User blog comment:Godisme/Mute Your Breathe Friendship/@comment-1351982-20110622201733

Yea I loved the chapter. I think Kubo is back, if you look at the post arrancar arc interviews, it is obvious that it drained him emotionally, and his falling out with Shueshia big wigs is also apparent. The falling out started during Kubo's trip to the US and I think it really impacted him about all of his fans not just the ones that live in Japan. Plus if you look at his interview with Viz he stated how Akira Toriyama was kind of his mentor and the biggest piece of advice he gave him "was to write to story the way you want to." If anyone has read post Dragonball interviews with Akira, he has some very choice words about Shonen Jump and Shueisha. So Kubo is not having a revolution with his editors and trying to change to world, he basically said your "advice" to add more fan-service did not work too well, so I am going to write MY story, MY way. When you think about it both Akira and Tite's work ethic is oddly similar. Plus what Tite Kubo is going through now is very similar to what happened with Dragonball almost 20 years ago. I think Akira sees a younger version of himself in Kubo and I really think he made an impact on Kubo's life. Otherwise awesome chapter!