Yeah, I knew pretty much the moment Aizen said he couldn't feel Ichigo's Spirit Pressure anymore that he was ****ed. I mean, they JUST explained what it means when you can't feel them anymore a few episodes ago.

I realize the sudden Shounen power-up is a cheap gimmick and bad writing, but damn, when it doesn't make the moment it happens any less awesome when it's first revealed.

That new remix of Number 1 is freakin' sweet.


I liked when Ichigo just made up a name for Afro instead of admitting he didn't know who he was.

Awesome episode I thought! Notice the nazi sword at the end? And totally agree on afro's new name, it was great =-)

Or at least, what should have been. Instead, welcome to what's probably going to be 2 years of filler hell.

They kinda stepped on the emotional impact of Ichigo losing his powers by changing it so that he's GOING to lose his powers at some indefinite point in the future. No doubt so they can do a ton of fillers while he still has his powers.

Oh well, at least Bleach fillers tend to be fully fleshed out and better written story arcs than other series' fillers. Maybe we'll get another Bount arc or Zanpaktou Rebellion arc quality story.