Board Thread:Fanon Canon/@comment-2089817-20151211030148/@comment-5651818-20151212034624

In his defense, the majority of our battle mages exhibit abilities never before seen in the canon. Kisuke Urahara who is arguably the greatest Kido practitioner shown, could not defeat Aizen with Kido alone. He didn't summon fantastical storms in his fights. Ichigo basically bitch-slapped a fully powered Kido spell in the 90's with nothing but his bare hands. So, and this may just be me, but I think that Kido is a bit overrated and over thought. Though, my previous examples could be due to each character's "existential standing" and what not.