User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 599 - Too Early To Win, Too Late To Know/@comment-24153155-20141002220434/@comment-24153155-20141007183825

@ Sternritter M: No matter how powerful Kirinji might be with his onsen water, fact is the Quincy deemed him unworthy of killing. They walked right passed him. In the case of Shutara: being attacked by 3 enemies almost simultaneously is normally unheard of in Bleach (and was considered shameful in ancient (Japanese) war far. Like stabbing one in the back). Using fire arms is also very un-Shinigami-like. Aside from Sui-Feng (and I guess Kurotsuchi in some weird fashion), nobody in the Gotei-13 uses some sort of automatic weapon. It might be a funky coincidence, but Sui-Feng's Bankai is still a bit clumsy, taking a lot of time and energy to fire, which kinda was the case as well with the first fire arms introduced in ancient Japan. Then there is this issue with the special war potentials. Perhaps I missed it, but why are Ichigo and Kenpachi considered special war potentials? Just because of their insane Reiryoku/Reiatsu alone? If so, wouldn't it be logic that (some of) the Royal Guard members would be on that list as well (still possible of course)? If Ichigo and Kenpachi are so much stronger than (some of) the Royal Guard members, I think it is a bit funky they were not considered "dangerous" in the Seireitei. I doubt though that just being strong Reiryoku-wise is all it takes to make that list. Right now, it just feels that the Quincy take the Royal Realms by storm and the Division Captains have no idea what hits them. The Quincy are "not playing in accordance with the Shinigami rules".