User blog comment:Godisme/BEFORE THE SHADOWS/@comment-1706259-20120822181338/@comment-5441712-20120823050301

I think it's just a special case with Yama-jii. It is Old Man Genocide here, it's not surprising he tanked that Bankai. Byakuya's Bankai on the other hand is pretty much death by a million cuts. And he's lost so much blood. I daresay he's dead