User blog comment:Tekkphreke/Shikai and Bankai/@comment-4207271-20131224061221

Disagreeing with Xil here... I believe the power of Shikai and Bankai can be the same, or even the Shikai being more powerful, but the Bankai would simply have greater capabilities, size or versatility. to my knowledge, it has never been stated that Bankais are ALWAYS more powerful than the Shikai, but they almost always have better capabilities.