User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 569 (You've been hit by / You've been struck by / Senbonzakura~)/@comment-24113610-20140223232155/@comment-3177945-20140225190824

I dont think the problem people have is with Rukia powering up, it's just that it came out of nowhere, she never seemed to be stronger than other lieutenants, they were older and more hyped, like everyone payed atention to hisagi's first shikai release, and Ranguku being one for ages and training bankai, if just Rukia had been shown training Bankai once, and not just training with weak Orihime, there would be less complaints