User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 668 - BIGGER,FASTER,STRONGER/@comment-24531362-20160401051258

My brain is the melt.

ANALYSIS MODE ENGAGE!

M'kay. So Kenpachi and Gerard continue their idiot ballet, with Zaraki continually trying to overwhelm Gerard (even willingly taking off his eyepatch) and with Gerard continually bitch-slapping the captain but failing to kill him. Apparently, Gerard grows stronger when his enemies fear him, and his blade grows keener when his comrades feel hope. This is... actually accurate to the psychological effects a miracle would have on the battlefield. Well done Kubo.

Anyway, Toshiro and Byakya acknowledge that while Gerard may be the perfect opponent for Kenpachi (what with them both being nonsensical, self-destructive powerhouses with a fetish for big swords) the 11th Division Captain cannot defeat him, even when going all out. They thus plan to freeze him to the bone, killing him, with Byakuya helping KEnpachi run interference. Unfortunately, Gerard catches on almost immediately and counters this plan, leaving the two captains battered and too exhausted to try again.

Meanwhile, Kenpachi is recovering from his latest beating and sees Yachiru, of all people, standing outside his crater. He asks her where she's been, but she simply says that he'd be winning if he 'used her properly'. She then grabs him, power visibly flowing betweer them, and explain that ths surge of strenght he's feeling is what the other Captains have always referred to as Bankai.

Great chapter: yes! Controversial chapter: yes! The implied revelation that Yachiru is Nozarashi is one that we've all known for a while and refused to believe. it also proves to be the push I need to write my Kenpachi blog, coming soon. It was also cool to see the other captains work together, but co-op just doesn't work on Gerard apparently. Next week, Bankai!

That's a wrap!