User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/Anime Special: 293: Hitsugaya, Enraged! Blade of Hatred!/@comment-893506-20101021070333

Yeah, overall, the episode itself was pretty intense, even for those of us who have read the manga past this point. As for the soundtracks used, they were all in appropriate places - especially Treachery and Fade to Black_A06 (no joke; that's seriously the title of that song). And to clear up any confusion on which theme Fade to Black_A06 is, it's the same theme used when Ulquiorra realized Ichigo in his Hollow form slipped past his Pesquisa with Sonido.

I literally have no complaints about the episode. I'm a bit puzzled that they used HOLLOWED instead of Breakthrough Even when the captains and Visoreds were defeating "Aizen" (since they literally overused Breakthrough Even since DDR), but I'm not complaining about it (actually, I honestly like HOLLOWED more).

To this day, my favorite omakes are still 291 with Shinji's suspicions of Ichigo's timing, and 277, which was Starrk's little magic show for Ukitake and Kyoraku.