In all seriousness, the implied romance doesn't really do anything for me. Unohana has never done anything relevant other than catch Aizen betraying the Gotei 13 for half a chapter and transporting Ichigo from Hueco Mundo to Karakura town. The previous two chapters would have been well done if we had any idea behind Unohana's history and why she might have become a bloodthirsty savage.


The character development really comes out of nowhere, sure its a contrast to who she's been the entire series but there's no explanation behind any of it. Its like going from point D to E before knowing anything about A-C. Kubo doesn't go into any depth for his characters other than Ichigo and his immediate friends, developing character now for these shinigami comes from nowhere and is meaningless. What is even the content of their characters? They love fighting? What the fuck does that even mean? Its lazy writing on Kubo's part, and it always has been. Not that we should have expected much.