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komenomaru
Why does noone say anything good about Rukia? I mean, without her, ichigo wouldn't be a soul reaper! so why are there no good comments about her?!
You're joking, right? Rukia is a very strong character, probably vice-captain and possibly captain-level. The beginning of the series and the soul society arc don't really do her justice because of her powers being stripped by the gigai given to her by Kisuke. Most people who say that Rukia's weak haven't read the manga up to the Arrancar arc, or watch the anime.
★ Captain-class? No way. neutral Rukia has enough power to be a seated officer, but we don't know if she's even vice-captain level. The likeliness of her being captain-class (read: her having bankai) seems pretty slim... but I suppose that, since this is shounen manga, it's possible. I would hate for that to be so, though. sad
And she may not be "weak" per say, but she's still weakER than Ichigo, than Ishida, than Renji; she beat D-Roy easily but whether she was actually stronger remains uncertain, as it was only because he was stupid and flew up, whereas if he had gone to the side he would have been fine. She's obviously much weaker than Grimmjow. So she's really not in the stronger half of the characters in the series; she may not be weak compared to the peon she was thought to be, but she's not particularly strong (that we have seen so far, that is).