User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/399: Deicide/@comment-1712587-20100408095928

@Godisme that's a really good point about Byakuya's bankai. I have a feeling that you could be onto something with regards to Gin. I think it made a lot of sense to make Gin go Bankai, after all if Ichigo could stop Shinso with his Shikai then the odds would already be swayed in Ichi's favour. Kubo obviously thought of that when paring the two. fair enough it just extended his reach but that is the dictionary definition of a Bankai. only really Soi Fon and Ichigo have anything drastically different from their initial release.