User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 573 (Let Unohana return plz)/@comment-24153155-20140320091659

Granted, this chapter was on the short side and yeah, I hoped for it to be better than last weeks'. I am not really a Kenpachi fan to begin with, as I feel the dude just seems kinda childish with his "fighting-for-fun-to-the-extreme-philosophy". Nope. Not gonna apply for a spot on the 11th squad.

I am kinda okay with the pacing of the chapter, as I think the situation really called for it. However, I think it would have been better if the chapter was at least twice as long in this case, as it really felt nothing was happening now, despite it being the right type of atmosphere.

What I don't understand is why it's such a big thing that Unohana apparently died. I think the outcome of the Kenpachi-Unohana battle was pretty obvious, and I really don't think it was for nothing. Although the topic of knowing one's (zanpakuto's-)name had been touched upon throughout Bleach (it for sure was Kenpachi's head-breaker), I think the battle was one of the first times really pointing out what the importance is of knowing one's name/zanpakuto's name. Kenpachi never really had a name, as Kenpachi didn't mean anything in Zaraki's case. Firstly, the "real" Kenpachi was not him and secondly, as he was putting restraints on himself, he was relatively weak and could therefore not know the name of his zanpakuto. He had no idea who he really was. Spiritualism is no Miss-Universe contest with runner ups, and in this case it meant Unohana had to die to pass on her legacy to Zaraki. Bittersweet. Yeah. @ Xilinoc: am totally with you on "Edges".