Chapter 7 - 007: Zanpakutō Awakening
While studying, time passes faster.
Mazuru enjoys studying very much. Although studying can be very boring, it also depends on what it is compared with. Compared with his combat career in Hueco Mundo, the student life at Shinō Academy is too easy.
He didn't have to worry about a monster popping up anytime-anywhere and taking his life away. The process of learning also made him feel that very fulfilled.
In normal times, in addition to learning Shinigami's four basic abilities "Hakuda, Hohō, Kidō, and Zanjutsu" at the Shinō Academy, when he returns to the dormitory, he would try to communicate with his own Zanpakuto, trying to awaken it.
During his time in Hueco Mundo, although he had a tattered asauchi in his hand, Mazuru at that time had no orthodox teachings after all and he did not understood the necessary process of communicating with Zanpakuto such as "Sword Zen".
To him at that time, the sword was just a simple weapon, but later, as more and more hollows were cut, it became dilapidated.
It wasn't until he joined the Shinō Academy and received an unnamed sealed state temporarily granted by the academy that he officially began to try to communicate with the asauchi with his soul and awaken his own Zanpakuto.
So, has he found his own Zanpakuto?
Mazuru himself couldn't explain clearly.
According to the method of awakening Zanpakuto taught by Shinō Academy, he did resonate with the asauchi in his hand, and saw a vague figure in a trance, but when he tried to approach that figure and ask about its name, he felt palpitations, and he was suddenly sent out.
He could only attribute this to the lack of time.