Grimmgeta said:
Lol Kubo even came out in an interview back in 2012 talking about Hitsugaya's Bankai and how he had completed it during the time skip and hinted to what would happen when the ice petals disappeared. Not to mention the slight hint in the fight against Shawlong. But of course since it's Bleach people would rather look like morons and just call something an asspull.
Honestly, I'm more disappointed in Kenpachi not being able to show off his Bankai more, but it was his first time using it and what happened to him is similar to what happened to Ichigo in his fight against Byakuya in the SS arc, only Kenpachi doesn't have a hollow inside him to save him this time.
YES! THANK YOU!
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