Talk:Jūshirō Ukitake

Ukitake's illness
I'm going to reopen an old discussion and hope to not get killed in the process, because this issue has been nagging me ever since I first stepped on this wiki. Why do we keep saying Ukitake suffers from tuberculosis? Did I miss any reference? The last time this was discussed the conclusion was "All of his symptoms point to tuberculosis, so that must be it". But that's not how we do stuff, is it? Unless Kubo ever stated that his illness is tuberculosis we can't go around spreading misinformation. If I missed any Databook that confirmed it, forgive me for reopening this, but the article doesn't give any reference. Lia Schiffer  (Talk)  23:42, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

I too am curious about this. I don't remember anything ever being said other than that he is sick and seeing his symptoms. While yes, all symptoms point to tuberculosis we cannot be certain unless Kubo has stated it somewhere--God (Pray)  23:52, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * actually never mind, if you look at the talk archive, it says it will be listed as tuberculosis until it is stated otherwise. I disagree with this but whatever--God (Pray)  00:05, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes I did read that discussion, it's pretty old (that's what I was talking about when I said "the last time it was discussed") but that was a long time ago and while I wasn't present at the time, I feel quite in disagreement with the outcome of that discussion, which is why I'm bringing this up now. There are series in which characters are confirmed to have tuberculosis but Ukitake is not the case, and I feel it's a strong contradiction to our policies to say that he has TB when we have no proof from the manga, TK or anything like that to back it up. Lia Schiffer   (Talk)  05:12, August 14, 2010 (UTC)

Let's see wha the Admins say but I'm fine with it being either way!! We could state that he appears to suffer from TB but it is yet to be confirmed!! SunXia (talk) 00:33, August 14, 2010 (UTC)

I agree that it shouldn't be referred to as TB, regardless of how "obvious" it may seem. The speculation policy was not always enforced as well as it is these days; this might have just been one of those things that slipped between the cracks. Besides, there are other diseases that can make you cough blood. Mohrpheus (talk) 00:41, August 14, 2010 (UTC)