Ulqiorra reminds me of a cross between Byakuya, Kira, and Ikkaku. He's got Byakuya's arrogance and total disdain for his opponents, Kira's desire for them to completely lose hope(War Is Hell), and he's keeping his real ability hidden from the management like Ikkaku. It'd be nice if we got some conversation with Zangetsu at this point, if Ichigo's gonna get stronger I'd like to know just what the hell he is. I doubt he's exactly like the other Vaizard just because of how extremely cautious they were while training him.

At this point what I'm most interested in seeing is what Shunsui and Ukitake can do if they fight seriously and,

More information about Ishida and Ichigo's dads. It seems like ages ago that we saw Isshin with a tattered captains cloak, with no explanation or backstory on how the fuck that came to be.