[Haak]

Originally Posted by Lord of Pandemonium

and then there are the Espada fanboys and girls who can't get over the fact that they were over-hyped by fans and not Kubo

Is this really a fact? Just asking. I just go head and drop these here

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Originally Posted by Haak

I'm sorry but there was never any exposition given to suggest Hitsu's intel could be that wrong, before or after. The arrancers were hyped up constantly throughout the entire arc, first when Hitsu gave the low down (I want you to read Chapter 197 again, and then tell me what you think), then when Ulquiorra first came, and then again when Grimmjow first came. Kubo was constantly making them out to be a real threat (Chapter 213 Page 19, Chapter 214 Page 16, Chapter 316 Page 16). He hyped it up even more through the ambiguity of who the Vasto Lordes were and their rankings. If the arrancars were never made out to be a threat then why was Ulquiorra revealing his 4th ranking a shocking plot twist? Why is the fact that there were three Espadas stronger than him such a big deal?

In any case part of the reason we also thought they would more affect on the plot is that Kubo had already given hundreds of chapters to them and their battles. If those batles were never going to affect the plot in any significant way, why make them?

But feel free to contradict me. How about giving me some evidence when it was made clear that the arrancars might not actually be a threat? Or some evidence that Aizen was just testing them and wasn't confident that they could beat Soul Society?

Originally Posted by Haak

I kinda already touched upon this before, but I just want to point out that it all started with Chapter 197 when Kubo devoted nearly an entire chapter on Arrancar exposition (well actually it was more like half, since he wasted the other half on pointless comedy) and named the chapter "Approaching Danger". I don't see how anyone can seriously read that entire chapter and say that Kubo isn't making the arrancar's out to be a serious threat...