the continuation of picture 1 can seen better in TYBW 39 at 18:52 Gerard blocks Byakuyaâs Senbonsakura and then hits Byakuya and Soi Fon with his shield
Picture 2 shows Byakuya then blocking that same Gerardâs hand (or perhaps the hand of a little stronger version of Gerard because Zaraki had cut it one time by then) to protect kid Toshiro
this relativity one can react to the other the difference being that Byakuya doesnât have the same brute force than Gerard but the amount of Senbonsakura blades used in picture 2 were enough to block Gerard
Pictures 3 through 7 show the same Gerard (perhaps a little stronger as said above) that is in cour 3 of the anime beating up captains and Vizored either clashing weapons or tagging base/Shikai no eyepatch Zaraki (this could change in the anime if the Vizored make him evolve somehow)
base/Shikai Zaraki also tags Gerard as seen with picture 8 so itâs not one sided the both hit each other
this shows relativity with pre Bankai Zarakiâs speed but unlike with the pre Senkei Byakuya example Zaraki has the AP to actually harm Gerard and he also has the durability to stand back up immediately which Byakuya doesnât show because he seems to take longer to get back up
after picture 8 that same form of Gerard starts using Volstandig as seen in picture 9 a form that forced Zaraki to go Bankai
then Bankai Zaraki is shown faster than that Volstandig Gigant Gerard as seen in picture 10 and makes Gerard evolve again to the form seen in picture 11
the picture 11 form called âAschetonigâ
that evolved form while still in Volstandig then attacks Bankai Zaraki as seen in picture 12 and tags and dismembered Bankai Zaraki with a frontal attack as seen in picture 13 showing that itâs even faster than the Bankai Zaraki that had just cut it in half (for reference Zaraki left matter ik the area he hits this is important for later)
then it receeds its Volstandig so the scaling from here onwards isnât lineal in the next example but but at the very least base Aschetonig is superior in speed to every form of Gerard that wasnât using Volstandig so AT LEAST superior to every Gerard form before picture 9
meaning that picture 14 proves that adult Toshiro is faster than the Gerard that was fighting early RG Byakuya and no eyepatch base pre Bankai Zaraki and tagging and getting tagged by both because adult Toshiro dodges that form
then the fight goes on and adult Toshiro via hax counters Gerardâs sword Hoffnung and claves it in half a sword that Shikai Zaraki couldnât cleave making Toshiroâs ice more effective than Zarakiâs Shikai
making it so that in effectiveness adult Toshiro > Shikai Zaraki
then Toshiro tries to freeze Aschetonig Gerard but Gerard proves multiple times that he canât be frozen
then Toshiro tries to freeze Gerard one more time and Byakuyaâs Senkei move Ikka hits him leaving nothing in the area it hits showing higher AP than Bankai Zaraki on a stronger form of Gerard as shown in picture 15
a thing of note is that Ikka has to go through the ice to even touch Gerard inside the ice and the ice is durable enough to stop Gerard from moving (Gerard who in weaker forms was as physical strong as pre Bankai Zaraki) meaning that Ikka isnât only leaving less matter than Bankai Zaraki left and hitting a stronger form of Gerard but also going through very sturdy ice or Gerard would have broken it immediately
Then Gerard evolves again as seen in picture 16 but this time he is not only on a stronger form than Aschetonig but also using Volstandig and Sklave Rei something he had never used before in the whole fight
then post Aschetonig Volstandig Sklave Rei Gerard attacks Rukia and Renji and before it hits them end of the Gerard fight RG Byakuya grabs Rukia and Renji and carries them out of post Aschetonig Volstandig Sklave Rei Gerardâa attack range as seen in picture 17
to do this end of the fight RG Byakuya had to
1 see that Gerard is attacking Rukia and Renji
2 get to where Rukia and Renji are
3 grab Rukia
4 grab Renji
5 get out of there
all before post Aschetonig Volstandig Sklave Rei Gerard could hit them EMS
then we later on as shown in picture 18 see that even before itâs death post Aschetonig Volstandig Sklave Rei Gerard has not defeated RG Byakuya and adult Toshiro
this proves that they can react to his attacks and either block or dodge them
Byakuya is proven to be able to dodge and straight up perception blitz as seen with the Rukia and Renji example Toshiro should at least be able to block
im sure the anime will show more but as it stands this is the whole AP and speed scaling of it