Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-33728110-20200804204320

''It actually IS implied that she can't in the previous chapter, when she strikes Kenpachi and he just bounces back to attack her rather than go down - the implication is that he's at a new level of power where just her Zanpakutō won't cut it anymore for this specific purpose. And if her Bankai had the specific power of reviving whoever it cuts down, why wouldn't she just have used it from the beginning? The far more likely explanation is that it has crazy offensive power and Kenpachi just needed to be at a high enough level of power to withstand it even a bit so Unohana could keep healing them. You can disagree with the power listed by the wiki all you want, but nothing you've listed here is convincing enough to change it to anything else or supported enough by the facts of the manga, unlike the acid power that I discussed first with Salubri (who knows his stuff about this series more than anyone else I've ever met), so it's staying as-is.''

This is the response I received from Xilinoc after replying to a question about Unohana's theoretical bankai. What is troubling about this type of response is that I have both physical and digital copies of the manga open and have sited sources, as requested, but there is no logical argument presented to address my initial post. There are some misleading statements made in the bankai's description; things that are purely assumption and are never stated or depicted in the manga.

Instead of allowing me to respond to the argument, which holds no weight over whether or not statements made in the article are incorrect, the topic was closed on account that something was discussed prior with "Salubri (who knows his stuff about this series more than anyone else I've ever met)".

A Rebuttal: It actually IS implied that she can't in the previous chapter, when she strikes Kenpachi and he just bounces back to attack her rather than go down - the implication is that he's at a new level of power where just her Zanpakutō won't cut it anymore for this specific purpose.

- In the beginning of the fight Kenpachi also is able to shrug off injury (ch 524 pg 6, 8, 10 - falls once) and push Unohana back (pg 7, 9). She then kills him on pg 15.

And if her Bankai had the specific power of reviving whoever it cuts down, why wouldn't she just have used it from the beginning?

- if you read my comment thoroughly you'd realize I am saying she's been using it from the beginning, every time Kenpachi dies. "1) Every time Kenpachi is killed by her we see that he awakens and is still in the middle of fighting her. (ch 524 pg 15-16) 2) We only actually see her use kaido when she is critically injured. She even states that she learned to heal HERSELF to enjoy fighting forever. (ch 526 pg 15)"

You can disagree with the power listed by the wiki all you want, but nothing you've listed here is convincing enough to change it to anything else or supported enough by the facts of the manga

- Again, there are 5 sets of sited instances never refuted and her bankai's appearance in BBS: Retsu is never shown to be using kido with her bankai, only before she activates it (Bleach Manga Ch.526 pg 3). Kenpachi is also never shown to make contact with the liquid. He says he's melting when he hits the ground and his body is still normal. (Bleach Manga Ch.526 pg 7) The liquid only is seen when she first activates bankai. (Bleach Manga Ch.526 pg 4-5) Kenpachi is back to normal after explaining that he was "asleep" before.(Bleach Manga Ch.526 pg 8-9) Kenpachi is also seen as a skeleton in the pages between chapters of the Nnoitra fight. It's a metaphor. (Bleach Manga 3 in 1 Ch.308,310, and 311 pg 280, 320, and 340)   