User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 568. Hear. Fear. Here 2/@comment-6657474-20140213051757/@comment-1268838-20140213161922

I won't try too hard to argue with the whole Absolute Zero thing. The fact alone that Rukia didn't cause a doomsday chain reaction just by being that cold shows that Kubo was pretty selective with how the phenomenon works. Granted, if Rukia can control her reishi to avoid turning into a popsicle, then I'd think that a Quincy, masters of manipulating reishi, could do the same. Especially when they are pissed off.

Asides from that, I have to agree with Sun here. As frustrating as it is considering that this was her moment to shine, I would have called bullshit if Rukia managed to beat As Nodt, especially so easily. These guys are already captain-level or higher even without their handheld plot devices. I don't care what kind of training Rukia got; for her to jump to a level capable of singlehandedly defeating a quality of enemy that multiple captains could barely beat would be just ludicrous. I'm all for throwing shounen female stereotypes out the window, but I'd at least expect some semblance of logic involved with it.