Latest chapter raises THIS question? What the actual hell is WRONG with me?

[rotwood_reaper]

He says, quite clearly, "There's nothing I can't cut through." So, to answer your question, I assume he can cut through natto now, even assuming he really couldn't before. (Remember, that claim originates with Kubo-kun, so its validity is at best suspect.)

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[yuureiressha]

Hello, Rukia-sama. My Mundane greets yours as well.

If done cleanly, that would be impressive!

[rotwood_reaper]

[Rukia bows.] Ohayô gozaimas', Nobori-san. My apologies for the delayed response, but heibon-kun was vaguely disappointed that you weren't Renji. Also, he was trying to figure out whether and why I might've not known what Zaraki-taichô meant.

[Cheer up!]

[moonlitfang]

It's funny, usually, I disappoint people by showin' up.

Yo, Rukia. Got stuck in transit, 'prolly 'cause my mun's got catching up to do. She's been studying too much to read our canon, so she's not sure what's goin' on with Zaraki-taichou there...

[Thanks! Sorry it took a while to notice!]

[rotwood_reaper]

[Rukia bows to him in turn.] The only times you've disappointed me by showing up, it was more the things you had to say than the fact of your presence. [For a moment, she looks lost in thought...]

"Yes!! You're quite right!! But then, because you stayed too long... you got to live a little longer, Rukia!!"
"Yesterday, five ryoka tried to enter the Seireitei through the Hakutômon. One of them was wearing a shinigami's shikahushô and carrying a sword as long as he was tall. And he had orange hair."

[She must be about a year behind, because until the recent chapters, the last time we'd seen Captain Zaraki was that long ago.]

9_9 Or maybe she's had time to forget. Remember, not everyone has your steel-trap memory endangering the legs of anything that wanders in. [Back to Renji.] He'd just finished earning the title of Kenpachi and could finally hear his zanpakutô telling him its name, but just as the readers were about to learn that name, it cut to the Hoôden, to you passing Nimaiya-sama's test and Ichigo failing.

[Not for the first time, I was reminded of a line from the radio incarnation of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "And since this is of course an immensely frustrating and nerve-wracking moment for the narrative suddenly to switch tracks again, that is precisely what the narrative will now do." They do say you never forget your first fandom. Or is it just me says that?]

Most likely.

[It's alright, I have no reason to expect a prompt reply with him, really!]

[moonlitfang]

[He doesn't say anything to that, just going quiet for a moment. Somewhat regretful, thinking back to the harsh words he threw her way after she was detained. It's a distant memory now, but...

He places a hand on her shoulder, not knowing what else to say, before proceeding jovially, returning to the topic:]

Ah, she read all that, yeah! She ain't that far behind, then. Well, the Nimaiya thing is fuzzy, she just remembers it being funny, but she remembers Zaraki-taichou's Zanpakutou and the fight with Unohana-taichou.

[Casually moving past Rukia's mundane proving he is a giant nerd.]

[It gets pretty thought-intensive, especially coming up with the whitetext.]

[rotwood_reaper]

[She reaches up and puts one of her hands on his. To take her mind off what they're both thinking of, she turns her mind to happier things. Or, at least, to things she or somebody else needed to hear.]

"No one thinks badly of you, Rukia. Stop taking all the blame onto yourself. You're not strong enough to bear that burden yet. Divide it up. Let Ichigo and me lighten your load until you get your strength back. That's the whole reason he and I made ourselves stronger. Believe in him, Rukia."
"You'd 'hate to see me die'? Is that what you told Momo before you gutted her like a tuna?"

[She squeezes his hand and lets go.] When Kubo-kun cut away, just as Nozarashi was speaking its name, that was the last the readership saw of the Kenpachi for... almost a year of reader time. Heibon-kun could probably tell you exactly how long.

[Amazingly, not off the top of my head, but I checked the BLEACH wikia. Forty-five chapters. Or about 20 episodes if they ever do a Blood Warfare anime.]

And then he sensed Kusajishi-fukutaichô's reiatsu weakening and went to rescue her.

[And test his new power-up against a worthy opponent. Not necessarily in that order, amirite?]