User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/399: Deicide/@comment-1087189-20100410222027

The problem with this bankai is the fact that it has gone against what Bankai has been from the beginning of the series. Bankai has always been an enormous change for the character and their powers. Ichigo:"My power is compressed into a smaller katana, which allows me to move incredibly faster" Renji:"My sword becomes a giant skeletal snake" Byakuya:"my sword takes the form of several hundred swords, which can take multiple different formations Mayuri:"My Sword becomes a giant baby headed catterpiller that can breat poison and sprout swords from its belly" Tosen:"A giant black arena grows from my sword, which removes the senses of everyone inside it that is not touching the hilt of my sword" (you get the idea) Gin:"Umm... my sword is my shikai, but longer? yeaaaaaaaaaaah..."