User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 666 (NOT YET RELEASED)/@comment-11293956-20160317070932

So apparently Askin can be on the receiving end of two fatal blows and still be able to have full conversations with people. That closeup of Kisuke was delightfully creepy...borderline Mayuri in a way. It kind of makes sense that Kisuke would have Nel stay behind in case something like this happened, but how is she supposed to get 4 people out of the supposedly inescapable Gift Ball Deluxe?? Hopefully her super special magic healing spit is still a thing and can heal everyone.

We finally get back to Gerard who is fending off attacks from Toshiro and Byakuya. *insert comment about hilarious height joke here* In my opinion, this fight with Gerard is a bit of a mess so far. His vaguely explained power has made him seemingly impossible to be beaten by a single character. This us where Byakuya, Renji, Rukia, Momo and Shinji come in...until they get swatted away. Cue the Visoreds (yay) who also get swatted away.

While I didn't have a problem with Toshiro coming back, I do have one with Kenpachi being back. I thought the reason he was put in the tube, apart from being healed, was to remove him from the story to make room for someone like Shinji who was already fighting Gerard. With Kenpachi in this fight, I can't help but feel that no one else is going to get a chance to shine.