User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/ANIME SPECIAL: 268: Hatred and Jealousy, Orihime's Dilemma/@comment-893506-20100428071621

Yeah, I really felt that Loly was way out of character in the anime version. I haven't looked at this part of the manga since it first came out, but I recall Yammy going after her in the first place, before going after Orihime. I'm wondering what drove them to do things this way, aside from buying time for certain events to happen. I mean, if they did want to expand that encounter particularly, they could have done other things first, like make Yammy beat up Menoly for a bit instead of slapping her into a wall. I'm actually rather intrigued by their desire to change Loly's behavior, because it literally makes no sense at all. But I'm not going to find out any answers, so might as well as drop it and move on. Chances are if Loly comes back later (we know she's alive, since we saw the Volume sketch, and the funnier Arrancar Encyclopedia), we'll see how much/how little of consequence it'd be. Either way, it's something practically nobody is anticipating anyway, since she is and always will be a minor character.

I agree about Rudonbon's appearance in the anime being bad looking too, but I was never really interested in him in the first place. It's interesting that he's a tree, yes, but overall, I found him to be boring in general, so, other than finding a good shot of him for his article, I really don't see much of a point.

And yes, filler could expand on either Rukia vs. Rudobon, or Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra. I personally would have gone for the latter, since I think that fight could be a bit more eventful. No, I'm not saying Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra was dull (it was actually one of the most exciting fights in the series), but seeing both parties or just one of them get more blows in would have been nice. I don't think we can ask for the same deal for when Ulquiorra releases Murcielago, since he's pretty much going to smack Ichigo around anyway.

At this point, aside from Murcielago's appearance, I'm anticipating what Ulquiorra's Cero Oscuras will look like. Yes, a Black Cero, but I mean, is it going to have the same red outline as Ichigo's Black Getsuga Tensho, or will it just be a Black Cero?