Urahara notes that Ichigo could not use his Bankai outside of the Soul Society, which is a major concern with Aizen on the loose.

The episode reveals that the kidnapping of Ichigo’s friends and the life-threatening games orchestrated by the Mod-Souls (Lirin, Noba, and Kurudo) were a .

Kisuke Urahara confesses he staged the entire ordeal as a training exercise.