User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 562 - THE VILLAIN 2 (Mask De Masculine is a Mexican luchador in a German army)/@comment-5693502-20131217161348/@comment-2220112-20131218010454

Guys stop thinking so literal with the story line. The battles are just starting. The stern ritter appear to be in different factions. The one's we believed were strong are obviously not the cream of the crop. The Mask is an absolute monster, thus far. He has not entered Vollstanding and is more than a match for any captain it looks like. Kubo is eliminating the weaker characters and creating a level of despair for the good guys. A lot of them will not survive the true battle that is coming. Uryu will have to kill a shinigami to prove he is loyal. Imagine how strong Buzz B and Jugram are. We have no real way of understanding which Stern Ritter we should be wary of. Before now didn't it appear that Cang Du or BG9 would be stronger than Mask?