Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10587310-20130620071127/@comment-11051098-20130703183412

Yeah, Ikkaku seem to get along with him, but even he called Iba a coward for "running off" to Squad 7 because he "couldn't become a Lieutenant" in Squad 11. And he was at least interested in learning Kidô and other things rather than sticking to sword fighting only, because his goal was to become a Lieutenant.