@yray: Byakuya can match Gerard who's equal to full power Kenpachi.
That's like bare minimum mutli country level, Kaido isn't on that level.
Actually, this sort of misleading.
Byakuya never matched the version of Gerald who beat Bankai Kenpachi.
The early version of Gerald, Byakuya parried was weaker then Kenpachi who wasn't even in Shikai
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The first couple scans is Gerald being parried by Byakuya
The next couple scans you see Kenpachi's Zanpakuto not even in Shikai yet is able to slice Gerald's arm off
Kenpachi's Shikai
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Which eventually was overpowered by Gerald getting stronger after Regen
Kenpachi's Bankai
- Which neither Toshiro or Byakuya are = to in physicals
- Toshiro even states they should keep their distance from him
- Of course, Gerald transforms again, gets stronger overpowers Bankai Kenpachi
- In which Tohsiro responds by going adult form and freezing Gerald to the bone, making him easy to break by Byakuya Bankai
- And of course, Gerald Regens and becomes even stronger
So really, if we examine the fight more closely, Byakuya was never actually been shown to be comparable to even Skikai Kenpachi in physicals, let alone Bankai
I would attribute his good Senbonzakura Kageyoshi hit on Gerald mostly to Toshiro freezing him first, tbh
Byakuya is like one of my favorite Bleach characters but would be dishonest for me to say he is comparable to Kenpachi in phsyicals
Maybe you can argue his Bankai can reach level of output that can match Bankai Kenpachi's durability..
That's more of an assumption then something that is concrete though
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