User blog comment:Lemursrule/BLEACH episode 308 review: Ginger, Butterfly, and tears/@comment-3344282-20110209191011

Being one of the persons who told you not to bash Kaya too hard and wait until this scene to prove that she can/can´t deliver emotions - guess I owe you an apology. I, too, was quite underwhelmed by her acting in Gin´s death scene. I saw Rangiku´s tears, but I could not hear them / feel them.

As for Gin: rest in peace. I can understand why his hardcore fans have a hard time to let him go, but hoping that he is still alive is silly and pointless. His purpose is fulfilled, and if he, by any chance, would have survived the next logical thing to happen would be his execution as a traitor.

Overall the episode was excellent. I was a bit sceptic at first, because I didn´t like the previous episodes that much - guess because I am annoyed by every second Don Kanonji gets screen time, and the fight scenes in Ichigo´s inner world were a bit lame (until now - I know that we will get one more flashback soon).

Oh, and I like your remark about the possibility of the scene with Kon being canon. I was wondering why there has been no sign of him yet in the new arc.