User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 569 (You've been hit by / You've been struck by / Senbonzakura~)/@comment-957629-20140219101233/@comment-1351982-20140219121743

I wasn't sure about Bakai, but after thinking about it if Kubo was ever going to do it now was the right time. Rukia likely always had the potential for Bankai considering as a young child she appeared to be more gifted than Renji. I think what we can all take away from this is this is the resolution to Rukia's overall character arc. What I think what we got from last chapter is Rukia's greatest fear is losing those she cares about. Despite defeating Aaroniero, I don't think she was completely over Kaien and her fear of losing her friends and family, which is why she has been for lack of a better term "holding herself back." Byakuya pretty much told her is that you need to let go sometimes and believe in yourself. I thought it was beautiful.