close to being the same with only the ice amount being difference. Which caused Hyôrinmaru's spirit to be temporary stunned? Maybe if we had seen him fight we would be more clear on this. But as far has i remember we just see him and the 3 others that get their bankais stolen then he states he can't feel Hyôrinmaru's spirit anymore then it cuts to Byakuya fighting the next time we see him he just states that because of Yamaomoto's bankai he can't use Hyôrinmaru. And that was just 1 panel so we can't tell if he was using shikai at the moment or not.