They should either do :
Eps that got nothing to do with the plot and as good as episode 10
Or "real" episodes like Eps16&17 (Great animation, new charismatic char, fights, consistant plot dev and some humor)
144 felt like they tried to go back to how they did things in the first arc, but it's as if the episode was made by some ukrainians copycats.
usually i don't get to complain about special effects in a shounen anime, but Darthender hit it right on the nose. I didn't even think Ishida's new bow looked all that great, and the arrows were like blue carbon-copies of an attack I remember from an SNES game... The lack of animation surrounding Chad's arm movements is just awkward. His body doesn't tense or strain or anything when he's stopping the boulder or shooting his 'laser fist'... it's just grunting sound effects and a little ray of light.
the best new animation in the episode is when Ishida and Chad started their counter-attack (so obvious to, to switch partners) and Chad uppercut the big Hollow.
I didn't mind the stupid traps, as it was done humorously, and it's fairly obvious that there's some kind of strange fascination with cheesy action / thriller movies and this show... On the other hand, the comedy in this episode wasn't great...
It could have been better, but it wasn't the worst... At least it looks like we'll be getting into some Espada goodness next episode... and I'm looking forward to seeing just how Chad's mega attack works.
edit - i don't care for the new OP or ED at all.
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