Ohhh! I was wondering who he was talking to when he said to stay back. Threw me for a loop that line, cuz why would he want to protect Ichibeast?. lol, thanks for the clarification. But omigawd! Your bleach posts dragged me back into Bleach and now I"m an obsessive Ulquihime shipper and following Bleach obsessively. May have to do fanart now. XD

Actually I thought Ishida's "!!!" expression of alarm/horror was because Orihime just threw herself into the fray. I expected to see Orihime pop up in the last page and not that explosion. I'm surprised, but then again no. He just had to leave us with a cliffhanger like this. aaugh, dunno how much my heart can take this. This definitely isn't the the end of Ulquiorra. I'd be pissed if it was. XD