User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/399: Deicide/@comment-1489595-20100412182535

Gin is such a weirdo.

I would say he is a great manipulator and he can be. But he isn't the type to earn people's longterm trust. He is just too creepy.

I don't know if he can be a master plotter either. While he is a good enough leader to be a captain I can't see him as a master schemer. That was always Aizen and Gin followed Aizen's orders.

Gin is very perceptive. He knows what goes on in people's hearts and how to work that to his temporary advantage. But you can say that about almost every other person of significance in the series. He certainly isn't at the level of Aizen.

Gin is a master swordsmen. Here is where he shines as his other abilities come together here to allow him to influence the battle for every advantage. His Shikai is particularly devastating in the kind of combat he favors. But his Bankai, while devastating, doesn't appear to play to his strengths. Its a straightforward bash attack...much like Soifon's Bankai doesn't really suit her style.

But I'm thinking that this is all to put Ichigo into a state of complacency about Gin. Fending off a foe's Bankai so easily would boost anyone's confidence. But thats what Gin does...he lets opponents put themselves into untenable situations before revealing how screwed they are.

So Gin isn't done yet with his Bankai, IMO. He will have a trick (and probably several) up his sleeve. My own theory is that the 13km sword will turn out to be extremely flexible like a whip. It will be able to turn corners, strike from unexpected directions, form cages, or garrote opponents with razar edges.