[Question] Who is the Strongest Captain Right Now?

[ssjelf]

Current zaraki with eye patch on is stronger than kyoraku in shikai..so kyoraku needs bankai to even be on patched shikai zaraki level in the first place so once zaraki eye patch comes off he will be stronger than bankai kyoraku..like I said before zaraki shikai ability has not even been used yet either.

Ss arc zaraki with eye patch on was captain level he took on two captains at once an had the upper hand while they were useing shikai's an one used bankai zaraki still had his eye patch on the while time laughing an sh*t..zaraki was already at a bankai level with his eye patch on an that's was back then imagin him now lol it's ridiculous i know.

An do you think Yama would have stopped training zaraki if he knew zaraki won't going to even reach kyoraku level lol like seriously?..no he stopped training zaraki cu he knew zaraki would reach his level or go above it...central 46 member guy even states zaraki would be unstoppable he says these words with kyoraku standing right there in his face.they even Know kyoraku can't stop the guy with his true power unlocked.

an no zaraki does not have more spirtual pressure than Yama well I don't know bout now but Yama spirtual pressure was felt threw the whole seritei...an I think aizen meant his spiritual pressure was stronger than soi fon's an thats why her shikai had no effect on him.

Kyoraku shikai does not need to be at an even level with zaraki shikai. I have said it like 3 times now. His eyepatch does not give the same amount of power as a bankai. A bankai is said to give up to a 10 times power up (at least 5). Eyepatch off zaraki will not be 10 times stronger than shikai kyoraku. Removing his eyepatch probably doubles or triples his power. lets look at some simple math. Lets say Kyoraku is a 3 and zaraki is a 10. 3(shikai kyoraku)*10(bankai)=30 10(zaraki shikai)*3(removing eyepatch)= 30. and that is a very generous power gap I have given it.

Yama does have less reiatsu than zaraki with eyepatch off. zaraki has had his reaiatsu felt by everyone all over ss with eyepatch on. Aizens reiatsu was on a transcendent level by the time she stabbed him so that point is moot. Also he was kyokasuigetsu so...

I know that zaraki can reach and surpass kyoraku, but he needs more time. He doesn't have bankai yet, when he gets that he has reached his potential. Zarakii was at the level of those captains bankai lol. We know how much of a power gap there is in the captain ranks. That zaraki would get beat by kyoraku in shikai. He was not at "bankai level" because that word depends on the strength of the captain in question. He was at mid-tier captain level. Kroraku shikai was beyond their bankai level.

I say though that until we see their full power we should put this argument on hold .

 

[kotoamatsukami]

Kyoraku shikai does not need to be at an even level with zaraki shikai. I have said it like 3 times now. His eyepatch does not give the same amount of power as a bankai. A bankai is said to give up to a 10 times power up (at least 5). Eyepatch off zaraki will not be 10 times stronger than shikai kyoraku. Removing his eyepatch probably doubles or triples his power. lets look at some simple math. Lets say Kyoraku is a 3 and zaraki is a 10. 3(shikai kyoraku)*10(bankai)=30 10(zaraki shikai)*3(removing eyepatch)= 30. and that is a very generous power gap I have given it.

Yama does have less reiatsu than zaraki with eyepatch off. zaraki has had his reaiatsu felt by everyone all over ss with eyepatch on. Aizens reiatsu was on a transcendent level by the time she stabbed him so that point is moot. Also he was kyokasuigetsu so...

I know that zaraki can reach and surpass kyoraku, but he needs more time. He doesn't have bankai yet, when he gets that he has reached his potential. Zarakii was at the level of those captains bankai lol. We know how much of a power gap there is in the captain ranks. That zaraki would get beat by kyoraku in shikai. He was not at "bankai level" because that word depends on the strength of the captain in question. He was at mid-tier captain level. Kroraku shikai was beyond their bankai level.

I say though that until we see their full power we should put this argument on hold .

Well of course taking off his eye patch don't give him ten times his power if it did he would be the strongest person in the show hands down..there's a difference thoe kyoraku relies on his sword abikities while zaraki relies on his physical power when his eye patch is off he's easily 20 times physicaly stronger than kyoraku..while kyoraku don't get physicaly stronger just his sword abilities will change up...but lets be honest here current zaraki with eye patch off would completely make kyoraku look like a helpless child if they were to fight an kyoraku only used shikai..

You said taking off his eye patch tripples his power lol do you understand how much that is when we are talking current zaraki? He cut threw that meteor like hot butter an he was holding that much power back now that's crazy.. shikai kyoraku would have gotten crushed by that meteor no more captain commander..an good math it's just that you have zaraki shikai a 10 an he has not even shown its ability yet so once he does that that 10 probly goes up to a 14 or 15 making him stronger than kyoraku in the end.

Lol please show me when zaraki sp was felt all threw the whole seireitei please?..current zarak's sp probaly will once his eye patch is off but before his training no his sp was never felt threw the whole seireitei....an zaraki probly did have more reiatsu than Yama but zaraki had no zanpacto to back it up so of course Yama would win..an no aizen reiatsu was not on a transcendent level yet it went transcendent when he entered that all white stage fighting against isshin,urahara an yourichi..an we don't really know when KS was actually activated.

Lol need more time he's already there he already beat unohana who is worlds apart from tosen an komomaru an she was the greates swords fighter they had she trained kyoraku I believe...an no ur wrong kyoraku shikai has absolutely nothing on tosen bankai it's just that zaraki can take lots of damage an still act as if its nothing that's why tosen bankai looked weak..it's all about match ups tosen bankai would make kyoraku shikai a non factor..but shikai to shikai kyoraku would win due to kyoraku fighting ability he's faster an just a better swordsman plus his tricky shikai...As for komomaru shikai an bankai I believe kyoraku would beat him as well for the same reasons..but if he fights them together with just shikai he's at a disadvantage.

put it on hold I guess we could.

 

[Shiroyasha]

Well of course taking off his eye patch don't give him ten times his power if it did he would be the strongest person in the show hands down..there's a difference thoe kyoraku relies on his sword abikities while zaraki relies on his physical power when his eye patch is off he's easily 20 times physicaly stronger than kyoraku..while kyoraku don't get physicaly stronger just his sword abilities will change up...but lets be honest here current zaraki with eye patch off would completely make kyoraku look like a helpless child if they were to fight an kyoraku only used shikai..

You said taking off his eye patch tripples his power lol do you understand how much that is when we are talking current zaraki? He cut threw that meteor like hot butter an he was holding that much power back now that's crazy.. shikai kyoraku would have gotten crushed by that meteor no more captain commander..an good math it's just that you have zaraki shikai a 10 an he has not even shown its ability yet so once he does that that 10 probly goes up to a 14 or 15 making him stronger than kyoraku in the end.

Lol please show me when zaraki sp was felt all threw the whole seireitei please?..current zarak's sp probaly will once his eye patch is off but before his training no his sp was never felt threw the whole seireitei....an zaraki probly did have more reiatsu than Yama but zaraki had no zanpacto to back it up so of course Yama would win..an no aizen reiatsu was not on a transcendent level yet it went transcendent when he entered that all white stage fighting against isshin,urahara an yourichi..an we don't really know when KS was actually activated.

Lol need more time he's already there he already beat unohana who is worlds apart from tosen an komomaru an she was the greates swords fighter they had she trained kyoraku I believe...an no ur wrong kyoraku shikai has absolutely nothing on tosen bankai it's just that zaraki can take lots of damage an still act as if its nothing that's why tosen bankai looked weak..it's all about match ups tosen bankai would make kyoraku shikai a non factor..but shikai to shikai kyoraku would win due to kyoraku fighting ability he's faster an just a better swordsman plus his tricky shikai...As for komomaru shikai an bankai I believe kyoraku would beat him as well for the same reasons..but if he fights them together with just shikai he's at a disadvantage.

put it on hold I guess we could.

This shit is still going on? LOL Wow. I really love the Zaraki wankers here... Such fascinating people imo. And btw Yama didn't stop training Zaraki because he was scared of him, those idiots at Central 46 gave him the order. They're scared at anything. You keep claiming that Zaraki is superior to Kyoraku while we haven't even see Kyoraku go all out in a battle, but we've seen Zaraki do that. And how do you know Kyoraku wouldn't be able to destroy the meteor? Stop basing facts on purely speculation. Unless we see Kyoraku fight seriously, you have no right to claim Zaraki is stronger. We haven't even seen him at full power, and you're already giving it to Zaraki?? Wow. And there's no way in hell that Zaraki has more Reiatsu than Yama. Come on, Juha was so scared of Yama that he instantly took his Bankai away. And why did he do that? Because he's fought with him before in the past, and he knows just how fearsome Yama's Bankai can be. Even though he called him ''Weak'', he still views him as a threat.
So unless Kubo states that Zaraki is stronger than Kyoraku, this is all purely speculation and we'll never know till we see Kyoraku go all out. So yeah, lets put this little debate on hold till we see Kyoraku's full power... Then we'll know who's stronger.

 

[ssjelf]

Well of course taking off his eye patch don't give him ten times his power if it did he would be the strongest person in the show hands down..there's a difference thoe kyoraku relies on his sword abikities while zaraki relies on his physical power when his eye patch is off he's easily 20 times physicaly stronger than kyoraku..while kyoraku don't get physicaly stronger just his sword abilities will change up...but lets be honest here current zaraki with eye patch off would completely make kyoraku look like a helpless child if they were to fight an kyoraku only used shikai..

You said taking off his eye patch tripples his power lol do you understand how much that is when we are talking current zaraki? He cut threw that meteor like hot butter an he was holding that much power back now that's crazy.. shikai kyoraku would have gotten crushed by that meteor no more captain commander..an good math it's just that you have zaraki shikai a 10 an he has not even shown its ability yet so once he does that that 10 probly goes up to a 14 or 15 making him stronger than kyoraku in the end.

Lol please show me when zaraki sp was felt all threw the whole seireitei please?..current zarak's sp probaly will once his eye patch is off but before his training no his sp was never felt threw the whole seireitei....an zaraki probly did have more reiatsu than Yama but zaraki had no zanpacto to back it up so of course Yama would win..an no aizen reiatsu was not on a transcendent level yet it went transcendent when he entered that all white stage fighting against isshin,urahara an yourichi..an we don't really know when KS was actually activated.

Lol need more time he's already there he already beat unohana who is worlds apart from tosen an komomaru an she was the greates swords fighter they had she trained kyoraku I believe...an no ur wrong kyoraku shikai has absolutely nothing on tosen bankai it's just that zaraki can take lots of damage an still act as if its nothing that's why tosen bankai looked weak..it's all about match ups tosen bankai would make kyoraku shikai a non factor..but shikai to shikai kyoraku would win due to kyoraku fighting ability he's faster an just a better swordsman plus his tricky shikai...As for komomaru shikai an bankai I believe kyoraku would beat him as well for the same reasons..but if he fights them together with just shikai he's at a disadvantage.

put it on hold I guess we could.

Everybody in SS new where he was fighting

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I am not sure how exactly that stands up with yama's, but I would say it was able to be felt throughout ss. Definitely true that we don't know what zaraki's ability is, but I imagine it was used on that meteor. It is also possible that he doesn't have one yet because it took ichigo until bankai training to use it on command. This is probably a zanpakuto relationship thing and the zan teaching its user. perhaps we will learn more later.

 

[kotoamatsukami]

This shit is still going on? LOL Wow. I really love the Zaraki wankers here... Such fascinating people imo. And btw Yama didn't stop training Zaraki because he was scared of him, those idiots at Central 46 gave him the order. They're scared at anything. You keep claiming that Zaraki is superior to Kyoraku while we haven't even see Kyoraku go all out in a battle, but we've seen Zaraki do that. And how do you know Kyoraku wouldn't be able to destroy the meteor? Stop basing facts on purely speculation. Unless we see Kyoraku fight seriously, you have no right to claim Zaraki is stronger. We haven't even seen him at full power, and you're already giving it to Zaraki?? Wow. And there's no way in hell that Zaraki has more Reiatsu than Yama. Come on, Juha was so scared of Yama that he instantly took his Bankai away. And why did he do that? Because he's fought with him before in the past, and he knows just how fearsome Yama's Bankai can be. Even though he called him ''Weak'', he still views him as a threat.
So unless Kubo states that Zaraki is stronger than Kyoraku, this is all purely speculation and we'll never know till we see Kyoraku go all out. So yeah, lets put this little debate on hold till we see Kyoraku's full power... Then we'll know who's stronger.

Please show me where they say they ordered him to stop training zaraki? if you can't stop making up things an go with the manga please.

No we have not seen zaraki go all out in battle he did not even take his eye patch off or fight with two hands on his sword since his current power up an he has not used his zanpacto ability yet...lol kyoraku destroy that meteor you actually think he can lol stop it you kyoraku fan boys are the worst, zaraki destroyed that meteor cuz he's mainly physical strenght you know kyoraku is not physically stronger than zaraki so stop it.

We seen kyoraku fight stark seriously against stark he was going to have to use bankai if ukitake did not step in lol kyoraku is not that strong as y'all think ever since he became captain commander y'all been tripping...lol zaraki beat one of the strongest sterrnritter while holding back a lot of strenght while kyoraku is struggling to be the guy with the guns lol that's why I'm saying zaraki is stronger..

Current zaraki could have more reiatsu than Yama there's a reason they fear him an not kyoraku..an lol what are you talking bout they were taking all bankai's don't matter who used it..

It's already a known fact that zaraki is the strongest captain right now..an next to him I would say is Byakuya I put kyoraku third.

 

[kotoamatsukami]

Everybody in SS new where he was fighting

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I am not sure how exactly that stands up with yama's, but I would say it was able to be felt throughout ss. Definitely true that we don't know what zaraki's ability is, but I imagine it was used on that meteor. It is also possible that he doesn't have one yet because it took ichigo until bankai training to use it on command. This is probably a zanpakuto relationship thing and the zan teaching its user. perhaps we will learn more later.

They were all kinda close to zaraki that's probly why they felt him or zaraki is close to Yama level witch won't surprise me at the moment..naw pretty sure he has it but you know zaraki don't won't to use no special ability he just likes to fight with his brute strenght.

 

[Shiroyasha]

Please show me where they say they ordered him to stop training zaraki? if you can't stop making up things an go with the manga please.

No we have not seen zaraki go all out in battle he did not even take his eye patch off or fight with two hands on his sword since his current power up an he has not used his zanpacto ability yet...lol kyoraku destroy that meteor you actually think he can lol stop it you kyoraku fan boys are the worst, zaraki destroyed that meteor cuz he's mainly physical strenght you know kyoraku is not physically stronger than zaraki so stop it.

We seen kyoraku fight stark seriously against stark he was going to have to use bankai if ukitake did not step in lol kyoraku is not that strong as y'all think ever since he became captain commander y'all been tripping...lol zaraki beat one of the strongest sterrnritter while holding back a lot of strenght while kyoraku is struggling to be the guy with the guns lol that's why I'm saying zaraki is stronger..

Current zaraki could have more reiatsu than Yama there's a reason they fear him an not kyoraku..an lol what are you talking bout they were taking all bankai's don't matter who used it..

It's already a known fact that zaraki is the strongest captain right now..an next to him I would say is Byakuya I put kyoraku third.

People liken you are interesting. Do you know why? Because you can't seem to distinguish facts and opinions. Before i end this ridiculous argument, there's something i'd like to say. Improve your English. Seriously. If you're going to start a debate, then at least know how to write proper sentences. Moving on... NO, It is not a known fact that Zaraki is the strongest Captain. Do you even know what a fact is?? As i keep saying, this is all purely speculation. Unless Kubo himself states that Kenpachi is the strongest Captain right now, you have no right to establish a ''fact''. It's his freaking story, not your's, not mine.

You really should read a couple of chapters again. What did Ukitake say to Kyoraku about using his Bankai? He said :

Your Bankai isn't something that should be used in front of everyone

And what does that mean? Ukitake is afraid that Kyoraku's Bankai is just too much to handle. And about the Gremmy matter, does it really make sense for the ''strongest'' sternritter to be taken out so easily? No, it doesn't. Think about it, it's just too easy. If Gremmy was truly the strongest sternritter then Zaraki wouldn't be alive, trust me. You keep blabbering about Physical strength. Do you honestly think Physical strength can easily win a battle? So now you're practically saying that Kenpachi's current Physical strength exceeds Hogyoku Aizen?? Lol Nope.

Zaraki didn't hold back alot of strength.. Jesus Christ you make it seem as if his Eyepatch is some godly weapon. Well guess what, IT'S NOT. So what if he takes of His eyepatch? Do you think Zaraki has infinite power or something? Zaraki is not immortal, he can die.
Kenpachi does not have more Reiatsu than Yama lol. Yama's reiatsu crushed Nanao just by looking at her. She couldn't even breathe. When has Kenpachi displayed that Kind of power? Even with his current strength?? LOL And about the whole training thingy.. Are you mentally retarded? No seriously, are you? I never made anything up. Proof:

Sometime shortly after Kenpachi Zaraki joined the Gotei 13, Yamamoto forced him to learn kendō because he had not learned any formal swordsmanship training, having bypassed those normally necessary qualifications due to the way he attained his position. Concerned by the devastation which Kenpachi could cause if he were to ever rebel after growing even stronger, Central 46 had Yamamoto stop the training after just one day.

Before you accuse someone of making things up, do your homework. You're actually the one making shit up. "It's a fact that Kenpachi is the strongest Captain." WHEN WAS THAT EVER STATED?? Show me proof, and stop confusing facts with Speculation and and YOUR Opinion. See that's the thing, it's YOUR Opinion that Kenpachi is the strongest Captain. Listen to me, i don't give two shits about the fact that Kenpachi didn't take off his eyepatch. What's done is done. He underestimated his opponents, and he lost. That's why Kenpachi is so freaking retarded. What kind of Idiot holds back when he's fighting a very strong opponent just because he wants to Savor the battle?? I swear to god if he tried that against Juha, he'd get One shotted. Heck, even if he went all out, he wouldn't stand a chance against Juha or Haschwalth. Show me proof that Kenpachi is the strongest. Give me links, Quote what the characters say, heck post some pages of the manga. Don't just tell me that Kenpachi is the strongest just because you think he's the strongest.
And as i've been saying, and i'll keep saying, it takes more than eye sight and a strong arm to be ''strong''. You can't be the strongest just because you have raw power, that's insanely retarded. You have to have knowledge, experience, wisdom, speed, endurance. Ok let me ask you this. Do you think Aizen was strong just because he had physical power? NOPE. Aizen was ridiculously intelligent and cunning. He was a genius, a master tactician. He planned all those years, and his work finally payed off. And look at what he said regarding brute force : "Did you think that a display of force would be enough to overwhelm me? How foolish. In fact, I would say that the very concept of 'power' itself is different for me than for you. Allow me to demonstrate. This is the true meaning of 'power."
Come back to me when you have solid evidence. Until then, Kenpachi is a fool who underestimated his opponents and got his ass handed to him by a bunch of weak girls.

 

[kotoamatsukami]

People liken you are interesting. Do you know why? Because you can't seem to distinguish facts and opinions. Before i end this ridiculous argument, there's something i'd like to say. Improve your English. Seriously. If you're going to start a debate, then at least know how to write proper sentences. Moving on... NO, It is not a known fact that Zaraki is the strongest Captain. Do you even know what a fact is?? As i keep saying, this is all purely speculation. Unless Kubo himself states that Kenpachi is the strongest Captain right now, you have no right to establish a ''fact''. It's his freaking story, not your's, not mine.

You really should read a couple of chapters again. What did Ukitake say to Kyoraku about using his Bankai? He said : And what does that mean? Ukitake is afraid that Kyoraku's Bankai is just too much to handle. And about the Gremmy matter, does it really make sense for the ''strongest'' sternritter to be taken out so easily? No, it doesn't. Think about it, it's just too easy. If Gremmy was truly the strongest sternritter then Zaraki wouldn't be alive, trust me. You keep blabbering about Physical strength. Do you honestly think Physical strength can easily win a battle? So now you're practically saying that Kenpachi's current Physical strength exceeds Hogyoku Aizen?? Lol Nope.

Zaraki didn't hold back alot of strength.. Jesus Christ you make it seem as if his Eyepatch is some godly weapon. Well guess what, IT'S NOT. So what if he takes of His eyepatch? Do you think Zaraki has infinite power or something? Zaraki is not immortal, he can die.
Kenpachi does not have more Reiatsu than Yama lol. Yama's reiatsu crushed Nanao just by looking at her. She couldn't even breathe. When has Kenpachi displayed that Kind of power? Even with his current strength?? LOL And about the whole training thingy.. Are you mentally retarded? No seriously, are you? I never made anything up. Proof:
Before you accuse someone of making things up, do your homework. You're actually the one making shit up. "It's a fact that Kenpachi is the strongest Captain." WHEN WAS THAT EVER STATED?? Show me proof, and stop confusing facts with Speculation and and YOUR Opinion. See that's the thing, it's YOUR Opinion that Kenpachi is the strongest Captain. Listen to me, i don't give two shits about the fact that Kenpachi didn't take off his eyepatch. What's done is done. He underestimated his opponents, and he lost. That's why Kenpachi is so freaking retarded. What kind of Idiot holds back when he's fighting a very strong opponent just because he wants to Savor the battle?? I swear to god if he tried that against Juha, he'd get One shotted. Heck, even if he went all out, he wouldn't stand a chance against Juha or Haschwalth. Show me proof that Kenpachi is the strongest. Give me links, Quote what the characters say, heck post some pages of the manga. Don't just tell me that Kenpachi is the strongest just because you think he's the strongest.
And as i've been saying, and i'll keep saying, it takes more than eye sight and a strong arm to be ''strong''. You can't be the strongest just because you have raw power, that's insanely retarded. You have to have knowledge, experience, wisdom, speed, endurance. Ok let me ask you this. Do you think Aizen was strong just because he had physical power? NOPE. Aizen was ridiculously intelligent and cunning. He was a genius, a master tactician. He planned all those years, and his work finally payed off. And look at what he said regarding brute force : "Did you think that a display of force would be enough to overwhelm me? How foolish. In fact, I would say that the very concept of 'power' itself is different for me than for you. Allow me to demonstrate. This is the true meaning of 'power."
Come back to me when you have solid evidence. Until then, Kenpachi is a fool who underestimated his opponents and got his ass handed to him by a bunch of weak girls.

crying about how I type huh? Well seems like you can understand it to me but whatever...

yea his bankai would be to much for thoes weak captains to handle or it could mean that his bankai would just distract the others. From their fights..an I never called gremmy the strongest I said one of the strongest which he clearly was....zarak is not just physical strenght he's tough as hell taking him down is very hard also his swordsman ship is great seeing as Unohana can't land a hit when he's at his strongest an now he has a shikai...an I never said his physical strenght was beyond hogyoku aizen even though it very well could be seeing as how everybody was shaking in their boots while that meteor was coming down while zaraki laughed at it...an again ill add wat shinji said they trying to kill zaraki cuz he's a major threat to them an a deciding factor in the war..they not worried about kyoraku.

Un his eye patch does hold back a lot of power do you not read the manga or something?...nanao really is she supposed to be strong or something? When ichigo first entered zaraki spiritual pressure ichigo felt as if he was stabbed threw his chest an ichigo at that time clearly was stronger than nanao an zaraki back then was not even close to what he is now..

Well the manga for me says different as stated in both these different translations

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you talking like he lost in a 1on1, first he went threw gremmy then these 4 girls come out of nowhere so I se why he lost to them he already took major damage while fighting gremmy...an it's not just my opinion that zaraki is the strongest captain it's Ali central 46 opinion aswell...an also juha would one shot any captain right now really the only one who has a chance of not being one shotted is zaraki an I don't believe haschwalt can beat zaraki not even...some proof of zaraki being the strongest well I already posted some, central 46 said he would be unstoppable while knowing they have kyoraku to fight against him, unohana said most his fights will be child's play now since he's at full strenght.

Lol the aizen this is funny cuz in the end he was beat by physical power tags all that ichigo really used.

 

[Klaroline]

Based Mayuri is the strongest.

 

[Klydus]

IDK the way that Kubo develops the Bleach story it seems there really isn't one strongest captain. He might hint who's stronger than who, but then again all these just let us make inferences, not really solid statements. What I'm trying to say is that you can say "someone is the strongest" but in the end Kubo still hasn't CLEARLY said "This guy is the best. He/She is the strongest."

 

[Unorthodox]

kenpachi is the most overrated rukia can defeat let alone most captains

 

[kotoamatsukami]

kenpachi is the most overrated rukia can defeat let alone most captains

Zaraki far from overrated...an i agree rukia is strong to me she can beat kensei,komomaru,hitsugiya an mabey soifon.

 

[A v i]

Currently Kenpachi is the strongest of them all.

 

[Summer]

thats easy isshin shiba is still one of the most op captains still alive who has either held the title of captain and is still alive. reason being is that he knows more details about fgt then ichigo would plus other tricks and kido bakudo and such. oh and head of the shiba clan one of the four noble clans with higher then normal reiatsu.

if nit him a suprise second would be kisuke dudes likely got plans for anything plus how would his bankai work we know what benihime does and the words ichigo spoke to him when telling kisuke not to engage the sternritters.

 

[Wanheda]

kenpachi is the most overrated rukia can defeat let alone most captains

I know Kenpachi is overrated but are you on crack?
Kenny stomps Rukia, bankai or not.

 

[Obitos]

Shinsui,Ukitake,Byakuya and Kenpachi.