Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26912075-20160204195720/@comment-31283382-20160205221339

It is by far the best arc in Bleach, but there are some major misses:

-When they were introduced, the Sternritter were meant to be more powerful than Espada, and they did it pretty well: awesome powers of original (the very first ones to be introduced) Sternritter, catastrophic death toll in mere minutes, killing high ranked Shinigami for kicks, etc. However, once things settled down a bit, Sternritter were made into cannon fodder for newly empowered Shinigami and died way to easy and way to fast (Bambietta, Äs, Loyd Bros, Berenice, Jerome, BG9 (I guess he is dead), Cang Du), some of them were obvious Quincy versions of Espada (Bazz-B=Grimmjow, PePe=Zommari, Mask=Yammi), some had LAME powers (PePe, Cang Du, Nianzol, Mask) some died merely for the sake of plot (Robert, NaNaNa (again, I guess he is dead), Nianzol), and the ones that survived (confirmed, and aside from Schutzstaffel) turned traitors, only to be wiped out in a jiffy and without putting up any real fight. Well what a nice crew.

-The Royal Guard, when introduced was said to be more powerful than all of Gotei 13 combined, which is to say 6000+ people in five captains. And then, Nimaiya breaks all of logic by effortlessly slaughtering the Schutzstaffel, the most powerful of Sternritter that destroyed Sereitei in seconds, only to be slaughtered back when the revived Schutzstaffel enter their pseudo-Vollständig (insert the "not even my final form" joke here) and within minutes, assisted by Yhwach they tear apart (quite literally in some cases) the mightiest beings in the Universe. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think that's how it works.

-It became obvious that when someone gets their true power revealed (like Yachiru's Bankai: Minazuki) and it is not majorly necessary for plot, that person will die very soon. Again, Yachiru (I am talking about Unohana, OFC), Rose, Yamamoto and NaNaNa are a fine examples, the Quincy getting removed from play merely pages after his power has been revealed.

-In rush to reveal the unrevealed Bankai, they were made quite poorly so far: Kinshara Butodan was a so-so, Zanka no Tachi was a slaughterhouse of sheer awesomeness, but Hakka no Togame was a mere fanservice, Sōō Zabimaru was a tad overpowered, Minazuki was too weak and rushed up, and Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū was the dictionary definition of anticlimax.

-In some aspects of his, Yhwach is just Madara all over again.

-Deus ex Machina is called upon way to often.

Got anything to add on? Feel free.