User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 581 - THE HERO 2/@comment-24153155-20140521225952

A big yay for Ichigo's return! No matter how much I enjoyed reading the Sternritter fighting "arc" (as well as its necessity), I am actually looking forward to a little more story instead of rushing from one battle into the next. I am really curious as to what happened with Yachiru, it kinda looked like Kenpachi couldn't sense that she was right below him in chapter 579, like she was invisible. Another thing which I found a bit off (actually ever since Rukia and Byakuya returned and Rukia fought Äs Nödt, I have wondered what was going on with Byakuya. We didn't really see him getting affected by Rukia's Hakka no Togame, which might be because he was out of Rukia's "fighting radius", but he was somehow close enough to guide Rukia in her thawing process), is that Hirako mentioned in this chapter that after Kenpachi nobody in the Seireitei would be able to fight. Aside from Ichigo (and Kenpachi) there are no War Potentials on the actual scene, but Rukia, Renji and Byakuya were still present and far from severely injured (well, Byakuya is still a mystery). Wondering if they are in some sort of Reiatsu stealth mode?