User blog comment:Godisme/Eliminate From Heaven/@comment-1489595-20130221143111

Unohana died unnecessarily, didn't she? And now Soul Society is worse off then ever. Frankly this whole 'Unohana is Kenpachi' arc has just been stupid and ill-conceived. And it shows a pattern for Kubo. The man doesn't go out of his way to ignore or humiliate his female characters but then he never takes them to great heights either. They are the eternal supporting character who dies or suffers when its convenient to gin up feelings among the audience. But you never see them truly 'win' for themselves or on their own merits. Until now Unohana was the one female character who defied this pattern (though she never did anything truly great either).

On top of that Kenpachi's sword's name is going to be treated like some great secret. Wonderful.

And I totally agree with Godisme about Ichigo. Its a retread story where Ichigo is broken down and then has to build himself up again. Couldn't, I dunno, have Ichigo repair his zanpaktou and maybe use this time to see what Uryu is doing and put some meat on the actual 'A' plot with a little exposition or something. My...focus on the quincies a little...what a twist!