Buuuut if you actually stop and analise bleach, Ichigo ALWAYS has his ass handed to him.. and them magic happens and he gains mysterious strength and ends up wining. Think of his fight with Zaraki Kempachi, I mean that man is the definition of monster, he has crazy reiatsu and can basically kill everyone without even having a shikai and gets his ass kicked by ichigo?!?! Also Ulquiora , he was fucking amazing, the best of the arrancar, he actually had a 2nd ressureccion was killed by ichigo... even though he had already killed ichigo!! I mean i love Ichigo but I do not agree with most of his winings.
Well putting it that way...you're completely right lol But the Kenpachi thing was sort of explained, he didn't want to release his full power 'cause he was having fun fighting him and didn't want to kill him. Ulquiorra was different, Ichigo literally died and became a hollow right? I'm not sure, it never was explained. But yeah I agree, it's a bit cheap...still it's what shounen does isn't it? :/ And at least in the beginning the manga was fun now it's just annoying and confusing lol Or at least that's how I feel.
I literally skipped most of the dialogue (well technically it was more of a monologue) of this chapter. Like cool story bro, I don't care. I'm so tired of this...I used to love this manga so much :( now I just want it to be over *cries* I will always go back and re-read it, but I'll skip this arc entirely for sure. Honestly isn't Ichigo supposed to be the MC? Bro just keeps getting his ass kicked. Also this is just my opinion, don't hate on me.