I was surprised and disappointed that ichigo didn't talk to tatsuki about whats been going on after she told him she can sense inoue and that she saw him fighting as a shinigami. I guess the fact those 2 other guys were there forced him to play dumb.
the old man Yamamoto must be some kind of avid user of the "jump to conclusions mat" from Office Space and landed on the "Traitor" square.
I was excited to see ken and byakuya show up cause I thot they would be going to HM to help out, but alas...
the shinigami cup was indeed golden, though.
he was just trying to get his point across, not seriously harm ichigoChad didn't seem to be any stronger, maybe he is hiding his power? Ishidia I'm sure has reached a bad ass level after his training.