User blog comment:Godisme/Quiet Chamber, Noisy Heart/@comment-44061-20110913232756

Interesting chapter. Im not at all surpised that Giriko was finished that quick, i think we all needed a reminder of not only what it is to be a captain but who in fact your dealing with when your dumb enough to go up against Kenpachi Zaraki (sadly Kubo seemed to need those reminders as well, hopefully the rest of the said fights will have that understanding). Im not disappointed it was so fast for a few points. Giriko wasn't ever a significant character for me to care about him, while his powers could have been interesting they never really were and whatever power he gained wasnt sufficient to fight kenpachi who deals only in sword combat. Also he had lost it and became drunk on power his whole mindset was wrong for a serious fight anyway.

Then we have Riruka vs. Rukia. As childish a fight your gonna get and once again theres "Dollhouse". Its good if you wanna hid from your opponent and distract them, but i dont see this fight as interesting.

Histugaya vs Yukio isn't really interesting because as Hitsugaya notices Yukio is just gonna hide behind his game projections and goad him on. This leads me to believe Yukio is the type to play around with others and manipulate them. We have seen enough of Hitsugaya's powers to know good use of them will end this battle quick.

Kugo vs ichigo and uryu. Im not sure i care to much about this fight unless ichigo is gonna do something unexpected, so far he has only reaffirmed his usually i dont care about having information or actually determining whats going on so long as i can fight to fix it later. This approach is always a pain to watch, its like the only development on ichigo is his powers instead of his character.

Finally the only battle worth seeing is Byakuya vs. Tsukishima. What I will say here is that from what we know about the guy he is arrogant and somewhat a sociopath manipulator. His skill in swordsmanship is good enough to hold his own. Though on his best day I dont think it would be a good idea to even attempt to take on byakuya kuchiki, we know full well what he is capable of when he isn't even trying very hard. Unless the Book of End can do more then cut well and falsify ones history i dont see this ending any better for him tthen it did for Giriko especially since Byakuya detests what he does, this looks like another "u dare step on someones pride fight" history shows they never go well for the opponent. If anything Tsukishima has it coming to him, who better to give it to him then one that will make it completely and utterly devastating.