i dont know why people are so quick to him using bankai, when he's truly never used his shikai. I'm more interested in getting to know his zanpaktou.
I figure Ken's going to struggle with a fight for once, even if only a little bit, since his weapon and him only just got to know each other and the old way of fighting is something Unohana beat out of him.
And Ichigo barely explained the "OUR POWERS COMBINED" part during their fight from the soul society arc like 10 years ago. That being said, I'm confident Ken is going to be a key player in more than one battle. We don't have to see his bankai here, and probably won't. It may take a few weeks but he'll roll this guy; lacking imagination is his obvious trump card.
Honestly, I'm hoping this is it. That Yachiru just imagined Kenpachi showing up.
I think we're all neglecting the very real possibility that within this Quincy's range all imagination can become reality; and that Yachiru began to imagine that Kenpachi would show up and own shit. Hence why he still has the eyepatch and his sword appears tattered - it's the last (only?) way Yachiru has ever seen Kenpachi.
I mean it'd be a whole lot of hilarity to have this guy beaten by an imaginary Kenpachi conjured up by Yachiru.
If it's the real Kenny he's going to take this opportunity to turn his fingers into spaghetti, skin into swiss cheese, bones into Cheetos, and whatever else he sees fit to handicap himself to enjoy the fight more...
Fuck yo imagination!
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HEEEEEEEEEEEES BACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK
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Badass chapter.
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I read that as "he's bacon" at first.
Imagination go!
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