Anyway hasn't it always been like this in Bleach?

Oh yes, in Ultraman as well. After the little thingie on the Ultraguy's chest goes black only come out power.

Well, Ichigo doesn't have to go into bankai form to bring out the hollow. Perhaps 11 secs or longer in Hueco Mundo is enough to mop up this idiot.

And i wonder if the Privaron Espada are actually working for Aizen. Maybe they are just 'testing' Ichigo and friends to see if they can fight well enough.

i think privaron espada is just testing ichigo strength and as well teaching him a lesson,i bet the privaron espada wanted to allied himself with ichigo,if he is worthy enough.and yes,i don't think he is working for aizen,i think he is just an espada that was cast out from the rank for any reason(maybe from betraying Aizen).

Also please note his number which is 103(the previous 3rd espada?),if that is true it means he is in the same league as ulquiorra....

nah... i think that little guy might get angry enough to actually start fighting instead of crying...

that emo kid....?? no way....

Hahaha, funny that all hollows whether espada or normal arrancar are all male. Even though they are so obviously female looking, i.e. Rupii (Espada No. 6 up to the point where he/she got cero-ed by Grimmjaw) and Nell.

that is not true,there is one female arrancar(remember the one that get pawned by yami after she completed the treatment on yami hand)

Lol, yeah. And the two arrancar guards for Inoue as well. Hmm, oh well, wonder where is this fight going to lead them.

And i wonder why if the 5 of them can reach hueco mundo / break into Las Noches that easily, why doesnt Soul Society just attack Aizen now. What's with all that talk of waiting for the winter war and for the hougyoku to be unleashed in full power?

Well, SS couldn't even handle 5 ryoka, how are they going to handle a bunch of Espadas?

Besides, traveling pass the "passage" will alert the arrancars and there'll be not enough people defending the normal folks in SS.

Erm, but logically SS cant get much stronger than it already is.

In contrast, Aizen & Co. are getting stronger day by day until they achieve maximum power of the Hougyoku.

It's a bit cliched maybe, but if SS manage to defeat Aizen & Co. at full might, then they could easily have disposed of them earlier.

Yeah, thats bleach for ya.

Actually it is not like they(SS) don't want to go to hueco mundo,it just that they can't, unless they utilize the gate urahara created....

erm...
doesnt this battle look a lot liek the battle between ichigo and bald guy (from ss who help ranji get bamkai... osrry guys forgot his name)?
ichigo is confident but got pwn early...
then ichigo pwn back...
it look a little too familiar lol...

Yeapz. Expect no less from shounen manga.

Yes way. He's actually the king in disguise.

Don't ask. Cause no one knows why.

Would it be possible that they might have to fight Inoue someday? For her own reasons, she wants to protect them. For their own reasons, they want to save her.

Now, if they could only inject some form of psychological thriller in the Inoue vs Aizen scenes (ala Death Note) it will be the win!

what about Inoue when she was thinking to alter the time to the state before the Hougyoku existed?

i wonder if Uruhara, Ichigo's dad and Ishida's dad will come?

ahhh..not enough subtance in the latest bleach manga...it seems like even neru can beat up the privaron espada now ...LOL..OMG..maybe neru is in the same level as ulquiorra and able to assist ichigo and team to beat those espadas...

Kakaka... Looks like the Emo kid did save Ichigo afterall...

And now Ichigo has used Bankai to fight the arrancar.

But it's amazing enough that he could have survived so long without using bankai againts the arrancar's released state.

He has that habit from way back (the fight with Byakuya).