User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 553 - Frozen Cross/@comment-2211792-20131016143500

I don't think the dragon really appeared behind Hitsugaya when he regained bankai. It's just Hyorinmaru's spirit, and it's the same as Old Man Zangetsu showing up by Ichigo's side now and then.

I'm also curious what that "shield" behind BG9 was. He dissolved it when Omaeda approached. What exactly was BG9 doing to Soifon? Does he obtain data by analyzing her reiatsu or what? Is his "K" really "the Knowledge"?

But otherwise, this chapter is shit in my eyes. Here we go again, the same pattern: the seemingly deadly attack from the previous chapter did nothing, time for retaliation with another seemingly deadly attack. It's been like that for a month already! No Bazz-B (I hope he does the smart thing for once and kills Matsumoto while she lies there defenseless), no effect from Cang Du's snake head attack, no idea what it does or how it's connected with "the Iron". Cang Du says something stupid about bankai not having a soul - how does anyone in Bleach world not know what the zanpakuto are? BG9 suddenly teleports dozens of meters away from Omaeda and Soifon (or is it vice versa?) when they were just right next to each other. Oh, and the pills also mean that we're not going to see other captains struggle against their enemies with their shikai first. And the most irritating thing - when is Kubo going to show us other fights? I'm sick of Hitsugaya and Soifon already, show us Komamura at least since he also lost his bankai.