Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14337944-20131025130629/@comment-11051098-20131029170233

Saris Khan wrote: Some of you seem to forget that Ikkaku's Bankai is supposed to be secret... so, Yachiru is a Lieutenant because she is stronger than Ikkaku w/ Shikai. His Bankai wasn't accounted for when giving them the ranks.

True, I always forget that.