Quote Originally Posted by Vorlath
And is it just me, but do the live incarnations of the zampakutou's overall seem to be more powerful than when their Shinigami is weilding them? Especially with Renji, it just looks like two different levels all together.
I guess you could theorize a zanpakutou knows itself perfectly and thus can optimally use itself, but otherwise I view that power difference as a giant gap in logic. Unless these zanpakutou will soon start to drop dead due to lack of energy. They are weapons, after all. Where do they get the reiatsu they are spending left and right?