Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-29325824-20200518112359/@comment-2182964-20200521084557

I posted this on Talk:Reiryoku, but this thread appears to be getting more traction, so I'll post it over here as well.

This is coming from a user with a background in fan-fiction. The terms used have always felt too fan-like to me. Using terms like "Great" and "Immense" is all well and good, but you always have someone who thinks that their favourite character should be labelled alike to the others. I feel something that's actually citable would be better. So, rather than a new term, here's my two cents.

You could go with a larger departure and use an entirely new system, one which could actually be cited more easily. The terms I'm suggesting are Seated officer class, Lieutenant class, and Captain class for Shinigami. Someone like Ichigo is stated to be Captain-class even whilst battle-worn, whilst characters like Chōjirō Sasakibe and Ikkaku Madarame are noted to have Captain-level ability. The benefit? Lieutenant-level and Captain-level are terms used in the manga, especially around the SS arc, and continue to be mentioned later, albeit less regularly. The Espada, meanwhile, would use the same Captain-class designation as the Shinigami. I'm fairly sure its mentioned in the manga that the Espada as a group rivals that of the Gotei 13's Captain's. The Fraccion and Numeros all seem to be around Lieutenant-level as well judging by the battles in FKT, so Lieutenant-class could be applied to them as well.

In practice, it would look like this:

Captain-class Spiritual Energy: Byakuya, in addition to his rank in the Gotei 13, is stated by Ganju Shiba to be the strongest leader in the history of the Kuchiki clan. He can exert an immense amount of reiatsu, over large distances, and it has the tendency to make people perspire in fear.

Now, this works for instances of the above. For those like Ichigo and Aizen, a simple Beyond Captain-class would probably suffice. Just a thought.