User blog comment:RoyalGuard-Elite/Asauchi/@comment-4690655-20130204215938/@comment-4690655-20130207205610

Actually, it has been confirmed that Yamamoto was the most powerful shinigami to ever exist, no shinigami since the Gotei was founded, has ever surpassed him, in a 1-on-1 fight, I think that he could beat the entire Royal Guard though, because look at his bankai.