User blog comment:Bloody Bankai/The Plot and Characters in Bleach ( Spoilers inside, please avoid this post if you do not read the manga as well as watch the anime )/@comment-1624279-20091017001919

First I feel I need to correct u on just a small detail. Kenpachis Zanpakuto is a constant Shikai type, he has stated so himself. Kenpachi & Ichigos fight is without a doubt the most confusing fight in bleach. Based on what we've seen of Kenpachi in his latest fights, Kenpachi should have totally annihilated Ichigo. In this fight Ichigo used two abilities he hasn't used since or even talked about. He fixed his sword wihtout explanation & somehow managed to stop his bleeding from the wound Kenpachi inflicted to his heart. Kenpach notes that these two abilities deserve an explanation, but doesn't care at the time because of the fight. & that would be the last time we see them. Its almost as if Kubo forgot that fight ever happened. In his fight with Byakuya, Ichigo once in Bankai demonstrated speed we have only seen him use one other time, in his fight against Kariya. On both cases in Bankai form he moved so fast that his opponents had a hard time following him let alone reacting. He was so freaking fast Kariya had to put up a wind barrier all around him to prevent Ichigo from attacking from multiple directions in less then a second. With Byakuya he moved so fast on some instances Byakuya couldn't follow him at all & had to resort to a similar thing that Kariya did, building a defense all around him. As far as toshiro goes we really don't know just how strong Gin really is(though we can assume he is much stronger then he has let on). He isn't Aizens righthand man for nothing. The Espada have been short lived & its disappointing(in my case sad). I wanted to see more of the Espada. I also felt Ulquiorra was underrated & should have at least been the third Espada, if not the Zero Espada. Well thats my opinion as I have nothing to add about the new Arc, for now.