Bleach Episode 022 - The Man Who Hates Shinigami

Ichimaru Gin, 3rd Squad Captain, deals with the Ryoka and Jidanbou swiftly with his Zanpakutou, sending them out the gate and back into Rukongai. Orihime makes use of her powers to heal up Jidanbou, and Chad meets Shibata the cockatiel. Yoruichi tells the gang that they’re not going to try entering by the gate anymore, but rather, by way of Shiba Kuukaku. Just then, a man riding a boar bursts into the room, and seeing Ichigo, starts to fight with him as he hates Shinigami.

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Bleach Episode 021 - Enter! The World of the Shinigami

Ishida, Orihime and Yoruichi arrive in Soul Society’s Rukongai after being chased through the passage by the cleaner, Capturing Thrust. Ichigo hastily tries to get into the Seireitei where Shinigami live, but has to first defeat a giant, Herculean man who has not been defeated in 300 years. Ichigo successfully does so, but when the gate is opened for them, the one who meets them, is the 3rd division captain.

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Bleach Episode 020 - Ichimaru the Silver Shadow

Ichigo and Urahara’s match begins to get interesting as Urahara releases his Zanpakutou, Benihime. Ichigo’s Zanpakutou gets destroyed by Urahara, but he soon gains a new and improved Zanpakutou when he finally is able to hear the name of his Zanpakutou. After the training, Ichigo and friends attend a fireworks festival, and one week later, Ichigo, Chad, Orihime, Ishida and Yoruichi set off to Soul Society via the Senkai gate.

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Bleach Episode 018 - Reclaim! The Power of the Shinigami!

It is the last day of school before summer vacations start, and nobody in Karakura High seems to remember Rukia. Orihime, who remembers, asks Ichigo about Rukia, and he tells her that he will save Rukia. In Soul Society, Rukia wonders if she will be awarded the Death Penalty. Ichigo’s training with Urahara begins, and after clearing Lesson One, he progresses on to Lesson Two, in which he must become a Shinigami so as to not become a Hollow. Ishida does not wish to save Rukia, but wishes to train in secret.

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Bleach Episode 017 - Ichigo Dies!

The determined Ichigo continues the fight against Renji, and was almost winning until Byakuya intervenes. Ichigo is half-dead, and to save Ichigo, Rukia pretends to ignore him, and returns to Soul Society with Renji and Byakuya. Ichigo is then saved by Urahara and is told that there is a way to get to Soul Society and save Rukia. But first, he must endure 10 days of “torture” (training) under Urahara.

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Bleach Episode 016 - Encounter: Abarai Renji!

Rukia, deciding that she has stayed too long in the human world, runs away from the Kurosaki household. Little did she know that two Shinigami, Abarai Renji and Kuchiki Byakuya, her good friend and brother respectively, were on her trail to kill her as well as the person who stole her powers. Ishida falls to Renji, but Ichigo arrives in time before Ishida is killed. He too, is injured badly by Renji, as Renji has transformed his Zanpakutou into something else entirely.

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Bleach Episode 015 - Kon's Great Plan!

Yuzu has just given Kon a new makeover, prompting him to run away in search of a place where he truly belongs. Ishida is extremely late for school, and when he arrives, is all bandaged up. Rukia is acting weird as she knows she will have to return to Soul Society sooner or later. Yoruichi appears at the Urahara store, as does Kon. Kon, after getting tortured there, decides to return to Ichigo’s side.

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Bleach Episode 014 - Back To Back, A Fight To The Death

The conclusion of the match between Ishida and Ichigo: Ichigo and Ishida fight back to back to defeat the Hollows as Chad and Orihime watch from a bridge that they may choose the path they must take. However, a Menos Grande, or super big Hollow, appears, and Ichigo discovers the absurd size of his spirit power. The man who hates Shinigami now saves one and asks his sensei for forgiveness.

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Bleach Episode 013 - Flower and Hollow

The continuation of the match between Ishida and Ichigo though there is not as much action from either in this episode. The episode focuses mainly on Orihime, who, when faced with a Hollow that controls people’s bodies from seeds, finds her spiritual power, the Shun Shun Rikka. Urahara tells Chad and Orihime about Hollows and Shinigami, and asks the two to choose the path they must take after finding their powers.

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Bleach Episode 011 - The Legendary Quincy

Ichigo is reprimanded for appearing on national TV, and Rukia, Keigo, Mizuiro, Chad, Tatsuki and Inoue are also hauled to the Principal’s office for not stopping Ichigo. Orihime is ranked 3rd, while Ichigo is 23rd for the exams. The 1st is Ishida Uryuu, who later meets Ichigo and Rukia, who have arrived where a Hollow was supposed to be. Ishida shoots down the new Hollow that appears and tells them that he is a Quincy who hates Shinigami, i.e. Ichigo. Later when Ichigo is following him, he is told a number of things by Ishida, who then challenges him to a match. Urahara tells Rukia what he knows of the Quincy, most of which surprises Rukia. Ichigo accepts Ishida’s challenge and changes to Shinigami form.

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Bleach Episode 009 - Unbeatable Enemy!

Ichigo realizes that the Hollow he now faces is the one who killed his mother, and is enraged enough to carelessly lunge at him, who has evaded the Shinigami for over 50 years – Grand Fisher. As Ichigo gets beaten up pretty badly by Grand Fisher due to his ability to use his head appendage to take the form of his opponent’s loved one, in this case, Masaki. However, this appendage suddenly remembers Masaki’s dying wish, and hearing that wish, Ichigo is inspired and manages to defeat the Hollow, although not killing it. Ichigo wants now to become stronger to protect people from Hollows.

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Bleach Episode 007 - Greetings From A Stuffed Toy

Urahara and company prepare to collect their merchandise, while “Ichigo” tries to attack three children, but is stopped by Ichigo. A Hollow appears and “Ichigo” fights it, getting injured in the process. Ichigo arrives to save the day, but “Ichigo” is the real hero – he saves those 3 children from being squashed by the Hollow. Urahara comes to remove the mod-soul from Ichigo’s body, but Rukia and Ichigo take back the “inferior goods” and end up putting it into a lion plushie. From Soul Society, a Shinigami has been dispatched to look for Rukia, whilst memories of a very rainy night fill Ichigo’s head.

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Bleach Episode 006 - Fight to the death! Ichigo vs. Ichigo

Rukia is late for school, after having gone to shop at the Urahara Store. Punching Ichigo and dragging him away to the rooftop, she throws him a tube of Soul Candy, and asks him to try one. Ichigo does, and his soul exits his body, and a temporary soul is inserted. Unfortunately, this soul is a mod soul that has the supernatural power of jumping high and running fast. He uses this power to amaze everyone, and in class, ruins Ichigo’s image by kissing Tatsuki and Orihime. Escaping from the real Ichigo and Rukia, he stumbles upon three boys playing video games and deleting their characters.

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Bleach Episode 005 - Beat the Invisible Enemy!

Rukia, unable to fight the Hollow in her weakened state, has no choice but to wait for Ichigo. But help appears earlier in the form of Chad, who with his bulging muscles puts up a gallant fight against the Hollow, who is the murderer of Shibata’s mother as well as the one who put Shibata in the cockatiel’s body. The Hollow is also able to produce Stitch-like creatures which have within them leeches detonable with a ring of the Hollow’s tongue. Ichigo arrives to save the day as usual, slaying the Hollow and sending it to hell, and Shibata to Soul Society.

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Bleach Episode 004 - The Cursed Parakeet!

Chad receives what his friends say is a cursed cockatiel, which is really a normal cockatiel possessed by a young boy ghost who saw the murder of his mother right before his eyes. The bird is said to bring misfortune to its owners, and true enough, Chad meets with numerous accidents; from traffic accidents to a steel girder falling on him. Finally, he encounters a Hollow, but Rukia is there to help, although she has not regained enough of her powers to fight properly. The memories of the ghost have flown into Karin, who now feels unwell. She begs Ichigo to save the boy and send him to heaven.

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Bleach Episode 003 - The Older Brother's Wish, The Younger Sister's Wish

Orihime’s brother-turned-Hollow turns on her, pushing her soul out of her body and attacking Tatsuki. Initially, Ichigo loses to him, but later gives the Hollow a good talking to about the roles of Big Brothers. Orihime’s words strike a chord in the Hollow, and after fighting a winning battle against another Hollow, he decides to end himself instead of becoming a monster once more. After Orihime bids him a proper goodbye, the Hollow disappears. Orihime and Tatsuki do not remember anything the next day because Rukia used a memory modifier on them, like she had on Ichigo’s family previously.

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Bleach Episode 002 - A Shinigami's Work

Ichigo’s family seems to believe that a truck had smashed into their house, and find it a miracle no one was hurt. That’s not the last surprise for Ichigo that day, for when he gets to school, he discovers that the new transfer student sitting next to him is none other than Kuchiki Rukia. She wants him to take over her role of Shinigami for the area, but he does not feel ready yet. He soon discovers yet another surprise: his closet has an inhabitant - Kuchiki Rukia! After a short fight with a Hollow he recognizes as Orihime’s brother, he learns what a Hollow really is.

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Bleach Episode 001 - The day I became a Shinigami

An orange-haired boy beats up some hooligans for knocking over flowers laid for a dead girl, and we soon that he is Kurosaki Ichigo, who is able to see ghosts. A weird creature appears in the town and wreaks havoc, but is stopped by a woman dressed in a black kimono. She appears in Ichigo’s room later, and we discover that she is a Shinigami, and that the creature is a Hollow or evil spirit. One appears at Ichigo’s house, attracted by his high spirit power. In a bid to save his family, Ichigo becomes a Shinigami.

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