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As we know from chapter 529 of Bleach, every Shinigami receives his Zanpacto
as Asauchi, and Asaushi adapts to soul of his wielder. Which means, that
transformation to Shinigami, and obtaining Zanpacto by Shinigami are not
really related, and that newcomer Shinigami should not have Zanpacto just
because he became Shinigami.

Still, when Ichigo receives his Shinigami powers from Rukia, he has Zanpacto
instantly. Later we know, that

> It was not really Zanpacto, but manifestation of Ichigo Quincy powers

But initially nobody knows that.

So, why not a single Shinigami, who knows, that Ichigo became Shinigami in
extraordinal conditions (and thus, never received Asaushi), never asks, where
did Ichigo got his Zanpacto, while it is clear, that he didn't received it
from Ōetsu Nimaiya?


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Why not a single Shinigami was surprised by fact, that Ichigo has Zanpacto?


Ichigo may seem like a one off outlier, but in fact, there was another
character, mentioned by Nimaiya himself, who was not a Gotei member but had a
zanpaktou, Zaraki. Kenpachi Zaraki took an Asuchi off of a dead shinigami, who
he may or may not have killed first. This gave him a zankakuto that he used to
great success against the Kenpachi of that time. This shows Asuchi are
transferable to some degree.

Second and also the important, when Ichigo first got his powers, he got them
from Rukia. Rukia was an above average Shinigami who already had shikai. When
she gave him his powers, she did not find it strange he had a Zanpakuto, she
rather found that its massive size was strange. She, someone who had to get an
Asuchi to have a Zanpakuto, was not focused on Ichigo's possession of one,
Which hints that she gave him hers.

So, Ichigo most likely got his Asuchi from Rukia, But that leaves a few plot
holes in place. When did she get it back, or did she ever. If she never got it
back, why did Nimaiya say he did not have one, and why did Rukia clearly have
one during the Arancar arc?

This all boils down to being a Plot hole. Asuchi were not fully fleshed out in
the beginning of the series, so they were mostly left vague. But that is not
the question here, The question is why they were not surprised he had one. The
best answer for that is unfortunately only Theory, the theory that they
thought he still had Rukia's Asuchi, or perhaps obtained one from someone else
somehow. As noted with Zaraki, it is entirely possible for non Gotei 13
members to obtain Asuchi, though it is rare. In any case, it did not matter to
them. If they thought about it, they would have probably thought he
stole/borrowed it from Rukia, or maybe though some unknown means obtained a
second one.

So, Basically, when he showed up, he had a Zanpakuto, how he got it was
irrelevant to them. Though very rare, there was other methods to getting an
Asuchi besides becoming a Gotei 13 Shinigami. From a Plot persepctive, Its a
hole. One can only Theorize how everything played out. My personal theory on
this is that Byakuya broke it, and since he lost Rukias powers at that time,
it never healed and was discarded. Rukia then likely got a new one from the
Gotei 13.


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