User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 556 - The Wolfsbane/@comment-24113610-20131106163604

This chapter was just excellent.

Obviously Kubo had to get Shinji out of the way so the secret behind Sajin's new armor could be revealed as well as the strength he gained from training with his grandfather. Personally, I am not a fan of Sajin. I have always thought he was one of the more useless captains but his human look is so handsome( and his bankai is pretty cool as well, LOL)

No but in all seriousness I think that's the new hollowfied(?) look, not what his new bankai actually looks like. I don't think we'll get to see what the un-hollowfied versions of the captains bankais since this the final battle but that's cool to me as long as we get to see them all finally.

Hinamori is an idiot. Why she thinks she can take on some psychopath who almost blew her captain to bits, I'll never know. But she can heal Shinji and get him back on his feet so she's not completely useless this battle.
 * I do think it's cute that she rushed to his aid though; she's gotten attached already.

Bambietta is an awesome character with awesome power. I suspected the truth about her power from the start. Like Bazz B, she seems overpowered but Sajin is doing great standing up to her in her Quincy Vollstandig form even before he released his bankai.

Now that Sajin has released his bankai, I think the next chapter we should see what it does, see what direction this fight is headed, then pan to a new battle (Shunsui/Jugram or Kensei and Hisagi v. whomever) or back to the Royal Palace to check on Renji, Rukia, or Byakuya.