User blog comment:Zwann/Vasto Lordes in the Espada, let's analyze./@comment-1651051-20091018173641

Exactly. The strength ratios in the show make absolutely no sense. Initially,when the menos grande classes are first introduced, it is said of the vasto lords that they posses spiritual pressure greater than a captain WITH THEIR MASKS ON! and so, in the case of Stark especially, the number of victories the captains secured are completely the opposite of what they should be. Strategy, whether brilliant or not, shouldn't have had any effect on Stark at all, especially not one using shikai abilities. Against one such as Stark, Yamamoto himself should have had to tell the all the children to step back, and he would have had to use his bankai, IF the strength ratios had been adhered to. Insted, the strongest Arrancar in existence gets taken down by the Rainbow Warrior. Whatever, Kubo.