User blog comment:Manani/My opinion of this arc!/@comment-1489595-20121021184720

I think the real problem here isn't that people are being slaughtered, its that Kubo doesn't know how to balance the needs of a war story.

In the battle over Karakura Town he refused to kill any of the supporting characters if they were heroes because he admittedly likes his chars and doesn't want to. The story would of been much improved to show Aizen's danger with a few judicious deaths to show he means business. Bleach has a huge cast and can afford to loose a few of the hanger-on characters.

Now that the manga is coming to a close Kubo is suddenly killing off hordes of characters left and right in meaningless battles. His pacing and sense of drama seems lacking in this arc. He just seems bored with the whole thing now and is rushing to finish it. I don't know how he plans to sustain years of this chapter as he promised.