Thread:ShonenChicoBoy/@comment-8914761-20150125135920/@comment-1493741-20150125162817

Can I butt in on this? I am anyway, so plbbbbt.

ShonenChicoBoy wrote: "Why does he have two nodachi to begin with again? I thought it was his scabbard and his sword? If I am not mistaken, I believe it is HIGHLY unlikely for a Shin'o Academy student to be given two swords. It just isn't done."

I doubt anyone was ever given a pair of Zanpakutou, they were all given an Asauchi, and its form changed later on (When it took on a piece of the wielder's soul) in order to better accommodate its form. Its explicitly mentioned that a Zanpakutou's form can be altered and controlled otherwise every Shinigami Captain would be wielding a skyscraper. Shingi likely had a single Asauchi, as would Ukitake and Kyouraku, their blades all became two blades as Zanpakutou.