User blog comment:Godisme/BEFORE THE SHADOWS/@comment-1268838-20120822185715

I suppose this was the foregone conclusion; perhaps we should not have expected anything less from the Captain Commander. To be honest, I underestimated him a little myself - I didn't think that this "fight" would go by nearly so fast. At any rate, with Driscoll's signature ability being so bland, I can't say that I'll miss him. Though his javelins were pretty cool.

I don't know about it being un-Kubo-like to finish a scene from start to finish though. Plenty of the earlier fights in Fake Karakura Town were resolved rather quickly. I don't know if I could have stood waiting any longer before seeing Yama take vengeance. I'm guessing that Kubo is avoiding showing any more of Kirge and Ichigo because the only remaining developments would be for us to see the former's killer and the latter's escape... which would throw a monkey wrench right into the Vandenreich's plans. There are a few situations in Soul Society that still need to be resolved.