User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 610 - Mausoleum of Skulls/@comment-28861328-20141219003243/@comment-5398287-20141219015033

If scathing hatred put to text could give the reader cancer, I'd be needing chemo right about now.

I say he's better than this because he's proven at quite a few points during this arc that he can tell a good story when he wants to. Examples include the Everything But the Rain mini-arc, the backstory provided for Kenpachi and Unohana's relationship, and the revelation of Ichigo's real Zanpakuto and the man masquerading as it all this time; all three were standout instances of him tying threads from previous arcs together in a cohesive, believable, and emotional fashion without having to resort to this sort of crap. It's fine if you don't like how he handles explanations in comparison to Kishi, or whomever you compare him to, but there's my reasoning as an answer to your first part.