Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25383931-20141116220719/@comment-25700228-20150323013031

Worst Bankai are in my opinion, first of all, Sui-Feng's Jakuhō Raikōben, not because it's weak or unimpressive, but because it doesn't fit her at all. She's an assassin and uses stealth and shadows to attack, so a giant bomb isn't exactly what I'd call unobstrusive. However, she knows it herself and therefore rather refrains from using it, so I guess it's fine. Then Kurotsuchi's Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō, it got oneshotted by Ishida and therefore didn't impress me at all, even though I came to like Mayuri's sword-spirit during the zanpakuto-arc.

There are some Shikai I think can't really compete with the others -- Ikkaku's, since it doesn't really have any kind of special power and only relies on his ability to fight, which, yes, matches Ikkaku, but seems pretty weak to me. Then Kira's, it's okay against weaker opponents and counters sword-attacks quite effectively as we've all seen, but he wouldn't stand a chance in hell against any of the stronger enemies. Also Omaeda's, definitely. But he's not a very strong character, so I don't expect all that much to begin with.

The Resurrección I liked the least were Aaroniero's and Zommari's, as they simply weren't as impressive as the other Espada's. A giant pumpkin with eyes and a ball of guts just didn't really do it.

And, hands down, Pepe's ability is the worst of all Quincy, even though I wasn't too impressed with some of the others either. Though we haven't seen all the Quincy's abilities, so I don't want to decide just now.