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Originally Posted by astrallionheart

Toshiro hasn't shown any ability in kido...in the entire series. That would be like giving Ichigo a kido rating of 70 at this point.

According to your logic, we might as well give Unohana 0's in almost every category just because she hasn't shown any ability in most areas. So just because Hitsugaya hasn't demonstrated his knowledge of Kido much definitely doesn't mean he's not adept at it. And the situation can't be compared to Ichigo's since we can actually account for every moment of his growth (so we know he can't use Kido because he clearly wasn't taught how). That's not the case with Hitsugaya.

Originally Posted by astrallionheart

The "chart" they use is the exact same one--ripoff--used in many Japanese video games uses these days and it has always been used as an absolute scale, not relative.

That scale has never been absolute at telling anything beyond individual strengths and weaknesses. And it's relativity is limited to the individual too. Seriously, do I have to start pointing out inconsistencies within that data using nothing more than fights from the SS arc alone?

-If the data is to be interpreted as you say it should be, then that would make Kenpachi the weakest Captain of the bunch. But despite this, he manages to fight a 2-on-1 battle against opponents that *both* have superior stats to his own and even manages to beat one of them in the process.

- Ukitake and Kyoraku's combined "power level" of 1020 nearly doubles Yamamoto's power level of of 560. Combined, they also far outmatch Yamamoto in each individual category. But yet, regardless of this fact, it was stated that their odds of winning a 2-on-1 battle against him were still low.

-Aizen has a physical strength stat of only 80 and can block an attack from Bankai Ichigo with one finger. This alone creates many inconsistencies with anyone that equals or surpasses him in this particular area. Because captains like Kenpachi & Komamura (with a stat of 100 in the same category) most definitely couldn't do the same thing under the same circumstances.

-Soifon actually has a physical strength stat of 100. So who honestly thinks this means Soifon has the same physical strength as Kenpachi and superior physical strength to Aizen?

...And this doesn't even cover all of it. Once again, the inconsistencies I've pointed out with this data is strictly limited to the SS arc alone--the same arc you claim this data accounts for and nothing else. This makes any supposed retcons irrelevant.

Originally Posted by astrallionheart

The power levels have absolutely been retconned at this point.

They definitely have. But those charts don't prove it since that's not their intended purpose.