User blog comment:Njalm2/What's Your Character's PL? Ask Otoya!/@comment-136273-20160517085406/@comment-3403804-20160517160140

Ordinarily, but it depends on the information written therein, I also generally use the base PL whenever I multiply something. In Kimiko's case I multiplied her base power by 11,5 for her Bankai, and by 3,5 for her Shikai based upon how powerful I think each of them felt.