User blog comment:Godisme/A day without melodies/@comment-1268838-20101103192715

After years of nonstop action, adjusting to these happy times of new-old is pretty difficult. Personally I myself thought that the Lost Agent's introduction was a bit too abrupt/rushed in the previous chapter, though it still worked out okay. I think these chapters are just meant to reintroduce us to the cast, which they have done a rather good job at so far. So the only one left is Sado - I agree that he is probably the shadow.

It is only the second chapter of the new arc though, so I have my doubts that things will pick up that fast. Even the Arrancar arc had a bit of a slow start, so we'll see soon enough.