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Old 2012-01-03, 07:03   Link #79
sayde
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Originally Posted by Sabaku Kyu View Post
Shunpo and shikai were concepts that I think Kubo had not planned on introducing until later in the story. And even if that's not the case, the fact that she didn't use them doesn't mean she didn't know how.
I'd agree with that. But its still up to Kubo to explain Rukia's extremely poor performance later on if he's to avoid a retcon. Though admittedly, the comments she made upon encountering the gillians for the first time likely makes it very difficult to do that.

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Hmm ok, but what should be noted here is that hollows do not need to be menos in order to be dangerous to even stronger shinigami. Kaien's death was caused by a non-menos hollow yet he was a talented VC. It's not like shinigami capable of being a seated officer or VC automatically become invincible against hollows who aren't menos.
That particular instance probably wasn't the best example in the world. Because Metasutashia was revealed to be one of Aizen's modified hollows.
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