User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 562 - THE VILLAIN 2 (Mask De Masculine is a Mexican luchador in a German army)/@comment-4026406-20131221213450/@comment-11051098-20131222191828

I have to agree with Hokkaidomaster.


 * Shinji

Instead of having him show up at the spot Sajin was at, Kubo could have had Shinji encounter and fight another Sternritter. It could have been a fight where Shinji was forced to go all out in order to win. We could have seen his Bankai and another Sternritter fighting, instead of having Shinji thrown aside like that.


 * Ikkaku - Yumichika - Shûhei

Mask ambushing the trio was alright, I guess, but Kubo could have had them withstanding Mask's power for a short while, and had 1 or 2 Sternritters jumping in from close-by, cutting off Ikkaku and Yumichika while mask took on Shûhei, even though it probably was obvious that Mask would defeat him.

Kensei would likely show up either way to prevent Mask from killing Shûhei, and he should have used his Hollow mask and beat up Mask more, even if he ultimately was defeated. And Rose could have confronted another Sternritter, perhaps NaNaNa whom he faced in the first invasion.

3-4 more Sternritters could have been revealed, and ditto fights could have begun. I also think Cang and BG9 should have held off against Tôshirô and Sui-Fêng a bit longer, Cang using his special ability and BG9 revealed his epithet, and rather been killed, instead of being defeated and then executed for their failure.

As for Momo, and Shinji, they simply vanished. Did Kubo just forget about them?