@pereira:
Bleach has as many ass-pulls as One Piece. People try to apply too much logic to Bleach and consequently don't enjoy it! Although they have their flaws, still, they are among the 5 best along with Naruto, Toriko and Gintama. Bleach and Toriko are above a little for me, at this very moment, however.
Prediction: he goes to Ussop and Kinemon, then Vergo vs Smoker finish, and finally we end with Luffy vs Caeser while seeing a glimpse of the weapon. Either way, we might get One Piece early next week.
The problem people have with Bleach isn't really even the logic; I stopped caring about its internal "logic" ever since Yammy was the Espada 0 (that was when I I'd lost it… I know I can kill... the truth lies beyond the gate.) Extremely incoherent, flat battle scenes; lack of detail and background in panels; characters looking like fucking skeletons with bug-eyes; terrible "twists" to try to keep the story fresh and unpredictable in the worst way; the main cast is ignored after constantly saying "I'll improve next time / I've improved!" and even after two years of training, doing jack-all; uninspired designs consisting of Aizen clones or just flat-out plagiarism; the main character being a broken record whose sole purpose is screaming "G-GUYS... WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?", performing Getsuga Tenshou, and being given the participation award in fighting because he can simply show up at a fight, die, and get a power-up...
That's only scratching the surface. It's a blight upon humanity that it's remained popular for so long, but my faith in that section of humanity is being restored as Bleach plummets in the popularity poll rankings.
There is one benefit Bleach has, though. If it wasn't for Bleach... would I have the perception to notice all the side characters NOT being ignored, the protagonist having to work hard for his powers, the myriad designs, etc. in One Piece? I'm not so sure I would. I discovered One Piece soon after Bleach, and they're polar opposites to be sure.
I think we'll get Luffy looking for Caesar, Vergo and Smoker finishing it up, like you said (we're on the tail-end of the arc it seems). Not sure about the rest.