Wow, it's amazing how everyone is so cheery and easy-going now that they think fillers are done. If this had been a filler episode, I'm sure we'd have heard the following complaints:
animation was poor at times
re-hash of Ichigo clothes-lining Keigo
re-hash of Keigo accusing the main four of leaving him out
re-hash of Tatsuki clobbering that one chick for groping Inoue
how did Tatsuki know it was his Dad who sewed on the good luck charm, and not one of his sisters
re-hash of the two punks absent from class
some kind of wise crack about the shinigami badge and its "automatically generated field"
why did Inoue and Chado run to help Ichigo, when he's so powerful
why did Inoue think the hollow wouldn't be around anymore
etc
etc
Pretty good episode overall.