User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 558 - The Heart of the Wolf/@comment-8669536-20131120161716

Truly marvellous chapter! One of the best chapters according to me. Though I am disappointed by Bambietta already being defeated, but Kubo at least made it a good defeat.

I've always liked Komamura, but he gets so little screentime that he usually gets in the shadow of the other characters. But now I like him even more, because not only did he get more screentime, but Kubo also made something very interesting out of it. This was one of the most emotional and beautifully written chapters in all of Bleach in my opinion. I didn't really like the whole Humanification thing and I most certainly didn't like Dangai Jōe, but now it feels good that he has lost them. Though it's a tragic thought that Komamura probably will have to live the remainder of his life as a normal wolf.

But even though I really didn't like Kubo having Bambietta defeated that easily (she is my second favourite Sternritter) I think it's good that the fights aren't getting too long, since I'm usually not very fond of battles. But Kubo almost only presents new information about characters and presents character development during the fights, therefore I hope that the coming battles will be longer anyway. But I wish Kubo would include those things more without having too many battles.

Also the "Quincy Cheerleading Squad" (or at least some of them) or whatever it is people are calling them, do seem more interesting now than I thought they would be. At least Giselle I wouldn't have expected to be like she was in this chapter. I hope Giselle, Candice and Meninas can be a little more active (I don't really like Liltotto).