User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 573 (Let Unohana return plz)/@comment-4026406-20140319235017

I think my problem with this arc is that there is no emotional draw for the audience with most of the fights. Rukia's fight was awesome because it played into her dynamic with her brother that has gone unresolved since the very beginning. What should be an emotional draw with Unohana's confirmation of death, as well as Kensei and Rose, fizzles out because they aren't main characters like Rukia and the Ryoka. I mean, does anyone really care that Unohana died, because in the grand scheme of things, everything we knew about Unohana before her fight with Kenpachi could be written on one sheet of paper. In general, the audience cares more about the characters that have been established before as more important.

In the Arrancar Arc, I think this was different because, barring maybe Zomnari, the Espada were established characters who had plenty of build-up and some of the main characters fighting them had an emotional addition to the fight. Like with Rukia and Aaroniero, or Ichigo and Grimmjow/Ulquiorra. It's too late, basically, to establish Isane or Yachiru, because they are essentially broken down to "they haven't shown Shikai yet, so I should give them a fight to show it."

With 26 Stern Ritter, it's just too much to actually display any kind of hype for the villains. Basically, the only fight I'm looking forward to is Haschwald vs. Kyoraku, and the inevitable Ichigo v. Uryuu and Ichigo v. Juhabach. Kubo hasn't given us a reason to care about most of the fights, and it's essentially gone to showing off the powers and not the characters.