User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/406: Deicide 8 end of the Chrysalis Age/@comment-1248963-20100604091819

@Nick, I'm Mexican, formal use of the Spanish "you" (that's 'usted') is not very common unless you speak to superiors: old people, boss, teachers, your friends' parents, adults (for young people), people you just met, higher ranked people, that stuff. For people around your age, friends, family, and people you've known for a while you use the informal way ('tu').

And I might not be well versed in Spanish/Spain ways, but I'm pretty certain you rarely use "qué le pasa?" for a young person. It's waaaaay tooo formal. BTW, I'm just curious. Your keyboard... doesn't it have the key for the "Ñ, ñ"? Ulqui, that's hilarious. I mean, because every keyboard has the French "ç".

But, back to the real topic, out of Kensei and language issues, I have to agree with Nick ever since 388 we've been going through the same stuff again and again to the point of boredom. It's not surprising anymore, it's not amusing anymore. It's not entertaining, and I've even been left with no more expectations. All the good characters have been thrown out, everyone that could surprise us is bleeding to death in the dirt of the Fake Town while The Great Invincible goes unharmed to destroy the Real one.

And we are left with two combatants: Ichigo, who has the most BORING zanpakuto ever, in terms of combat skills. Pure melee with ONE technique, not versatile at all. All we can expect is that he'll pull off a ridiculous cliched power-up like all good heroes do, with the super power of friendship and his great determination. Or he'll go overkill hollow berserk (I hope not, I have explained plenty of times how this would destroy the purpose of Ichigo being a human)

And then we have Isshin, the only chance left of getting any surprises. But I'm losing hopes on him, since the only technique he has displayed was... a Getsuga Tensho. The most overused technique in all of Soul Society, Hueco Mundo and Karakura. We hoped to get an exciting explanation that would make GT a more interesting attack, and we got nothing. FAILURE. We still have the chance to see the man on action and to get an insight of who he is and what kind of power he really has. Problem: He's wasted from his previous fight. So I don't see much hope here either.

So everyone's saying someone else has to show up, but I question, whom and to what purpose exactly? Where the best stood no chance, what can anyone else do? I've heard Ryuuken's name a couple of times. Refreshing it would be to see him, but I doubt some arrows would do the trick of getting this story back into the hype that Urahara or Shinji or Yamamoto could give us. Not to mention that I can't picture Ryuuken getting involved with Shinigami.

Ulquiorra, where did all that come from? I was inspired by trying to convince one of my friends that the chapter was a mess. I think I convinced her in the end. Dunno. All we can do is wait.