This pretty much follows the manga with a little bit of rearranging and an added part between Inoue and Rukia, though it didn’t have any extra Hitsugaya vs. Yammy scenes like previously thought based on the episode title. The one thing that I always wondered with this part of the story was how Luppi replaced Grimmjow in the number six Espada spot. If they were already ranked correctly, then all of the Espada under Grimmjow should have moved up and whoever was the 11th strongest would have become the new number ten. Instead, Luppi replaced Grimmjow in the number six spot, and the only thing I can think of is that he was created right around the time Grimmjow was demoted, and he just happened to be around the same overall strength.
In any case, this episode didn’t have too much action in it (the extra Inoue and Rukia training scenes didn’t quite cut it), but next week should have plenty as several major fights get started, included Ichigo’s 11-second battle.

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