User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 568. Hear. Fear. Here 2/@comment-6657474-20140213051757/@comment-1248963-20140213065617

Agreed 100%. Renji had 10 chapters to show off all his new strength, Bankai and shit, but Rukia gets just two and she doesn't even get to win the fight. She didn't deserve having this fight taken from her and I'm never forgiving Kubo for that. It would've been incredible and beautifully poetic that Rukia -who represents Byakuya's pride- defeated As Nodt and avenged her brother's defeat and stomped battle pride, that, metaphorically, she saved her brother for a change. Thanks Kubo, it's always nice to know you keep finding new ways to turn your baddass female characters into damsels in distress no matter what the situation