User blog comment:Caesarea37/Chapter 557: "I Already Threw Away My Life" Review/@comment-4639012-20131113144949/@comment-921259-20131115021114

While I can respect that view, Arrancar, I liked how fast the Vandenreich's initial invasion was. They went in and hit hard. Not just the shinigami, but the reader was being slammed with more things than they could process. In my opinion, that was why it worked. It wouldn't work if done repeatedly, due to losing the impact, but their large scale hit and run did wonders for my admittedly waning interest in the series. Now that each battle is being dragged on, I feel like nothing's happening. The fight so far? Over 2-3 issues has been maybe that many attacks with exposition trotted out. I read my manga at once (Naruto/Bleach/One Piece) which is why I noticed how little happened. Alone, it doesn't feel slow, but when you compare it to others, you realize how little is actually happening.