User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/ANIME SPECIAL: 248: Dragon of Ice and Dragon of Flame! The Strongest Showdown!/@comment-1590714-20091212192257

...That "Kouga is a Kuchiki" theory actually works pretty well for me. It is very well possible that he was once a Kuchiki, which would also explain why he is (presumably) a much stronger Soul Reaper (since the "four great noble houses were blessed with much higher spiritual pressure) with an equally strong Zanpaktou. I do kinda hate Muramasa though. About Orihime, even though her healing makes no sense and she should heal Ulquiorra, my main reason for hating her IN THIS EPISODE is because the style of drawing has seemingly changed a bit, making her look tubby :D