User blog comment:Godisme/Double Issue: Kill the Shadow 2 and The Black Rescuer/@comment-44061-20120627195425/@comment-1393830-20120628011015

I had similar thoughts. The Vandenreich fear bankai clearly, otherwise they would not develop a device to take them away. I wouldn't say that the Vandenreich are false, my thoughts are that they have trained and trained to reach the point they are at now, but the Bankai is a Shinigami's trump card. While they seem powerful against a Shikai, Ichigo has shown us they are not much against the huge power of a Bankai. The medallion was likely created due to this, their only way to guarantee their win.