Is Hitsugaya's Bankai overused?

[Darui Jonin]

He is my favourite character but hi use too often bankai and that make him look weak.I mean it looks like he will use it to fight even a mouse

[g0dzax]

If you think about it,Ichigo falls in the same category as Hitsugaya.He too overused Bankai,who is supposed to be the ultimate technique of a shinigami.I had the impression that Bankai became a common thing,when it shouldn't feel like this.Well,if I remember correctly,Hitsugaya used bankai when:
-fighting Aizen in SS arc,got pawned immediately(so he had a good reason to use bankai,he was REALLY angry);
-fighting the arrancar (forgot his name)and almost got pawned by him too(he had a good reason to use bankai: he had the 80% of power restriction,he couldn't have handled the arrancar with mere shikai when 80% of his power was restricted,but since bankai supposedly raises your reiatsu by 10 times(or smth like that)that means when he used bankai he should have totally owned that arrancar,but he couldn't;only after the restriction was removed he finally killed the arrancar);
-against the 6th espada(was luppi her name?damn she/he never shut up),where he managed to encase her in ice(so he had a good reason to go bankai);
-against the third espada(so he had a VERY good reason to use bankai);
-against FKT Aizen(so he had a VERY good reason to use bankai);
So,I don't believe that Hitsugaya used on every weak enemy(well...besides that petty arrancar,damn forgot his name),thus his Bankai was required in every other fight(The Espadas can't be defeated by an unreleased state or shikai...unless you're Kenpachi or Yamamoto).Though,it could be argued that he,like Ichigo,didn't try to struggle with shikai.Both of them go Bankai as fast as possible.I personally don't like this approach,but Hitsugaya's different than Ichigo: he has an arsenal of moves and techniques to use(hyotten hyakasso and the other stuff).

After this time skip(before the time skip we saw a (very) motivated/resolved Hitsugaya in gaining more control of his Bankai.I expect him to come with other tricks now.Though,it's too much emphasy on Bankai,everyone wants Bankai,I hate this...isn't Bankai the ultimate weapon?You should use it only after you've given your best in shikai and can't seem to win.

[kkck]

Well, the problem is that hitsugaya's power is still a bit beyond him. Even in shikai he has trouble controlling the true extents of its power. In a fight against a captain level enemy it would be very unwise to fight with a half powered shikai so he has to resort to his half powered bankai. I guess you could say it is overused but in turn it would be perhaps boring if he won his fights with shikai alone. Its not like he has had that many fights either, his real fights are against gin (for a sec), shaolon, luppi (it was a short fight for him) and harribel.

[Darui Jonin]

Yes I suppose you both are right but still it would be better if he not use it immediately after he seen the enemy it be better to study his skills with shikai am i right

[Lunatic Scream]

Yes. But because he's so popular, and he's been shown to be training since the Aizen fight, he's going to have tons of new abilities and will be able to fight in the next arc, regardless.

[Darui Jonin]

I hope you are right he deserve one big fight to win,right.

[Jorge D. Dragon]

Takahashi
I totally agree, especially about Ukitake. He was showing an interesting ability against Starrk, but was one-shotted by Wondy, so the impresion wasn't that great, but we know that he is among thre most strongest Captains after Yama for now. So we need to see something from him.

About Hitsu and his Bankai... He deffinetly overuses it, but maybe it's for fans sake, cause maybe his Bankai looks better for fans and for Kubo, hence he draws it more. It's just a guess. Also he doesn't have full control over it.

[Crystal Black]

Histugaya and Byakuya's bankais are both overused sometimes. Hitsugaya most of the time needs his to rival an opponent and well it's damn strong. Byakuya on the other hand is overused to but not like Hitsu's more like he uses bankai to prove a point (Renji), or his opponents simply begs for it (Ichigo, Zommari). No one else uses there bankai more, albeit there bankais are highly affective.

[Random101]

No one uses it more? How bout Ichigo. Want to talk of someone who literally needs to keep his bankai up to survive? Ichigo literally had to walk around in his bankai an entire arc just to even begin to keep up. To the degree that it might as well have been his shikai for all the good it did.

Granted though in terms of other peoples, Hitsugaya's has got a bit more screen time than most others, only Byakuya and Komamura really compare. Honestly it's for a reason though. It's been revealed. Why the hell would Kubo futz around with their shikai when there's no suspense as to what their bankai's are anymore? You'll note that for those whose bankai's were already revealed this arc, they rarely even tried shikai at all. Byakuya and Mayuri even outright skipped it.

[Calisto]

Hitsugaya has the most fights among the Gotei 13 captains, that's the only reason his bankai seems overused, nothing more.

[WhisperPL]

C'mon he's just a kid

[kkck]

^A 60 year old lol

[Jorge D. Dragon]

I don't know why everyone thinking that he is a kid. He only looks like it. He is way older than Ichigo. Hell, Rukia is ten times older than Ichi.

[Deicide]

Definitely.

He needs to master his Bankai though, so I guess it's the best for him.
The only bad thing is that he won't be able to hone his base skills as much.

[Kugo Ginjo]

I miss the times where bankai's were only used when the user was in a pinch


Yes Hitsugaya overuses his bankai, only second to Ichigo.