User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 496: Forward, Review./@comment-27337151-20160803065130/@comment-1776824-20160804200806

People complain that Kubo doesn't reveal a lot of bankai, so he then finds a way to at least modestly reveal the vast majority of all unrevealed bankai, and people complain. You guys have got to pick a side and stick to it. The majority of this final arc was a stage to reveal as many bankai as he feasibly could, and it's sad that he wasn't able to beforehand in situations that definitely required them, but that's just what it is. And then Kubo, in this chapter, even made a jab at himself and how Bleach was rushed to end by having Hisagi get made fun of for not having a chance to use his bankai in the war. And I'm not sure if you read any of these chapters if you're saying that there wasn't any significant story or growth towards characters. His side characters got so much buff from this arc that it's not funny in the slightest. He did the best with what he had. And he didn't have a lot to begin with.