Anyway, I'm a little tired of seeing comments about Tensa Zangetsu's hand guard being labeled as a "swastika."

That hand guard is the shape of the manji for the kanji for "ban." "Ban" meaning "full," and "full" meaning "full release."

Repeat after me, you ignorant morons: "This is not the swastika! This is the manji for the kanji ban! Ban, as in full! FULL AS IN FULL RELEASE!!"

God! I didn't spend three years nerding out on Bleach for nothing! I didn't look up the little facts, such as Kon calling himself a "ghetto ass super hero" during the Karakura-Raizer two episode arc! I didn't read and re-read the manga for nothing! I didn't sit through four to five fillers just to have ignorant first time Bleachers say it's the swastika on Ichigo's bankai!

Swastika my left tit, you idiots! Excuse my French, but those who think it is the swastika need to get impaled on a well crafted copy of Tensa Zangetsu!

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Now, forgive my rage, but what have we learned today? Not to piss off a dedicated, Sicilian-German-Irish Bleach nerd, that's what!
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This character is wàn in Mandarin, man in Korean, Cantonese and Japanese, & vạn in Vietnamese.
This was used as an early good luck charm with aviators from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. It was also regarded as a symbol of good luck and success and was used worldwide in the early twentieth century.
This character can be found on Greek helmets and pottery. It was also used on Greek silver from Corinth during the sixth century BC.
It was used as the logo for Chilocco Indian Agricultural School basketball team in 1909.
In Chinese and Japanese art, it can be found in a repeating patteren. The most common way to see it is the Japanese pattern called sayagata, which is left and right facing characters connected by lines.
It can be found in ancient Roman mosaics of La Olmeda, Spain.
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But what did we really learn? Post what we learned in today's lesson in your comments. Teacher is listening~! *evil grin*

So, why the fuck can't we submit to more than one group now? I'd like to do some art dumping here...