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I'm making this post because of the most recent chapter translation of CFYOW. Considering it's still far into my summary of the novel itself, I figured I'd put an abridged version here about Kazeshini just FYI.

So, it's a bit complicated, but according to the novel, Kazeshini is not just an exotic melee Zanpakuto of two connected scythes. Rather, Kazeshini has the OP power of "life and death". Its scythes represent death while the chain represents life. What this means is that once Hisagi fully accepted Kazeshini and was in perfect sync (meaning Hisagi never used anything near his full power before), Kazeshini could actually stop Hisagi from dying. Bifurication, decapitation, dismemberment, heart blown out,... Kazeshini's chains will instantly move in to pull the parts literally back together and heal Hisagi; for as long as Hisagi still has enough reiryoku, Kazeshini can keep healing him.

It's actually forshadowed a bit by how Hisagi's inner world appears. Also the spirit of Kazeshini is the same as the filler arc.

This actually also explains how Kazeshini is not a dual-type. Kazeshini is not two scythes that happen to be connected, the chain connected them is just as much, if not more so, part of the full Zanpakuto.

Just figured this was nice to know until I finally catch up.

Also, according to spoilers (so take it with a pinch of salt), Kazeshini Fushi no Kojyo has the same power, but distributed across Hisagi and his chosen opponent. Meaning that while it's active, Hisagi and his opponent will keep being healed by their combined reiryoku, no matter the injury, until both are utterly drained. 