User blog comment:Silver-Haired Seireitou/Fanon Canon Part 2/@comment-18812574-20141121052517/@comment-18812574-20141121053846

Is there anything in canon that specifically states that dojos (or more probable, the owning of swords) is illegal for anyone other than a Shinigami? I mean, it seems that's as far as we can tell, but I was just wondering. We saw Kenpachi Zaraki with a sword, and Ikaku has a sword (zanpakuto?) before joining Gotei 13. But they were both sort of criminals so...