User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 561 - THE VILLAN/@comment-5691171-20131212085033

For some reason I really like this arc (and the same goes for this chapter)... I think it is because of its complexity... And by that I mean that since the beginning there is only one thing common to each and every chapter and that is the sense of "what the f*** is happening and why" etc. I mean the previous arcs were pretty straight-forward but this is is not... I agree that the storytelling and the writing could have been better (considering how it was in previous arcs) but also considering the number of times we were transported from one place to another, from one character or a group of characters to another, from one (answered or not) question to another (or from one era to another for that matter) i would say that that adds to the complexity that I am talking about... Regarding the killings and the defeats of the Shinigami I think we must not forget that during the previous arcs NO-ONE was killed not even really defeated for that matter (except Kensei or Shunshui-Soi Fon-Hitshugaya-Shinji but the latter was from the main villain so kind of obvious)... So from that point of view if captains were not to be defeated it would just have been a recap of the previous arcs... That being said, it is true that it is going pretty fast and the captains are being defeated way too easily, but how else could you showcase a devastating war (Mayuri said that Yamamoto failed to kill Yhwach so it kind of makes sense that the captains would struggle at least a bit against the Sternritter also considering how Yhwach remarked that the Gotei 13 were not the bunch of ruthless killers they used to be)... Of course I would like to see more of them (Rose's Bankai was awesomely crafted) but i wonder whether if the fights were prolonged and the fighters were able to show the full extent of their capabilities that would add to the feeling I think Kubo is trying to create... The only thing I don't like is Renji, because I would very much like for other characters to hit the spotlight but what can you do...Popular characters are just popular characters...