User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 568. Hear. Fear. Here 2/@comment-2120712-20140214182206

This was a waste. If you are not gonna let Rukia win against Nightmare Fuel X-treme then pit her against someone she will win against, maybe against Bambi's friends. The only way Rukia could of won was to go bankai in response to As Not releasing his Final Form but that would stretch the role of the RG and many calling bs on how much the RG should be able to upgrade a shinigami an their ilk(lol Ichigo hybrid of everything). Rukia really needed a win being that she only had one win where she literally hands downs defeated an opponent and the other one was extremly situational to the point that it left a sour taste in many bleach fans mouths. Rubowhatever his name is could of been defeated by Rukia but Yammy interrupted and she was defeated during the first Vandereich wholesale invasion.

I am guessing Byakuya's bankai is gonna stay the same name but may have a new form or function like with how Yama's bankai went from incinerating everything it cuts instantly 1k years ago to simply erasing every thing it cuts through pure heat.