User blog comment:Cookieman3/Rose???/@comment-5551986-20121205183456

Urm, i THINK soi-fons opponent didnt use her own bankai against them so thats why Omaedas ok in that front. You forget Omaeda's a lieutenant and hes been going up against captain level opponents so far and the Arrancarrs release is pretty beefy, any i think it was his father who served Yoruichi? was supposedly much much better than him. I think hes put alongside Soi-Fon who is serious and a lesbian, against a vaguely horny and idiotic guy like him for comedic effect. Rose on the other hand is pretty strong. The reason why he didnt get hurt in the invasion (he actually had a few bandages on) was because his opponent retreated to attack Yamamoto and maybe thats why hes a captain, most captains had some pretty nasty wounds and most stern ritter seem to be on a similar level its just their unique attacks, the strongest stern ritter we have seen is Kirge and Royd Lloyd, that old guy is stupidly strong too, hes like stark, they both use dual pistols and shunsui beat stark kinda with just shikai, but shunsui lost to him, I dont think Haschwald is a sternritter, i think hes just a bodyguard. Rose's shikai is pretty strong, he has that guitar effect that causes a huge explosion. And i think it took forever to kill one because it was just a show of strength, ive not seen another Soul reaper squeeze a Gilian to death. Albeit Rose is nowere near on Shinji's level, but i do think hes stronger than Gin Ichimaru. The fact rose is one of the few captains who hasnt used bankai yet despite the tough fights shows his strength. Oh and to become a lieutenant the standards are not stupidly high, Hiyori wasnt the "STRONGEST", i think its just based on reiatsu and an overall above average combat ability, he may have just been chosen because his clan/house usually always acts as a lieutenant to the 2nd division.