User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 546 - THE LAST 9DAYS/@comment-1904799-20130718231551

I didn't enjoy this chapter. I think the prospect of the Vandenreich launching yet another surprise attack on Soul Society isn't interesting; didn't this JUST happen? Kubo hasn't spent enough time letting Soul Society recuperate from the last invasion, and now it feels as though he's starting to rush things. If we actually saw the results of Hitsugaya and Komamura's training, the Visoreds attempting to patch up the rifts they've detected, Renji and Rukia's time in the Royal Palace, Chad and Orihime's visit to Hueco Mundo, or all of the above, maybe it would feel less fast-paced, but rushing into yet another invasion sequence so soon is stupid and ruins all of those setups. It's like Kubo got bored of all the quiet, introspective and, dare I say it, intelligent character development and decided to hurry everything along to the next action sequence. Very disappointing.