Aww, you're so cute. <3Ok, this was sorta made to attempt to make up to 22sa for the closed thread cuz apparently it wasn't important enough to be allowed open >>
On Zaraki vs. Byakuya: Ichigo + HOLLOW POWERED shikai Zangetsu was on par with Zaraki's reiatsu alone. I think in a fight between Zaraki and Byakuya right now, Kenpachi would win. Those petals look too weak to harm Zaraki, and in close range fights I doubt Byakuya could win against Zaraki.
It would Toushiro, theres a reason why he is a captain where as Renji is not. Also, Renji's bankai separation tactic won't really help against Toushiro's frozen ice thing. It would just freeze the snake, separated or not. EOS.
Also, in the end of the Ichigo-Byakuya fight, it took all of Ichigo's reiatsu to defeat Byakuya, and it has been stated that Ichigo's bankai does not increase Ichigo's power, it only compresses his power and greatly increases his speed. It took a hollow powered Zangetsu to finally defeat Zaraki, so one can conclude that Zaraki has more reiatsu then Byakuya. And there is no evidence that he doesn't necessarily need special techniques to counter Byakuya's petals, afterall.
Byakuya isn´t called the most powerfull captain for nothing, he´d beat Kenpachi easily. On top of that, Zaraki might have a high reiatsu, but Ichigo had an equal one, and he barely stood a chance against Byakuya. And that was when he DIDN'T have his bankai yet.
It wasn't just shikai, it was a hollow-powered shikai. And we all know how much power that hollow has been acquiring.Ichigo defeated Kenpachi while he had his eye patch released, that was when Ichigo had only shikai. Once he received bankai, he then fought Byakuya, even with that the battle was still intense, though it resulted as to Ichigo winning. If it was possible for him to defeat Kenpachi with shikai, and Byakuya with bankai, then it seems to me as if Byakuya is a lot more powerful. Whether having bankai results into becoming much stronger or not, it is still far more impressive than shikai. Notice that it's known to be as the first release, and bankai as the second release.
I can understand why people think that Kenpachi would win, he posesses a high amount of endurance, and that it would be possible for him to withstand Byakuya's bankai. But how would he be able to attack Byakuya at the time, while he can attack from anywhere in long distance? This may actually depend on how much damage Byakuya can cause to him, and how much Kenpachi could endure. If this fight had excluded shikai and bankai, leading it to a battle of just strength, then my vote would go for Kenpachi.
How about a battle including Aizen and Yamamoto?
Aizen wins that one no question, lol.
I say for sure Ikakku wins this for sure. Hitsugaya's bankai will simply be cracked by Ikakku's, unless he somehow gets Ikakku before that happens, which I can't see happening.