 Additionally, IGN commented that "it's very difficult to take a book seriously when one of its main characters is named "Grimmjow Jeager-Jacques" ["sic"] but damned if this book doesn't pull it off".In contrast, Anime News Network lamented that the first battle between Ichigo and Grimmjow was "a lumbering, inelegant mess".Grimmjow is also the most popular hollow character with readers of "Weekly Shōnen Jump", placing fourth in its fourth Bleach Popularity contest.