Talk:Chōjirō Tadaoki Sasakibe

Name
Anyone who is greatly interest in Japanese history, the Sengoku Era in particular, may know where I am going with this. I am refering to Kojiro Sasaki. Chojiro Sasakibe and Kojiro Sasaki have similar sounding names Kojiro Sasaki in known for being the rival of the famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto and being defeated by him at Ganryu Island. Chojiro's zanpakuto, Gonryomaru, also sounds similar to Ganryu (Ganryu/Gonryo) which was Kojiro's fighting name.


 * This would not be allowed on the articles as it is speculation. We cannot prove that Sasakibe is based on/inspired by this guy unless there is an official source saying that he is. -- Yyp  (Talk)  12:37, December 27, 2009 (UTC)

I understand. I didn't mean to say he was based off of Kojiro Sasaki. I just found it interesting how their names sound similar. Sorry if i gave you the wrong idea. --SouthandNorthKorea 17:25, December 27, 2009 (UTC)

Is Lightning Manipulation Chojiro Sasakibe's Shikai special ability?
According to the filler arc Zanpakuto Unknown Tales, Sasakibe's Zanpakuto Gonryomaru can manipulate Lightning. Based on that fact, can somebody say that the special ability of the Shikai form of Sasakibe's Zanpakuto is also Lighning Manipulation? the reason I'm telling this is because I love lightning and rapiers. If a combination like this exists it would make me very happy(and of course Sasakibe will be my favorite character). Can somebody confirm this or at least give me a hint about Sasakibe's Zanpakuto special ability?( I know that until now he hasn't used his shikai's special ability).

Well thats just it, the filler arc is the only thing that showed this ability, it was never hinted at or confirmed in the manga at all. As per the policies the issue has become somewhat caught as there is no precedent to take something from the anime and place it as it could contrast with the manga material if the material is ever released. The manga as the creation of the Tite Kubo has to come first before any other material. --Salubri (Talk)  14:19, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

Isn't worth mentioning though? Just mention that it comes from the anime and isn't considered canonical (currently). --Stevedroid (talk) 04:44, December 27, 2010 (UTC)

No. In the same filler, Tenken, Komamura's zanpakuto spirit, had Fire abilities, which contradicts what we know about Komamura's abilities, so that shows that the anime gave some spirits abilities regardless of the nature of their true power. So far there has been no indication that Sasakibe can use that sort of ability, and even during that arc, he wasn't seen performing any lightning based attack, so there is no base to mention it in the article. Lia Schiffer  (Talk)  05:22, December 27, 2010 (UTC)

English VA Correction
He's voiced by Dan Woren in season 6 and the rest of the episodes. It has been confirmed at AnimeNewsNetwork.