User blog comment:Godisme/Die Standing/@comment-5606268-20121013010650

Wow many of you guys seem to forget that a Quincy's power is based on the amount of Reiryoku in the vicinity. That being said Juhabach was not more powerful than Yamamoto but was merely able to control Ryujjin Jakka's power. He will be defeated from likely Ichigo and his allies but I think the pivot of change to this war will not come from them first. That's why we will probably see the Zero squad in action.

I was sincerely shocked to see Yamamoto die even though I thought that he wouldn't last forever. Yamamoto being killed in the manner in which he was killed is surprising but not impossible, because Juhabach was an old adversary and him growing more powerful is inevitable. Yamamoto had already used up quite an amount of power with his Bankai prior to his real fight with Juhabach therefore him being caught off guard is probably why he was killed so easily.

There are many plot holes to be filled and Kubo will fill them, and as for comparing this arc to the previous ones, I still rate Aizen as the best antagonist of the series thus far.