User blog comment:Theraven22/bankai's that should be revealed/@comment-44061-20100330175506

Yea there is alot of inconsistencies in how the techniques and abilities are handled. In some cases they are effective as they should be and in others they don't seem to work correctly. I figure if your going to downplay the damage done then don't use a technique known to cause alot of damage in the story. Ichigo should have been just as damaged as Renji was probably more so seeing he is a newbie and Renji is a trained solider. Also in their final battle i dont see how Getsuga Tensho being held in the blade even in bankai could have stood up to the more experienced bankai wielder like Byakuya. Doesn't make sense, I think its more believable that Byakuya won and then realized he was wrong then allowing the situations where Ichigo beats captains from kenpachi on up. Its just not beliavable to me, 3rd seats and lieutenants sure but captains nah, they pushed ichigo to far on that. I know plenty of manga where the protagonists is powerful but just not on par with upper level characters and thats ok it doesn't take away from the story any.