Thread:ShonenChicoBoy/@comment-4666155-20180521062019/@comment-4666155-20180522002126

Indeed. However, considering BLEACH is a clusterfuck in and of itself — no matter who tries to apply their, sometimes trollish, logic, to the series' own and in essence makes it worse — there's room for leeway in things like this. Zanpakutō spirits are not hard defined by the series, this entire discussion has proved that. My own personal idea is, once a Zanpakutō spirit is ripped away from someone — because that's what those Medallions do, they didn't just steal the spirit, Hitsugaya couldn't even communicate with Hyōrinmaru anymore — and the owner proceeds to die, circumstances can change. The catalyst was when Ichibē removed Yhwach's name; the medallion was splattered with that same ink, and Ryūjin Jakka was lucky to free itself.

But as I said, I do not need Xstence, and it was merely a suggestion to get Shizuka in here faster. I can see that just asking Chico was a mistake on the level of "hilariously bad". There are other ways and other organisations to go about getting her into this little project.