User blog comment:Godisme/Light of Happiness/@comment-1268838-20120523193145

I personally think we all saw this ability coming. A few mentioned the possibility, but seeing spiritual bodies being broken down by force is a pretty formidable ability. There's just, well, one problem. It's hellishly overpowered. I could buy Kirge being pounded into mush and having his neck snapped, but frankly I think it's way too early for someone this powerful to be around. I initially thought he would just be a sneak peak of what to expect from other Vandenreich members, but he's just utilized what might be the epitome of reishi absorption - it's going to be a little hard to top that.

For the first time in my life, I'm hoping that a character gets Kensei'd. Unless someone interesting like Urahara steps into the game, I'm not really interested in seeing Ichigo brawl against him for the next five chapters. Here's to hoping that we get more on the Stern Ritter and Buckbeard next week.