I totally agree with Redcat. Just painful. Some repeat fights (a big surprise) and then Ichigo trying to get out multiple times and failing for some inexplicable reason. Flames can burn, sure, but how do they physically block his advance? Why didn't he use getsuga tenshou to blast away the flames surrounding him? He has done that a hundred times with Byakuya's sakura petals.

Was Inoue always really so stupid that she'd heal a person who just before tried to kill her? Maybe she was. I don't remember anymore. Or want to remember.

I wish this arc meets its end soon. It began nicely but has gone to shit since.