User blog comment:AldenHeathcliffe/Chapter 551: The Burnt Offerings/@comment-117598-20131002155500/@comment-5657895-20131002163751

''I'm surprised they didn't just attack shortly after Aizen was defeated while Soul Society was rebuilding and the everyone was being treated. They wouldn't even have had to retreat the first time. Just washed over them easier then they are doing now.''

The sealed king of the Quincy will take 900 years to regain his consciousness, 99 years to regain his thought, and 9 years to regain his power and he will regain the world in 9 days. Since the war with the Quincy was 1000 years ago it seems Yhwach only regained his power in this current year the arc is set.

''Am I the only one that's really disappointed on how the captains are fighting? Not for nothing, but this isn't even a close fight. Two captains, who stated they've trained incredibly hard to fight without their Bankai, are getting obliterated. This is now the fourth time Toshiro has been cut down: twice by Aizen, once by Harribel (thankfully it was a clone at the last minute) and now Bazz B. My personal opinion is that the Stern Ritter are incredibly overpowered and these fights aren't even close to the same level.''

Personally I like this. It would be boring if Sui Feng and Toshiro make a come back as soon as they lost the first time. That's what the Espada were like. Far too weak to cause any damage. I don't the Espada killed a single Gotei Shinigami of relevance. At least now we have opponents whom are heroes are going to have to work hard to beat. These guys are clearly at a level above the likes of Sui Feng, Toshiro, Komamura, Byakuya and the others. Now it's time for Full Kenpachi, Ukitake, Shunsui and the Royal Guard to show their quality. It's been a long time coming in my opinion. It's fine for Kubo to focus on the more neglected characters for once. He's built up Shunsui, Ukitake, Ichigo, Kenpachi, and the Royal Guard for so long that we need to see the payoff now. We've seen Toshiro, Sui Feng, Komamura fight a dozen times. It's time for others to get the limelight. Besides, if Shikai Toshiro is enough to beat a Stern Ritter then why even involve the Royal Guard. It'd be a massacre of the Quincies for a third time if that's the limit of their strength.

''As for Urahara finding a way to restore Bankai. So what? Toshiro isn't going to magically be able to use it in his current condition. And what's to stop the Stern Ritter from reabsorbing it? It better not be something as simple as "You got to break the medallion while they are using the Bankai." I don't know. While I like the looks of some the characters and their powers, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that the captains are going to win even if they do get their Bankai back. They're still outnumbered by a few dozen and their Soldat are still stronger then the rest of the shinigami. I get Kubo is trying to show this whole "despair" thing, but realistically, how do you make the captains pull a win against an enemy who's still strong even with Bankai, outnumber you and seemed to have planned for everything? I call HAX!''

Getting the bankais back would mean guys like Ukitake, Shunsui, Shinji and so on can use their bankai without fear of them being stolen and never returned. Now we can see the older, more experienced captains let loose on the Stern Ritters and even the odds while Toshiro and Sui Feng and whatever other casualties recover.