

Why does Ichigo Kurosaki's Zanpakutō (Zangetsu) transform back into its
original form (shikai mode) when cutting Yhwach in half in the latest chapters
of the Bleach manga (chapter 684)? Is it because it is the Ichigo's final
bankai?


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Why does Zangetsu transform back into shikai mode when cutting Yhwach in half?


Because his hollow power and quincy power are ripped of by ywatches. So all he
is left with is his shinigami power. I think that is why he used his original
zanpakto zangetsu in his shikai form.


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Before the final battle, Yhwach has absorbed Mimihagi, the right arm of the
soul king, which governs stagnation (around 619). This means that Mimihagi is
present during the final battle.

There are two mysteries within the final battle: how did Ichigo actually
defeat Yhwach, when Yhwach could simply future shatter the sword, and why did
Ichigo's sword regress to his original Shikai? The answer to both is Mimihagi.
And we must answer the first before we can answer the second.

Mimihagi does not ever appear within Yhwach's future visions. We see Yhwach
freaking out in 617 when Mimihagi intervenes. This makes sense: Yhwach can see
the future, not the past.

After the Almighty fully activates, Yhwach's visions do not fail. Yet during
the final battle, he gets shot by Uryu and cut by Ichigo. Obviously, he didn't
foresee these events since they proved fatal. From what we know, we can deduce
that Mimihagi is interfering with the powers of the Almighty. Yhwach cannot
see visions involving Mimihagi, and since he absorbed Mimihagi, the Almighty
will not behave perfectly when used on situations that he is in.

Before he is shot, Yhwach attempts to envelop the Soul Society in darkness.
However, the power of Quincies isn't darkness. They wield weapons made of
literal light. In employing Mimihagi's power so recklessly, he weakened the
influence of the Almighty, allowing Uryu to fully disable it.

Now the answer to your question:

**When Yhwach reached out his hand enshrouded in darkness to shatter Ichigo's
blade, he accidentally employed the wrong power. He couldn't use the
Almighty's power in that situation, so he inadvertently used Mimihagi. But
Mimihagi doesn't destroy, it stagnates, it regresses. So instead of shattering
Ichigo's blade, Yhwach forced it to return to the original form**


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