[erazeN]

So, I was thinking about Ichigo's bankai. Am I the only one that thinks it is like it doesn't work anymore? It was supposed to give him speed etc. He was faster than Byakuya's shunpo when we first saw it, and he should be faster than all captains since this is the specialty of it. But now it looks like it doesn't matter anymore.

Captains are gonna fight the top3. And probably at least one of them or even all 3 of them are faster than Ulquiorra.
So if Ulquiorra, who is no4 is outspeeding Ichigo in his bankai, then how are the captains gonna keep it up on their fights with the top3?

Early in the show it seemed that speed was essential and it was overpowered enough for a mere human kid to be able to keep up with shinigamis who were captains for hundreds of years, and now it is like isn't a factor anymore at all.