User blog comment:Leo Kazisaski/Bankai levels/@comment-3001427-20121008223759/@comment-3001427-20121008234813

Im not trying to insult you're work Sei, and you're missing the entire point. No matter how well thought out, or well written the article is, it will inevitably lead to the conclusion that "another level must therefore exist". Its how you're approaching it, that bothers me, because it means that you or someone has the right to make Bankai Stage 3, and so on and so forth.

When you assign levels, it invariably also adds a sense of superiority to other characters. If I have Bankai, then you can Bankai. But if I suddenly have Bankai Stage 2, someone else must have it to equalize the playing field or they'll create Bankai Stage 3. It becomes less about the article itself and becomes a numbers game. My Bankai is Stage 2, ergo its superior to your "normal" Bankai. It creates an unnecessary differention that didnt exist before.

Honestly I have problem with a more refined Bankai, what is a factor is how you approach it as different "levels". Just like Super Saiyan 2 was supposedly the new deal, Super Saiyan 3, and eventually Super Saiyan 4 came after it. If you remove the idea of levels, then all you have is a more advanced, more refined Bankai. Which is basically the exact same goal you wanted to achieve anyway.