User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/411: Deicide 13/@comment-1248963-20100708051448

Indeed Kanonji was the big let down in this chapter. I don't understand people saying that comic relief was necessary in this chapter, it wasn't. As IIBlazer said, all the tension and suspense that had been building for the past chapters around Aizen pretty much died with Kanonji and not in a good way. Kanonji obviously has nothing to offer if he had to be saved by Matsumoto even before putting up any sort of fight. As I said, it would seem his showing up was some sort of "filler" to leave Matsumoto's appearance for the last second/page.