User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 557 - He Already Set His Life Aside/I Already Threw Away My Life/@comment-9096222-20131113152848/@comment-5695542-20131119162515

@ Sternritter M

So Yamamoto was also immense power even in shikai. He fought 2 other captians in shikai and they were barely able to withstand him (though due they were all holding back (based on battles of later arcs) and he was able to kill Wonderweiss a Espada level enemy with little to no effort what had taken down a bankai released captain (one that could use hollowify). So having seen Yamamoto fight i will say i still don't understand what you meant.

Do you think Kenpachi has been in bankai state all these years?

-insert grasps for air in between laughs here-