User blog comment:BlazeUchiha/Have Bankais lost their Status?/@comment-1774413-20100403042713

Also, i would be wary of taking Byakuya's stements too lightly, you must remember he is very arrogant and he even stated that he hated ichigo in part because he was trampling over his principles by achieving bankai so quickly. Thusly we can state that Byakuya believes only certain people should be able to gain Bankai... but this is perhaps not the case.