User blog comment:AldenHeathcliffe/Chapter 551: The Burnt Offerings/@comment-2211792-20131002150708/@comment-5657895-20131002151941

No, I too am not surprised. Her sword is pretty small and she's never been shown holding it. From her design it is logical to assume she'd fight with Kido.

Not a great chapter, I agree, but at least one fight is finished. I can't see Toshiro standing up against after an attack like that, and his sword was broken. Now we might at least be able to see Komamura, Shinji, Kensei, Rose, or Ukitake take the battlefield.