User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 668 - BIGGER,FASTER,STRONGER/@comment-3423279-20160331193518/@comment-5398287-20160331203723

I feel the same way. Remember when Shunsui claimed that Kyokotsu was Nanao's Zanpakuto, and when Byakuya showed up as Rukia was being overpowered by As Nodt? People were whining and bitching left and right about how Kubo had "really gone off the rails this time" or was "falling back on sexist cliches", only for the next chapter to prove them dead wrong. Then it was a lot of ignoring all the haterade they'd been drinking the previous week with a "I guess I was wrong maybe" thrown in here and there. Now, am I saying that this will end up exactly the same way? No, Kubo isn't a perfect writer and for all I know this will go exactly as his criticizers are saying, a la The Almighty - BUT until we get a good and proper explanation of what's happening here I'm choosing to reserve judgement on whether or not it's any good. Cliffhangers are by no means uncommon in shonen, especially not vague ones like this, and to Kubo's credit this isn't as out-of-the-blue as, say, Nanao's Zanpakuto - Yachiru went missing almost 100 chapters and 2 years ago in order to set this up. So let's all just calm ourselves and wait until next week to justify an opinion on all this, mkay?