User blog comment:Godisme/Hear.Fear.Here/@comment-44061-20120718155549

im getting really tired of what Kubo is doing here. I first he had byakuya one of the fastest and most powerful captains have a hard time against a human, that battle was sad if you could even call it that. Now the same guy is fighting against this weird quincy and is even less effective, he isnt doing anything, no shunpo, no kido, no tactics at all just standing there and getting attacked. i mean if i was just getting into bleach and didnt know byakuya then i could fall for this but, i do know him so what kubo has done with him for the past 2 arcs is disappointing and insulting. I get he is trying to make the situation seem hopeless for his "grand royal guard" intro, but im not getting hopeless, im getting pointless and disappointing storyline from this. There is better way to carry this out without just screwing over your characters by having them betray who they are.

Also what the quincy said about fear its a nice speech and all but inaccurate in the idea that fear whether its based on reason or instinct cant be overcome or prove as a force to fuel oneself against that which they fear. This is actual not true, all fear whether by courage or willpower can be overcome. Also instinctual fear is about preparedness, humans fear dangerous situations were more likely to survive and reproduce. Its a evolutionary mechanism for survival.