Wonderful. Your characterization is fabulous, especially Byakuya. It seems very hard to do him justice and the way you depict him is just the way I imagine him. (Shunsui and Ukitake are great, too. I love them and the politics.)

And I love the way you're handling this; resolving the emotional issues this trio has and building up the romance in a very believable way. It's great to see a healing Rukia who's back to her old kick-ass self and ready for something more.

So much to love in this arc.