User blog comment:AldenHeathcliffe/Chapter 551: The Burnt Offerings/@comment-5147109-20131002190054

I don't think returning the Bankai's will guarantee victory but it will at least level out the playing field and give the Gotei 13 a fighting chance because let's face it up to this point they have been grossly outclassed in every single fight, not to mention that if you include the fact that most likely all the lettered Stern Ritters seem to be at captain class power levels that would mean they are outnumbered too so even with Bankai it's going to take everything that the Gotei 13 and all of their allies can muster to go toe to toe with these guys.