User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 668 - BIGGER,FASTER,STRONGER/@comment-29183117-20160331132141

OK, I can accept that many fans will love this chapter, but...no. No.

We haven't gotten Bankai from Ukitake, Shinji or Love. No Zanpakuto abilities from Yoruichi. But we get a Bankai from Kenpachi??? I'll admit I'm semi-interested to see what it could be, but from a story standpoint this is a slap in the face to anyone whose wanted to see abilities from somebody else.

It's looking as though this may be a ploy to boost sales and appeal to the wider demographic, but the writer in me just doesn't agree with the idea of sacrificing story quality for the sake of wider appeal. Then the fans are the ones dictating the story, and not the writer.

And I hope to God that Yachiru's "use me properly" line was just Stream screwing up, because if it turns out that she's Kenpachi's Zanpakuto spirit then that would make this so much worse and create so many plot holes.

I'm cautiously hopeful that next week will reveal that this isn't what it looks like, because if what's looking to be the case is the case, then this arc as a whole just took a major hit in terms of quality.