User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 670 - The Perfect Crimson/@comment-1268838-20160414204946

Some of the comments on Facebook and Mangastream are baffling me. I mean, I know bad guys in Bleach have a hard time dying, but given the nature of Gerard's ability, were people really surprised that he wasn't taken out?

Anyway, I'm not a Hitsugaya fan, but I really like this development. Zaraki being temporarily shut down somewhat mitigates the headache of his as-of-yet unexplained power-up - I know Kubo will get around to that, but it is somewhat frustrating. As strong as he is, he isn't just plowing through Gerard with the power of plot; instead, it's being made clear that there are some consequences to his inexperience with Bankai.

Given that Gerard is even more invincible than Lille at this point, my guess is that Hitsugaya's Bankai+ will let him put him on deep freeze. Leave him frozen in stasis, so that he's neither dead enough to activate The Miracle, nor capable of breaking out of the ice.