Forum:Official Shinigami Discussions

I'm really confused about this. Although the Gotei 13 and the Onmitsukidō are separate military branches of Soul Society, the Gotei 13 still seems superior to the other two branches.

In a sense, should Soifon be equal to that of Yamamoto and the Grand Kidō Chief? Yet, Soifon seems to be answerable to Yamamoto (well, she is a Captain). Hypothetically, if Yamamoto gave her an order that she was unhappy with, could she invoke her position as Commander-in-Chief to deliberately disobey the order?

I think the other two branches should have been given a leader as strong as Yamamoto.Animeluvr92 02:31, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

The concept i think your forgetting is that Yamamoto is the Captain-Commander or General. Therefore he has military seniority and position over all the branches of military. The Kido Captain and Commander-in-Chief are still below his title regardless of holding power over their own branches of military. His position is more important he controls the over all Gotei 13 and can act as the main executive/legislative/judiciary authority in the absence of the Central 46 Chambers as he currently does. He also is the only one who knows where the royal key is hidden. Im sure he has no right to command the Kido Corps or the Stealth Force directly as he could with the Gotei 13, and its more then likely that do to his high position the leaders of both branches defer to him out of respect. Soifon is a special case seeing as she is also a captain and since because of that one stealth force is tied to the Gotei 13 and considering the Gotei 13 takes precedent over that branch because of its prominence as the main offense and defense as well as Shinigami dealing in soul burials. Seeing that she is a captain he can command her and her other organization apparently. Though I think it would have been interesting to see other leaders as strong as Yamamoto its obviously not the case. Three ancient powerful leaders would have been awesome.Salubri 03:36, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps Tessai has a bit of power behind him? His Hadō 88 was impressive, as was his forbidden Kidō, and hell, first thing we saw him do was a Bakudō 99. We've seen some impressive things from Kidō experts like Momo, so think of what the Grand Kidō Captain could do. One eye 14:47, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

Ultimately the other two seem to have the job of supporting the 13 companies, who easily compose the bulk of Soul Society's power, to the point where if their captains fall, the Soul Society itself is vulnerable. I'm sure in some conditions Soi Fon or the Kido captain could refuse a request from Yamamoto, probably bumping it up to the 46, but in general authority and with emergency situations he outranks them, so that'll rarely be the case. ZeroSD 14:58, September 2, 2009 (UTC)