I happened to scroll through this and didn't see it answered or Azaru get any ideas.
There is something I don't get about isshin's powers. We have seen him do a getsuga tensho (something like that) the same with ichigo, but then we have seen him having a flaming zanpakuto in its shinkai mode. How are these two related? Kinda reminds me the case of Shunsui where he used wind attacks but it turned out his zanpakuto was something totally different...any ideas?Azaru32
I think this easily follows Isshin's comment about all -Getsu Zanpakutos - They're like a family and have their techniques and secrets. I suppose you could say the Getsuga Tensho is the family technique for most of them. That aside each -Getsu can probably have whatever personal/special abilities and techniques it wants. Isshin's Engetsu ("Scathing Moon"; explains the fire) emits flames as its own personal ability. He can also feed his blood into Engetsu to release a wave of fire to incinerate enemies.
I can only suggest that the more damage Isshin takes the more powerful his attacks can be, which might be part of the price for Engetsu's secret technique(s). This could be why Aizen said that Isshin's Bankai would be too taxing to use when he's heavily-damaged; it probably pushes him to or over his limits and within an inch of his life.
It could be assumed that even Aizen has one, simply because using the technique only involves gathering energy into the Zanpakuto. However at the same time Aizen may not bother using it since he relied on his illusions and didn't need such an attack.
Shunsui's Zanpakuto isn't a -Getsu Zanpakuto, for starters. It also isn't just child games, but also war games - tactics and advantages. Firstly Shunsui is playing on knowledge he knows and the enemy can't know (Even Aizen; I assume so because Stark had to figure out the color ability even though it didn't take long). With the current listed abilities Shunsui's Zanpakuto also for controlling flow of battle.
The spinning top ability simply is whichever opponent has the higher ground will have the advantage and likely deal more damage. The shadow technique is fear and subterfuge; the opponent now has to watch where they step because an attack can come out of any patch of darkness (besides a given enemy's own shadow). That gives them less space to move around in. Lastly the color ability could be the weak points (and figuratively an opponent's pride). The more of any color someone wears the more damage they're going to take when it's called so they're far more vulnerable.
Fundemental principles of battle presented as children's games (I believe Raim described the games for us a while back). I also hope that helps. :D
Also Komamura's great grandfather looks a lot like Yamamoto.
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