Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29325824-20190316164100/@comment-1920550-20190416100208

Dimension Creator wrote: Second of all the simplicity of Getsuga Tensho once again does not make it an invalid example. And something being simple does not make it easy to accomplish or perform so unless it is specifically stated one can not say that one technique is easier to perform than another. Another thing it was never stated whether the core abilities of one shikai is harder to learn than the core abilities of another.

Lastly, no. It was not at all what I was arguing. I am not stupid so do not tell me what I was arguing. I know what I am arguing it is you who does not.

See, you say you know what you are arguing about, and them you throw that line about how simplicity doesn't alter dificulty of learning a shikai's abilities. Like hello? That's the primary altering component. It took Rukia years to learn the core ability of her blade due to it's complexity. Hell it was the same for Hitsugaya, hell it was even longer for him. On the other hand, it took Ichigo less than 10 days to get Getsuga Tensho and he was set.

Hell look at Tokinada using his copy-cat Zanpakuto. He somehow managed to use multiple Shikais and Bankais as good, if not better than several of the actual users, only to turn around and fumble his way through Aizen's.

How many times has it been stated, showed and implied that accessing, developing and maximizing a Zanpakuto's abilities is an extremely delicate and time-consuming process? How many times were we told that some Zanpakuto spirits were incredibly fickle and/or complicated and/or dificult to connect to? And given that in this specific context, establishing connection = gaining x power/ability, it does mean that some abilities are harder to learn than others, as some spirits are more dificult to connect to and thus the Shinigami has to put in a variable amount of work into building said connection, which was something that Hisagi apparently never bothered or even actively avoided.