Out of all the people we've met in this series, outside of maybe Orihime, i would imagine that Yachiru would be the one most suited to take advantage of an "anything i imagine is real" power. I fully expected Yachiru to use her own imagination and reverse it on her opponent.
Ken showing up to save her is kinda lame, imo. Then again, maybe Kubo will repeat himself and have Yachiru be the one to win the fight afterall, similar to the way Rukia won her fight after we thought Byakuya would step in to finish her opponent.
I care less about Kenpachi showing up and more about the abrupt switch in villains. Quincy McUgly didn't even get a chance to go Angel Mode! And this kid seems really overpowered so when Kenpachi beats him it will seem so dumb~
I also think Yachiru is done with this one guys. Unlike Rukia, who you could argue would have beaten As Nodt on her own and was just in a bit of a pinch when Byakuya showed up, Yachiru explicitly doesn't fight when Kenpachi is around cause that would be taking away his fun. Unless another guy shows up to take on Kenpachi it'll be him vs the kid here.
At least Yachiru got to do more than poor Ikkaku, Yumichika, Hisagi, Kensei, and Rose lol.
only time will tell, Nemesis X. no pun intended in regards to your comment.
and you know, guys? remember how Yhwach basically gave all of the sternritter his powers? thinking about that, just how the hell did Yamamoto beat this guy way back then, assuming he didn't distribute his powers to others back then? seriously, Nodt's fear, this new guy's unknown level of reality warping, Mcugly's fade-from-memory/sight thing, Bazzbee's heat, etc... shoot, just how overpowered was Yhwach way back when he wasn't giving people powers?
You know what would be phucking hilarious?
If Kenny got one-panneled by the I sternritter. Like when he walks in, he talks for a minute, and then right when he gets ready to start fighting, his head vanishes. Then the next panel shows him falling to the ground with Yachiru's tears welling up. Then she awakens bankai and kills the I sternritter. That would be so hilarious, that I would ignore the shit-factor of it, and just accept his death.
That'd be glorious.