You know, something I kind of miss from Renji’s later fights in canon is how vicious Zabimaru’s shikai form actually is.
Like, in his earlier fights (but ESPECIALLY his fight vs. Ichigo in the Soul Society), we get to see how brutal Zabimaru can be - how its prongs stab into his opponent, how it just completely shreds through Ichigo’s shoulder, how it extends with such force that even when blocked, it ends up throwing him into a building. It’s terrifying! And I kinda get why that gets downplayed later on for a number of reasons (mainly: he gets Bankai), but I kinda liked how Renji’s shikai was kinda scary.












