User blog comment:Salubri/Final Fight: Reflections of an Unrealistic and Ridiculous Battle/@comment-1669175-20100129072602

Salubri, I see your point, but I do have to disagree. He has taken on two captains in Bankai, one of them, heavily damaged (or so I thought) from his fight with Tosen. (They said Komamura's Bankai and his body were connected and his bankai got crushed in a single attack)

He's also fighting Hitsugaya in Bankai, who we know is a child genius/prodigy and Shunsui said that he MAY surpass him in 100 years, but he isnt on the same level as him. Aizen already defeated Hitsugaya in Bankai back in SS arc as well (granted it has gotten stronger since then) So Aizen in my opinion should/can be able to beat these two captains, who he has already fought and won EASILY against, and who have already been fighting for some time against the Espada to tire them out or reduce their reiatsu.

Now if he takes down Yamamoto in Shikai with his bare hands, or if he takes down someone "strong" like Yoruichi (who we've never seen with her zanpaktou released) without releasing or going into bankai. I think that he would be insanely overpowered. But nothing we've seen so far has been out of touch. He incapacitated Komamura with the black coffin spell at the end of the SS arc (if my timing is correct) so we know that Komamura is already poor against Kido. So his fall shouldnt surprise you.

My other comment, you mention about him not releasing his sword to fight. What advantage would that give him? We are led to believe that everyone has already seen it. Has his sword been shown to give him any additional offensive properties? It wouldnt need to be "released" if technically everyone but Ichigo has already seen it release at some point. We just dont know his capabilities yet, we know he is very strong, but we don't know his exact prowess as he's never truly been tested. Orionradar 07:26, January 29, 2010 (UTC)