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    Quote Originally Posted by chainer1216 View Post
    so, you're "quibble"ing about something that has no evidence other than the rules of storytelling?
    kenpachi says that the damaged form is his swords true form and that there is no seal on it during his first fight with Ichigo as well.

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    Indeed, "there is no other form, this is the true form of my zanpakuto", as well as the fight with Unohana where she pointed out him subconsciously sealing and limiting his power, which is the same thing it was said Ichigo did.
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    Well, googling Kenpachi's sword's name was a bit of a surprise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by danzibr View Post
    Well, googling Kenpachi's sword's name was a bit of a surprise.
    How so? Just curious, don't remember the name to search it myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LaZodiac View Post
    How so? Just curious, don't remember the name to search it myself.
    It just links back to the manga chapter or forums discussing it.


    Also it might mean "exposed in a field" which doesn't make much sense to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by maximus25 View Post
    It just links back to the manga chapter or forums discussing it.


    Also it might mean "exposed in a field" which doesn't make much sense to me.
    It makes sense from a design perspective as that meaning is connected to the image of a human skull.
    Given how Ken's manifest power keeps popping up as a yellow skull, it one could say that Kubo even set it up.

    Edit: Given how the iconography of nozarashi symbolizes the concepts of courage and preparedness, Kubo better not give it a two-dimensional power.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hadrian_Emrys View Post
    It makes sense from a design perspective as that meaning is connected to the image of a human skull.
    Given how Ken's manifest power keeps popping up as a yellow skull, it one could say that Kubo even set it up.
    Yeah, google images also results with mostly that skull motif thing.

    One of the useful links for what Nozarashi may be.
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    I would also like to point out to people that 'Nozarashi' could be his release command, rather than the zanpakuto name.

    In fact, considering that the release command is supposed to come BEFORE the zanpakuto name, if he's actually releasing it, then it should be the command and we'll find out the name next chapter.

    Of course I acknowledge that this can be countered by the argument that it's already in perma-release form, but it is something to be aware of, nonetheless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LaZodiac View Post
    How so? Just curious, don't remember the name to search it myself.
    well, when I googled it, i got the above mentioned thing, plus a bunch of Hentai.

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    Just because your shikai is in always released state does not mean you have used/unlocked your zanpaktou abilities. Also knowing your shikai name and working together with it increases your shikai power.
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    I'm not sure whether to be concerned or not that Bleach is reaching power creep levels where characters are destroying asteroids. I guess I'll wait and see how things pan out before I decide.

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    The way I see it, an asteroid ain't nothin' but a mountain from space.

    Ichigo blew up a mountain by accident when fighting Butterflaizen(or was he Cthaizen at that point? should go back and reread).

    By comparison taking out an imaginary asteroid on purpose isn't quite as impressive.

    really it just means that the The Mane Characters and Local Badass are on Ichogo's level now.

    Or at least, what Ichigo's level was back in Deicide. we don't actually know how strong ichigo is now that he has awakened his quincy powers, has a proper Zanpakuto instead of whatever his last one was, and has accepted that the hollow is part of him instead of a parasite.

    All I know is he's better be at least Deicide strength with this build up
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anteros View Post
    I'm not sure whether to be concerned or not that Bleach is reaching power creep levels where characters are destroying asteroids. I guess I'll wait and see how things pan out before I decide.
    It's Kenpachi so it's okay. He's literally been built up in his fight with Unohana to be the most badass person, period.

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    Also remember that Kenpachi was already slicing buildings on his debut, and Raw Power is his forte, after all. For another captain-level comparison, Gin was shaving building blocks with his bankai, and that wasn't even the bankai's true power.

    It probably just looks too over-the-top since most battles in bleach are confined in some predetermined small space like KKT, Las Noches, Xcution building, and Seireitei.
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    Gin cut a town in half, Ichigo accidentally a whole mountain vs Butterflyzen (yes, it was before he Geigerized it up), and Mugetsu roughly translates as "**** everything in that general direction" I'm pretty sure.

    Taking out a meteor, much less an imagination meteor, isn't much for Kenny.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max™ View Post
    and Mugetsu roughly translates as "**** everything in that general direction" I'm pretty sure.
    Japanese is strangely specific like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Max™ View Post
    Gin cut a town in half, Ichigo accidentally a whole mountain vs Butterflyzen (yes, it was before he Geigerized it up), and Mugetsu roughly translates as "**** everything in that general direction" I'm pretty sure.

    Taking out a meteor, much less an imagination meteor, isn't much for Kenny.
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    New chapter!

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    I don't really think thats a sword anymore . More of a giant axe, still very cool. I just kinda wish more stuff happened in this chapter…
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    I see. We got the "Madarame weapon" (BFS) wielded by someone who can better deliver the badass blood knight hype.
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    Just think... that's just his Shikai. :p

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    So something like Ukitake except the reiatsu stays to buff him? Oh man, power like that in fiction usually ends up with the guy "swallowing more than he could digest".
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    So something like Ukitake except the reiatsu stays to buff him? Oh man, power like that in fiction usually ends up with the guy "swallowing more than he could digest".
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    Weird. His sword was always in release state, but with a command it changed form. Have we seen this before?
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    Weird. His sword was always in release state, but with a command it changed form. Have we seen this before?
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    It's entirely possible the sword WASN'T always in its released state. Zaraki could have just been mistaken about that.

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    I wouldn't take the release phrase literally. It never works like that. It looked to me like Zaraki vaporised most of the meteor (with the shattered remnants falling down around him) rather than his Zanpakuto absorbing it.

    I figure Nozarashi's ability might make him stronger the more excited he is. What's more important, however, is that this is still "patched" Zaraki. Once he takes that eyepatch off, he's going to be even stronger.
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    Weird. His sword was always in release state, but with a command it changed form. Have we seen this before?
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    Perhaps his Zanpakuto's abillity is to change into diferant weapons based on need?

    Though the command wouldn't make sense then.

    Or maybe the new eye-patch lets him control his power enough to seal his Zanpakuto now, because knowing it's name shifted his shikai into it's true form.(which is too big to lug around all the time)
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    I wouldn't be surprised. Yumichika's zanpakutou have two forms, with one being mispronounced. If Zaraki's sword was legit (and I still don't take his word for it) in Shikai state before, it could be that the previous one was the form for his "nameless" shikai (to be precise, the one where he didn't give a crap about the name).
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