edit - well, at first i thought this episode was awesome. There was alot of problems and shortcomings in it, but I still really enjoyed it. Anything with Urahara in it is automatically awesome, and triply so when he gets to show off his moves. Deflecting the Cero attack and then how he threatened Yami was awesome badass.

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I think also I heard some new music? It's about time
About time indeed. I never saw the filler arc, and from what it seems, this is a new track. I thought it was pretty cool, didn't hurt that it accompanied the cool scene of Ulq (whatever his name is spelled...) opening up the cool Hollow portal.

i'm willing to forgive the slow, stupid, wasteful filler minutes simply because it's been so long since i've had Bleach in my life. That, and Urahara's being in it made me smile. The minute long (it's about 50 secs actually) of Yorouichi eating was annoying, but not as bad as watching angsty-Ichigo lay in bed like a rag and do the cliche anime "I couldn't protect my friends!" pouting. That scene was the suck.

I thought the scene with the SS guys walking through the school was hard to watch. You obviously know who each of them are, and it's not like they're wearing anything all that cool (except for Matsumoto. Hello~~~~ Nurse!), so why not just show them right off and show their interaction with each other, you know, facial expressions and the like... I smell cost-cutting...

But, I'm glad Ikkaku and Yumichika are in here. Those two, Kenpachi, Byakuya when he's being cool, and Hanatarou are my favorite Soul Society characters. I just don't get them sending Hitsugaya... if you're going to send a team composed of a mix of guys from different squads, i'd imagine you'd need a more veteran captain who could command all their respect. I also forsee Hitsugaya having a problem getting Ichigo and crew to follow his orders... might as well have put Rukia in charge of it all...

and yeah, the spit instead of blood made me flinch, but i'd hoped maybe it was some ooze/slim ability of Yami's... guess it's just a bunch of shithead censors...