- #58
Aizen arc took about 9 years to complete. Fullbring arc is not even 1 year. -.-
Argument that GT variations are still the same GT -
Hitsugaya still uses ice both in shikai and bankai. Ryūsenka,Hyōten Hyakkasō and Hyōryū Senbi, for example, all are variations on the usage of 'ice'.
Byakuya's bankai, although complex, is still a variation of the Senbonzakura.
Renji's bankai has the same kind of extension that his shikai has.
Therefore, no matter how complex the bankai is, it is always related to the shikai. It's just that Ichigo's GT variations are more similar to the 'original' one. But like the other shinigami, which variation of GT he uses makes a difference.
If they are the same, it's like saying whichever he uses doesnt make any difference. So why does he need the hollow and bankai, or even go to the extreme of taking up the Final GT form?