Talk:Ikkaku Madarame

Ynhockey, in one of the recent manga chapters, when they are discussing Ikkaku's backstory during his acquisition of bankai, it is shown that he discussed/helped Renji and Yumichika understand bankai. When I get home this evening, I will double check this with the manga. --yueni 18:15, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

I remember that they talked about bankai, but he didn't explain how it works or anything (from what I remember). If you find evidence then of course I can't object. It would actually be pretty interesting. On a side note, it should be Renji Abarai (not Abarai Renji), etc. -- Ynhockey 18:35, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Lifting the limit

Please don't add this part back. Bleach clearly states that only captains and lieutenants have their powers curbed in the first place. Ikkaku, being a 3rd seat, never had a limit to lift. -- Y Ynhockey ^(Talk) Y 04:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Oops... my bad. -- Makaio 05:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

You guys do realize that ikkaku is well-known to be lieutenant strength, his fight with iba is a good example. do you really think they'd let him mess up the material world because of a technicality? and in ch. 204 pg 12 yumichika makes a statement about stasis (which is a blockage) increase...he also requests it for everyone else. given that we never see anyone ask for permission to lift their limit, they just jump to waiting for permission to be granted; it can be logically decided that yumichika was the one who did the requesting with that line. if it is true then ikkaku would have a limit, its about as close kubo could come to saying limit without ruining the surprise in ch 210. it can't really be proved yet but i wouldn't dissmiss it so easily either. leaving it out is justified due to its unprovability, but it can't really be disproved either. --Grimjaw 01:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

They let Ichigo mess up the real world (quite alot by the amount of Spirit sensitve beings in his home town) --(ANON)-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.36.202 (talk) 08:30, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Bankai

Are we sure about how his bankai works? I've read in the comic that the dragon crest fills up in color to increase to full power, not fade away. -- Makaio 05:25, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually it says pretty clearly in chapter 205 page 18 that it fades away. I will add that as a source. P.S. It is also visible in the manga, you can see that the paint dissipates in a sort of smoke. -- Y Ynhockey ^(Talk) Y 18:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Edit: It might've been a translation error, I'm reading the raw now and it seems that, as far as I understand correctly, it says that the dragon becomes crimson (and when it's all crimson then the power is released). However, something obviously dissipates in the picture, maybe it's some cover thing which, when evaporating, reveals the crimson dye? -- Y Ynhockey ^(Talk) Y 18:42, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

As I read it, the color was not evaporating, but filling up. I did read the manga7 version, however just by looking at the way Ikkaku's bankai is drawn in chapter 205, it seems like the crest is being filled in, not evaporating. -- Makaio 22:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

The crest fills in with power because huzokimaru's nature is lazy unlike ikkau as stated on the page. The crest fills up as ryuumon hozukiamru wakes up and the bankais full destrcutive powers are tapped into. The side effect of this is the blades being destroyed and becoming brittle from so much powerEvxyza92 06:43, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

iba's kohai

that is starting to bug me, i've taken it out before. no where in the anime or manga does it say that. the only support is that he calls him san the equivalent of mr. or mrs. but the japanese give a title to everyone. sama is a title of respect if he called him that i could see it, but san? the only other titles would be kun or chan...last i checked iba was a grown man and not a kid, so those titles would be insulting. san is the only logical title ikkaku could give him, it would actually be wierd if he called him something else. given ikkaku's recent backstory and bankai etc. it is highly doubtful that iba has been around longer than him. --Grimjaw 01:27, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Ikkaku is a pretty rude character overall, and he always calls people by their first names (and likes to be called by his first name). That is of course an interpretation, not a solid fact. It is however very strange that he should use a title for Iba instead of just calling him Tetsuzaemon. However, that isn't the only rationale. It is clear from their conversation that Iba was above Ikkaku in the 11th Division before, and that implies that he also taught him how to fight (at least, to an extent - we know that Ikkaku was a warrior before becoming a shinigami too). All in all, I'd say it's a fair assessment that Iba was his senpai, but because we don't know it for a fact, it clearly states that it is likely. I'll wait for input from other editors before re-adding the paragraph. -- Ynhockey ^(Talk) 11:02, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

unless Iba met him before he joined the gotei 13, there is no way he taught him how to fight. i suppose it's possible he is his senpai, i just highly doubt it. i always assumed he was the 11th divisions 4th seat, and thats y we have yet to see a 4th seat. --Grimjaw 00:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

The events which led to Iba's promotion happened an unknown time before the storyline, he may have been promoted a very long time ago. Yes, Ikkaku may have been revealed to be uber-1337 with his bankai and stuff, but keep in mind that in the eyes of Soul Society he's just a regular 3rd Seat, whereas Iba was promoted to lieutenant implying that he was the 3rd Seat. But you're right, the info probably has too much speculation, although I still think the 'Iba-san' held some importance. -- Ynhockey ^(Talk) 02:38, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

If it's speculation, it shouldn't be in the article... I know this now after having to rewrite alot of stuff in the Prince of Persia articles... fun game, check it out if you have the time. :D -- Makaio 07:07, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Ikkaku teaching or telling about bankai

Apparantly there is a disparity between m7 and Ju-ni's scanlation for Chapter 206 Page 13. In Ju-ni[1], Ikkaku says "I had no intention of telling anyone besides you [Renji] and Yumichika that I have bankai." M7's translation[2] has Ikkaku saying "Besides you and Yumichika, I don't feel like teaching anyone else about that bankai shit." If we could have someone that can read and interpret the original manga, it would solve the dillemma of whether Ikkaku taught Renji and Yumichika or just told them about having a bankai. I lean towards Ikkaku teaching them since this would explain why Renji was able to achieve bankai relatively quickly and why Yumichika seems to be near the materialization stage with his zanpakutō. Gdo01 19:10, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

I am not a native Japanese speaker, but I think in context it's more clear (Renji has just asked Ikkaku to take Aizen's place as captain):
てめえには昔戦いを教えた時に話したろう。俺は　てめえと弓親以外の奴に 卍解のことを教える気は無えってな もし俺が卍解できっるてことが知れたらてめえ以外の奴も俺に隊長をやれといってくるだろうが...俺は隊長になる気は無え
Roughly: "We went over this back when I taught you to fight, didn't we. I don't have any intention of telling anyone but you (Renji) and Yumichika about (my) bankai. If they knew I could do bankai they'd probably come telling me to be a captain, but I have no intention of becoming a captain." Chapter 206 pg 13 I think the confusion stems from the meanings of the word oshieru (to inform, or to instruct), but whereas he "tatakai wo oshieta" (taught fighting) he won't "bankai no koto o oshieru" (inform about the fact of bankai). Anyway, it makes more sense in context. Epigirl 04:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

naginata?

where did the whole "ikkaku's shikai is a naginata" come from...my understanding of naginata is that its pretty much a katana on a stick lol. his looks nothing like a naginata, in fact if u compare it to his bankai it looks awfully similar to the blade in his left hand (only smaller obviously). more so when he releases bankai, in the frame he actually says that in his spear is bending leading me to believe its more likely made of waxwood, similar to the chinese style of spear. i just seems to me ikkaku's bankai weapons are all have chinese origins (as they are all weapons in kung fu...i'm a kung fu geek): dadao, chinese halberd, monk spade, they even have traditional chinese red horse hair tassels. hell even the 3 section staff itself is a chinese weapon, and he has yet another red horse hair tassle on the end of it. i think his spear is more of the chinese variation...i think we should go with dadao instead of naginata. so i guess my question is: did it actually say naginata somewhere? --grimjaw 19:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

finally remembered wtf i was thinking about, a Guan dao...how is that huge thing in his bankai a sword anyway lol. i don't know who came to the conclusion it's a dadao but its not. pointing out kaiens "trident" was way more like a ji (halberd) than anything gave me the conclusion some of you guys don't know shit about weapons. since no one said anything in respones to my first post on this i'm just gonna change it. --Grimjaw 01:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)