User blog comment:Godisme/Rag Lag Rumble/@comment-1624279-20111020221835/@comment-2048489-20111021005454

It's not an opening for the opponent to strike at, it's a safety measure the opponent can take advantage of if he/she knows about it. It's similar to Barragan's Respira; if Barragan didn't keep it away from himself, he'd get pulvervized by it just like everything else. Likewise, Senbonzakura moves so fast that I doubt Byakuya would be able to dodge his own blades if he got careless. On the other hand, Senbonzakura has demonstrated itself to stay much closer to Byakuya than 85 cm, so I don't get it just like the rest of you. The blades blocked Ichigo's attack about half a foot away from Byakuya during their bankai face-off, so I don't see how this could exist unless it was actually an area one inch from his skin. There's a huge flaw with this new reasoning too; the blades have to be within the NDR as Byakuya is their matrix (for those who don't know, a matrix is the point from which stuff originates). Therefore they have to cross it hundreds of thousands of times during Byakuya's every fight. The last thing I can think of that would actually apply here that would makes sense is if all blades within the NDR lose their edge. The blades were practically physically touching Byakuya when he exited Gokei's radius, so that's the only thing I can think of that would make sense.