EEEE I love the Hyorinmaru part! And did anyone else notice that the next episode might animate at least a little of that special Histugaya manga chapter??? EEEEEEEEEEEE
And yeah, episode was pretty cool, but its pretty obvious that my favorite part was the one with Hyorinmaru and Hitsugaya. Plus, Hyorinmaru's voice was TIGHT. o.o
Can't wait till next episode!
(and yeah, everyone bagging on Ichigo...I completely agree. Get out of the filler, dude! -_-)
Edited to add: I'm sorry all Hinamori fans, but I kind of felt that she deserved it when Tobuime brought up that she was weak and "saw everything through rose-colored glasses," and that she might be waiting for her "hero to come back begging for forgiveness if she waited long enough." It's just that...the whole thing with her and Aizen really annoyed me, especially when she chose to believe him over her best friend and- eh, that beef's already been brought up, eh? I don't hate Hinamori, but she really had that one coming.
Laterz.