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

It's a bit silly to me to compare Rukia getting a bankai and Shuhei getting a bankai. Shuhei has been a lieutenant for a minute now. At least half a century I'd say. Before he underwent banlai training with Kensei, it's safe to assume he already achieved it or was very close to doing so. Kensei's words to Shuhei implied that this. Rukia, on the other hand, just became a lieutenant( and yes I'm aware Byakuya pulled strings, blah, blah, blah). And even through she is a protagonist, she has been a relatively weak character throughout the series. Yes, she is skillful at kido but even Momo is better than her at that. And I get that she went through the RG training but for her to all of a sudden have bankai is so silly. I would expect at least Rangiku, Iba, and Kira to reach bankai before she did. Maybe all the lieutenants should just go to the Royal Palace and receive training since rank clearly doesn't matter anymore.