Going by the manga, in the next non-filler episode he’ll make a very brief appearance, about all of five minutes probably. =/ And then we might get to see snatches of him over a few more episodes. But he hasn’t made another significant appearance in the manga yet.

Yeah, generally the Bleach fillers aren’t bad. I know people hated the Bount arc, but I thought it was pretty good for the most part. The Naruto fillers, bar a few minor arcs that highlighted favorite characters (Hinata, Anko, and the Sand sibling’s arcs) nearly turned me away from the anime. In fact, I didn’t even watch most of the filler episodes during that infamous time before Shippuuden. I downloaded and burned them to disc, but never really watched ‘em.

What’s got me upset about the upcoming filler arcs is that we won’t be getting to see much of Grimmjow for a long time, and then it’ll only be a small portion. I was just sad to see how much they chopped up his fight. Grimmjow’s fight with Ichigo ran roughly from chapters 278 to 287. Sure there are some snippets of Renji, Ishida and their fight with Syzael Aporro Grantz in there, but the main focus was Ichigo and Grimmjow. Generally I’m not a fan of Dragonball-like battles that span multiple episodes, but really, given the background and story that Kubo gave to Grimmjow, there was no way the bulk of his fight and his backstory should have been condensed in one episode. *sigh*

Ah, thanks for commenting anyway. *hugs*

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