Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6057702-20130805192027/@comment-11051098-20130807182941

I never thought about the fact that Ichigo defeated kenpachi only with his Shikai (although it was more of a tie), but had to achieve Bankai to defeat Byakuya. It does incline that Byakuya is more powerful than Kenpachi, which is true in that he has Bankai and great skills with Shunpo and Kidô.

Kenpachi only has his constant Shikai and some Kendo skills, but he also has an extreme reiryoku, and he is one of the strongest captains despite his lack of skills. Personally I like him as a character, I think there's been quite some funny moments with him although he is simple minded and seem to only like fighting and killing.

Besides, Ichigo is very alike him. He has achieved Bankai and seem to have some Shunpo skills, and he has Quincy powers, but that's pretty much it. He isn't that different from Kenpachi except not sharing his love for fighting and killing.