User blog comment:Bloody Bankai/The Plot and Characters in Bleach ( Spoilers inside, please avoid this post if you do not read the manga as well as watch the anime )/@comment-1624279-20091018223332

No problem. Shinjis Rank is unofficial. When Ichigo meets up with all of the Vizards together, he begins to fight Shinji(& this is one of those occasions where the eng dub really bugs me). In the english dub Rose comments that Ichigo is impressive, bu his comment is different in the Japanese on. Rose says Ichigo is very foolish to take on Shinji & the othe Vizards agree. This hints that Shinji is the unofficial leader because he is the strongest of the Vizards.