User blog comment:Godisme/Eliminate From Heaven/@comment-4431351-20130224174105

Not a good move. Killing the best healer and strongest fighter in Soul Society just to end up with a new strongest fighter, doesn't make sense, especially in a wartime situation. I understand why she would sacrifice her life and I would have had no problem with it, if Kubo didn't rush the chapters so much towards her death. Now he portrayed Unohana as quite selfish. She should have realized the Gotei 13 was going to need her healing abilities at least. Still I'm hoping somewhere, in spite, she isn't dead, I mean Byakuya is still miraculously alive.

Renji succeeding was good. Ichigo not succeeding doesn't bother me really, though. Sure, he fails A LOT, but doesn't every mainstream battle manga's protagonist? You have to fall to get back up stronger. I'm sure you all would have complained about him succeeding too easily, but that's not the point of this comment. He has to fail to acknowledge he has to change his way of thinking and way of taking action. And of course, this is a simple way to introduce Ichigo's, I'm betting, Quincy heritage. We will see.

On another note, I really liked Shintō's ability. Shooting with his hands and creating a Garganta-like doorway, crazy guy. Thinking he maybe didn't stood out in the beginning to emphasize his insanity later on. Maybe overthinking things, though.