User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 570 (I can't think of a witty title at 11 pm)/@comment-24153155-20140226224728

Quite a strange chapter, I have to say. I absolutely loved the first part with Rukia's Bankai, but I felt it was very rushed. I hoped to see more of the fight with Äs and yes, given that Rukia is one of the protagonists showing off her Bankai for the first time, I really did expect quite a bit more screen time so-to-speak). It makes total sense Äs would end up in this fashion, and for sure it leaves more space for Rukia's Bankai to develop, which is a major plus. I really liked that at least Rukia's zanpakuto blade did seem to become see-through (a pico-bit of Physics here, LOL =P) Obviously it's a bit early to elaborate, but I got a bit confused about Byakuya and how Rukia's Bankai technique seems to work. Everything (within a certain diameter around Rukia?) gets frozen, and it might be just me having timing issues (or Kubo for that matter;)... but Byakuya just calming down Rukia to aid her thawing like nothing's up? Is he even present "in person", or is he that strong now that he doesn't easily get affected by anything external? Or is this due to Rukia being able to somehow solely concentrate her Reiatsu on the person/entity/object/.../ she wishes to fight?

Was it just me or does Soken Ishida have an evil twin brother ;)