User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/The Travesty of Team Karakura/@comment-26091912-20160517141611

"He steamrolled Ebern, he steamrolled Shaz, and he steamrolled Candice." As he should, because of the whole 'we can't steal your Bankai' episode.

The main problem with Ichigo i find is his struggle has mostly been internal, and he's always fighting out of a sense of duty; he never fights because he wants to, he fights because he has to. That's why I liked him most when he first fought Byakuya, and the start of this arc when he first fought Yhwach. When he first fought Yhwach he fell into an uncontrollably rage and just wanted to destroy him, which was somewhat refreshing to see. After training with the Royal Guard and coming to peace with his origins, you'd think he would get over his past worries and whatnot, but no. fighting Yhwach again, and he's back to his old self, fighting out of a sense of (currently misplaced) duty and worrying about what he says, rather than try to seriously kill him. (Hopefully next chapter he's pissed off enough to go all out.)

Uryu — Should've gotten way more spotlight this arc, and yeah that plan was never gonna work. But then again, he's yet to reveal his power. (Hopefully he will)

Chad and Orihime — Well, we knew how that was gonna turn out. They've been forever relegated to support roles; no amount of training was going to change that. Still, I would've preferred if Chad had to fight actual Soldat instead of statues (seriously, what?)

Rukia — Given the situation, they've never really had a chance to catch up and stuff; you know, duty calls. If there's one thing I can say about Rukia, it's that she should've taken on Gerard with her Bankai, not Hitsugaya.