User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/400: Deicide 2/@comment-2010498-20100416234821

I don't get it... everyone seems to hate the idea of Ichigo getting stronger than so and so or better at this or better at that but... I dunno, isn't that just kinda what the protagonist in an action oriented story is supposed to do?

I tend to agree with you about Zero Squad, I don't really see them purposely intervening in any of the action as it stands now. If Aizen actually made it to the King's little dimension then sure, but...

As far as Gin's bankai is concerned, I'm not really sure that I like it. If my own interpretation of what he said is right, and it moves at a speed of 500 times the speed of sound (171,500 meters per second, or about 384,000 miles per hour for those of you who don't know the metric system well) I don't see how anyone could possibly manage to withstand that. Ever.

Of course, that's not the only possibility. Let's say the clap took about a second to do, which seems reasonable to me. Now, if he could extend and then retract a 13 km long sword 500 times in a second, 13 km forward, 13 km back, that means that the blade moves at 13,000 km per second (13,000,000 meters per second or a little over 4% of the speed of light... and that is just ridiculously fast). So yeah, any way you look at it...

So yes its scary, but I'd like it if at least SOMEONE could beat it without a lot of really "creative" storytelling on Tite Kubo's part (Not to mention the fact that anyone who could actually outdo that would be just so ridiculously powerful it'd kill most of the fun in the story in my opinion).

Still, I guess we'll have to wait and see, yes?