User blog comment:Godisme/The Fire 2/@comment-1904799-20120905212118

I trust Yamamoto hasn't forgotten that the Vandenreich can steal Bankai, especially not coming off his fight (if you can call it that) with Driscoll. I suspect that Yamamoto is in the same boat as Ichigo, in that the Vandenreich, for whatever reason, can't steal his Bankai. I'm not liking the coming and going of characters so quickly in this arc. Driscoll, NaNaNa, Buzzbee, As, all of them could have developed into genuinely interesting villains, and none of them did because Yamamoto effortlessly killed all of them. What I'm saying is that I'm more interested in the Vandenreich being a large collection of equally-intimidating baddies, rather than just Juha Bach and a slew of his disposable subordinates, which is what the Vandenreich seems to be developing more into. At least the white-haired kid shows some promise for developing into an actual character.

Also, as a side-note, what was with the heavy focus on Juha Bach's sword being drawn? I'm sure it has some manner of powerful ability, but I felt as though, from the way it was emphasized when it was being taken out, we were supposed to recognize it somehow. Did anyone else get that impression?