User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 680 - THE END 2/@comment-24769684-20160630114923

OK...Let's talk about the stuff I liked first. Haschwalth's reaction to the entire theme of friendship was very well-done, and the irony of him getting Auswahlen'd was sweet. It would have been a lot sweeter if he actually died, but given that we pulled away at the last second and given that he and Uryu are in a darkish room it seems likely he'll survive, which makes it look like we'll get another unoriginal and overused "oh he didn't love me after all so I'll join you" plot device. At this point it really depends on Haschwalth's sense of pride.

Now, Gerard. That was fucking atrocious. I dedicated two blogs to discussing how to kill him and Kubo pulls this shit??? I thought he might be sticking around this long to do something relating to the Soul King and such, but nah, seems like Kubo just wrote himself into a corner. The only logical reason to have Gerard hang around as long is to give the Auswahlen more effects than just stripping Haschwalth's powers, but if that's the case then this was handled pretty fucking poorly. Most of Gerard's battle was awful asspulls and too much attention focused on already-big characters, but at least it could have had a decent conclusion with the team takedown. But no, it had to end in the state it usually was: a flaming piece of shit the likes of which hasn't been seen since the battle with Aizen.

Speaking of Auswahlen though, did Lille get Auswahlen'd too? Or is he already dead?

And of course there's Yhwach Bleaching Ichigo and heading to the human world. Well, with all the shit that's happened this chapter I really don't give much of a fuck about that right now. What an awful chapter.