User blog comment:Aldarinor/Second Fight Prediction, Part II!/@comment-16344653-20110810204724/@comment-3290324-20110816205919

The Japanese art of swordsmanship and how it is viewed doesn't hold true here. Swordsmanship is just a form of combat employed by even the least of Shinigami nothing more and nothing less. Using Kido isn't cowardly, they simply aren't bloodthirsty fighters who think only of having a fun battle like Kenpachi. They know that they must finish off there opponents and so they do everything in their power to do so.

Well, I have a problem with that logic. Firstly, Kido is rarely a skill employed by those of lesser intelligence in Bleach, and that is a known fact. Secondly, hardly anyone blindly uses Kido spells. They employ strategy with their Kido. Rukia didn't just desperately shoot Kido at Aerionero, she shot a low level Bakudo spell at him and caught him off guard and then shot two high level Kido spells at him. She could have even seriously damaged him had that been her intention. Byakuya used Sokatsui on Renji not to blindly shoot a powerful spell at an opponent, but to disrupt the flow of his Bankai, which proved to be successful. Soifon knocked Ggio Vega back with Hakuda and then she bound him to the building while he was disorientated and had she not have been holding back, she could have easily finished him off right then. Hachigen encased Barragan in a barrier not to try to contain him, but to allow Soifon to get a point blank shot on Barragan. Byakuya didn't just spam Danku as a random mean of protection, he deduced that it was akin to Kido from earlier knowledge collected and then he used it to block Zommari's attack. Kira didn't just randomly shoot Shakkaho, he blasted it in an attempt to lure his opponent in to his domain. The list goes on and on.

Also, Kenpachi did employ a strategy in that battle, though it wasn't really a huge strategy or one that required much intelligence. And I believe any captain in that situation would have been able to do the same, Tousen bit himself in the ass by underestimating his opponent and overestimating himself. Had he dropped the arrogance, he would have been able to win. Don't misunderstand me though, i'm a firm believer in the phrase to the victor goes the spoils, and Kenpachi was definitely the victor.