Looks like Uryu's going to be the one to defeat Shutara.
Presumably they're going to reveal both A schrifts at the same time.
Just give Ukitake SOMETHING before he bites it, that's all I ask.
And if Aizen MUST show up, at least have him do more.
Additional note - The transformation being referenced here is Hollowfication, not Complete Hollowfication.
So yeah, this 100% means the mask of his Hollowfication is the same mask as H2. He would not adopt his H2 form in its entirety, his Hollowfication is only the mask.
The images Ichigo witnesses while walking on the Irazusando path are very important as they shall be explained later on, in the remaining seasons. We would be very grateful if you could rewatch the Irazusando memories and what happens to Ichigo's eyes. Rather than being 'sacred' as it seems, the pathway of Irazusando is actually 'cursed', but we did not tell the rest of the animation team this, because we felt they would consider it too dark. The training ground is supposed to give an impression of a very old, abandoned, decrepit and terrifying shrine. As the story would become very 'scary', we somehow managed to balance the terrifying aspect with 'beauty'.
Kubo-Sensei made sure that we could depict the Irazusando road as an 'Inka hall'. 'Inka' means a philosophical 'seal' in which obtaining the seal is considered to be the highest form of understanding of one's innermost soul. 'Inka' translates to 'transmission' in which a student receives his teacher's philosophies. Here, Ichigo's zen buddhist teacher is the monk, and Ichigo obtains the seal from Ichibe Hyosube. The status of Ichigo's soul has been uplifted. In the same context as the training area under Urahara's shop, the path of Irazusando is underneath the monk's sitting ground. As one walks through the Irazusando road, they are not supposed to look at the stone path, but focus on the torii-gate instead. Ichigo suffered because his gaze was on the stone. The heavier his steps became, the torii-gate turned whiter and whiter. Originally, the torii-gate was black, the essence of Ichibe Hyosube. The rain that falls outside makes the body decay, so if Ichigo had strayed off the road, his body would have rotted away.
Rukia:-
I asked Kubo-Sensei about Rukia's Bankai because I didn't understand why her appearance changes. So Kubo-Sensei explained that an icy aura emanates from her blade similar to the first dance 'Tsukishiro' and pierces her through the centre. That's why it has been called a dangerous Bankai. And that's also why there's the word for 'punishment' in her Bankai.
Wandenreich:-
We wanted to add a scene in which the highest-ranking member of the Sternritters, Jugram Haschwalth calls everyone to order. This was done to show how cold the faction was. We had Haschwalth sit on a throne, explaining very clearly that what they had to do was 'break the souls of the Shinigami'. We also wanted to highlight how powerful Jugram Haschwalth is as a commander. This scene has been portrayed to stand at par with the meetings called by Yama-jii and Aizen. It was not fan-service.