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Publishers can be a hassle. It's all business so unlike with top of the line writers they have a big say in what they want added in, all in the name of making more money. I think Kubo could have done a better job with more freedom.

In the anime it was stretched out, but at least things were added to make the fights more climatic. In the manga it came off as a very cold exchange. Nothing was hyped up other than Ichigo vs Aizen, and even then, having Ichigo watch everyone get mowed down was silly. In fact, Aizen beating everyone was stupid. Made the Gotei look pathetic and made the Espada look even worse.

Nirgge vs Omaeda was pretty bad, though Omaeda's rants on being fat in the name of wealth and affluence being different from lazy fat was pretty funny. Didn't enjoy any of the fraccion fights other than the Ayon fight, Kira vs Redder, which was really short, and Hisagi defeat Findor.