Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-10922879-20130617143901/@comment-5657895-20130628170518

Yeah, I know he lost to Shunsui, who I think after Yamamoto is the best the Gotei have, and he took out Rose and Love pretty handily, but if he had any other hidden weapons, Halibel and Barragan in particular, they would have shown them when they were outnumbered and surrounded. I think Ulquiorra was unique and because no one knew about his second state he never reached a higher rank that he should have gotten.