User blog comment:Godisme/Swastika Break/@comment-1268838-20110218024214

I was worried by the spoilers regarding him throwing it like a shuriken - they made it sound like that's how its power would actually work. Now I'm just thinking Kubo was making a nod towards another certain series, but that's just me. I agree that the chapter was a tad fast, but I think it was necessary - Ichigo learns that it works like a sword despite its apparent lack of a blade, and uses it as such. It's good that they got this out of the way fast, rather that spending another two or three chapters in the Doll House on it. I was a tad disappointed by the minimal damage it inflicted, but then again, I wasn't exactly expecting it to blow up the Doll House either. Chances are, that'll improve later on.

I don't know about this guy coming up to Inoue. I have a feeling that he's just some mook from that gang Ishida and Ichigo beat up, trying to get back at him by attacking a close friend they see as being vulnerable. Which is to say, Kubo's ending the chapter with a red herring.