Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ BLEACH #173]

This was a really enjoyable episode with some exceptions. Well, one exception and that being that I still can’t accept that old cripple as the villain for this arc. Hell, he doesn’t even have all of his damn teeth! He’s an absolute joke character in my eyes. The good stuff happened after Kenpachi’s appearance. From there, jump to when the KILLER LOLI appeared. That was awesome for a bit but I was pissed that it was a damn poser. I did laugh at how Kenpachi killed the guy without even breaking a sweat though. Hanza (which I think is a funny name for this ‘tough’-looking guy) still hasn’t done anything but sneak around and showing off his reiatsu as far as this episode goes. Though it looks like he’ll finally do SOMETHING in the next episode. I’m still wondering in what direction this arc is going though as I’m having difficulties figuring out what to expect in future episodes, especially since it seems like Soul Society will be the main setting from this episode forth. That eliminates the use of characters such as Orihime…but then again Soul Society has a ton of characters just begging to be used anyway.