User blog comment:Silver-Haired Seireitou/Sake Time with Sei - Kubo is a Genius, ain't he?/@comment-24660252-20140414232501

Hhhhmmm, well, there is no question that Kubo is a genius. As a mangaka in training, a good portion of inspiration for my "Chitose Gen" comes from stuff in Bleach. Though its seems to me that the pattern going on with the Quincy arc as of late is that is putting its focus on each individual Lieutenant and Captain-level Shinigami characters and their respective Quincy opponent(s), so at the moment it gives (some) people the illusion that Bleach is dragging its feet. In my opinion, Naruto, despite still being a badass series like Bleach, IS dragging its feet, seeing as EVERY character seems to be recollecting their pasts every few chapters( especially during battles...whereas in Bleach a recollection mostly only occurs after a battle and only for important characters). As what annoys me in Bleach...well, Ichigo has yet to appear in a battle. Seriously, he was kind of last minute when he was learning Saigo no Getsuga Tensho, but its already been almost three times the duration and still no new fight! I wanna see them new Zangetsus in action!!!!