Michael’s Anime Blog

Opening Theme:

Velonica by Aqua Timez

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Ending Theme:

Hitohira no Hanabira by Stereopony

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Summary:

It’s back to Hueco Mundo and Ichigo is still fighting Grimmjow. Grimmjow refuses to lose to someone like Ichigo but reverts back to his original form. When Ichigo turns around, he spots Nnoitra. Nnoitra attacks Grimmjow with his crescent-shaped sword. Ichigo quickly takes out Zangetsu and demands to know who he is. Nnoitra sticks out his toungue which shows a tatoo with the Number 5 on it, indicating that he’s the fifth Espada. Nnoitra laughs saying that “If you could barely beat Grimmjow, (who’s the seventh espada), how can you defeat me?”.  Meanwhile, Ishida, Dondochakka and Pesche are trying to find Sado and Orihime after battling with the Ninth Espada Szyael, However much to their surprise they unknowingly return back to Szyael’s field. Szyael welcomes back his “guests”, stating that “The Second Act will begin.”

Rating:

8/10

The Good:

The brand new arc is back and we are happy to see no more fillers, definetly a big heap of spoilers, and much darker scenes than before.
The Bad:

About half the episode (i checked) was a recap, From what i saw on Episode 167, Ichigo “killed” Grimmjow already by slashing him through his shoulder, so why give his death a different ending?