Manga filler and horrible parenting. Gosh! this weeks kind of sucks.
I also want to know where in the hell is Ryuken? I know he too is a crappy parent but I thought he would show up with the whole city/town being threatened by an amped future predicting antagonist right?
Although I don't care for Ichigo's friends in the least,I still respect them more than the vizards as of late. Funny how that works. However if they can get some weak powers or something, then that'll prove that these chapters weren't an entire waste IMO.