Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5551986-20181227102057/@comment-1429792-20181227161321

I've seen a few of these floating around but not one so long. Thanks for posting it. I'm all for tying up loose ends etc but sometimes its better to leave things to the imagination rather than putting in a poor answer to a loose end and I think the novel does this in places.


 * Rangiku was the "nail" of the Soul King is poor writing - so basically Aizen could have just wiped the floor with Gerard and Pernida etc if he could do that to Rangiku. Though credit where its due, using part of the Soul King in the Hogyoku is a nice idea and the only attempt at explaining what that thing actually is made from/how its made. But nail = granting wishes? I'm not buying that one. Also begs the question did Urahara use a part of the Soul King too? And just who is the Soul King's pubes...?
 * On Hikone - 1st do we need another hybrid of all races? and 2nd, how can you be a hybrid of both Hollow and Arrancar? Makes no sense. But take that at face value - why would this part Hollow/Arrancar creature need a sword to open a garganta portal - all hollows/arrancar can do that anyway.
 * The visuals department sounds like it should be part of the Onmitsukido, after all spying/info gathering is every bit covert ops as assassinations and forced detentions of people who haven't committed a crime - we only know what 4 of the 5 units there are. But it seems to be separate of them
 * If Tokinada was in the maggots nest for killing Tosen's wife - that was an actual crime. Maggots Nest is not for murderers, just those who have the potential to be harmful to Soul Society. That makes little sense. Its not as if we don't know any details of the main prison - why not use that? If its supposed to be the noble family used its influence to move him there instead of a full prison then sure why not just put him under house arrest? Less embarrassing than having a noble being seen in a jail surely. And if he can manipulate evidence, why get caught at all?
 * I don't get why the fullbringers were a secret or so important. Maybe my imagination is just not good enough but I see no reason why all that would be worthwhile.
 * Grimmjow fought Luppi in Soul Society? What? What a bizarrely random and daft thing to do... Why bring Luppi back from the dead? Just pick someone else who didn't have their entire body and head destroyed. Mayuri bothered to regenerate a pair of dead legs and groin? Not buying in to that idea when he could have just used Nnoitra instead - he was stronger and is much more credible to revive. And they have Kenpachi alluding to him according to that summary so why not use that? It would be so much less cringe worthy. Plus, some people actually like Nnoitra, hardly anybody likes Luppi.
 * Muramasa - sigh. Way to go on cramming in a filler arc that physically does not fit within the manga's timeline.
 * Reverse engineered soul ticket? Um, I'm not sure to praise for actually trying to be original rather than recycling existing ideas or to criticise for not just saying that being a noble he used his influence to identify and use the teleporting technique Aizen/Ichimaru/Tosen used with the swirling bandages at the end of the Soul Society arc.
 * Vasto Lorde colonies? Maybe it's not a good idea to make it look like Aizen just didn't bother trying hard enough to find more of fthe ultra rare VLs.
 * I like that there's been a reaction in the living world though. I'm not sold on some of those details but the cult seems a good reaction to the revelation of Soul Society's existence.

Ugh, I've lost the will to keep going with picking out bits of this. I realise the translation is unverified and on top of that its a summary which can lose key context, but its enough to pass judgement on it. It doesn't seem anywhere near as bad as Spirits Are Forever With You but I think I've seen all I ever want from that summary and if its accurate then I will not be reading the books if they ever comes out in English. Too much daftness.