Forum:True Strength

Could Tosen be holding back some of his true strength? According to data stats Kenpachi is the weakest among the 13 captains but was able to defeat Tosen's Ban Kai during the Soul Society arc. But after his betrayal, Tosen was able to cut off Grimmjow's left arm with ease. Could he have lost the fight with Kenpachi on purpose or was simply not using his full strength?

Actually since Kenpachi is stronger than grimmjow and that the latter was focusing on aizen at the time along with tosen's mastery of shunpo he was capable of cutting grimmjow's arm off just like how Ukitake was focusing on the giant hollow and not on wonderweiss who was capable of stabbing him through the chest.-

I look at the stat charts as a general outline not to really compare captains cause by the definition of you being a captain your powerful then all other shinigami. It mainly details what they have an affinity for rather then saying they have more power, just like in anybody some people have skills that others dont and others are better in certain areas. Taking that into account bleach tends to go by the rule what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Kenpachi is stronger since his fight with ichigo and the same can be said for anyone we have seen in various battles throughout the series. Having said that there is no reason to believe Tosen was holding anything back, he despises kenpachi and always has so he was intentionally trying to kill him, though kenpachi proved even stronger then the skills he possessed. Now the situation with grimmjaw is basic you can't really use it because he basically did a sneak attack which he seems to have a specialty for. Grimmjaw didnt see it coming and before he could properly react it was to late, they weren't in a battle they were just talking he didnt expect to be attacked, thats all there was to it there was really no question of strength involved in that but to show tosen's skill in shunpo and and kido.Salubri 16:59, 8 July 2009 (UTC)