Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24159286-20131112052402/@comment-26420452-20131112071834

You don't have to make some a captain or a lieutenant in order for them to show their Shikai/Bankai. Mashiro and Hatchi are nowhere near to becoming Captains, as is Hanatarō to becoming a lieutenant. What more powers could Ichigo show if he became Captain? And you've forgotten Yoruichi. We have no clue about her Zanpakutō.