User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 561 - THE VILLAN/@comment-14244059-20131211121323

I have to agree that pacing feels off compared to earlier more drawn out fights, but it really makes a lot of sense if you think about it.

The Quincy are not screwing around. They have stomped on anyone they've come into contact with, hitting them with full power from the start of the battle, including Captains. If you let your guard down for even one second around an opponent like that, they will crush you. I'm not saying the Captain's are all letting their guards down, but people who seem to be thinking this is still a normal fight (like Kensei seemed to because he was talking all that ish) are obviously going to be beaten. Rose was just completely dumb-founded that Mask, you know, destroyed his own sense of hearing just to counter his Zanpakuto. I would've stopped and stared if that had happened to me, too, honestly.

It's not that Kensei and Rose are weak, they simply underestimated their opponent and were completely stunned by his tactics respectively.

See, Komamura had it down. He went at Bambietta with everything he had once Shinji was KO'd and it won him the fight. Admittedly, he did have very gamebreaker powers to boot, but still; the Quincy are not opponents you can have a flashy fight with. You either get down and dirty or you get your ass handed to you on a silver platter.