User blog comment:Avolling/It's All In The Phrasing/@comment-452405-20100401133445

I honestly think the Bount Arc was the best of the four. The "Amagai" "Unknown Zanpaktou" and "Beast Swords" are all just stallers, true the story could've been well done if the effort to make it fit into the story was made but instead they just turn out like seemingly random stories that can usually cause something of plot holes. Like say Ikkaku's bankai being revealed in front of half the Gotei 13 recently.

The Bount Arc spanned 2 seasons so there they had time to expand on the story, something the other fillers lacked. And here it was made to seemlessly fit the story, even adding a twist where for the 1st season Ichigo was unable to use bankai as in the real world it was more difficult.

But now the more recent arc's have the advantage of the better animation techniques and more abilities supporting characters are revealed to have so that might win some over.

Everyone has their own opinion so I'm just stating mine here, nobody has to agree with me if they feel otherwise.