Ever since the powers of the Soul Reaper were thrust upon me,
my whole world has changed.
I’m Substitute Soul Reaper, Ichigo Kurosaki.
I wield this sword with all of my soul and strength
to protect my precious friends!
You are my one and only.
No one can take your place.
Never fade, my only flower.
The sun never blinds you.
You are like a flower that blooms in shade.
Exhale those feelings you hold inside.
You are my one and only; now and forever.
The day may come when all will rise against us,
but I will protect you.
Never give up, my only flower.
TIME NOTICE THAT YOU SHOULD NOTICE THAT
NOTICE THAT THERE’S NO OTHER
It's been quite some time since I last saw your face.
What's with the change of heart, Komamura?
How can you still smile like that, Aizen?!
You betrayed all of us!
I will not forgive you!
You too…
Tosen!
S-Sorry…
I didn't think anyone was here…
This way.
Huh?
That's odd…
Sorry, I mean…
I didn’t think you were there.
I'm Kaname Tosen. Pleased to meet you.
You really are good at hiding your presence.
I can't see, but I was never unable to sense someone's presence…
Komamura?
You're Komamura, right? It's been a while!
I see. You've also joined the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
Do you want to join my Squad?
I have a wonderful superior!
I'm sure you’ll like him, too.
You’re Komamura, right?
I've heard about you from Tosen.
Pleased to meet you. I'm Squad 5 Lieutenant
Sosuke Aizen.
Why did you become a Soul Reaper?
In order to repay the kindness to one man who saved me.
A debt of gratitude, huh? That is your style.
What about you, Tosen?
Me? Well…
Tosen!
Explain yourself if you can!
Or can’t you?
How regrettable, Tosen!
Bankai!
Impossible…
Aizen is still standing next to Tosen…
Hado 90.
Kurohitsugi.
They’re both captains…
yet there's such a difference in strength.
Kyokasuigetsu's perfect hypnosis is flawless.
There’s no way to escape it even if you know it’s coming.
Hado 90 without the chant. How scary.
When did you learn how to do that?
No, it was a failure…
I didn’t even get a third of its true destructive force.
Ninety really is hard to control.
Now then…
Sorry, I hadn’t finished explaining, had I?
Kurosaki!
Stay back!
Kuchiki!
Oh no no. You shouldn’t be moving.
Inoue! Ishida!
What incredible Spiritual Pressure!
Rukia Kuchiki…
When I found out you were in the World of the Living,
the first thing I did…
was to eliminate the Central 46.
Wha--?
Isane probably told you
“Sosuke Aizen faked his death and hid his whereabouts.”
“Afterwards, he slaughtered Central 46.”
But that's not true.
As soon as I discovered you, I immediately killed Central 46
and used my Kyokasuigetsu
on the entire central underground assembly hall.
So that it looked as if Central 46 was still alive and having meetings.
We always had one of us three in the underground assembly hall.
Since then, we had been acting as Central 46
and been issuing all of their orders.
To make sure of your arrest,
I sent those two from Squad 6 to apprehend you.
In order to separate you from the humans…
I ordered the immediate return and destruction of your gigai.
In order to completely evaporate your soul
and take the Hogyoku from within you,
I decided to have you executed with the Sokyoku.
The only time we weren't in the underground assembly hall…
were the few hours surrounding the two Captain's Meetings.
I faked my death soon after that and hid underground.
Because I knew there was a possibility
that the execution might fail because of you guys.
There are only two ways
to remove a foreign object planted directly into a soul.
You can use an intense thermal disruption like the Sokyoku
which will evaporate the soul that envelops it…
Or by some other method that will interfere with the soul's composition
and forcefully separate them…
In the unlikely event that the execution by Sokyoku failed,
I had to find that other method.
For that, I needed the information
kept within the underground assembly hall's Daireisho Archive.
I looked up Kisuke Urahara's past research.
He was the one who developed the technique
to plant a foreign object into a soul.
So I figured that… the technique needed to remove it
must be hidden somewhere in his research.
Yes.
This is…that answer.
Wait--!
I'm surprised.
It's so small.
This is the Hogyoku…
I see.
The soul is unharmed.
What a wonderful technique.
But, too bad.
I have no use for you anymore…
Kill her, Gin.
Oh well.
Shoot 'im dead, Shinso!
B-Brother!
Brother!
Brother…why?
Why did you save me?!
Let's go, Jidanbo!
All right!
Bones of beasts scattered far and wide!
Steeple crimson crystal! Steel wheels!
Wind in action! And the sky at rest!
The sound of flying arrows, fill the hollow castle!
Hado 63: Raikoho!
Sis!
Jidanbo!
This is another face I haven't seen for quite some time.
Don't move!
If you move a muscle…
We'll cut off your head!
I see.
Kukaku!
Hey, Yoruichi! I had too much free time…
And since I was out on a walk, I thought I'd check in!
Well. That sure was flashy.
What should I do?
Don't move.
Sorry, Captain Aizen. I got caught.
This is it.
What did you say?
Don't you understand, Aizen?
There's no place…
left for you.
Aizen…
Captain Aizen!
It's over, Aizen!
What's so funny?!
Oh, sorry. It's time.
Get away from him, Soi Fon!
I-Impossible!
Menos Grande!
The Gillians! How many of them are there?!
No, wait…
There's something else in there!
It's a bit of a let down…
I wouldn’t have minded being your prisoner a little longer…
Goodbye, Rangiku.
I’m sorry.
You're going to run away? You…
Stop!
Head Captain!
That light is called “Negacion.”
The Menos use it to help save their fellow Hollows.
Once enveloped by that light,
it is impossible for those within and without to interact.
It's an isolated world.
All who have fought Menos know…
The moment that light fell on Sosuke Aizen
it became impossible to reach him.
Tosen!
Come down here, Tosen!
I don't understand!
Why did you become a Soul Reaper?!
Wasn't it for your friend who passed away?!
Wasn't it to carry out your justice?!
Where has your sense of justice gone?!
I told you, Komamura.
The only thing I can see with my eyes is the least bloody path.
Justice is always there.
The path I follow is justice!
Tosen!
You've joined with the Menos…
Why?!
To reach higher.
Have you fallen so much, Aizen?
You're too arrogant, Ukitake.
No one stood at the top from the beginning.
Neither you, nor me, nor the gods.
But that unbearable vacancy of heaven’s throne ends now.
From now on…
I will stand atop the heavens.
Goodbye, Soul Reapers.
And goodbye, Ryoka boy.
For a human, you were quite amusing.
Groups Two and Three, care for Captain Kuchiki!
Groups Seven, Ten, Eleven, and Thirteen
all help to heal Captain Komamura!
Lieutenant Abarai has received stage six treatment.
Groups Eight and Nine, prepare for transport!
Let’s go!
They’re all seriously wounded! Let’s move it!
Brother!
Please stay back. He’s being treated right now!
I'm all right.
See to the others…
P-Please, Captain Komamura!
That's good. Slowly…
Excuse me… Third Seat Iemura.
What should we do?
Help treat the Ryoka.
Huh?
B-But…
You must’ve realized by now.
They saved the Soul Society. Now move!
Y-Yes!
But…
That Ryoka girl…
What's with her ability?!
Good work!
Captain Unohana!
What’s the condition of Captain Hitsugaya and Lieutenant Hinamori?
They’ve escaped death.
It’s up to them now.
Isane is continuing to treat them.
Who's left?
Captain Kuchiki and the Ryoka boy!
It doesn't seem like the Ryoka needs our help.
Huh?! Is…that so?
You were reckless… Captain Kuchiki.
Rukia Kuchiki…
Come here.
Captain Kuchiki is asking for you.
Rukia… Are you there?
Yes, Brother…
There’s something I want to tell you.
An old story… From fifty years ago.
In that year, before the first plum-blossoms bloomed…
I lost my wife.
I know. Lady Hisana.
I was told that I looked like your wife.
That’s why you took a liking to me
and welcomed me into the Kuchiki family as your younger sister.
That's right.
I ordered everyone in the household to tell you that lie.
Huh?
Hisana was…your older sister.
Hisana died in the World of the Living
and was sent with you to “Hanging Dog.”
But life was too difficult there…
She said she left her baby sister and ran away.
Hisana regretted that.
Even after she became my wife,
she searched for you almost every day.
Then, in the spring of our fifth year together…
Lord Byakuya… please find my younger sister…
And if you ever find her,
please don't tell her that I was her older sister…
Save your strength. Don't talk anymore…
No… Please don't let her know.
Please protect my younger sister with your strength…
I abandoned my younger sister…
Hisana…
I have no right to be called her older sister.
But please allow her to call you “brother.”
A plum blossom opened…Look.
I'm sorry for depending on you until the end…
I'm sorry I couldn't repay the love you gave to me…
These past five years that we’ve spent together
have been like a wonderful dream…
Lord Byakuya…
I found you the following year.
I immediately welcomed you into the family.
It was the same as with Hisana.
The people of the household objected, saying that allowing someone
from the Rukon District into a noble home was against their law
and would tarnish the name of the Kuchiki family…
But I defied everyone.
I wanted to fulfill my promise to Hisana no matter what…
But, it's also true that I’d gone against the law…
So I made a vow in front of my parents' grave,
in order to admonish myself.
I vowed that I would never again break a law,
that from then on, no matter what, I would uphold it.
I was so desperate to make Hisana’s wish come true,
I made two vows that I should not have made…
When you were sentenced to death, I didn't know what to do…
My vow to my parents to protect the law,
and my promise to Hisana to protect her younger sister…
I didn't know which vow to uphold…
Who would enforce our laws if we didn't uphold them?
If I were you, I would fight the law.
Ichigo Kurosaki.
I thank you.
Rukia…
I'm sorry…
All the days gone by have made me what I am
Life’s not easy; that’s why I can go on.
To the people hurrying by,
“Have your dreams come true?”
I’m still struggling…
Forget returning to my youth; I want to live today well.
I was born timid.
Out where the sun shines I fisted my hand tight.
Break out of that place, that time, and I can change my life
But I could never express everything deep in my heart
Life’s not easy; that’s why I can go on.
Yoruichi, you let me borrow all kinds of tools,
but where do you keep them?
My other form is a cat.
You know about the robot cat
with a pocket with infinite capacity, right?
It's the same with me.
So that was it!
You're stupid, aren't you?
Illustrated Guide to Soul Reapers
Golden!
Jinta!
Really… Skipping out on store duties.
Where did he go?
Jinta…
Oh no!
That…is…not…RIIIIGHT!
Finished!!
It's not finished!
Tune in again!