3-4 Hoohden

Well, this place keeps getting better and better.

Hey! What the hell is going on?!

I wonder, did you two happen to notice something? This may come as a surprise to you, but I'm the only living, breathing Soul Reaper you've met since you got here.

Huh?

Those lovely ladies you saw earlier were in fact... Zanpakuto.

They were what?

You heard me, chump. They were all Zanpakuto, every single last one of them. Damn! You're supposed to be Soul Reapers. You can't even tell a Zanpakuto when you see one?!

You guys are absolutely pathetic! But then, what can you expect from a couple of guys so careless they'd allow something like this to happen to their Zanpakuto?

Look at that... Man, it's so easy to break a Zanpakuto when it hasn't been given all the love and respect it deserves.

Maybe that kind of neglect is why you're surrounded by some very angry Zanpakuto right now.

Maybe, if you two make it out of there alive, I'll consider fixing your Zanpakuto.

What?!

Okay, let's try it again! Who's the one-and-only original Zanpakuto creator? You got ten seconds.

Ten, nine, eight, seven... Aah, to hell with it! Give up? Anyone? It's Oh-Etsu Nimaiya! But I don't create swords for losers.

Losers?!

Would you prefer I call you suckers?

Forget about him. There's something down here.

I know.

You've heard of the ultimate Zanpakuto that can become anything? The Asauchi?

That's right, those nameless Zanpakuto that are provisionally issued to trainees during their time at the Academy, and then officially re-issued to them when they become members of the 13 Court Guard Squads.

Every Soul Reaper eats and sleeps with their Asauchi, and trains with it relentlessly...

...until finally, by imprinting the essence of their soul on it, they've created their own personalized Zanpakuto!

And who makes each and every one of those Asauchi that are so important to defending the Soul Society?

Me, and that's why they call me the Blade God!

That's great, but while you're yapping, you mind telling us why these things are attacking us?!

Oh, is it really that important to know why? They just are! Anyway, I already told you. They're very angry with you.

About what?!

About the way you disrespect your Zanpakuto.

What do you mean?

It ain't just the way you swing it around, and it ain't just the way you fling it on the ground. Nah. See, respect is like a sword. It cuts both ways, if you know what I mean.

Them bad boys won't ever respect you till you show 'em you deserve their respect, suckah. So now, are you ready to rumble?