User blog comment:Godisme/Bad Recognition/@comment-1351982-20120222164329

I liked the chapter, I need to get whatever rocket fuel Kubo is one, because he is going much faster than he has in the past. In terms of Yukichika, I am not trying to be judgmental or speculative or anything, so please no one bite my head off on this and turn this into a huge debate, but honestly I think Yumichika is gay. More specifically I think it were ideal if he was gay, because I believe it would be admirable of Kubo to make someone of a differing sexual orientation to be fighting on the front lines in one of the strongest squads and a ranked seat. Interestingly enough, back in feudal area Japan many Samurai's were openly gay, and since Soul Society is based on Feudal Japan. Plus secretly in my own twisted ideology, I thought the Yumichika and Charlotte fight was realistic homosexual vs crude homosexual stereotype. Whether or not this is what Kubo intended, I have no idea, and frankly I don't need to know. I don't need someone's sexual orientation exploited to absurd levels of distain.

Also, did anyone get any Stalin or Nazi vibes from (what I am assuming are "quinces" ) the outfits the invading force was wearing and the people disappearing?

Anyway good chapter.