User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 563 - SUPERSTAR NEVER DIE/@comment-1332195-20131225185042

I thought that thing on Renji at the end was Hihio Zabimaru, after Nimaiya's worked his magic on it, as it has the same skull motiff, albiet on his wrist now, and you can still see some of the old segmented bits of the tail through the smoke.

I did think it would be the case that having a larger crowd would have a more profound effect on his boost; I just didn't guess that James could perform a passable impression of an amoeba to do make it happen. Is it me, or did he start healing the gut wound before James started cheering again, hinting that the boost does have some sort of tailing off effect before it runs out completely, not a brick-wall-stop? Looks possible that you have to kill both simultaneously in order to keep them both down for good.

So, Merry Christmas, or Bah Humbug! depending on your viewpoint.