Quote Originally Posted by Yukimura
The very last scene in this episode was not in the manga, that's all I'm willing to say about it here.
Jup, that took me by surprise. Just when Bleach seemed to be going in the right direction... Ep was good otherwise though, humour actually made laugh a few times. Action was dreadful in places though, like when they took on that desert ngununanda idiot or something.

Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
It's good Rukia (and Renji) arrived. Not much else to say about this episode. Most of it was there surely just for the sake of comedy with little thought behind it. Like Ichigo who is as fast as Byakuya trying to catch the little arrancar for such a long time, and only succeeding when the kid tripped. Well, as it's the truth they must gain extra time by any means necessary in order not to catch the manga, it's no wonder things like this exist.
That scene actually WAS in the manga, though they did stretch it a little. I believe this whole ep was one chapter or something.