User blog comment:Avolling/Kirge Opie and the Rules of Improv/@comment-5120709-20120524232637

My guess is that Kubo is showing what the Quincy army (I don't remember the name right now) can do. So far I like the fight. It's more or less even, which avoids the "Ichigo is losing but gets a powerup out of nowhere and wins" formula's been using since the Hueco Mundo Arc began.

My other guess is that Kubo's being a horrible mangaka since Soul Society ended and this is just another of his failures, but I prefer the first one