Well with the latest episode however. You would actually ask yourself, "How did Nozomi became so strong all of the sudden?!" Well I dunno.. But it seems that hey zanpaktou is.

I found it however interesting that Ikkaku showed his bankai to the Kenpachi. Well fake Kenpachi (reigai version) but still he was a little shocked. Although at the end, he could beat him even with it.
But Nozomi did... More or less, he is still not beaten but he will.

And this is the part when fillers get tiring. Always constant battles and the battles against the same guys (cause Kageroza brought them back to life).
But ah well, I think that there should be only about 5 or so episodes left, so we can expect for it to end soon and see how will the new arc be going? :)

Would you believe that they only scene they show Ishida without glasses, is in a filler episode? LoL! xD