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When Tosen fights Kenpachi in the _Rescue Rukia_ arc, Tosen uses his bankai to
combat Kenpachi.

A while later, Kenpachi figures out how to defeat Tosen's bankai and smiles.
Tosen somehow knew that he smiled (Because we heard his thoughts: "He's
smiling?")

However, **Tosen is blind**. How could he have known?


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How could Tosen know that Kenpachi was smiling?


When Tōsen attacks with Enma Kōrogi, He is not affected by it as anyone else
(he can still smell and hear).  
So when he asked why Kenpachi laughs it was because he could
[hear](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GviJk.jpg) him laughing.


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According to [his page](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Kaname_T%C5%8Dsen) on the
Bleach wiki:

> Tōsen boasts a great amount of spiritual energy. His skill in the use of his
> spiritual power is evident, as he uses his spiritual sense to "see".

He uses his reiatsu (spiritual power) to sense things around him, for example,
to know where his opponents are during a battle. He should also be able to
sense what the others are doing in the same way. It would not be otherwise
possible for him to be a Captain-class shinigami.

The heightened sense of what people inside his bankai space are doing could
also be one of the powers he gets from the bankai, because he has complete
command over that space.


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