Did anyone else notice that in episode 217 there is a lot more effort put into moving Kakashi's mouth. There's a shadow on his mask and you can tell when he smiles (and not just from his eye!).
I think Isshin is going to be a fascinating back story, I just hope they bring it along soon. It will probably be a 'filler' to break up the next arc a bit though, similar to 'the past'.
I agree! There would have to be massive changes with the Aizen plot and various other details in order to even make sense to end it there. I think the actual arc that pertained to Aizen was fantastic, there was just a lot of filler to get there.
I don't like the constant KUROSAKI-KUN throught the hueco mundo arc, but I generally like Orihime, she's sweet and she brings her own brand of humour to the show.