Zangetsu • 斬月
This is the false Shikai form of Ichigo Kurosaki’s Zanpakutō, Zangetsu.
It’s release command is unknown. This Shikai form of Zangetsu resembles an oversized khyber knife instead of a formal katana. It has no tsuba and no proper hilt. What Ichigo holds is the cloth-wrapped tang. The sword is about as tall as Ichigo is and has a black blade with a silver edge. The cloth wrapping on the tang seems to react to Ichigo’s will, changing length at a thought or twining about the blade in an impromptu sheath. When in combat, the cloth falls away when necessary, shrinking back to a manageable size. The cloth can be used to swing the weapon like a flail and to toss it at opponents for mid-range combat, as well as bandage wounds, but these are done rarely. Ichigo has, on more than one occasion, used Zangetsu’s wide blade as a shield from incoming attacks and for deflecting energy attacks. Unlike most Zanpakutō, which can be sealed into their original form, Zangetsu is always in its Shikai form.
Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō • 疋殺地蔵
This is the Bankai form of Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s blade, Ashisogi Jizō.
Ashisogi Jizō’s physical manifestation takes the form of a small, yellow, humanoid creature with several vertical lines around its eyes and a small amount of blue hair, which lies in a curl on top of its head. It has butterfly-like wings with a large halo floating behind them. Ashisogi Jizō can extend several retractable blades from its midsection in order to attack a target. Upon being pierced, the area of a target’s body which the blades strike becomes paralyzed. However, the paralysis only affects the target area, and does not sever the brain’s connection to the other limbs. Ashisogi Jizō can also exhale a poisonous gas from its mouth.