Forum:Bankai The Elusive Skill

Ok I did a run down the best I could so here we go. There are a total of 10 Known Bankai users


 * Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō (Mayuri), Ryūmon Hōzukimaru (Ikkaku), Daiguren Hyōrinmaru (Hitsugaya), Senbonzakura Kageyoshi (Byakuya), Jakuho Raikoben (Soifon), Enma Kōrogi (Tosen), Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō (Komamura), Hihiō Zabimaru (Renji), Tensa Zangetsu (Ichigo), Raika Gōen Kaku (Amagai)

That is 10 out of 38 possible prominent candidates who wield a zanpakuto in the series. Out of 27 Gotei 13 members 8 have shown bankai. Out of 10 current captains 6 have shown bankai. Out of those 10, 6 are present in fake Karakura and 3 are known out of those 6. There is 1 lieutenant out of the current 12 to possess bankai and 1 seated officer out of over 260+ seat officers in the gotei 13. With 1 out of 2 seated officers possessing bankai in fake karakura town. 1 out of 3 in Aizens group has shown bankai though all are capable. 1 out of 9 Vizards have shown bankai though its more then likely that all possess bankai over the 4 that are former captains. There is 0 known among the 3 in Urahara's group though they are capable of it and then there is 1 from a amagai who is deceased.

The point i was making is that bankai is the most exclusive abilities in the entire bleach series with only 10 out of 38 probable users. Its also the least used of the combat abilities depending more or less on the character but still far less used then sealed zanpakuto, shikai, kido, hakuda, zanjutsu, flash steps or any technique in the series. So far the most times the known bankai's have been used are: Ichigo = all the time; Hitsugaya = about 9; Mayuri = 4; Soifon = 1; Komamura = 3; Tosen = 2; Byakuya = 4-5; Renji = 5-6; Ikakku = 3-4.Salubri 21:54, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

Yeah I'v noticed that also. It's almost seems the cool thing among bankai users is not to use it. It seems most of them use it as a last ditch effort. Well except Ichigo, who seems to use it when he doesn't even have to. Also remember 2 of the bankai users do not like their bankai. Ikkaku and Soifon. But which of the vizards showed bankai? Unless your taking out Hachi and counting Ichigo.Quadrupus 23:40, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

When you take out anime fillers and movies, it becomes more lik: Ichigo: 7 times I think, Hitsugaya: 4, Mayuri: 2, Soifon: 1, Komamura: 2, Tosen: once not counting the TBTP mini arc just because that wasn't really a fight, Byakuya: 3, Renji: about 3, Ikkaku: 1. Of course the movie and fillers are going to show as much bankai as possible because it's sensational and so on. But this just shows how rare it really is used, except for Ichigo. This is probably because it takes a lot of energy to activate and use bankai, once again, with the exception of Ichigo due to the nature of his bankai. So they don't want to use it unless they have to because it's such an effort. BollyW 23:59, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

Quadrupus, Hachigen did not use Shikai in his battle against Barragan, so he certainly didn't use Bankai! He simply relied on Kidou for the entire battle. Animeluvr92 01:35, October 2, 2009 (UTC)