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Zangetsu?

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I mean, he too is a zanpakuto. Names are what define a zanpakuto. And he is a zanpakuto who had his name, his very identity stolen. Used as farce and charade, used to call the liar and phoney quincy next to him, his own name and blade chained and restricted specifically to try and force his wielder to quit being a shinigami.

And, well, we have seen zanpakuto who are called by the wrong name. Yumachika has a zanpakuto who despises the false name its given so much it recoils into a warped shadow of its true shikai. And kenpachis, despite having been lovingly bestowed a name by her own wielder she wears with a smile, is still screaming soundlessly inside the blade, unheard, still nameless in form.

Zangetsu would hate being called anything but his true name. Not just having his name stolen and paraded around in front of his face, his bankai given without his grace, and him unable to speak a word of it. Giving him a false name of top of that?? That's just spitting on his grave. Acid in the wound.