Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4976518-20140808063123/@comment-10330822-20200806171903

Does anyone actually agree with the novel depiction that the Bankai is an image of ones "ideal, true self" because that maybe a hint in and of itself.

Still I feel the Bankai is just a superior range, because it improves power and reiatsu so it would make sense its just a more powerful version of the Shikai. That would explain why it never gets used, because Aizen's reiatsu grew to a point where the Shikai always gets the job done, and the Bankai would just be a waste.

I Feel like if it was something else it, and was even more OP than the Shikai it should have been used at some point. The possibility that Aizen's OP skills rendered the Bankai unnecessary seems very likely.