User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 570 (I can't think of a witty title at 11 pm)/@comment-1904799-20140226185805

I felt genuinely sympathetic for As Nodt this chapter, which is something I never thought I'd do. He came off as a quiet, bookish, sensitive guy when he was in his hospital bed. Also, I really hope the book next to him wasn't supposed to be the Bible, because if so, it was spelled "Bibel." Kubo's bad English track record continues, I guess...

Hakka no Togame looks really unusual. I like Rukia's cosmetic changes, but I don't really have a great sense of what the thing physically does. It caused a plume of white, snowy mist, then afterwards As Nodt was frozen and partially decapitated. Am I the only who doesn't understand the actual mechanics of it?

Also, injuring Yachiru is basically an automatic death sentence for the new Sternritter. No character could get away with that, particularly not someone as creepy as this guy.