Quote Originally Posted by UChessmaster View Post
So, I`m just wondering, call me stupid or whatever. I thought that it was explained early on that the shinigami could not use bankai because the quincy would just steal it. So, Rukia, Renji and Co, KNOWING this went out to train and they came back with the bright solution that all they had to do was to bankai harder. Am I the only one not cool with this? I know Urahara dispelled the quincy`s stealing ability, but Rukia and Renji couldn`t have possibly expected something like this to happen. What was Renji`s plan in case he is unable to bankai?
Yes, their plan was to bankai harder. If the circle block doesn't fit into the square hole, then hit it harder until it breaks through.

Lucky for them Urahara (yeah just Kubo) planned for that...