ya know, i actually really enjoyed this filler ep (still immediate delete, but a good 20 minutes). A variation on the same theme as the previous soccer episode, but at least this time they tried to have the actual Karakua guys do something, instead of immediately trying to find ringers...
It started slow, but I didn't mind Keigo or his sister, and the filler kid was actually pretty impressive. As mentioned, Ikkaku trying to bribe Hitsugaya with candy and toys was great, as was the entire (although too short) part with Urahara baiting Renji and Sado. I also got a chuckle out of Yumichika and Matsumoto's reactions to the uniform.
Hilarious that the completely weird Compact Souls that went into the guys were Yachiru's devious scheme (Hitsugaya's passive one sorta fits him, but Yumichika's, Ikkaku's and Renji's were like polar opposites of their normal personalities)
That one last fighter for the opposing Academy turned out to be bald too. And I thought the animation was quite tolerable, mediocre music, a bit too much Keigo and sis...
Hanatarou gets the next filler episode... yay...