Gosh. This chapter was so bad.
Gosh. This chapter was so bad.
That's exactly what I said. It's a shikai, but it was supposed to be in shikai all the time.
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He said his huge reiatsu alone forced it into shikai but he never knew it's name so he could never repair it.
That was back in Soul Society arc.
"Even before Kenpachi knew its name, Nozarashi was constantly in its released state, due instead to Kenpachi's overwhelming reiatsu forcing the release.[159] He obtained this state while still a child."
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Ehm, cause Kenpachi pretty much said it himself? The sword we always saw was, what he himself said, his Zanpakuto released.
"Even before Kenpachi knew its name, Nozarashi was constantly in its released state, due instead to Kenpachi's overwhelming reiatsu forcing the release"
English voices, yuck!
Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs also confirmed apparently, page 258 (can't confirm myself tho)
Anyway, guess Kenpachi has 2 stages of Shikai now? One which is the actual release, and one that is a "sealed" form like Ichigo always had.
As for the opening line, swallow/drink. The more Reiatsu it drinks, the bigger it gets perhaps? At first i thought Nozarashi "absorbed" the meteor, but i guess he actually did smash / slash it.
Guess next week we'll get a better explanation about what happened and what it really does. But i hope it's a Reiatsu absorbing sword/axe that can get bigger (till a limit ofcourse) and get smaller too. Like Gin's sword. Altho the size does actually fit Kenpachi... Goddamnit. Time machine, where are you >.>
quote from another forum:
"The spirit was briefly seen and spoke after Zaraki finally killed Unohana, indicating that the two are more in sync. Naming the sword now can make sense as he's finally working with the sword, and has the possibility to have it transform from the forced shikai into it's proper form, much like how misnaming was brought up with Renji and his bankai in recent training, and Yumichika purposely naming his shikai command wrong.
He said his huge reiatsu alone forced it into shikai but he never knew it's name so he could never repair it.
That was back in Soul Society arc."
speculation but it would make sense
Drink/Swallow means to "engulf", basically. What that entails is that Kenpachi's sword can literally "overwhelm" people.
Fuck yes. I love the design of that cleaver.
Also, we could simply have a case like Ichigo. His blade has its "actual" form now since he's been awakened.
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No, Squad 11 simply looks down on people who use Reiatsu/Hado instead of just physical shit/zanpaktou. I thought it'd be funny if Kenpachi's sword had magical properties because it'd inspire Yumichika to maybe use his feel power freely.
We don't know it's abilities yet. All we know is it's a giant ass axe. We'll see next week.
Because of not knowing it's name it took on a wrong form which, because he never actually learned till now, kept it like that. Now that he knows the true name he can "switch" between Shikais (normal and big ass real released sword hammer cleaver smasher thing).
Yeah i know. But the first time i readed it was on my phone and i was half asleep xD So i was like; did he really absorb it? Noooooooooooo. But then i started thinking. Huge weapon, huge Reiatsu amount, bigger weapon the more Reiatsu goes in?
It won't stay like this, that's for sure. It will go back to it's normal sword form after the fight. Loved how Yachiru literally looked up to Kenpachi now.
I actually preferred how Kenpachi was the only captain to base his power on his ridiculous reiatsu and more importantly, his combat experience and keen eye. Not only his sword had no tricks to it, he even went as far as to handicap himself with bells/eyepatch. And he still came out victorious against captains who used their bankai, sternritters and arrancars.
At this rate, he will be just another captain now. With violence issues.
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I dont view it as that personally. I view it as "He was extremely powerful without any special stuff, now imagine him with his special abilities" Tbh his personality and stuff I think he would only ever bring out all this stuff if the person deserved to see it, as opposed to just bringing it out like everyone else does. He still hasn't taken off his eyepatch either.
So...I don't see him using Kendo or whatever 2 sword style with that axe/big sword. No more powerup from that.
Just eyepatch and bankai(?) left.
I don't know, the weapon looks too big to be handled effencient with only 1 hand. But if Kenpachi uses that with 2 hands, yeah... Bye world, nice splitting you in half. But it's Kenpachi so knowing him he will swing it with 1 hand anyway.
As for Bankai, i still hope it's a no go. It would be just too much overkill.
And for eyepatch, i dunno. If it is actually going with his Reiatsu (feed Reiatsu, get bigger weapon) then i could see that work.
Overall a pretty dull chapter, nothing ACTUALLY happened...
That sword though... Fucking hell...
Also you notice it cut to Yachiru just before his release, reckon there's a link there?
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I can't wait for next week's chapter.
My guess would be that its ability absorbs magical energy and turns it into raw physical power. I'm assuming just now he literally absorbed the strength of the meteor into himself which will basically nullify a lot of what Guremi can throw at him.