User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 671 - The Perfect Crimson 2/@comment-24531362-20160421122108

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I hereby rescind everything negative I have ever said about Tōshirō Hitsugaya.

Anyway, Hotsugaya reveals that the Bankai he'd been using was limited because his body was too immature to handle it's full power. So, he just decided to mature. Gerard doesn't recognize the form, but laughs at finally having a worth opponent. He strikes with Hoffnung, which is quickly frozen, but Gerard is unfazed until Hotsugaya reveals that his freeze is so freezy that it disables special effects and breaks the blade.

The 'ritter then tries Heilig Pfiel, thinking that you can't freeze energy, but apparently, Hotsugaya CAN. After a 4 second delay, the completed Daiguren Hyōrinmaru can freeze everything in front of him with Shikai Hyōketsu, and Gerard is flash frozen, bow and all.

Gerard breaks out, saying (in a remarkably Lille-esque tone) that a disciple of God cannot be bested by mere physical elements. He grabs Hotsugaya, getting his arm flash-frozen as a consequence, and is then toppled by Kenpachi, who picks him up with one arm and trips him up. Then, Byakuya finishes the giant off with Senbonzakura Kageyoshi Senkei, coming back after a massive wait of 504 chapters or roughly TEN YEARS, and unleashed a secret technique that Ichigo predicted (and probably witnessed on a miniscule scale if we are being real here) a decade ago, using Ikkasen Jenki to impale the giant's head with ALL THE SWORDS.

TBH Gerard is probably still not dead.

Awesome chapter. So much action, so much synergy, so much non-Shinji. If Gerard IS dead, next is probably Haschwalth setup. Again, sorry for the disses in the past Captain Hitsugaya. You earned your fangirls today.

That's a wrap!