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Originally Posted by Evil Dark Knight
You have to take into consideration the fact that Kariya Jin utterly defeated Ichigo in his shikai state, yet Byakuya was able to fight on par with him, in both speed and strength without the help of a bankai.
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Ugh. *clutches chest in pain*
That was filler.
Which makes me think you haven't read the manga, instead only watched the anime.
Which explains a lot...
By the way, if the blast wasn't meant to hit him, yet he still got wounded, that says enough.
If the blast was meant to hit him, yet he couldn't avoid that 'slow, unwieldy' technique completely, again that says enough, even if you add in the element of surprise.