Talk:Kaien Shiba

Resembles Ichigo
The whole Appearance section just says that he's like Ichigo's lost twin. Never does it mention his hair color, eye color, body, any special outfit or anything at all. Just that he's the result of Szayel using his carbon copy technique on Ichigo (well, the other way around, but you get what I mean, right?). I could give it a try, but I'm not really good at describing looks. Lia Schiffer 08:35, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Shikai
Isn't Kaien's release command for his zanpakuto also "Rankle the Seas and the Skies" in the english dub in episode 49?

Sign your comments on talk pages. And yes, it was. I've been thinking about moving the recent command edit to the Trivia section, since, like Ichimaru and Rangiku's, it's had more than 1 release command in the dub. Arrancar109 03:02, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Profile Picture
Kaien's picture is quite old (SS arc I suspect). Maybe it is time for an update. Here's a good one I came across. Thoughts? Anyone have other pics? --Yyp 20:55, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

It looks pretty good, except isn't that from the Turn Back the Pendulum Arc? Oh well. It's still a good one. --Gold3263301 21:02, November 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, but comparing the current pro pic with this one, he looks the same to me. --Yyp 21:09, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

$$Insert formula here$$

Personally, I don't think it matters, since Kaien's dead anyway, but that's just me. The image seems to be okay. Arrancar109 21:11, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

How about these two:--SalmanH 21:19, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

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Like I said, I don't think it matters, but overall, I think #1 is best so far. #3 would be in second. Arrancar109 21:21, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

I don't think it matters either. My vote is with #1. Kaien wasn't as young as the others during the Turn Back and Pendulum arc, nor did he change his appearance much. You know, it's not like he grew is hair like Ukitake or change his hair and beard like Kyoraku or fill out physically like Aizen (or am I the only one who think Aizen bulked up in the last 100 years...). So I say #1 is the best. Tinni 21:26, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

It was probably just the change of clothes, but I think he may have gotten taller as for the profile pic, I seem to like #2 since it fits with his personality (the dominant parts anyway) but which ever you guys think is best.--SalmanH 21:37, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I was directed here by Yyp. Basically, he told me that all pictures had to reach some criteria; but he didn't specify what the criteria were. If I know what I are, then I can look for a better picture (hopefully) than the three suggested. Glacial Blaze 19:56, December 13, 2009 (UTC)

Where possible, profile pictures should: be facing the camera; include his full head; be close enough to make out facial details such as eye colour; be a good image quality; show normal facial expression; be free of background distractions; be in good lighting; be free of errors and marks such as subtitles. There are probably other things too, but I think that will give you a good enough idea. -- Yyp  (Talk)  20:24, December 13, 2009 (UTC)

Kaien's Spiritual Energy Level
Ganju said himself that even by noble standard, Kaien naturally had great spiritual energy and was already at lieutenant level when first entering the academy. Its obvious that with years of training his spiritual energy would grow higher. I personally think that Kaien's spiritual enery level should be classified by "great" rather than "high", as high suggests his energy is only average for a lieutenant. --Steveo920 16:30, December 29, 2009


 * We have set definitions of what the spirit power levels are on the Reiryoku page (link goes to exact place). I went through most Shinigami characters' pages the other day linking the stated power levels to that page just so that people could see why they are the way they are. You said it yourself - he was stated to have lieutenant level power. Saying anything beyond that is speculation, no matter how obvious it might be to you. We can only go on what is stated in the story, and he was only ever stated to be a lieutenant. -- Yyp  (Talk)  21:45, December 29, 2009 (UTC)

"Child" prodigy
I am sorry but I can't find any reference to the fact that Shiba Kaien was a child when he completed the Shinigami Academy course in just two years. Only thing people ever said about him was that he was a genius. He simply do not know how old he was when he went to the academy. I think we should drop the "child" part and just call him a prodigy/genius. Tinni  (Talk)  01:27, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

Considering that this kind of borders on the conversation of even questioning if he is a genius which had already taken place when it was proved that he was a genius. One would have to determine how old he was when he entered the academy by Shinigami standards anyone going to the academy is uncommonly young but the picture painted is that he may have not been as young as gin and definitely not Toshiro when he entered. Though i dont see how it matters its mentioned only once in the explanation as he is a genius whether or not a child is debatable but he was a prodigy. Salubri (Talk)  01:39, January 15, 2010 (UTC)