

According to the [Wikia](https://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Yachiru_Kusajishi),
Yachiru disappeared leaving her belongings after the fight with Gremmy. She is
said to be "gone" by Kenpachi in the penultimate chapter of the original
series.

I use "original" because there might be extra chapters announced as the other
big announcement.

So, what happened to her? Was she part of his Zanpakutou or something?


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What happened to Yachiru?


The very last page of _Bleach_ #668 gives a few clues.

Yachiru suddenly appears out of nowhere and says to Kenpachi:

> Silly goose, if you would just use me properly, there wouldn't be anyone you
> wouldn't be able to cut down.

She then touches him, which causes:

> him to get a power boost, which he wonders about.

She ends the exchange with explaining to him:

> That power is what everyone's been calling "Bankai".

All of these suggest the following:

> Yachiru is Kenpachi's Bankai. He is unable to call out his Bankai anymore
> (he was never able to, consciously - the original appearance may have
> happened subconsciously), therefore, Yachiru is gone.

Alternatively:

> Yachiru is his Zanpaktou spirit, again, one he has never been able to
> consciously communicate with. Though, I can't explain her disappearance if
> that were the case.


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Short answer: Yachiru is with Kenpachi; as his Zanpakutou's personality.

* * *

Long answer:

I cannot cite manga pages and chapters but if you follow the story, you should
remember these.

Yachiru has always been beside or around Kenpachi as a human. Kenpachi's
Zanpakutou has never had a name. There was once when Kenpachi lay on the
ground trying to ask his Zanpakutou what its name was; no response. Kenpachi's
mode of fighting has been brutal which damages his sword.

Fast-forward to Yhwach's arc as Soul King, Yachiru makes Kenpachi know that
the power he feels is what others call Bankai. This is after she fused with
his Zanpakutou.

I believe Kenpachi would now be able to call out his Zanpakutou and her name
would Yachiru.


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Yachiru is _not_ Kenpachi's Zanpakuto or the spirit of his Zanpakuto. She is a
Shinigami who has her _own_ Zanpakuto as shown in her battle against Gremmy
'the Quincy who could make things he imagined real'. She is a soul from
Kasajishi district of Rukongai. She may or may not have been near Kenpachi
before he gained his Bankai as she disappeared immediately after seeing
Kenpachi slice the meteorite.

The only reasons I have for Kenpachi seeing Yachiru before releasing his
Bankai are:

  * He may have only imagined her, or
  * His Zanpakuto might have taken the form of Yachiru as she is the only one Kenpachi ever listens to


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It would most likely because that she is a Zanpakuto who had split herself and
physically manifested as a spirit. Kenpachi and Coyote Starrk are similar as
they have their souls/powers split resulting in Yachiru and Lilynette.

Like many people who already mentioned it, when Yachiru disappeared, she most
likely fused back into Kenpachi's Zanpakuto just like Starrk did with
Lilynette.


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I think Yachiru is a physical manifestation of Zaraki's power. When Gremmy
said that "he would imagine a world without imagination", Yachiru also
vanished.


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Yachiru was Zaraki's true spirit. As for Nozarashi, it was the Zanpakuto of a
dead Shinigami that Zaraki took the sword from. It's explained by Ōetsu
Nimaiya.

Remember that Zanpakuto's real name is Asauchi. If he dies there, Zanpakuto
and the spirit inside still reside there. So, Zaraki had two spirits.


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It isn't a matter of debate. Yachiru is his Zanpakuto spirit. Her talking
about herself as his Zanpakuto is fairly evident. The manga shouldn't have to
have her say, "I'm your Zanpakuto, Kenny!"


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With the release of _The Thousand Year Blood War_ , felt like rereading the
manga. In chapter 577, just before vanishing, she is recalling her first
meeting with Kenpachi, personally, I think she might be caught in a time loop.

Meets Kenpachi, spends years with him till that final battle, thinks strongly
about the first meeting, and since some residue of Gremmy's power was
affecting her, returns to that original meeting as that Yachiru and repeats.


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She is confirmed to be his sword ... when Ichigo first meets Kenpachi &
Yachiru for the first time ... Ichigo asks her who are you / or what are you?


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