User blog comment:Godisme/Swords of Origin/@comment-1904799-20130117054204

I agree with the general consensus that the first part of the chapter was generally boring, although, surely I'm not the first to notice that the Asauchi strongly resemble that girl from One Missed Call? It's the mouths-for-eyes thing, and it's effectively creepy. My big lingering issue regarding this particular chapter is that I don't understand what, exactly, Kyoraku is trying to accomplish by pitting Kenpachi against Unohana. He claims to be trying to teach Kenpachi "the art of killing," but isn't Kenpachi already a pretty consistent killer? I get that Unohana is more experienced at it, but what will killing Unohana establish for Kenpachi? That he's a better fighter? Why spend time improving Kenpachi's fighting skills at all? Why not just send Unohana, who is clearly already better at it, in his stead? Surely her division can handle the brunt of the healing on their own for the sake of having Soul Society's most prolific murderer take to the battlefield and slaughter the enemy? I don't understand why Kenpachi has to suddenly supercede Unohana is what I'm getting at.