A largely worthless episode. I'm growing tired of the stupid sidekick Arrancars following the heroes. I suppose that's why I kept skipping during this episode and for the first time since this manga based arc started I was thinking of dropping Bleach. And this is coming from somebody who dutifully watched even all the doll and Bounto fillers. I wish they kept these baka-arrancars around so that the Espada would kill them and generate some sort of lost (theoretically; I think for great many a viewer it would be a moment of joy), but deep down I know they aren't going to off them, and I'll need to suffer them as long as this arc continues.

The only good part was the fate of Renji's bankai. That should make things interesting. Renji never seemed much more of a thinking fighter than Ichigo but this fight should finally teach him other ways than the direct confrontation by force.