Okay, wtf was with Bleach this week.
(So we're not gonna find out what happened to Rukia?)
I scratch my head at the idea of Byakuya's blade becoming snapped…...how? (And through out these pages, Kubo has virtually no background and two-three big panels make up the pages, his trademark). So Byakuya just says fuck it and goes Bankai, something he should've done earlier when he realized his opponent would try to troll the fuck out of him. Tsukishima scoffs "lol Zero Strike zone can't hurt me", as if he possesses the physical strength and reflexes of a Shinigami.
Yeah, okay.
But wait! Byakuya trolls back, aiming his blades in the "Zero Strike Zone", to which I say there is no such zone Kubo, stop messing around with a character's techniques in which you've displayed them without any weakness before. Tsukishima continues to mock Byakuya as the latter suddenly cuts himself…...ok, now my brain is stumped. What's this about the top of the direction….? AUGH.
Again Byakuya says fuck it and prepares his next move, to which our Shuu-chan guesses as Kido, and somehow he knows how to counter every single one. Excuse me? Okay, my brain is starting to bang on the roof of my head. Kido is not Byakuya-specific. I can (relucantly) accept that Tsukishima knows how Byakuya's Shikai and Bankai work, but how does he suddenly know all about Kido, which most Shinigami know. Does that mean he knows how to counter Shunpo, another Shinigami-generalized skill? Would cutting any one Shinigami allow him to know the basic move set? But wait, he doesn't have the reflexes of a Shinigami. HOW CAN HE KNOW HOW TO COUNTER SHINIGAMI MOVES IF HE IS JUST A HUMAN? Byakuya (fucking finally!) cuts through Tsukishima, only it wasn't Kido, he grabbed the blades of his Bankai to attack him.
…....
Excuse the raging post, but this is a travesty. Through one fight, Kubo's fucked around with how Byakuya fights entirely. The no strike zone and grabbing his blades are two things that don't make any logical sense to me. And Byakuya says he enjoyed this fight?
…....I need a minute to lie down.