Morcombe said:
Holy crap Kubo can we please move on from these fodder ass villains.
If Rukia had bankai why didn't she just use from the start. why has her and Renji's fighst been so long when they have literally had the power to one shot these villains the whole time. it's not exciting, it's not entertaining, these villainos have had no screen time, no character development they are just here to die at the hands of our heroes so get them over with quick.
Byakuya's recognition talk with Rukai would have much more importance if he had done it after she had sucecfully killed the villain on her own not after having him save her, it completely diminishes it.
how much longer can he drag out this terrible pacing.
To all the people questioning why Rukia didn't start off with Bankai, As Nodt no longer had Byakuya's bankai so as long as he wasn't in Vollständig he was free to steal Rukia's bankai. Going Vollständig nullified his ability to steal her bankai. That's why Renji waited until after Mask went Vollständig to go Bankai.