User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 561 - THE VILLAN/@comment-1268838-20131212223816/@comment-28861328-20131213055453

There, I agree with you. Its not the worst he's done. Like I've said (I think I said it here o.O), the only reason I nitpick is because I have this stuff drilled into me in classes all day, so it really bothers the heck out of me when Kubo uses these medically incorrect reasons to make his villains/heroes alike seem smart. It actually only made Mask look dumber than he actually is.

The plot bothers me the most. It's just that, with Aizen, and even with Tsukishima and Ginjou, I was on the edge of my seat with each chapter. The cliffhangers were unbearable, because it was a story with a followable plot, and fantastic execution, for the most part. There were a few "what the heck?" moments, but not nearly as much as this arc.

Bleach felt complete when Aizen was sealed. Felt complete when Ginjo died. Sure, there were still a lot of mysteries, but no story is ever 100% complete, with all mysteries solved. Sometimes you just have to leave that to the reader's imaginations. I don't want Kubo to sacrifice believably, story wise, in favor of trying to make the Quincy look all powerful, or to show every last Shinigami's Bankai. Not if they're going to get the treatment Rose's got, at least.

When you read a story, you want to know what happens next because you care about the characters (or don't care about them, in some cases), not what super-mega-awesome-flashy-ultra power they have. And that's exactly what Kubo has made these fights about. Who has the bigger pissing stick. And, in this fight, its who has the flashier pissing stick.

In away, what I'm saying is that, while you're correct, to be nitpicky would be a bit asinine if Kubo was telling a coherent story with this arc, but its like, every chapter you have two or more panels where you're like, "Wait... HOW did that happen again?"