User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 583 - The Headless Star 2/@comment-1969544-20140604075303/@comment-24384892-20140604215611

Actually, Xilinoc, this isn't the first time Ichigo has fought a female character. He fought Hiyori and Jackie before. Although, it was different that time, because they were his allies and he was only fighting them as part of training. This time he's fighting women who are actually his enemies and trying to kill him.