Man, this is some real nonsense coming from this Reddit Thread:
"Kubo did this to tone down Renji as he broke the power scale back in the day"
"This was too much, glad they changed it"
"The Captains became fodder"
Anime: Renji literally gets ORAORA'd instead of just a few Mile Punches by Mask who most likely still benefited from the Star Murder Punch and wasn't even hurt.
Yeah Kubo "toned it down" right?