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Originally Posted by Kage_Spyke

Spoiler for Still manga. Will be anime episode 118:

I was wondering if anyone was wondering why ikkaku didnt use his Bankai against Ichigo? he could use it then could he?

Spoiler:

If you want to know, why not against Ichigo, most probably, he didn't expect him to be that strong. And, it wouldn't be an honorary act for him to use bankai when his opponent was not even there yet, at that time.

That is of course, if he didn't achieve that bankai, around the same time as Renji. I don't have the related chapters, so I cannot check it right now.