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I'm beginning to see your point. I reckon maybe he didn't want to use it, and Ukitake has a bankai. Most captains have a bankai (I'm leaving Kenpachi out here, he has one but he can't harness it) and often they don't show it. I've heard people say, 'Eh, Ichimaru doesn't have one either.' I keep saying this. There is probably a bigger form of his soul slayer.

We may have just forgotten his bankai because his sword disappeared (most likely fused with him due to being useless) or, like Complete Hypnosis, was mentioned but then wiped from their minds prior to the story. When I got Kanashimi no yari it threw me off track, but I kept thinking when Aizen said Ichimaru betraying him was also the plan, ''This is crazy. Is the plan his bankai or something?''

As I (and Timjer) pointed out before, Kenpachi is the only captain who made it without a bankai. Therefore, if you remember some pictures, Shinji was 5th captain when Aizen was the lietenant. He either killed Shinji or simply placed him on the verge of death and took up his spot. With a bankai. Also, literally everyone who lives until the end has a bankai. Except Kenpachi. If I'm right? Even Hitsugaya, with Daiguren Hyōrinmaru. Ok no I've gone off topic, but it seems you're by yourself, author of this old discussion.