Rukia again. I’ve just seen the latest episode of BLEACH and thought of making a review. These are mainly my own opinions of the episode, so please feel free to comment your own thoughts.

Needless to say, this entry may or may not contain spoilers. So if you don’t want to read about spoilers, then it would be best that you leave now.

With the soon to come war against Aizen in their hands, the Shinigami and Ichigo’s group have begun their training. Their previous encounter with the Arrancar have left them doubtful as to whether or not they can win. They have no room for error in this war, because if they fail, Karakura Town will vanish off the face of the earth.

Surprisingly, Urahara advices Orihime not to participate in the upcoming battle; reason being that Orihime’s only manner of attack, Tsubaki was destroyed. Orihime takes this news hard, but reluctantly agrees.

She meets up with Rukia, who in turn asked her what her true feelings about not going into battle were. Before they could finish their conversation properly, Hiyori comes out of nowhere and picks up Orihime and brings her to the Vizard Base, where Ichigo is training very hard to control his Hollow form.

Hachi was particularly interested in Orihime’s powers. They were too similar to his own that he wanted to take a closer look. He realized that Orihime’s powers were still quite new to her, and decided to help her in bringing back Tsubaki.

After telling Hachi about her situation, he gave her some words of advice, “It doesn’t matter what other people tell you to do, you must do what you want to do.” This encouraged Orihime and gave her new resolve.

In the final scenes of this episode, Aizen is taking a particular interest in Orihime’s powers, making one think whether or not Urahara wanted Orihime to sit out the battle because of her weakness, or because she may be a key for Aizen’s plans to work. Nothing is for certain yet, but the story is certainly becoming more and more interesting by the episode…

Did I mention that the Arrancar Yammy was able to get his arm back? I feel sorry for the girl who was attending to him though… What a way to show your appreciation, bashing her head against the wall…