Talk:Zanjutsu

Ōmaeda is bound to have some level. I maintain that he is an expert, but even if he is only a specialist, shouldn't he at least appear on this page?--Weedefinition 10:34, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Everyone is a specialist so stop removing that classification. Next he is not once taken a battle fully serious to have actually shown to have anything but the most basic skill in fighting using his zanpakuto. Whether he is of an expert level as most lieutenant has been shown he is lacking in actual skill. The only expertise he has shown to have is in stealth tactics and shunpo.Salubri 13:55, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, Salubri, but you are wrong. Omaeda has fought and won(in the anime) or would have won if he wasn't that stupid (in the manga). If even Momo Hinamori (we have never seen her actually fighting with her sword in close combat, but she stated that she is weak) is considered an expert, then Omaeda, who is obviously vastly stronger than her at meelee combat, should be one too. This wiki puts him down on the same level as Hanataro, which of course can't be. Omaeda might be not as skilled as Hisagi or Kira are, but his skill level is definitifely higher than Hinamori's. --Suzumushi 17:32, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Yoruichi's skill lower than Soifon's?
Why is yoruichi 'only' an expert and soifon is a master... I think it was yoruichi who taught soifon how to use a sworf efficiantly. And I think it was Yoruichi who united 2nd and the ommitsukido. So should yoruichi's rank be improved? --Cyberflame 21:15, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

Classifications are based on the information presented not on opinion due to certain circumstances in the storyline. While Yoruichi is Soifon's mentor there is no proof either stated in the manga or shown in the anime that says that She taught her any of her skills. While being a mentor we can rightly assume that she most likely did we do not know for certain nor how much was taught. What we do know for sure is that Soifon is highly skilled in shunpo, hakuda and zanjutsu. We know this as we have seen it considerably in the manga and the anime. In both media Yoruichi has only ever been shown using Shunpo and Hakuda. To date besides in one anime flashback we have never seen her use a zanpakuto, therefore we don't know what her level of skill actually is, because of that we give her the class of expert. By nature of being a former captain and attaining that level would require expert skill or higher she is given expert until such time as be determined if her skills exceed that level. Salubri (Talk)  21:39, April 9, 2010 (UTC)