Oh, I have some more ideas/questions:
What happened to Rukia and Renji? Wouldn't they have passed Ishida and the rest on their way down the stairs? If not, wouldn't they have passed Yachiru on her way up the stairs? Guess Renji can run really fast.
Also, what the hell happened to the fight between Yama-Kyouraku-Ukitake? I think that whatever Hitsugaya has discovered behind the door will over ride Yama's anger at the two captains and they'll stop fighting. Despite this, I was still hoping to see a little action between them because last we saw Ryujinjakka was about to put the smack down on Katen Kyoukotsu AND Sougyo no Kotowari at the same time!
There are so many good things happening that I hope they don't start inserting fillers. I can wait two weeks, but if they took a whole season off...don't know what would happen. I wish they would just show some re-runs or something. Kinda like the 'greatest moments' fillers. I realize Bleach is relatively short, but it has had some really good episodes and battles.

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Originally posted by: Xyrox
People seem to have missed some parts: Possible spoiler
Don't know if it quaifies as a spoiler if it had already happened. If it was, then my sig would be a spoiler.