is bleach episode 29 filler?

With Uryū Ishida having shot his left hand with a Heilig Pfeil in the process of destroying his Shikai, Tsunzakigarasu, 7th Division 4th Seat Jirōbō Ikkanzaka clutches it in agony while a stunned Orihime Inoue observes that Uryū is completely different compared to when she last saw him fighting with and alongside Ichigo Kurosaki. During this, Uryū inquires if Jirōbō regrets encountering him as a fellow master of projectile weapons.