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StealthBlade98 wrote: What about that Kido spell he used for ichigo Dangai Training? His Spiritual Energy was enough to last for 3 months where it takes dozens of lower ranked shinigami to produce that much. Though he hasn't exactly shown many kido techniques but i would still believe a captain level shinigami would have to be some kido skill. Though judging by the page only a few shinigami are considered kido masters which include the filler Amagai, Oko Yushima characters, Hachi and Tessai are masters which isn't a surprise. Weird how Kyoraku isn't even on that page for kido, i expected him to be a practitioner at least. :| It's true that the Dangai Kido usually requires a dozen or so low-ranking Shinigami working together, but at the same time it also means that lots of low-ranking Shinigami know that spell, meaning it's likely menial work that doesn't require much skill to learn. One could argue that it was Isshin's immense spiritual energy, rather than his skill, that allowed him to fixate the Kōryū in the Dangai, and keep it that way for as long as three months. I would say that Hachi, Tessai, and Kisuke, are on a whole different level compared to the single barrier that Isshin managed to produce. wasn't he using a special device not a kido spell?