What more is there to fight over now that the Reio has fallen? Every corner of the known universe has begun to fall apart at the seams with no apparent hope of salvation.
The Good
There are times that you really just need to put aside rational or critical thought to enjoy an action-based series. It's that part of your brain that tells you that things will work out in the end for the heroes. Few authors are bold enough to intentionally leave the readers with that sort of bad taste in their mouth. That being said, I'm actually impressed that Kubo is taking the heroes this far into the realm of total failure.
Yhwach and his control over the Quincy blood has literally put the destruction of the world on Ichigo's hands. That seems to come out of nowhere, but does it really? You need to remember that Yhwach created the Quincy. This blood hatred could very well explain that sense of moral superiority and irrational bias against all things Soul Society that Uryu and the other Quincy apparently share. That originally irritated me about Uryu. I thought it was just a personality quirk, but all the Quincy seem to share it to varying degrees.
Kubo does a pretty good job this chapter anticipating the audience's reactions. I'm quite sure many though Orihime would just piece the Reio back together to buy time. That attempt utterly fails, but it's not really clear why. That's probably due to the creator never really explaining the origin of her power, as he's done in the past with other characters. However, I can forgive that issue. This isn't some lamp that was broken in two.
The Bad
The apparent death of the Reio is hard to really grasp or have any meaningful emotional connection toward. All we know is that he's a keystone that holds the universe together, but nothing is know about him as a person. He might as well just be an object at this point. It's this gap in the character's back story that makes me fear some extended flashback is on the horizon inching ever closer. I really don't know if I want that this far into the final arc.
It's a real shame that Karin Kurosaki has never branched further into the story, and her brief appearance in this chapter just reminds me of that. Even post time skip, there were rather blatant hints of more for her character, but seeing her lounging about at home as the world shatters seems to dash any hopes of that sub plot going anywhere.
Verdict 3/5
I can't deny that I'm enjoying seeing the pace increased even slightly with this chapter. It's a small improvement, but putting some action in to balance the drama is just what I needed. I can't say that it makes this issue any better than last weeks, but it certainly doesn't hurt matters. It's still a world better than Ichigo and gang just standing around as they've been doing.
Kubo has started the snowball rolling with the destruction of the Reio, but he also leaves us with a bit of a hint at the very end. I have a feeling where this is going.
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