I want to live in a world of peace without conflict, like the one I dreamed of.
I can't be patient any longer There are things I must say
At the evening bus stop on the way home
I Wave to those sunken shoulders, Bye Bye Bye
Got to show your Fighting Pose, Oh! Oh!
That world I dreamed of Is peaceful every day, without any conflict.
But in reality, there are troubles every day
And sometimes I regret, these Rolling days
Lies probably have little meaning
~All my loving Otherwise, how can I go on?
A Sweet Love I dreamed of where lovers search for a hideaway
But in reality, the days we can't meet
Go on; but we still believe, these Rolling days
We may stumble, but Way to go!! Yeah!! Yeah!!
A mud-caked Rolling star!!
PROTECTION
Hey, Mr. Hollow...
Sorry, but Ichigo is out right now...
PROTECTION
Oh... sorry about that...
I still haven't introduced myself. I'm Isshin...Kurosaki.
Remember this...
You can't tell how strong your opponent is by the size of his zanpakuto...
Only then can you talk to me about Soul Reapers, boy.
I-Impossible...
With just...o-one strike...
What's going on?
Were we saved?
It's all right.
This is crazy...
He's incredibly strong...
Is he really Ichigo's...
- ...stupid father? - Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Yahoo!
Did you get it?
Your revenge...
You came...
Urahara.
It's been a while, Mr. Isshin.
Well... It looks like your skills haven't faded.
I'm relieved.
What's this? That's a pretty normal thing for you to say.
Of course!
I would hate it if you blamed me
if your Spiritual Pressure had withered away.
I see... Don't worry.
I wouldn't blame you if it had faded
along with my skills.
How is it, being a Soul Reaper for the first time in 20 years?
Not bad.
Do you...feel better?
Not bad.
I never hated that Hollow to begin with.
If there was something I've hated for over 20 years...
It would be my weakness that night when I couldn't save Masaki.
That part of you never changes...
You're just like your son.
I'm not like him!
You are!
I say I'm not!
Then I'll leave it at that.
Speaking of your son, have you noticed?
Yeah.
As you've predicted... they've made contact.
The Masked Army. The Visored.
The Visored?
What is that?
They called them the Masked Army.
THE MASKED ARMY VISORED
They're an outlaw group of former Soul Reapers
who tried to gain Hollow powers by using forbidden techniques.
Their whereabouts and aims are unknown.
This is troublesome.
The only thing that I do know is that
the Visored and the Arrancar are not teamed with each other.
But they're not our allies...
The Visored hate Soul Reapers as well...
Yeah...
But they made contact with your son.
That must mean...
Yeah... They're preparing for some sort of battle.
Just like we are.
They have probably noticed the sudden change in the Arrancar.
So that Hollow really had its mask removed...
A broken mask...
An Arrancar.
BROKEN MASK ARRANCAR
So now they're going to read this as Arrancar?
Until now, we've detected the naturally occurring Arrancar
from time to time...
But compared to the mock Arrancar we've confirmed up until now,
this one's level of perfection was like nothing we've ever seen before.
Mock Arrancar didn't change for decades,
but they suddenly jumped a level.
It's all so sudden...
You understand what this means, right? This means...
Sosuke Aizen...
He made contact with the mock Arrancar
and is trying to create a true Arrancar...
...using the Hogyoku's power.
According to my calculations,
the Hogyoku was supposed to take another year to mature.
Of course, that power isn't complete...
That Arrancar was still incomplete.
He has jumped a level, but his Spiritual Pressure was impure.
He was probably a test subject to gather information
on how well he could fight at this level.
They're at this level now, but the Hogyoku's power is immense.
Aizen will probably be pushing his research
so that they can be used in battle.
He'll lead those completed "true" Arrancar and a Menos army...
And come to crush the world.
What should we do?
Let's do what we can.
Whatever the case, this is the situation.
Enemy or ally, we're all going to make a move.
The Visored...
Us...and...
Soul Society...
Oh... Someone's coming in this direction.
This Spiritual Pressure...
It's your son.
It'll be troublesome to see him...
Come on, everyone. Let's all go home.
- O-Okay. - O-Okay.
I see...
All right. I'll be there immediately.
Tsk! What a pain...
Thank you all for coming at such short notice!
We shall now commence the Captains' meeting!
KARAKURA FIRST HIGH SCHOOL
What was that Spiritual Pressure?
There's no trace of anyone...
Damn! This is all because of Hirako...
I'm a Visored.
You're the same as me.
Come with us...Ichigo.
You shouldn't be on that side.
If you want me to restore your powers...
Swear to me that you will not involve yourself
with Soul Reapers from now on.
Swear it.
Good morning, Kurosaki!
Good morning, Ichigo!
Hirako...he came to school as if nothing happened.
Oh! Good morning!
Umm... Hirako?
Ah! You remembered my name!
Good morning, Orihime!
Hold on a second!
What is it? How noisy...
Who are you?
Who am I?!
What's with that,
"I've been here longer than you" sort of attitude?!
I-I've been here way, way longer!
You've already been hurt...
Anyway, let her go!
Inoue doesn't like it!
Are you stupid?
If she didn't like it she would have screamed or hit me.
She hasn't done anything. That means that she doesn't mind.
Right, Orihime?
W-What's with that arrogant attitude?!
You're the one who's doing something bad!
I-Isn't that right?! I'm not wrong...am I?!
It's all right. You're not wrong.
Leave him to me, Keigo.
Ch-Chizuru!
Orihime is a nice girl who won't make a face
even if you do something bad to her.
So an idiot like you clinging on to her without realizing that
has no reason to live in this world!
Umm...It's a bit strange to be saying this to an ally...
but by that logic, you should be the first one to die.
Justice in my hands!
Death to swine! Special attack, Chizuru Genocide!
You don't have to kill him...
Come here for a second, Hirako.
What?
What's wrong with Ichigo?
Snapping like that...
Since when was he the hot-blooded type?
I-Ichigo?
Ow!
That hurts... What is it?
You don't need to get so mad...
It's not as if Orihime is your girlfriend.
Of course, there's no way that someone like you
could get anywhere with a beauty like her.
That's not it!
Anyway, apologize to Inoue afterwards!
You should do that!
Like I just said, there's no reason for you to tell me that.
Hirako...
Why are you still coming to this school?!
Don't be unreasonable.
It's a student's duty to go to school.
Didn't you come to our school to recruit me?!
In that case, you don't have any business here anymore!
Why?
Did you really think that
I'd give up so easily?
I'm persistent... I'll hang around you until you say yes.
It's too late...
Once you become a Visored, you can't go back.
Whatever you may think, you're already on our side, Ichigo.
Orihime...
The big guy...
Four-eyes...
You think of them all as your friends, don't you?
They're not... They're only your friends for now.
If you continue to be a Soul Reaper as you have been, sooner or later...
Your inner Hollow'll swallow you up. You'll lose your sanity...
It's over if that happens. Your power will destroy everything.
Your friends...and your future... Everything will get pulled in and crushed.
You've already realized that, haven't you?
Your inner Hollow has become so large that you can't handle it anymore.
Come with me, Ichigo.
I'll teach you how to maintain your sanity.
Ichigo!
Want to go into town on the way home?
Sorry.
I want to go home by myself.
Ichigo?!
M-Mizuiro!
There's something wrong with Ichigo!
Really? He gets like that sometimes.
Well, that's true, but that's not it.
Ichigo is more... It's difficult to put into words, but...umm...
You're just imagining it, Mr. Asano.
Woah! You're suddenly speaking to me politely?!
Huh?! Is something wrong, Mr. Asano?!
Wh-Whoa. Again?!
Why is everyone distancing themselves from me?!
I hate you all!
How tiring!
I shouldn't do things I'm not used to doing...
What was that post-break test? How stupid...
Besides, why do I have to go to Ichigo's school to recruit him!
I still don't like that.
That hurts...
Hey! Who did that?
You...
H-Hiyori!
What's taking you so long, you spineless worm?!
Sorry!
Where is Ichigo Kurosaki?!
Um... Not yet...
Not yet?! What's the meaning of this?!
Just talk to him and bring him to us!
I told him, but he wouldn't listen!
Then bring him to us by force!
What?! That's not what you told me the last time!
I found you.
Orihime!
Shinji.
Why is someone following you, baldy?!
Even if we asked Kurosaki he'd probably say that it was nothing.
So I came to ask you in person... Hirako...
Who are you? What do you want with Kurosaki?
Did you think that we'd tell you if you just asked?
Hiyori Sarugaki!
Huh?
Not, "Huh". It's my name! Tell me your names!
Orihime Inoue...
Yasutora Sado.
A "princess" and a "tiger", huh? Those are pretty impressive names!
We're a "monkey" and "flat"!
Hey, I'm so jealous!
What's "flat"? I'm the only one that's not a living thing.
Don't make such forced comparisons, stupid.
And she's got big breasts and smooth hair!
She's really annoying!
You're just jealous.
Plus you're only holding those things against Orihime.
Fine.
Anyway, I have nothing to tell you.
You're going to die here.
I'm very sorry!
Wait...
Don't, Inoue!
Sado...
You know, right?
We can't catch up to them with our power.
Besides, even if we could...
We would be killed...for sure.
Shinji, hey, let me go, baldy!
I want to slap them around!
You can't. Are you stupid?!
We're after Ichigo!
No need to cause trouble with others just yet!
Shut up! Let me go!
Don't give me an enema.
I said... "Stop"!
Hey, baldy!
What are you going to do if I can't get married?!
Shut up! It's punishment!
It's punishment for a kid who won't listen!
What?!
I said, "stop"!
I hate humans...
I know.
I also hate Soul Reapers...
I know.
But I'm telling you to wait a little longer, stupid.
DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
You've come.
Tell me your answer.
I want you to restore my powers... my Quincy powers!
I don't want to borrow power... I want my own power...
And?
I swear... That I will never again...
involve myself with Soul Reapers and their associates.
I met you at age 16
and we had an eternal love
Beneath cherry blossoms petals
gently fluttering downward
That steep and sunny hill
where I ran up to see you,
...And our shadows at the corner of the park,
they are still unchanged even today
You, me, and cherry blossom days,
we dance and sway in the wind
Holding in our heart the unseen future,
we look up at the pink sky
This and this and this...
What are you doing, Rin?
Akon, I was asked by the Lieutenant to prepare substitute soul candy.
Is someone going to the World of the Living?
The people on this list.
It'll get pretty noisy there.
What? Are they that noisy? ho's going?
Who's going? Who's going?
Well...
Yeah?!
- Illustrated Guide to Soul Reapers! - Mornings have sure been rough lately.
- Are you all right, Abarai? - Good morning, Lieutenant Hisagi!
Hey! Good morning!
That was a squad member from Squad 7, right?
Yeah... We became friends during the Bount incident.
Oh yeah... Iba is strangely conscious of you.
He said something like,
"Squad members don't respect me as much as they used to."
He doesn't need to be worried about that...
It's hard to believe that people used to respect him.
That's a pretty cruel thing to say.
You spineless worm!