LobsterMagnet: I was just about to point the out the Die Hard rip off.

I think it's truly amazing that it only took them one episode to go from good fillers to Naruto grade fillers. Actually it was worse than most Naruto, ramen arc being one of the exceptions. It feels like studio pierrot shouldn't get to do anymore animes based on mangas after ruining Naruto and Bleach.

I really don't get why they skipped alot of awesome stuff in Soul Society, just to get to this faster.