No, fighting didn't start.
Further background info on the Vizards and how Shinji > Aizen back then.

just the past about visard and Uruhara
i think its Uruhara that gave them the powers of Hollows
he did discover it

so yeah, epic filler.

i umderstand why they are choosing to explain this to some degree, obviously urahara and the vizards are gonna be important coming up.

however, they are being about as subtle as a 10lb sledgehammer.

and from a storytelling standpoint, this is still a writers way of avoiding the storyline that is going on.

im starting to wonder if the writer is too afraid to get to the next part of the story.

as for filler, theres plenty to be harvested fromt the story w/out going back in time,

like, wth is everyone doing in heuco mundo?

thats an easy 2-3 mangas of filler right there.

they need to stop shuffling their feet and get on with it, really.

bleach is starting to bear a striking resemblence to naruto......

106 more chapters of flashback... sigh
I just wanna see the fight in Karakura town..

exactly.

bleach needs to stop creating interesting storylines and then ignoring them with filler.

starting to think the author is a bit of a pansy for this.

I'm rather intriuged to see where this is going. I'm interested in knowing what caused this chain of events, don't any of you ever wonder WHY Aizen rebelled? None of you seem to be interested in anything but the battles? Go play pokemon or something if that's all you want is special powers and flashy shit.

yeah same

i wanna see more of Visard being able to see Aizen on his release shikai
also i wanna see Uruhara giving teh Visard powers to have Hollow powers

I just want to see more of my favorite people's faces (the Vizards ofc); I'm sure Tite will explain why Sousuke rebelled in the upcoming chapters, so not much of a worry for me.
I don't think Kisuke can really give the Hollow powers..but rather..help them unlock it, maybe, like he did with Ichigo.

its not just about the battles.

its the fact that we will have to sit thru two years of this before we get back to the story....

108 episodes of filler, 52 manga a year (if we are lucky)

= two years.

im interested in urahara and the way shinji punked out aizen is awesome, but to depart from the story for that long is ridiculous.

theres simply no need for two years of back story.

bleach is starting to bear a strong resemblence to naruto.....

If that happens...the world will forever be dead to me.