User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 607 - THE MASTER/@comment-24153155-20141128031045

Yhwach's Blut Anhaben is a dome forming around himself? A Quincy boss version of wearing the pants, haha! Anyways, awesome chapter! Three things that stood out for me were:

1. If Ichibei really used kido, then perhaps it might not be so strange that his (high) spells can take a literal form, such as the dragon. Being a monk he kinda studies the essence of things/entities.

2. Yeah, I know Quincy are known for being human with strange extraterrestial powers, but somehow I always believed he somehow was connected to the primordial Seireitei in a less human way. Perhaps things were all Disney before: all the different races lived together in one happy world once upon a time. Inoue would be delighted. Otherwise: I think it's fun food for thought to hypothesize how a "mere human", previously displayed a plant-like being, happily goes through a 1000-year coma and is back in business without any side effects. Hmm... having said that: there might be some chicken and egg dilemma here...

3. Ichibei to begin with. Just what kind of monk is he? His speech and "customs", such as the naming, the fude etc, indicate he might be a seasoned monk. I could understand him having an actual weapon both from the monk, as well as the fallen monk angle. When he said the shinigami loathed him, that he seems to try and teach Yhwach a lesson/ put him in his place, and that he seems different with his vow to kill might indicate he is some sort of (dai)tengu. Then his fude being a naginata in disguise and his shinigami clothing to begin with might indicate he is a sohei... I guess much will ride on his vow to kill and the actual act of doing so. Does he seek enlightenment or does he really kill for the sake of killing? It's getting more and more interesting!