User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/ANIME SPECIAL: 274: Hitsugaya, The Suicidal Frozen Heavens Hundred Flowers Funeral!/@comment-44061-20100609141308

Yea I have to agree Lia its just really messed up that when it comes to the anime they refuse to stick to the concept developed by Kubo. Its not like it would even be hard to do so either. Considering how short the chapters are compared to anime format they could easily achieve a great rendition of what Kubo drew and wrote. Instead they put in half of the latter part of the previous episode and then add content that didn't exist in the manga at all.

Now Lia your right in the anime fillers they dont even bother with continuity or even explaining plot threads they leave flying in the wind with no explanation.

Now for this recent anime. the starrk cero thing though me off. I wondered if the position was correct cause we may have been off from the angle we saw it in the manga. As for Shunsui asking him to show him that was horrible i hate how they downplay how serious or powerful the captains are. This is a perfect case of them making it seem like Shunsui wasn't hard for Starrk to deal with, when if you read the manga Starrk was frustrated the entire fight with him.

As far as them giving Harribel more screen time and explanation behind her skill. I found the idea that she was remotely beating Hitsugaya as laughable. In the manga they fought and was more or less evenly matched with Harribel with the edge. Hitsugaya ends up countering her attacks with greater power. In the anime they make it seem as though he is so weak compared to her and then they come back with this oh you dont know what your messing with sort of thing. Now the question is was that necessary. Are those that only watch the anime so action oriented they forgo story content for a suspenseful build up that was better portrayed in the manga.

Personally I think he may have regretted not fleshing her out as much as he did some of the other espada. Seeing as she was the only female and one of the top espada it may have looked uneven the way he originally handled her and in hindsight it was his way of making the slight up