User blog comment:AldenHeathcliffe/Chapter 551: The Burnt Offerings/@comment-117598-20131002155500

Am I the only one that's really disappointed on how the captains are fighting? Not for nothing, but this isn't even a close fight. Two captains, who stated they've trained incredibly hard to fight without their Bankai, are getting obliterated. This is now the fourth time Toshiro has been cut down: twice by Aizen, once by Harribel (thankfully it was a clone at the last minute) and now Bazz B. My personal opinion is that the Stern Ritter are incredibly overpowered and these fights aren't even close to the same level. I'm surprised they didn't just attack shortly after Aizen was defeated while Soul Society was rebuilding and the everyone was being treated. They wouldn't even have had to retreat the first time. Just washed over them easier then they are doing now.

As for Urahara finding a way to restore Bankai. So what? Toshiro isn't going to magically be able to use it in his current condition. And what's to stop the Stern Ritter from reabsorbing it? It better not be something as simple as "You got to break the medallion while they are using the Bankai." I don't know. While I like the looks of some the characters and their powers, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that the captains are going to win even if they do get their Bankai back. They're still outnumbered by a few dozen and their Soldat are still stronger then the rest of the shinigami. I get Kubo is trying to show this whole "despair" thing, but realistically, how do you make the captains pull a win against an enemy who's still strong even with Bankai, outnumber you and seemed to have planned for everything? I call HAX!