User blog comment:Avolling/Fullbring - The Detested Arc?/@comment-117598-20111216145709

I would have to agree with the fans that feel this particular arc was sub-par. You mentioned that unless fans find Kubo's work spellbinding and awesome, they aren't true fans. But to be honest, true fans are the ones that criticize, that look at something as not just another arc. They look at it in context with previous arcs ( story progress/character development ) and if it truly fits within that context. They explained Fullbring can only be attained by one way: Parent attacked by a Hollow, child born with Fullbring. Never did they mention "Oh, if you have residual hollow powers, you can have fullbring, too." It just seems a bit farfetched that Ichigo has become the exception to the rules after they were spelled out. Out of his whole time as a shinigami, not once did his Fullbring manifest in a similar way as the others? Conveniently, it manifested after others had to explain it and guide him? Even though the rest of Xcution manifested their powers on their own. Not one instance in all of Ichigo's time as a shinigami pushed him mentally and physically, produced such powerful emotion, that it wouldn't have manifested on its own? As for Kugo, I don't necessarily hate him. I'm waiting to see what the next issue says. It just seemed like the last few issues were rushed to get Ichigo his powers back, dismissed almost everything the main villain had to say about why he did what he did, and then slashy slash, fight seems almost done. Kugo went into this tirade about how Soul Society is using him, how this is the fuel to my fire, this is what shaped him into the man Ichigo is facing. And Ichigo, without emotion, pretty much said, "Shut it. Come at me, bro." To me, it just deflated Kugo so much that I couldn't even see him as any sort of threat or even a villain anymore. Just someone throwing a temper tantrum and Ichigo gave him a time out.