User blog comment:Godisme/Knuckle Down/@comment-3344282-20110224161239

Godisme, why do you think it is obvious that impossible to spell guy 2 is a fullbringer? He claims to be the one who attacked Ishida (guy 1 did that, too, so we shouldn´t believe everything they say), so he must be quite strong. And yes, the arc introduces fullbring as "new" power. But until guy 2 actually uses fullbring we should not jump to conclusions. The only thing we know for sure is that he has some kind of power which left "strange" reiatsu in Ishida´s wound...

As for the Rukia part, it seems that Ichigo is being suspected of doing something harmful to soul society or maybe breaking a law or taboo. So either using fullbring is considered to be taboo itself, because it manipulates souls (which would be quite a dangerous power in soul society), or maybe it has to do with manipulating the badge which was given to him by SS and should not be tampered with. So this part did not puzzle me too much, and I was quite happy that it kind of implies that we will see Rukia or other SS guys soon again.

What irritated me was that the yakuza thug was changed back to normal - didn´t one of the previous chapters say, that he would be permanently trapped in the bear after 15 minutes?! So I think Kubo is contradicting himself here a bit. But well, maybe he would have been automatically set free if he had won the fight in less than 15 minutes, and after that he needed Riruka´s help/intervention to be set free, whatever.

Overall the chapter was good, especially compared to the previous ones (which were quite boring). The silly dollhouse fight is over, Rukia comes into the plot (if only as a voice, but foreshadowing that it might not be a good thing for Ichigo to use fullbring), and I liked the Orihime part. I was wondering what would happen: would she use her powers for defense like usual, or would she finally start to toughen up and fight - but I would never had thought that impossible guy 1 would be unable to fight because she is too gorgeous. Yes, the conclusion was a bit cheesy, but it was a refreshing surprise. So the chapter was, while not excellent, definitely more satisfying than the last ones.