Quote Originally Posted by Soras Teva Gee View Post
Not to defend the total Ass Pull but status and age is not always equal to power. If anything this fits with bankai not being all its cracked up to which has been running through every fight since it the Soul Society Arc. Compare Soi Fong who quite rationally never uses hers because it doesn't suit her style all that well.

It seems pretty evident that while there may be some exceptions bankai functions more like a static multiplier. Some may have x10 or x50 but this is roughly always the same so you can always compensate by simply being that much stronger before the multiplier.

So if our poor Lieutenant only had middling reiastu and a bankai that doesn't give him much he could still be fairly weak since he just has lower potential relative to even the younger Captains... that said yep its still total and complete bull****. We've known for awhile though that Tite Kubo can't actually write and just pulls crap out of his arse when he gets stuck.

Also Tite Kubo isn't the George Lucas of manga Lucas has plenty of different ideas they just aren't terribly good... No Tite Kubo is the Rob Liefeld of manga. (If Liefeld had basic artistic ability)
Ya i don't think that defense holds up...
First off, When Ichigo achieved Bankai it lead to a DRAMATIC increase in his normal strength. He once struggled Against VC's but now he was KO'ing them effortlessly.

2nd, they did not only point out that Sasakibe obtained Bankai, they also pointed out that he was fully capable of being a captain if he so desired it. As they pointed out with Ikkaku and Renji, their is a difference between VC's you have been able to obtain Bankai and those that actually able to be a captain.

Now granted, Renji actually does show how weak someone can be while having a bankai since he fought ichigo evenly despite Renji being the only one have learned Bankai... but that leads to the third point

Third, not only did he obtain bankai, he did it BEFORE two of the most senior captains; Meaning he obtained his bankai over 100 years ago... Combine this with hoe much they just posted his ability to be a captain amd we are expected to believe that he was only VC level despite having a banaki? NO this is just BS...


Really, i think Kubo put himself in a corner. He wanted to hype up his antagonists but at the same time did not want to reveal anything of what they can do. The best way to hype them up would be to kill a captain, but since he did not want to reveal the antagonist's abilities that would mean it would have to be an off screen death and even Kubo realized the fans would get pissed if he gave a character an off screen death. So his solution? Take his most worthless, undeveloped character, with a non-existent fanbase, sacrifice him for the plot, and then paint up his corpse to LOOK like that of a captain. Seriously, this is a guy who never even got the chance to reveal his shikai power much less his bankai.

What makes it even sadder is the fact that he was secretly a badass could have been very interesting if his suckage was not ever established; i mean it sorta makes sence that the right hand man of the Captain commander would be Captain level; there's plenty that could have been done... but no, his high status is just a paint job.