A decent episode. DE is right about the limits of Ishida's battles, though. Fortunately they did make it a bit more interesting by making his weapon unstable.

One thing I didn't understand, though, was how the fight between Ichigo and Kariya ended. With a "real" world example: You are fighting against somebody in a closed room, and you both have swords . Then a door suddenly opens, revealing a pedestal with a box lying on it, with unknown markings. Your enemy immediately heads for it, as if he knew what those marking mean. Do you: A) Just wait for him to get to the box and acquire whatever is inside it that makes him so eager, or B) Immediately go after him, hoping to either get what's inside the box yourself or at least prevent the enemy from getting it.

My logic says most people would choose the option B. Ichigo chose the A, which just doesn't look right to me.