The first half finishes up the backstory while second half goes into more battles and Ichigo finally reaches his loved one.

See, first half actually wasn't bad. Not we know how everyone was tricked by the bastard Aizen. And it's kind of screwed up how much they trusted this loser. But anyway that part is the best part of the volume, and Ichigo finally making it to his beloved. But the battles at the end with the captains, or rank down captains, was just okay. I didn't really care for these battles.

A 3 out of 5.