[quote=@jynmi88] [@Champion] For the most part I do like the character, and the reasons are understandable. The only issue I can think of is the fact everyone was drafted into the shinigami academy and were able to graduate. Which I"m not sure would happen if he wasn't at least able to use his Shikai. I'll have to think of this. Edit Although, one way around it is that he lost his zanpakuto at some point, and just never got around to trying to find it as his fighting styles worked fine without it? [/quote] Well, there's that and many other prominent members were able to acquire seats without a need for shikai. Kenpachi himself didn't realize his until the end of the series. The special forces don't use their zanpakuto majority of the time. Neither does the Kido Corps. I'm not trying to be a Kenpachi or anything I just believe it would be more worthwhile to discover it IC. As far as a technical reason for graduating, he is a member of a powerful clan. Cant we just say some strings were pulled?