Ichigo, Sado, and Ishida undergo harsh training
in preparation for the impending showdown with Aizen.
Rukia and Orihime also head to Soul Society in order to get stronger.
Hitsugaya's advance troops have remained in Karakura Town.
One day, a Mock Arrancar
that can continuously multiply appears before them.
If they don't destroy its main body,
the Mock Arrancar ill continue to multiply.
It all began when she encountered the Mock Arrancar...
We've concluded that Yui Toyokawa is a clone created by the Mock Arrancar.
And now Yui is helping the Mock Arrancar absorb Shota as well.
Yui?! What's wrong?!
Don't... Get away immediately...
Yui!
Don't!
What?!
Growl, Haineko!
Yui!
Are you all right?!
What?!
That's...
Big brother!
Don't!
Big brother...run away.
You bastard!
I can't...
I won't run away and leave you behind ever again!
So that's the main body...
Big brother...
I'm glad he didn't eat you.
What are you saying? I'm going to protect you.
It's no good... I...
What's wrong?!
Yui!
Crap... What is this? Why can't I move?!
Yui... Yui...
This girl...
I never expected her to still have the will to defy me.
But it ends here!
Yui!
Yui...
Hado 4: Byakurai!
Get a hold of yourself, Shota!
Ms. Rangiku... Yui got...
I know.
Soul Reapers...
I can't forgive you anymore.
Forgive me?
I ate this girl.
And I got this power!
Hold steady.
Get behind me!
Soul Reapers are nothing in the face of the power I've stored up.
Don't you know who I am?
I'm Squad 10 Lieutenant...
Rangiku Matsumoto! Don't underestimate me!
A lieutenant?
That's good.
Now I'm looking forward to eating you!
Too slow!
Now to finish you off!
Growl, Haineko!
Don't underestimate me!
Where'd he go?!
Shota!
I'm coming...
Now, which one of you should I eat first?
I'm not finished yet!
Matsumoto!
Step aside!
Frost unto the Heavens, Hyorinmaru!
What's this?!
Captain!
Get Shota!
Shota!
Ms. Rangiku!
It's getting out!
Who are you?!
Squad 10 Captain, Toshiro Hitsugaya!
A captain?!
Since you didn't know that we were in the World of the Living,
it doesn't seem like you're taking orders from Aizen!
I guess that means that you mutated
after absorbing a human's Spiritual Pressure!
You bastard...
This is it. Prepare yourself!
A-Are you all right with that?!
If you kill me, that girl will disappear with me!
I thought so.
Those are the results we got from Soul Society.
But such threats won't work against us.
Don't!
Shota!
Yui's still alive!
She told me to run away!
So...
I can't weigh one soul on the same scale as the entire town.
Don't!
Hey!
- Shota, stop! - Don't!
Out of the way!
Yui!
Wait!
You missed your best chance to defeat me.
What?!
As long as I'm in this sub-space, you won't be able to find me.
But I can hide my Spiritual Pressure,
attack souls and make as many clones as I want.
Behold! My army of servants!
Captain Hitsugaya!
Madarame! Ayasegawa!
What's with these numbers?!
No wonder there was no end to them no matter how many we destroyed.
I can multiply about 16 times in a day!
It took you too long to realize that.
With this many of me, it'll be impossible to stop me from multiplying.
I've eaten most of the souls in this town...
I'll have to eat the humans next.
Later!
Wait up!
Wait, Madarame!
We'll never end this if we cut down every one of them.
That's true, but we can't leave them alone.
Squad 11 is a battle squad.
Rather than thinking about bothersome things,
we'll crush them until we run out of spiritual power.
Please let us go!
You can think of a way to deal with them in the meantime.
All right!
- Let's go! - Okay!
This is Hitsugaya.
This is the Department of Research and Development.
We encountered the Mock Arrancar's main body,
but it got away.
Can you track it?
We're doing that right now.
It's no good! We really can't track it...
I'm unable to provide support.
We lost sight of it.
There are no traces of any distortions, either.
Damn...
I'm very sorry.
What's this?!
What is it, Rin?!
We've pinpointed the location of the sound
that the Arrancar uses to control souls!
What do you mean?
The main body produces the sound, while the clones only act as speakers.
I'm asking you how it's done.
In other words, it's as if the main body
and the clones are connected by a wireless connection.
They probably deliver the spiritual power
they absorb to the main body in the same way!
If that's true, we may be able to pinpoint the location of the main body
by looking at the distribution of the clones.
Um... Am I wrong?
All systems, analyze the distribution of Spiritual Pressure!
All right. This is good!
Send them the coordinate data, Rin!
Yes, sir!
Shota...
The Arrancars we're fighting were originally called Hollows.
They're fallen souls.
A soul that still has an attachment to the world
and becomes corrupted, loses its heart and becomes a Hollow.
We Soul Reapers exist not only to save souls,
but to save Hollows as well.
By cutting Hollows with our Zanpakuto,
we wash Hollows of their sins and lead them to Soul Society.
It's all necessary in order for them to be born anew.
We couldn't protect Yui.
But we can still save Yui's soul.
Ms. Rangiku...
This time, it's your turn!
Hold on.
Let's save Yui's soul together.
Are you finished talking?
Let's go!
- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!
You can't defeat me with attacks like that.
URAHARA'S SHOP
What are you doing?!
Are you those multiplying Arrancar clones?!
Here I go!
What's with their numbers?!
Looks like my routine chores...
Will have to wait for the time being, nya!
Don't slack off!
I knew it. The clones aren't spread out over such a wide area.
When I calculate the location of their source
by analyzing the distribution of the appearance of the clones...
Karakura Town, East...
Near the river.
So how do we find him?
According to the Department of Research and Development,
he's only hiding his Spiritual Pressure.
The main body needs to be able to communicate with its clones.
There's no way that he'd be hiding in a place that's shut off from
the World of the Living, like Hueco Mundo.
He's probably hiding within a special barrier.
I see...
In that case, if we hit his barrier with our Spiritual Pressure
we should be able to break it.
Understood... I'll get to that...
No... I'll do it...
In order to pry him open from his protective space
we need a proportional amount of Spiritual Pressure.
You take care of the enemy when it comes jumping out!
Yes sir!
Here I go!
Bankai!
Daiguren Hyorinmaru!
What's this?! What's going on?!
It's that Soul Reaper from earlier!
He's come this far...
But he won't be able to hit me
if he releases his Spiritual Pressure recklessly!
Now come out!
Is this Captain Hitsugaya's Spiritual Pressure?
What is he doing?
Jeez! I just keep cutting and cutting...!
Will Captain Hitsugaya be all right?
Maybe he should have applied for a Gentei Kaijo.
Damn!
Captain...
Yui! Where are you?!
Answer me!
Yui!
Once more!
Fool! You're going to do that again?!
Even if you're a captain,
trying to destroy my space with Spiritual Pressure is only...
What's this?!
That sound!
It's Yui!
Why is it whistling?!
I should have absorbed that girl completely...
So why?!
Yui...
Do you know where it's coming from?!
There!
Captain!
I found you.
How dare you... I won't forgive you...I won't!
Crush into bits! Dentis!
Here I go!
Is that the best you can do, kid?!
Crap!
I released too much of my Spiritual Pressure!
Oh well! I'll finish this all at once!
Ryusenka!
My Hierro, Iron Skin, is like that of the Espada!
So it didn't reach you...
Take a look!
Wh-What?!
Stop!
M-My legs!
Matsumoto! Finish him off!
Yes, sir!
Shota, hold onto the sword!
Okay!
You save Yui!
Okay!
You won't defeat me...
It stopped moving! Now!
Yui!
Big brother...
Yui...
The souls that it devoured...
What's this?!
Look at that!
What's going on?!
They suddenly disappeared, nya.
Shota!
Ms. Rangiku...
Yui got to go to Soul Society...
Isn't that right?!
She can be reborn, right?!
Yes...
I give you my word.
Then I've got to go after her right away.
Let's go.
Yeah...
It hurts...Ms. Rangiku...
Everyone's going to be training here until winter, right?
But you just want to have fun in the World of the Living, don't you?
That's not true.
As proof, we'll show you our daily lives in the next episode.
You're just doing whatever you like...
It's all right. We've got permission from "him."
Who's "him"? Could it be Ku-?!
- Illustrated guide to Soul Reapers! - Golden!
We're having Korean barbecue for dinner tonight!
- Alright! - Meat! Meat!
Wait, wait, wait!
Now's not the time to be eating meat!
- What? You don't like meat? - What the...
- That's not it! - This is cheap meat?!
- The town is in danger! - Cripes Hiyori, can't you get it right?
- Right now, - And the meat's all stiff!
- Korean barbecue is more important! - And the meat's all stiff!
- Aww, fine! - Give me a break!
I'll go by myself!
I'm glad you're full of spirit, but it's over already.
What?
You're as terrible at
detecting Spiritual Pressure as you usually are, aren't you?