User blog comment:Godisme/Kill The Shadow/@comment-893506-20120613192620

This chapter didn't impress me either, but I agree with you about the captain/lieutenant trust moment.

Sal actually mentioned an interesting theory regarding the Vandenreich's sealing of Bankai quite awhile ago, so the fact that they're actually stealing it didn't surprise me that much. Still, I'm wondering if they really can use it for themselves, in some way.

After reexamining Asguiaro Ebern's fight with Ichigo, it seems likely that he knew he was supposed to steal Ichigo's Bankai, not seal it. But Ichigo broke it apart, which makes me wonder a few things: why is Ebern's method different from the Stern Ritter's, and, of course, why didn't it work on Ichigo?

Not sure how long Kubo plans to drag this stage of the arc out, but I'm wondering what he could have up his sleeve to want to depower 1/4 of the captains this early on into the arc.