KENDO TEAM
Hey! Guys...
Where'd you get those injuries?!
Well... How should I put this?
We kinda got ambushed...
Ambushed?
That's right...
Who are you?!
We're the Kotei Academy Kendo Team!
We'll be victorious at the regional tournament!
That's an ambush? They told you who they were...
It's an ambush.
That's ridiculous!
Sorry! This is all because I ran away too slowly.
It's not your fault...
It's because they're ridiculous!
But with us starters like this,
we'll have to pull out of next month's regional tournament.
No!
We can't pull out because of something as silly as this!
I, the student body president, will arrange a friendly match with Kotei Academy!
- Huh? - Huh?
You were ambushed...
So pulling out of the competition is what they want! Aren't you mad?!
Get your revenge at this match
and gain some momentum for the regional tournament!
That's crazy...
We just got ambushed yesterday!
You first-years look like you're in good health...
Huh? We can't take on Kotei!
Don't be pathetic!
You're men, aren't you?!
You're going to avenge your upperclassmen
no matter what it takes!
Got it?!
She's crazy...
Sis, I brought Ikkaku and Yumichika, just as you ordered me to do, but...
Who are they?
We're the first-years of Karakura First High School's kendo team.
Pleased to meet you!
So what do you want with us?
You suddenly made me put on this outfit...
You're not all that dissatisfied.
It really does look good on you, darling!
You look like a man among men!
This is bad, Ikkaku!
Granted, I'm the one who brought you here,
but my sister's request probably won't do you any good!
You stay quiet!
Actually, darling...
We're having a friendly match between our kendo team
and Kotei Academy's kendo team this weekend.
I want you to prepare them for the event!
Huh?
These weaklings?
That's right!
I want you to somehow make them into real men!
U-Umm...
Please make me a real man!
It won't happen!
There's no way that Ikkaku would participate in youthful club activities!
Right, Ikkaku?!
Fine... I'll do it...
Really?!
I am indebted to this strange woman for giving me food and shelter.
Thank you, darling!
I'm not getting involved.
Hey! Wait, Yumichika!
What an unmanly guy!
Anyway, take care of it, darling!
We're counting on you!
Yes!
All right!
My training is tough!
- Darling, you're so wonderful! - He is so into doing this...
Come on, come on, come on!
Pull, pull! Don't be a wimp!
Y-Yes, I'll do my best!
Come on, come on, come on!
Don't take a rest!
Why carts?! And that sword is real...
Come on, come on, come on, come on!
Climb on up already!
Hopping up the stairs from a squatting position in this day and age?!
Isn't that bad for your back?
61...62...63...
What is this?
This is beyond heavy!
I must endure...
That's right! Real men endure pain!
Beyond that is victory!
I must endure!
Why pickling stones?
They're doing it! Things are looking good!
How is this good?! It has nothing to do with kendo!
Huh?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, sis!
But don't you think that this training is going a little too far?
Don't worry. He won't kill them...
My darling has his own ideas!
He does?!
You haven't given up already, have you?
It's no good.
My body...
Tsk! How pathetic...
I can still go on!
I thought that you would go down first, but you've got spirit!
Come on!
Is that all the spirit you've got?
I've got to become stronger for the upperclassmen that protected me.
Crap!
You're too direct!
Look for your enemy's openings!
You have no openings!
Shut up! We're going to continue until you find one!
Come on, come on, come on!
Bring it on!
Umm... Incidentally, I must ask...
Why are you working so hard for this?
Well...
Because it's fun.
Ah, I see.
It's fun...
What?!
You're doing this because it's fun?
Because it's been a while since I've seen that...
The look of desperation that comes from one's desire to get stronger.
He's really enjoying his youth.
What's wrong with you?!
Sorry...
We're at our limit!
Umm...
They've got worse injuries than the upperclassmen.
I got a little carried away...
Hey! Is it true that all the team members are injured?!
Sis!
No way!
What'll we do, darling?!
I didn't think that they'd break just from this.
- Sorry... - Sorry...
But this is problematic.
Everyone, can you win the match with those injuries?
No. It's impossible!
What?!
What are we going to do about our match?!
Sis...
We should just forfeit.
No way!
I, the student body president, never change my schedule!
I always win matches I've decided I'll win!
Besides...we requested the match. we'll look stupid if we forfeit.
But didn't you request the match so you could get revenge?
Huh?
I didn't say anything.
Don't you agree, darling?!
Oh well...
You just have to win, right? In that case...
My friends and I could just enter it.
Your friends?!
I've got some skilled companions.
You're so wonderful!
I knew I could count on you, darling!
Ikkaku... Could it be that you wanted to enter from the beginning?
Did you say something?
I-I-I didn't say anything...
I'm going to ask Yumichika and the others to help us out.
Do any of you have the guts to participate?
I-I'll enter!
Please let me enter!
Well said.
We just need three more.
I-Ikkaku!
You only have two friends?!
We're short three people!
What are we going to do?!
Shut up!
Anyway, I'm going to ask them for help!
So...
What do you want us to help you with?
I have an idea of what it is...
Then that makes things simpler!
I want you to participate in the match this weekend.
- We're not participating! - We're not participating!
What?!
Of course I'm not!
That's right. There's no way!
I'm begging you to help me!
I know, but...
We're probably the only ones you can ask, too...
So why can't you participate?!
- 'Cause the protective gear stinks... - 'Cause the protective gear stinks...
What?!
- 'Cause the protective gear stinks! - 'Cause the protective gear stinks!
Huh?!
I'm stumped...
What do you suppose we should do?
The match is tomorrow...
I wonder if we can make any strong friends by then.
Sorry...
If only I had run away faster.
You would have been all right if you could run away as fast as I can.
You idiot!
What's the point in running away?!
Just get stronger!
That's all you need to do!
And you, stop laughing foolishly!
Take a good look at where your bruises are!
Those are all bruises of someone who's running away!
Men don't care if they get bruised when they tackle things head on!
But don't worry about the unfilled spots...
Are you going to make some friends right now?
You idiot!
KARAKURA HIGH SCHOOL VS KOTEI ACADEMY KENDO CLUB FRIENDLY MATCH EVENT HALL
I wonder if we've got all of our participating members...
So...
Why do I have to participate in this match?
Sorry, Captain Hitsugaya!
Please accept this!
Don't bribe me with sweets!
You say that, but you're already wearing the protective gear!
That's because you made a big fuss
and told me to put it on without any explanations.
I'm very sorry!
This is a token of my regret!
You bastard...
I'm really glad that my younger brother in grade school
had protective gear that fits you perfectly!
Grade schooler?
Madarame... You bastard...
I really want to win this match.
I warned you not to get involved in the lives of humans!
Sorry...
That's right, Ikkaku!
We're busy with training. It's a real inconvenience!
You too, Abarai?
Well...
Mr. Urahara kept pestering me to come.
Abarai! Sado!
We're going to finish training for today.
I want you to go to the school...
- Huh? - Huh?
Well...
Something troublesome has come up.
All the other Soul Reapers will be there.
Did a Hollow appear?
You'll know when you get there.
When I got here, this was it!
Sorry for taking up your time.
Jeez! Did you give Urahara a box of sweets to get him to do this?
Bribes are always necessary for things like this.
So where's Sado?
He's not coming!
He said that he doesn't accept bribes...
What?!
Those sweets were expensive!
I don't care if they were!
What should we do?
It's almost time.
Say, Matsumoto... Please!
I won't do it! I don't want my hair to stink!
Oh well...
In that case...
Huh?
We don't have enough people...
You enter!
No, no!
I've never even held a bamboo sword!
You just have to run away!
Only three out of five of us need to win!
The match between
Karakura First High School and Kotei Academy will now begin!
Because we're having a friendly match today,
the person who gets the first point will win the round.
I'm fighting in the semi-finals?!
Don't worry! I'll win even if you lose!
We'll still win!
But is that really all right with you?
Begin!
Take that!
Splendid!
And you kept saying that you didn't want to...
Both of you, shut up!
Second round participants, come forward!
Yes!
Begin!
I can run away really fast!
Just look at this God-given foot work!
That's pathetic!
What are you, a crab?
Jeez! What is that idiot doing?!
You there, take a stance!
No way! I don't want to get hurt!
Head!
A Hollow...
Begin!
Madarame, don't be late!
Sorry! I've got to go out for a moment!
Huh?
I told you that if you lose, I'll win!
But you're the one who wants to win the most!
So go and become a real man!
Huh?
Huh?!
What?!
He transformed?!
Where's he going?!
I'm scared, uho!
I'm going to lie on my side until my master gets back, nya.
Don't look at me! I'll kill you, thank you very much!
I'll just stay put...
There's so many men, beshi!
Did everyone's personalities change?!
Semi-final participants, come forward!
Yes!
Indeed, even if I lose, Ikkaku will avenge us...
But...
Begin!
Roar! Zabimaru!
Growl! Haineko!
Extend!
Hozukimaru!
Even though Aizen is using the Hogyoku to create Arrancars,
only small fries have been appearing!
Whoops! Now's not the time for this!
Run away, run away!
Run away and lose at a suitable time! Don't push yourself, Shinji!
Don't be stupid!
We're going give Kotei Academy some divine retribution!
Even if he loses, Ikkaku will win!
Shut up!
I can't do that! There'd be no point to it unless I win!
Shinji, you don't have to push yourself!
That's right. Don't push yourself!
Upperclassmen...
I'm going to do this!
I'm going to beat this guy and become a real man!
You really are annoying!
Wait up, Shinji!
Don't lose before I arrive!
This wouldn't have happened
if your team members were better at running away!
That's all it took to do you in.
I guess there was no need to ambush you!
Crap!
This is for the upperclassmen!
Shinji!
We won, we won!
R-Really?!
The match between Karakura First High School and Kotei Academy...
Karakura First High School wins three to one!
Wait, wait!
What about my turn?!
Huh?
We've already won!
We won without you going through any trouble!
I will never forget your words!
Thank you very much!
Okay! That's great!
So when's my turn?!
Karakura First High School won three to one!
Therefore, you don't have a turn!
What?!
Where's their captain?!
I'll kill him!
There he is! That's Igarashi, their captain!
Sis?
He's a bad man who dumped me long ago!
What?!
This is your own grudge?!
This is your own revenge!
Ikkaku?!
What the hell are you doing to our captain's toupee?!
Come on!
I'll defeat you all!
Darling!
Stop! Stop!
- Because of the unruly actions of - I'll help you, Ikkaku!
- Karakura First High School's captain, - Ikkaku!
- this match is... - What are you doing?!
- Stop it! - How stupid. I'm leaving...
Cut it out!
I've taken down their captain!
Darling, you're amazing!
You really were the man I thought you were!
I'm Rin Tsubokura of the Department of Research and Development.
I'm Hanataro of Squad 4.
You two seem very much alike. Are you siblings?
- No! We're not that alike! - No! We're not that alike!
You're in perfect harmony with each other!
Illustrated Guide to Soul Reapers!
Then let's begin!
Yes.
I'm scared, uho!
I'm going to lie on my side, nya...
I'll kill him, thank you very much!
I'll just stay put...
This is the result of the special soul candy that we've prepared.
It's a great success!
We'll definitely make a lot of money!
Thank you, Substitute Vice-Chairman!
It was no problem at all, Chairman!
What's the matter?
VICE-CHAIRMAN