Feh.
Bleach: It's essentially a continuation of last chapter, another Stern Ritter attacks a Captain without Bankai and Omaeda has another scene.
Although the Omaeda part…..okay, stabbing a hole in his ittle sister is some intense stuff, but she should've been taken to safety, like right away. What the heck are civilians doing in a combat zone, hell why didn't Seireitei bring all non-Shinigami in the compound to safety? Still....Omaeda's retaliation is probably one of the few scenes where I can compliment the guy.
Soi Fon....screw it, I loved her kicking ass and taking names. And RoboQuincy is now of my favorite of the bunch, simply because of his design and his demeanor "i won't forgive you!!!" "....you still didn't answer the question".
But like Hitsugaya, I have to wonder....with as little time as everyone had to "prepare", things shouldn't be this easy. I know it's Kubo trying to say the Shinigami aren't complete losers without their Bankais (first invasion was a disaster on that front), but it seems...off.
Then again, both enemy Quincies are not done yet. So who knows.
Naruto: "Regrets"….well, I regret this manga, does that count?
Hashirama figures out there's only 15 minutes until the tree opens up......and surprise surprise, Shikamaru is dying. Or dead. Much like Neji, you can tell Kishimoto just did this for shock value. I know the character hasn't done much since part I, and there's the chance Kishi will undo all the deaths.....but to kill one of the few likeable characters left?
Obito monologues some more (this is getting REALLY old), while Hashi passes the message to the other ninja via Ino's jutsu. Then Sasuke finally decides he's done acting indifferent to everything and DOES something.
Karin's little scene and the heart nonsense at the end made me cringe, though.
Speed it up, Kishi.