#i thought it might happen at the end of sealed sword frenzy but i checked and it did not

[recurring-polynya]

shinigami using their zanpakutou as keys to open doors in the fabric of reality fucks severely and it's a shame that, as far as I can remember, this is the only time we ever got to see it

#i am sure that it happened at least once in a filler or movie and that someone will remind me exactly where #my encyclopedic knowledge of bleach filler is letting me down this tuesday evening #i thought it might happen at the end of sealed sword frenzy but i checked and it did not #altho there was a scene where hanatarou had to drag renji thru a senkaimon while he and ichigo scream at each other about his eyebrows #so at least i got to enjoy that #anyway one of the top things about being a renji-enjoyer is that kubo is constantly having him do things that no one does ever again #literally THE textbook-ass shinigami #this. manifesting his zanpakutou. those cool hoods he and b had. i guess 3 people got to have gentai reiin tit tatts but he was one of 'em #tbf as swords go zabimaru is particularly key-shaped