Shikai Possibility?

[Orogan]

Meanie

[Mihamaru]

Well since it hasn't been put in yet, I think we are allowed to discuss.
It has to be obtainable by Leiutenant, since I think they have to have Shikai mastered to get that rank.

[Neji]

  discussion, yes.

though I have already quite a plan in my mind.

[aronshadowblade]

it can't JUST be liutants and higher, as some have BANAKI, and some non-liuetanats have banaki....

[Orogan]

Your right but if you make SoTaicho (Captain-Commander) and you dont have Shinkai and Bankai  that would never happen.

[Eberwolf]

Unless you're Zaraki, but anime always does this... they make something set it stone, and allow one character to break all the rules. LOL

[SasukeX]

Shouldn't the shikai be random or dependent on your stats Ex: Highest stat= speed = Zangetsu Highest stat=reiatsu= Hitsugaya's. Or some kind of combination of stats...... you don't really get to CHOOSE what shikai you want in the show and the randomness makes it more exciting... otherwise most people will probaly have ichigo's

[RyuHayabusa]

I would love to Shikai and Bankai very soon. But knowing the devil incarnate known as "Neji" he will make us wait...and wait...and wait....damn you Neji 

[caquricon]

You make it sound like he's making us wait just to be mean.... I say take all the time you need to make it good the first time around  .. plus even programmers have a life

[Hitsugaya-Taicho]

There are 3 types of code

1) simple code
2) fast code
3) flexible code

 

[VizardKurosakiIchigox]

Well for people that have Shikai I think that before you can use Shikai there should be a power bar that increases with every hit like this, hit them once no matter how hard you hit them it only gives you 1 point per hit (1/100) or hit them once and repoiest 2 times then it goes (3/100) or (3/150) and when it hits Shikai and your able to activate it, and it stays activated until the next game day. (also able to use in Pvps When attacking someone in a PVP thier SHikai is also Activated the whole fight even if yours isn't.  Now Neji please hurry the suspence is killing me.

[caquricon]

This idea came from another bleach game I played but with a few thoughts of my own in it…

Basically after learning your zanpakuto's name and type you will get a new experience type bar but for your zanpakuto and when this bar is filled means when you can completely control your shikai and are free to use it at anytime.
Now to gain experience it would be through normal forest fights and you can get double from fighting a fellow shinigami in the forest. Example, with a normal hollow you will receive the same amount of exp that you get towards your normal experience (for example 100) but with a shinigami you would only get 1 exp and 200 zanpakuto experience.
Also to make it harder to get, you may need something like 500,000 experience points to activate shikai.

Another way would be to break it down to levels so you can have specific power levels for your zanpakuto instead of one big 500,000 experience bar, so then now you can say when you reach power level 10 you can activate shikai.


This can also be turned around to use for bankai whenever you (Neji) start to think up the idea and program it. You just set the experience required like 10 or 100x more. So for example, 5,000,000 or 50,000,000

[VizardKurosakiIchigox]

  I like Caquricons idea

[Neji]

I am a fan of "power up" stuff, but that will be bankai - think of Madarame's bankai ...

Shikai won't do that, though.
The only one I can think of is the guy I forget the name from 4th Division - his scalpel sucked up pain and released it as a weapon.

The experience idea is good, though - pretty sucky on the performance. (every fight it gets hit)
But I might do it anyway.

Though it is too simple that you just get it after you filled the  bar - there needs something to be - like when you name it =)

[caquricon]

Another idea I've had to obtain shikai takes it in a totally different type of direction then my last post...

Have a place in the training grounds that is like the battle arena in which you only use your own strength; no reiatsu, mounts or companions. This area can be Urahara's Training Grounds, where you would pay gold and/or turns in order to train to gain favor with your Zanpakuto. In there you can fight a multitude of opponents from hollows to humans to a few shinigami (mostly the ones based in Karakura Town).
The more fights you do the better the chance of gaining favor with your Zanpakuto' Spirit. This way each fight won't give you one favor, it may be every five or ten fights that do. And after gaining enough favor, there can be a random event either in the forest or the training grounds where you fight and extremely tough opponent and your Zanpakuto tells you to call its name out. This can be where we input our release command and if the battle is won then we would then be able to use our shikai.

And with the favor thing we could use that to tell us how strong our bond is with our Zanpakuto, which can either be classified like our alignment or spirits in our equipment info section or have the bond strength represented via a 'power level', where the stronger the bond the higher the number.
Also the stronger the bond the stronger the attack or effect of your shikai.

And if one should want to change their type and/or form then they willl lose all favor and start again from scratch.


Thought or this after typing all this out:
To make it more unique it can be made so that Kidou types can only use reiatsu, Melee types only strength and Elemental types I have not thought of a good unique way for them yet. (Possibly have them be able to use both but it takes them longer to gain shikai).