is bleach episode 217 filler?

Kaname Tōsen asks Gin Ichimaru what's wrong. He replies that he has a feeling that Lieutenant Izuru Kira is angry.

Kaname states that he's worried about the subordinate he had abandoned. Gin has a different opinion: he thinks that it toughened Kira up.

In Izuru's battle, Abirama Redder releases his Resurrección: Águila. Yumichika also continues his battle and bickering with Chuhlhourne, trading insults as well as sword strikes.

After exchanging several insults, Chuhlhourne notices that it's not getting them anywhere. He proposes that whoever dies first is the ugly one.

Yumichika agrees and Chuhlhourne gets serious.