Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnder View Post
I think you misread that statement. When he said he "reached his limit as a Shinigami" he wasn't saying he was exhausted, he was saying "I've become as powerful as I can as a Shinigami, but it's okay, because I'm about to evolve into my next form." He was taking Isshin's statement and throwing it back in his face.
I looked it up again and you're right about that. But this episode failed to entertain me nevertheless. I'm not saying my expectations of the anime weren't fulfilled, but I'm one of the people who really think that Bleach was good up until a certain point. Bleach just has too much random bullshit going on since then. Other than Yamamoto's fight and a few exceptions such as Ichigo stopping Grimmjow with one hand out of sheer willpower because a friend called upon him, Bleach has also lacked the awesome scenes that give me goosebumps (in a good way). And well, the storytelling just isn't interesting anymore. They're flying over fake Karakura Town for like one year or even more of episodes, having a dispute that has way more of a talk show with violence in it than a genuine war. That's just sad.