User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 554 - Desperate Lights/@comment-28861328-20131024015845

I honestly wonder why everyone is getting so hyped up because the Quincy decided to release. Did everyone forget Kirge's monologue when Ichigo was beating the living **** out of him in Bankai? Bankai is too fast for a Quincy. Blut Vene must be continuously used, according to him, to sustain damage from a Bankai, but only Blut Artiere is strong enough to harm a Bankai; the speed a Bankai gives their users makes it a **** for the Quincy to switch between the two without leaving them wide open. Now that the Shinigami have Bankai back, it safe to say that 9/10 Stern Ritter are about to get their asses handed to them.

But, other than the in-story sense, does anyone else not feel like Kubo is really rushing this arc? I mean, the Stern Ritter steal the Bankai, immediately get them stolen back, then immediately resort to Volstandig. Aizen is probably laughing in his cell right now. This whole "invasion" has been a massive **** up, either on Yhwach's part, or Kubo's.