User blog comment:Godisme/San'ou/@comment-2243814-20120726051118

With this chapter, I'm totally speechless that Kubo did such a thing to Byakuya. I mean, anybody can tell this is going to tear up Renji, Rukia, Ichigo, and many other characters. Though maybe Godisme is onto something with his explaination that Byakuya's fate could motivate Renji and Rukia as a similar method was used in The Avengers when Coulson was killed. All in all, I'm very shocked at what happened to Byakuya and though Kenpachi arriving on the scene with two Vandenreich somewhat cheered me up as seeing what he can bring to this battle is worth seeing.