User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 554 - Desperate Lights/@comment-1248963-20131024011641

Tbh I'm sick to death of onmisapient villains. The trope had already overstayed its welcome with Aizen's "I know everything and planned everything about your life since the day you were born" so having diverse characters tell us that "Yhwach already knew that you would do this and that since you were in your momma's womb" is seriously grating. Also, wtf was the point of taking the Bankais if, according to Bambietta, it was a handicap and Vollstanding is ohsomuchsuperpowerful. If they can easily own Shinigami with Vollstanding, why take their Bankais which prevents you from using Vollstanding? I always knew the "bankai stealing" was just a shock-value-only plot point (and always considered it stupid) but I kind of hoped that Kubo would do something interesting with it (surprise, he didn't!) Ofc there's still Yamamoto's bankai in Yhwach's possession, but honestly, the whole thing just seems like a fastway to create a sense of "despair" and have the Shinigami's butts kicked.

Nevertheless, this chapter had Shinji doing Shinji awesome stuff, and thus is was perfect