ichigo's new attack (getsuga jūjishō) looks a lot more badass than i expected, and it was cool seeing the femritters' powers being channeled into their heilig pfeil. other than that, short (and kinda boring) chapter.
while we're on the topic of askin nakk le vaar, if i were to take a shot at guessing what his epithet was, i'd guess that it stands for "the darkness," and that he has special control over shadows and other forms of darkness that allow him to teleport and do other crazy stuff. this may explain his reluctance in fighting (sunflower) mayuri and nemu, his lame attempt at luring mayuri into an area filled with shadows, as well as why his presence alone stopped a fight between haschwalth and bazz-b. there are also plenty of practical combat applications for darkness control, and having a possible connection to the realm in which silbern (the vandenreich palace) sits would be p. cool. i'm just grasping at straws at this point and i wanted to get my thoughts on this topic out of the way.