User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 556 - The Wolfsbane/@comment-1268838-20131106155458

It was already well-established that Bambietta is a crazy psychobitch, but the look on her face when she was about to explode Momo made my day. I like that her ability is a little more nuanced than plain-old explosive blasts, and that the character herself pointed out the misconception in this chapter. Her explanation for being able to take out Shinji also made a lot of sense - what use is an ability that reverses direction when you're just going to blow up everything around you anyway?

I probably should have seen the Komamura twist coming, but I am glad I didn't - I think I did a double take when I first read this chapter. It was nice to have that small bit of exposition for the wolfmen (I have a hunch that MS might have won out against MP again); I like that Kubo seems to have mixed the classic werewolf legend with the Buddhist concept of the Animal Realm. His Bankai's transformation was pretty cool looking - I think I recall someone predicting that its armor would come off as well eventually, so kudos to whoever.