User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/424: The Lost Agent/@comment-1359683-20101031012957

Good review and nice call on Karin's birthday.

This was a pretty good chapter, worth the wait I suppose. Personally, I'm on the fence with this timeskip especially with Kubo leaving so many stones unturned following the battle in FKT (i.e. the fate of Kensei, Mashiro, Sajin, the remaining Arrancar), but there is probably room for Kubo to address that through flashback chapters or whenever the time comes.

As for the new guy, well, I don't have too much of an opinion on him but this feels a bit like YYH without giving too much away. I would like to see more of the new guy before labeling him as a cliche shonen villain. After all, Shinji was introduced to the story in a similar matter and he turned out to be a pretty well balanced character. Time will tell. Seeing how this is the first chapter of a new arc, I think that even the biggest Bleach readers will be left in the dark until more information comes our way. Way to level the playing field Kubo ;)

Side Note: I revived my account to comment on blogs like these, so thanks! If only I wouldn't catch hell anytime I'm logged on Facebook while trying to see Bleach Wiki -_-