User blog comment:Hollow Mario/Worst Filler and Original arc/@comment-1351982-20150110143842/@comment-5398287-20150110165917

Yeah, an filler arc focusing entirely on Ichigo's friends and the Gotei 13 without him stealing the spotlight and saving the day actually sounds like it could have been promising, even if it involved clones (though, of course, said clones would have had to have been like those of 3rd Phantom, i.e. inversely characterized in relation to the originals, in order to have made the arc any good - could've had killer Unohana waaaaay in advance). But nope, gotta defy canon in order to shoehorn him in. Classic Pierrot.