User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 552 - The Fundamental Virulence/@comment-2211792-20131008172426

Yeah, well... comparing bankai to Resurreccion isn't really that brilliant. Didn't every single Arrancar who released their zanpakuto say that it's drastically different from a Soul Reaper's zanpakuto? "We seal our power into a sword, and when we release it, we return to our original Hollow form, blah blah blah." Well, maybe it's the principle that's the same, so whatever works.

Kinda disappointing that Askin vanished into thin air, but at least we got to see what's inside Mayuri's shining room - all essential equipment, required for Squad 12 to operate as usual, so his shadow-repelling gimmick wasn't as useless as I thought. Also, it wasn't too difficult to guess that Rangiku would be caught and defeated by someone else, namely Cang Du "the Iron". I really like the guy, he's like a badass Asian version of Haschwalth. Hopefully he'll be one of those to join Uryu when he becomes the rightful ruler of the Quincies.

The concept of Hollow reiatsu being toxic to Quincies was foreshadowed back in EBTR arc by that decontamination treatment Masaki received after fighting White, plus all that talk about "tainting the Ishida bloodline". Guess that's why Ichigo's bankai can't be stolen, and the same should apply to Visoreds (it's such a shame none of them used bankai during the last invasion... or did they? Kensei said something about being lucky that his bankai wasn't stolen), though I actually hoped Ichigo would be a special case due to his Quincy blood, since that was what let him break out of the Jail. Although... in that light, it makes sense for Quincies being unable to steal Hollow-touched bankai, but shouldn't Ebern have been able to ignore that? He wasn't a real Quincy, after all, he couldn't be harmed by Hollow reiatsu since he was one. Hey, maybe Urahara is wrong, and Gotei is about to lose even more bankais.

But let's say he is right. Feels kinda disappointing that the scary bankai theft plot twist was defeated by revealing the Quincies' vulnerability to Hollow reiatsu. These two things don't seem to be related at all. Oh well, I better stop complaining. I've been waiting for bankai vs. Blut Arterie/Vollstandig fights, so bring it on!