Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25360536-20140920031731/@comment-5398287-20140921161412

Aetheral wrote: However, the only other possible example of a perpetually released Zanpie is Nozarashi, which has an actual release command. I am assuming Ichigo's very short training didn't have him go through it, for the reason I mentioned, someone who has Bankai can forgo Shikai release commands (in all honesty, how much has he used his Shikai past that fight with Byakuya) Quite a bit, actually. He used it in his Visored training, throughout almost all of his battle with Dordoni (due to not wanting to "waste" his Bankai on non-Espada), a bit during his first battle with Ulquiorra, most of his battle with Kugo, about half of his battle with Quilge, and most recently his entire battle with Candice.