Quote Originally Posted by DB_Hunter
Yea I would agree with Kraco on this one. I think you guys are right in your reasoning to say Zaraki's zanpaktou is in Shikai, but he doesn't know how to use it. It's just another blade to him. So. technically, he is and he is not in Shikai.
Well... isn't Ichigo in a permanent Shikai as well? And he didn't knew the Zanpaktou's had life before he trained with Urahara.