User blog comment:TVthePunisher/Bleach Episode 287...start of a new filler arc?/@comment-1248963-20100818022543

Well, judging by the episode titles, this first "part" went from volume 40, Ulquiorra's fight, and is getting cut at the end of volume 43, where Hiyori gets bifurcated, that's 4 full volumes (not counting episodes 274 and 284 that were completely made up by the Studio), so the next part could still cover around the same amount of manga-time. The last volume released ends with Rangiku running towards Ichigo and Gin, and there are still two or three chapters before Aizen leaves for RKT.

I also think Burnout Inferno is not so ideal for a cut. It's too in the middle of steam, as opposed to all the previous cuts. Even when the HM arc was cut right in the middle, it was after Ichigo had come victorious of his fight and there was this "peace" moment. BI ends with Aizen running away and just like that getting pounced by Ichigo. The only decent cut moment would be Aizen revealing the Hogyoku, and that's too cliffhanger for ending an arc in my opinion.