I kind of knew that it was manipulation on Muramasa's part, and that his master is still alive. He may have claimed to kill him, but that's just a lie. We'll see, though.

Episode was good, and Ichigo seems to have synchronized with Hollow Ichigo, even if it was for a brief moment in the fight. Too bad he had to beat him down in the canonical story just to gain his mask powers, and even that suffers a little bit.