[AoshiShinomori]

I love posting bleach trivia so I'm gonna do that here too seeing as this is a bleach thread after all! Well if it's bleach you gotta start with zanpaktou... so here goes!

So bleach trivia #1:
Every zanpaktou has two forms of releases that increase its power. Without either of these release states the zanpaktou looks like an ordinary katana. It takes deep knowledge of ones zanpaktou and a certain level of mastery to acquire even the first release. This first release phase is called Shikai... Shikai usually allows the zanpaktou to transform into a weapon that it represents. This need not always be a sword. In some cases, it is a naginata (ikkaku's zanpaktou) in other cases it may be a series of flying discs.

However Shikai isn't the maximum a power a zanpaktou can achieve. There is another final released form called Bankai. This is when the zanpaktou attains maximum power. Very few people have mastered Bankai and it takes considerable practice, experience and skill to attain it. It is a pre-requisite to becoming a captain in the Gotei 13 of Serretei