User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 542 - THE BLADE IS ME/@comment-5847836-20130619182602/@comment-1970092-20130620160439

Question is: was Uryu always Stern Ritter-powerful, or did/does he get a power boost. Quilge spoke as if Uryu was supposed to be stronger than him from the beginning. If that's true, and Uryu is indeed Stern Ritter strong, then he's been holding back A LOT. Which doesn't make a lot of sense. Though I know Tite Kubo will explain it all.