User blog comment:Godisme/My Take on Isshin/@comment-1752519-20100329180605

ammm 1)he is stronger but cant use it, ill put an example, gohan couldnt overpower super-perfect cell in their struggle between powers (their kame hame has in the end of their fight) but his powers where hidden (and eventually won) wasnt he stronger at the time even if he did not knew it? goku said he was stronger and he assured it even if gohan hadnt used it and was losing, just like gohan ichigo has his powers hidden and hasnt used them, that doesnt make him weaker it just makes him look that way and an uncapable figther for not being able to use his powers, and the idea of a normal captains power is obviously an aproximate it has been stated several times in the series, (the term "captain level") if not you couldnt say how strong anyone is, that would be saying for example unohana is wrong to say ichigo has at least double the reiatsu of a captain as theyre is no standrd or normal level for captains, and i dont think she is wrong (along with about other docens of characters that have used that term "captain level")