Changing Constant Release Zanpakuto

Official Staff Response


TLDR; Read the guides when in doubt. They are there for a reason.


This is beginning to get a bit out of hand. As mods we have given our official ruling on the subject, just kinda split between the three of us. Here is the recap:


Constant Release Shikai is rare even within the canon, with Ichigo having the only confirmed canon example. That being said the powers it gives are vague at best and we have taken liberties to make them functional on the site. Just because something is a certain way in the canon does not mean we can allow it here for balance reasons.


The effect of CRS comes from the overwhelming reiatsu/reiryoku of the shinigami. It is so massive that it is not that they lack the skill to control it, but that it cannot be controlled.


CRS works the same as a normal shikai, meaning if you want to edit any part of it this must be done before mastering it. This includes removing CRS. If you master your shikai while it is CR you are effectively accepting the positives and negatives of the effect.


The only other way to remove the effect is gain a new zanpakuto IC (which can be done).

And lastly as BM went over, just because something is said by a mod in Cbox does not mean it’s set in stone. If you had wanted a direct answer as to not “ruin your character” you should have gone to the helpdesk and gotten a response written out thoughtfully and backed by a majority of staff, and even then all things are subject to change for balance reasons. It’s far too easy for mods to read something wrong in the cbox because of its fast pace.

This is our final response and as such we will be locking the thread.