User blog comment:Salubri/Chapter 399 - Gin's Bankai/@comment-1393830-20100408021839

Agreed. It was obvious that his bankai would just extend his range but I think all of us wanted it to be more. We made ourselves believe that he had this great hidden power with his bankai but it turned out to not be so. I hope we see that he has great strength in another area but as it stands now, I think it will be an easy fight for Ichigo