User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 569 (You've been hit by / You've been struck by / Senbonzakura~)/@comment-24499616-20140220150946

That was a refreshing chapter, it was nice to finally see that Rukia isn't useless anymore and that she can hold her own in battle without someone coming to save her. Also, is it just me, or does this battle with Äs remind you of the battle with Espada #7 Zommari Rureaux? Zommari had a wierd "eye" ability like Äs and in that battle Byakuya also came to help Rukia. It seems like this battle with Äs is almost like of redemption for Rukia since she had lost and almost died during the fight with Zommari had Byakua not come to her rescue.

After Rukia shows her Bankai and kicks Äs's ass (lol) I'm going to wait for Hanaturo to show up and say or do something that will get him scolded by Byakuya as he did in the fight with Zommari. It just seems fitting that Kubo would do something funny like that.