User blog comment:Godisme/烈火の如/@comment-117598-20120919162117

I think they're setting up Yamamoto to die since he seems to be showing all of his techniques one after the other. Also, for a guy who said that he wants to end the battle quickly he sure seems to be stalling a lot. As for what may come of this battle, I do somewhat believe that the Vandenreich are not the main enemies of the arc, or their full force isn't there yet. What would be an interesting twist would be for Juhabach to be killed and the Vandenreich defeated but the Royal Guard show up to remove the Gotei 13 since they don't seem to be doing a very good job at maintaining the balance. All those things that Kubo mentioned this arc having could've just been at the time but after writing out the story so far changed his mind on the direction or at least some of those previously stated facts. And is it me, but Juhabach was all cocky and absolutely sure that he was going to win, and now seems frightened and not sure what to do anymore? Did he really think that he would march into Soul Society and plow over the Gotei 13 and Captain-Commander so easily? All I pray for is for Kubo not pulling out the Bankai stealing thing after a few chapters of fighting thinking we forgot about it. Like its some big clever thing. Juhabach comes out and is all like, "You fool! We never shared this already confirmed information but WE STEAL BANKAI! Mwuahahahah!" and Yamamoto just has a dumb look on his face,"Oh no! You're sharing information that I already knew but somehow forgot because I'm so busy showing all of my Bankai's really awesome abilities." Unnamed Vandenreich Member, "Schooled."