User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 569 (You've been hit by / You've been struck by / Senbonzakura~)/@comment-2211792-20140220205734

Well Xil, "the Fear" rendered useless is a big deal because Kubo let As Nodt go on a lengthy explanation about how it's impossible to block. Normal fear can be resisted and overcome through experience, but his ability is irrational fear that has no reason and strikes the very core of one's being. But in this chapter Byakuya looked at As Nodt and was unaffected, and then told Rukia "don't be afraid, that fear is his own". All that hype undone just like that. That's called being inconsistent.