It was great to see everyone who was left behind again after Ichigo set off for Soul Society. Especially Ichigo’s father cracked me up. What I found a bit weak was the fact that Renji suddenly appeared. He was getting popular, so the creators certainly couldn’t avoid to write him out of the series, so they tried to find an excuse to stuff him into this arc somehow. Furthermore, Inoue gets some serious screentime, probably the first time in fifty episodes, and we already know the goal for the next fifty episodes of the series. We also got a small glimpse of the new bad guys. I don’t know why the creators tried so hard to hide their faces, when right afterwards the ED gives us some nice close-ups of our new antagonists. I have to say, I like their art. The little girl is also too cute.
