User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/406: Deicide 8 end of the Chrysalis Age/@comment-1713487-20100604175818

Is it sad that I'm starting to look forward to the rants on the chapter more than the content of the Bleach chapter? Maybe it's because I can't see any new developments really happening yet.

Ok, so the latest Deicide has seen Aizen become Shinigami/Hollow/Super Saiyan/Pokemon/Bishounen Fangirl's Dream/100% Shattered. That's right, Aizen's no longer Broken or Overpowered because those just aren't good enough anymore. Last I checked, emerging from cocoons in a new evolution was definitely the domain of Bug Pokemon. I can still deal with that. Hell, I'm personally expecting Kubo to step into the King's Dimension at anytime no so we can really get some worthwhile plot details back into this mix. Kubo's already established that it's the end of the road for the fake Karakura Town as just a massive slaughterhouse.

What I can't deal with is the obviously planned lack of Zanpakuto power throughout this series. Seriously, we still haven't seen Yoruichi or Isshin's Shikai. And if we don't have a Shikai, we certainly don't have any Bankais to speak of. Look back-We only saw two new Bankais throughout this whole Arc, and of them one was Kensei's. So really we only got to see ONE new Bankai in action. In the most decisive battle to date in the world of Bleach, not a single Captain even considered going all out after Kensei? Really?

My only hope is that Isshin can train Ichigo in some conceivable way (after all, that Getsuga from Isshin could be a hint that Isshin is just a stronger Ichigo clone), Bankai being unleashed in spades in SS from everyone else, Kensei coming back from the Realm of Nothingness inside Kingdom Hearts to get him some, and the Royal Guard coming in to clear up the remains.

There. My semi-rant's done. I don't have the energy today for a full-fledged one so this will have to do.