User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 682 - The Two Sided World End/@comment-24531362-20160715025657

Analysis Mode ENGAGE!

Disclaimer included: this chapter was FAR overshadowed by the infuriating sinking of my ship that was Nisekoi 226.

Okay, so let's begin.

Yhwach pops out of his portal and has arrived, for some reason, in Seireitei. He is greated by MOTHER-(censored) Aizen. HYPE!

Back in Wahrwelt, Uryū is doing his stair workout when his dad SHOOTS AN ARROW AT HIM... with a crossbow that I don't recall seeing before but I digress. Apparently, when Auswählen kills someone by NOT dissolving them, it does so by leaving a mass of silver in their veins that basically gives them the most monetarily valuable stroke ever. Ryūken harvested the silver from his dead wife's body, probably immediately following his failed resuscitation attempts, forged it into an arrow that was somehow compatible with Heilig Bogen arrow techniques, then shot it at Uryū so he could use it against Yhwach in a twisted sense of retribution, because apparently Heilig Pfiel are transferable now. This is a cool throwback to the earlier parts of the series and arc, but my Yhwach if it isn't a stretch.

Meanwhile in the non-Garganta thing, Ichigo and Renji are running again. Both are noticeably beaten from their prior battles, with Ichigo even collapsing, but Renji knows that the only cure for exhaustion and severe injuries is a friendship speech. In this case, Renji says that his relationship with Rukia was on the shakiest of foundations prior to the events of the series, but thanks to Ichigo's interaction they are closer than ever. So, Renji swore to give Ichigo the push he needed at the time he needed it most so Ichigo can save that which is most important to him. Of course, he does that by beating the snot out of an already grievously injured man, but hey, shōnen bromance.

Back in Seireitei, Aizen is free from his chair. After a bit of banter about who Ichigo foiled harder, Aizen declares the thing that we all already knew: our favorite immortal egomaniac is not fighting Yhwach to be a good person, but instead to advance his own plans for universal conquest. Immediately after, Ichigo and Renji jump through a portal to attack Yhwach's back... because that plan worked SO WELL on Aizen. Yhwach counters this, saying that Renji and Ichigo are a bit early, but that he foresaw them showing up, attacking him, and Ichigo's Bankai shattering yet again. This time, however, Tensa Zangetsu merely cracks, to Yhwach's shock.

Okay, this chapter is best simplified into three events: Uryū gains another weapon against Yhwach, reinforcing the idea that he will be the hero of the arc; Ichigo and Renji bro out against Yhwach and somehow defy The Almighty, and Aizen gets free. Now, we just need to wait for a chapter or two to let everything that happened herein to come together. It's all wrapping up, folks.

Thats a wrap!