This is when Bleach gets real good.

One of the Captain ends up dead and everyone is pointing fingers. This gives us people to cheer for and question in the Soul Society on top of hoping Ichigo and his team make it to save Rukia. Talking about our favorite Soul Reaper he goes head to head with one of the strongest captains there is. Oh and you get to see Chad's badass self fight a bit.

Overall the backstory with Chad and ichigo is just okay but everything around that is great. Fast paced, fun, exciting, and bloody. This is Bleach at its finest.