User blog comment:TotalDrama22121/Carbon Copies/@comment-1405841-20100914205330/@comment-1248963-20100914221951

Rukia was NOT saved by Renji and Chad during her fight against Rudobon, that was Anime-only and it still beats me why the anime crew felt the need to change that. Shasha, if you are going to tell people to review the material, then do so yourself, go back to the manga, Rukia defeated Rudobon on her own.

But I hate how people says Rukia is weak. She's not. She has proved to be quite a respectable opponent, and she has been confirmed to be of at least seated officer level. On her own she was able to kill the 9th Espada in spite of the wounds she sustained and the damage inflicted to her morale, like TV mentioned, whereas Renji and Uryuu together were incapable of taking down the 8th. Of course, circumstances were completely different, one can't really compare two different fights, and I have to say that Renji and Ishida's position was quite disadvantaged, but Rukia has repeatedly proved that she's no weakling at all, and I wonder where this misconception came from.