Meanwhile, Ichigo's classmate Keigo Asano ends up witnessing Ikkaku's fight against Edorad as the confident and self-determined Soul Reaper is forced to use his Bankai: Ryūmon Hōzukimaru.Ĭollapsing after defeating Edorad, Ikkaku comes to while reminiscing how he joined Squad Eleven and that he kept his bankai out of respect towards his captain, Kenpachi Zaraki. But Grimmjow arrives and easily defeats Rukia before Ichigo takes over the fight. Chad is attacked by D-Roy, who quickly is killed by Rukia with her restored Soul Reaper powers and her zanpakutō "Sode no Shirayuki". "¡Mala Suerte! 4 (Tempestad de La Lucha)" Īfter Ulquiorra and Yammy are debrief their mission to Aizen and his inner circle, including other high-ranked Arrancars known as Espada, the impulsive Sexta Espada Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez decides to invade Karakura Town to kill any spiritual powered human with his fracción subordinates: Arrancar 12 Shawlong Qufang, Arrancar 13 Edorad Leones, Arrancar 14 Ilfort Grantz, Arrancar 15 Nakim Greendina and Arrancar 16 D-Roy Linker. Later, Ichigo learns that Rukia Kuchiki has been dispatched from the Soul Society with a team consisting of Tōshirō Hitsugaya, Renji Abarai, Rangiku Matsumoto, Ikkaku Madarame, and Yumichika Ayasegawa to aid him. Luckily, Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin arrive and Yammy is easily beaten before he and Ulquiorra fall back to Hueco Mundo. Coming to Orihime and Chad's aid when they are overpowered by Yammy (who is revealed to be the one the Arrancars were sent to observe), Ichigo is easily defeated when his inner hollow interferes. The following day a pair of Arrancars named Ulquiorra Schiffer and Yammy Riyalgo are dispatched to by Aizen to Karakura town where they are to investigate someone with latter consuming all human souls within the area. As Chad and Orihime try to ask Shinji what happened to Ichigo, only be meet Shinji's fellow Visored ally Hiyori Sarugaki. Shinji attempts to recruit Ichigo into the Visoreds, only to be refused despite telling Ichigo that his inner hollow would overpower him if he does not. "Conquistadores 4 (Ebony & Ivory)"Īfter defeating Grand Fisher, Isshin is found by Urahara as he explains that there are more Arrancars and that they are serving the rogue Soul Reaper Sôsuke Aizen and that the Hôgyoku will take a year to be fully awaken.
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The company also re-released the series under the label of "3-in-1 Edition" the books containing volumes 22 and 48 were released on and on Augrespectively. A box set containing volumes 22–48 was released on July 7, 2015, along with the Bleach pilot and a poster. Viz Media released the 22nd volume on February 5, 2008, and volume 48 was published on October 2, 2012. North American licensor Viz Media serialized the individual chapters in Shonen Jump starting from November 2007 in the United States. The arc was adapted into episodes from several different seasons intersped with filler episodes and arcs season 6's episode 110, aired on January 10, 2007, starts the story concluded in season 14's episode 310, broadcast on February 22, 2011.
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Īn anime adaptation, produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, was broadcast by TV Tokyo. The volumes that include the arc are 22 to 48 the former was published on May 2, 2006, and the latter was released on December 3, 2010. The 188th chapter was published on August 8, 2005, while chapter 423 was released on October 11, 2010. In addition to the main series chapters, some chapters are published with a negative chapter number they are side stories and consist of events that precede the start of the series. In the arc, Ichigo and his allies enter the Hollows' world, the Hueco Mundo, as Aizen kidnaps one of his friends.īleach was published in individual chapters by Shueisha in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and was later collected in tankōbon (book) format. He also encounters former Soul Reaper Sosuke Aizen, who created an army of powerful Hollows called Arrancars to destroy the Soul Reapers' organization, Soul Society. The plot follows the Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki who is in charge of slaying Hollows, evil spirits that attack people. The chapters 188–423 of the Bleach manga series, written and illustrated by Tite Kubo, comprise the "Arrancar arc" ( 破面篇, Arankaru Hen). Twenty-second volume cover, featuring Ulquiorra Cifer