User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/399: Deicide/@comment-1432572-20100408025920

@Prophet, I'm hoping it ISNT a mask. But it feels as though Mr. Kubo is rushing things, this IS the "final battle" after all and he clearly wants Gin out of the way. This Arc is supposed to end by June so Gina has to go down pretty quickly. AND there's no longer any reason for him to fight Ichigo with his Bankai since "A Bankai can deflect a Bankai", the only way to settle this would be tapping into the power of Hueco Mundo (for both combatants)