A bit more powerful as in she could see ichigo and didnt die when yami tried to suck out her soul? She'll have to do better than that
but I agree it would be nice for her to have powers, but they need her to be the one who's left out to have that angle on the story.
I didn't find it cheesy, but then you know me and bleach. They would have to do some bad shit to put me off ^^