User blog comment:Aldarinor/Second Fight Prediction, Part II!/@comment-16344653-20110810204724/@comment-3290324-20110815233751

Well I have to point out a fallacy in your logic. Look at Hisagi and Rukia's opponents. Rukia was facing the 9th Espada while Hisagi was only facing a Fraccion. Rukia had to be absolutely sure that the person she was facing was not Kaien so it's only natural that she would use the incantation for the spells as to be sure her opponent wouldn't escape and that the blast would be powerful enough to create a blast radius big enough to reveal her opponent's true identity.

In addition Renji is powerful, but he's nowhere near as powerful as Ichigo. Ichigo could defeat Renji with his Bankai alone. Not to mention with Hollowfication. Also Rukia swordsmanship is average for a lieutenant, but her Kido skills are above average, she's also pretty quick.

Also you appear to be misunderstanding my argument. I never once said she was more powerful than Ichigo or Renji I simply said that she wasn't weak and wasn't weaker than Sado, Uryu, and Inoue. And yes, Inoue's abilities are amazing, but she herself is far too weak to beat any experienced fighter. I'd say she could beat one of the medium ranked seated officers, but no one stronger than thatn. In addition, of course Rukia's Zanpakuto can't stand up to Hyorinmaru. It's wielded by a Captain. I think the biggest problem here would be the fact that I think you view all Vice Captain level fighters as weak. Which is natural considering we're used to seeing the Captains fight but being lieutenant level doesn't mean you're weak.

(Also it's no problem) Although I don't really see the appeal to Kenpachi. He's a bit of a one trick pony.