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I didn't think about that. I was under the impression that Yamamoto was the original Shinigami, since he founded the Gotei 13, but it does make a little sense that Ichibe could have become a Shinigami first, considering how he names everything. Still that isn't much to be proud of. "I'm stronger than everybody who came after me, but not the people who came before." That's not really a good boast.