User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 562 - THE VILLAIN 2 (Mask De Masculine is a Mexican luchador in a German army)/@comment-5691171-20131219161743

First chapter of this arc that I didn't like... As I have stated before, I like this arc, I like the despair that it encompasses with the annihilation of the shinigami (meaning that I like how the Gotei 13 and their captains are so severely destroyed), I like the pace that comes with and creates that feeling of dread but I think that at this point some things have to be re-evaluated... While it's OK for the Quincy to be extremely powerful (they invaded Seiretei so they had to be prepared, they were living in the "Shadows" so they indeed were prepared, their leader was and probably is so strong that even Yamamoto couldn't kill him etc.) and while it's OK that some of the shinigami not only have a difficult time but are also being defeated by the Quincy (with the Gotei 13 not being the same Gotei 13 that won the war 1000 years ago etc.) it is definitely not OK if it is always up to the reader to try to understand and explain why the things that are happening are indeed happening... That should have been a job for the plot and the plot alone... On that note, it is ridiculous that fans have to come up with ideas about "how the Vizard are not that all powerful", for example, and try to justify them, when the plot itself has stated that, even if they are indeed mediocre captains, having Hollow powers is definately an enhancement... And I am saying this having already said (for the previous chapter) that I was OK that Kensei and Rose were defeated... But justifying their defeat with stuff like "how Kensei was defeated by Wonderweiss" or "how Aizen said that they were mock-Arrancar" or "how they were not on active duty for a long time now" or "how they were not really strong captains even when they were promoted to captainship, what with what Shinji saying during the TBTP arc about the Gotei 13 going about captains really fast" and stuff like that is, in my book, ridiculous... The plot should have been more than enough to justify their defeat and while it did (in a way) it does not when it comes to Renji... And any other attempt for justification of the difference in power levels between him and the Vizard considering the same points or other in the same league as the aforementioned ones is a step further to being ridiculous... At this point it is obvious (and by that I mean not plot-wise obvious because it is not really justified by the plot, at least not yet) that Kensei and Rose had to be defeated so as for Renji and Rukia to show their power and, ultimately, for Ichigo to do the same... But that should have had come out of the plot... For Renji and Rukia, the plot, at this point, is not enough to justify their current power lever and the difference between them and the other captains... And that, for me, is an error (and probably the first in this arc)... I mean that the Royal Guard and the training in the Royal Palace have not been exploited well... I hope that stuff like that (stuff relating to the actual plot and not fan-based theories) will be better exploited, expanded on and explained in the future... I would also agree with someone here that stated that that he/she doesn't feel despair anymore... I don't too...Shame...