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The story follows Ichigo Kurosaki, a teenager who gains the powers of a Soul Reaper and must defend the human world from evil spirits while navigating the complex politics and conflicts of the Soul Society.

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this is Ichigo Kurosaki and bleach is

his story pretty much your average 15

year old kid Ichigo lives in the

Japanese town of karakura with his twin

sisters Karen and Yuzu and they're

loving if overbearing father ishin

Ichigo goes to school gets good grades

and sometimes gets into fights thanks to

his striking orange hair there is one

unusual thing about him however he can

see ghosts the world of bleach is

haunted by Spirits invisible to the

normal human eye these ghosts come in

different forms from the friendly often

timid pluses to the Monstrous malevolent

Hollows colossal beast-like creatures

who devour other spirits and humans

alike one night a mysterious woman clad

in a black outfit steps through the wall

into ichigo's bedroom this is Rukia

kuchki a Shinigami or a god of death

surprised Ichigo can see her rookie

explains that as Shinigami it's her job

to help Spirits pass on to the afterlife

to a world called The Soul Society but

more on that later

that night the Kurosaki household comes

under attack a hollow is seeking out

Ichigo wanting to devour him Rook here

attempts to defend him but suffers a

mortal wound in a desperate last-ditch

effort to save them both Rukia stabs

Ichigo with her Zan puck toe the weapon

of a Shinigami and transfers him some of

her Shinigami Powers the transfer is a

success Ichigo now is Shinigami himself

and wielding a colossal blade defeats

the hollow

unfortunately the transfer of powers

worked too well Rukia has been stripped

of all her powers leaving her stranded

in the human world for the time being so

until rookia's powers can return to her

Ichigo takes on the role of a substitute

Shinigami filling in farukia and

defending the residents of karakura town

from Hollows including his close friends

orahime inue and Sado Chad yasatora one

particularly nasty Hollow who was evil

in life as well is sent to Hell instead

of the Soul Society

Ichigo undertakes a variety of missions

ranging from capturing a renegade called

con to helping Don kanoji a famous TV

personality best Hollow in the local

hospital but one day Ichigo asks to

pause his substitute Shinigami duties

it's the anniversary of his mother

masaki's death

during a trip to the graveyard so the

family can pay their yearly respects the

Kurosaki sisters are attacked by the

foulest hollow of them all Grand Fisher

a True Villain and the hollow

responsible for attacking and killing

masaki so many years ago

despite a vicious battle where Ichigo is

seriously wounded he gains the upper

hand on the hollow and after dealing a

critical blow forces Grand Fisher to

flee settling into his role ichigo's

beliefs are challenged by a boy in his

class who do you Ishida a mystical

Archer with a vendetta against the

Shinigami uriu belongs to a clan called

the Quincy who wiped out 200 years ago

by the Shinigami uriu baits an army of

Hollows to karakura town in order to

kill them all but things quickly get out

of hand during the appearance of these

Hollows ichigo's friends orohime and

Chad develop powers and abilities of

their own Orihime gains the power of the

shun shunrika six fairies born from her

hairpieces that can create defensive

Shields and restore wounds while Chad

wields the right arm of the giant which

gives him immense destructive and

defensive power Ichigo and uriu put

their differences aside and work

together to fight a menosgrande a

towering Hollow with Ichigo eventually

repelling it showcasing unbelievable

latent strength everything seems to be

working out well for Ichigo and the

others but one night two shadowy figures

arrive in karakura and they're here to

arrest rookia the two figures are

high-ranking officers from the soul

Society itself Vice Captain renji abarai

and Captain biakiyakuchi rukia's older

brother Rukia has committed the grave

crime of giving a human her Shinigami

powers and now the sole Society has

issued a warrant for her capture Ichigo

tries to save Rukia and momentarily

manages to overpower renji but is

quickly defeated and incapacitated by

biakia the trio of Shinigami leave the

boy lying in the rain his life seeping

out of him on the soaking wet ground

Ichigo awaits his fate except suddenly

the rain stops Ichigo is rescued on the

brink of death by the mysterious kisuke

urahara the owner of the local urahara

candy store a shady man with a hidden

agenda and historical ties to the soul

Society urahara heals Ichigo and takes

him under his wing promising to help him

not only unlock his own Shinigami Powers

but make him strong enough in 10 days to

take on the soul society and rescue

Rukia from her grisly fate at the same

time orohime and Chad are taught to use

their own powers by a talking black cat

called Mr yoroichi an associate of

urahara's while uriu Masters his own

Quincy abilities through a series of

three trials Ichigo finds himself within

his inner World a spiritual place inside

every Shinigami Soul where he talks with

a strange Man in Black eventually after

nearly becoming a hollow at the hands of

urahara's brutal tests Ichigo realizes

his true Shinigami power and transforms

bearing both the zanpukto of his own and

a sinister-looking Hollow Mask but we'll

get to that a little later as Ichigo

continues to battle urahara he also

learns the name of izzan pukto and the

Ghostly Man in Black zangetsu after

continuing their training for a few more

days the gang comes together at urihara

shop where they prepare for their

Journey to the soul Society to dive deep

into the heart of the enemy and Save

from certain Doom so with Ichigo and the

others on their way to the soul Society

it seems like now is a good time to

explore the Shinigami a bit deeper there

was a lot of terminology there after all

the soul Society is where all spirits of

the Dead are ferried to an afterlife

essentially at the center of the Eastern

branch of the Soul Society sits the

sayrete the city of the Shinigami the

soul society's military arm is called

the gote 13 and as you might suspect is

made up of 13 distinct divisions each

one headed by a captain and a Vice

Captain who command a number of seated

and unseated officers each Shinigami

wields their own completely unique

zanpaktou a katana imprinted with their

soul allowing it to take on a new form

when its name is called granting them

access to amazing powers in order to

save Rukia Ichigo and his friends are

going to have to battle their way

through the gote 13 and live to tell the

tale Ichigo and the others explore load

into the soul society and land in the

rundown impoverished area outside the

sayrete's walls known as the rukongai district

district

no attempts to enter the soul Society

but is confronted by the gatekeeper

jidanbo although Ichigo successfully

defeats him by destroying his axes he

doesn't make it far the third divisions

Captain gin ichimaru approaches them and

uses his zanpakto shikai the first stage

of Azan pukto that is activated by

calling its name to remove Ichigo from

the city itself before the gate comes

crashing down in need of a new way in

yoruichi takes the team to his old

friend kukaku Shiba a fireworks expert

and the owner of the kukaku flower crane

cannon with which they can blast

themselves over the wall and into the

sayrete taking kukaku's brother ganju

with them they successfully breached the

sayrete but the force of the explosion

separates them all Ichigo and ganju end

up facing off against two members of the

fight-loving 11th Division ikaku and

yumachika and managed to defeat them

before taking a Shinigami medic hanataro

hostage hanataro leads each you go and

ganji through the canal Network beneath

the sayrete until they arrive at the

foot of the Sen's IQ the compound rookia

is being held in where they're

confronted by the Vice Captain of the

sixth Division and a Shinigami Ichigo

has fought before renji abarai after a

bloody battle Ichigo utilizes his

training from urahara to finally defeat

renji but in a surprising twist renji

begs Ichigo to save Rukia from her

impending execution as the two of them

are childhood friends and Ichigo

promises that he will the three of them

then Retreat back into the canals where

hanataro heals their wounds and Muses

over the appearance of a strange

hollow-like mask which seemingly

manifested to protect Ichigo during the

battle with renji at a meeting of the

captains the highest ranking officers of

the gote 13 gin ichimaru seemingly

threatens the captain of the fifth

division sosuke Eisen which is overheard

by the icy captain of the 10th division

toshiro sugaya later geen has apparently

made good on his threat Eisen is found

assassinated in a gruesome fashion and

his Vice Captain hinomori Momo flies

into a rage before being arrested the

soul Society is put on high alert and

war is waged against Ichigo and his

friends who are the prime suspects

behind the murder battles begin to rage

across the sayrete Chad finds himself up

against the captain of the eighth

division sui while Ichigo and the others

are confronted by the Monstrous captain

of the 11th division Ken patches Iraqi

Chad battles kyoraku but is swiftly

defeated and knocked unconscious while

Ichigo engages Zaraki in a brutal sword

fight Zaraki seems Unstoppable but after

reaffirming both his respect for

zangetsu and realizing that zangetsu

will always be by his side and he can

utilize his power Ichigo manages to cut

Zaraki down ending the battle in a

stalemate having continued onwards alone

ganju and hanataro reach rukia's cell

the black cat yoruichi rescues the dying

Ichigo and heals his wounds before

revealing her true form that of a female

Shinigami All Along yoruichi confiscates

The Hollow mask from Ichigo before both

of them sense biakya kuchki the captain

of the sixth division arriving at

rookia's cell byakia dispatches with

ganju in a brutal fashion but Ichigo

arrives to protect them Ichigo prepares

to challenge byakia but yoruichi

intervenes and knocks him out escaping

from the scene with ichigo's body alone

once again yoruichi explains to Ichigo

that he's too weak to take on biakya in

his current state but in three days

he'll learn the ultimate power of Bankai

asan pukto's second and final stage

wielded by Only the strongest of

Shinigami meanwhile uruyu and Orihime

battled the mad scientist captain of the

12th division mayori kuratsuchi mayori

reveals he has experiment fermented

thoroughly on the Quincy clan in the

past but uriu shocks Everyone by

revealing the fruits of his training the

let's still an amazing power that allows

him to almost kill the captain enraged

mayori Reveals His ban Kai but uriu

defeats him before mayori escapes

activating the let still means URI will

lose all his Quincy Powers but he

continues on regardless towards Rookie's

cell before being knocked out cold by

the captain of the ninth Division

kanamatosun and arrested using a special

device called the tension tie Ichigo

begins his Bankai training by forcing

the spirit of zangetsu to appear before

him and battle at the same time hinomori

reads a letter left to her by Eisen

before breaking out of her cell while

orehime meets kenpachi's Iraqi and asks

him to help free her friends all of whom

are currently being held prisoner deep

within the sayrete Hina Mori accuses

toshiro of murdering Eisen as per the

the letter that was left to her in

eisen's own handwriting toshiro believes

this to be more of Gene's scheming and

they fight briefly ending with geen's

Escape after a last minute intervention

by the Vice Captain of the 10th division

rangikum Matsumoto geen's childhood

friend ichigo's Bankai training

continues when suddenly renji discovers

their secret location but reveals that

he's only there to train himself

explaining that Rookie's execution has

been moved up to tomorrow

yoruichi doesn't think Ichigo can learn

Bankai in time but Ichigo is determined

to achieve it nonetheless Zaraki and

orahime break uru Chad and ganju out of

prison before continuing on through the

sayrete while renji finishes up his

training a number of the captains

including byakia prepare to head to the

sokyoku hill the planned site of rukia's

execution after going their separate

ways from Orihime and the others Zaraki

and his men are ambushed by tozen his

Vice Captain Shuhei hisagi and the

captain of seventh division sagin

kamamura as well as his Vice Captain

tetsu's I'm on Eber while ikaku and

yumachika battle IBA and hisagi Zaraki

takes on tozen and komamora himself

resulting in tosin activating his Bankai

saraki defeats him however but komamora

steps in to save towson's life meanwhile

renji heads to stop the execution but is

met by his captain byakia after an

emotional duel renji unveils the fruits

of his labor and activates his brand new

Bankai but despite it impressing byakia

the captain Reveals His Own Bankai and

nearly kills renji leaving him for dead

Rukia is taken to her execution where

the captain of the first Division and

Captain commander of the gote 13 sugar

Cooney genre Sai Yamamoto Begins the

ceremony Rukia is to be executed with

the ceremonial sword the sokyoku which

takes on the form of a Titanic Firebird

as it moves to strike her and end the

execution someone steps in and blocks

the blade at the last moment Ichigo has

arrived chaos ensues as Ichigo frees

rookia from her bindings and destroys

the execution scaffold in a display of

power and as the captains scramble to

deal with him kyoraku arrives with

juushiro ukitake the captain of the 13th

Division and together the two of them

destroy the sokyoku renji having been

healed arrives on the scene and helps

Ichigo save Rukia as our hero takes on

biakyakuchi himself the Civil War spills

over as the execution is in disarray

yoruichi arrives and battles the captain

of the second division and her former

Protege soyfon while Yamamoto duels his

two students kyoraku anokitake Ichigo

takes on biakya in the Ultimate Clash of

ideals Ichigo fighting the lore itself

while byakia represents that stall War

Authority Ichigo manages to keep up with

the captain and even wounds him after

unleashing zangetsu's special ability a

projectile wave of rayatsu called

getzigatent show however byakia releases

his Bankai and devastates Ichigo heavily

wounded but undeterred Ichigo stands and

activates his own barnikai to biaki as

dismay Ichigo unleashes tensor zangetsu

and blitzes the captain with his

Newfound speed though the two of them

fight byakia eventually outlasts and

overpowers Ichigo and prepares to kill

him with one swift strike suddenly out

of nowhere a strange and Sinister being

takes over ichigo's body grinning

devilishly at byakia this new nameless

fighter turns the tables on byakia until

Ichigo himself resurfaces stripping the

manifested Hollow mask from his own face

agreeing to end the fight with one last

strike they clash and as the dust

settles Ichigo is Victorious byakia then

agrees to give up his pursuit of Rukia

at the same time suspecting a conspiracy

behind the scenes of rukia's execution

toshiro and Matsumoto visit the soul

societies usually forbid hidden

Courthouse the central 46 where they

find all of the judges have been

massacred meanwhile Gene takes hinomori

to the chambers below and she discovers

an Unbelievable Truth her Captain Eisen

is alive as Eisen stabs hinomori and

proceeds to nearly kill toshiro the

depth of his deception is revealed Eisen

faked his death using the illusory power

of His zanpak tokyoko suigetsu and has

been pulling the strings on rookia's

execution ever since Eisen proceeds to

the sokyoku hill with his followers geen

and kaname tosin abducting renji and

Rukia as they try to escape during an

attempted rescue Eisen Cleaves Ichigo

almost in two before defeating renji as

well with Rukia in his grasp Eisen

removes an artifact from her body the

hogyoku this mysterious orb will play a

large role in eisen's plans moving

forward but for now the traitors find

themselves quickly surrounded just when

it looks like the villains have been

caught massive menos Grande Hollows tear

open the sky of Soul Society rescuing

Eisen and the others in a dramatic

Escape in the aftermath of eisen's

betrayal Ichigo and the others celebrate

the successful Rescue of Rukia while

arukia decides to remain in Seoul

Society she and the gote 13 thank Ichigo

for his help new alliances are formed

and new friendships Bloom ukitake hands

Ichigo a badge to formally appoint him a

substitute Shinigami of the Soul society

and the Gang heads back to karakura town

to prepare for the greater battle ahead

Ichigo and his friends are back at

school now officially a substitute

Shinigami Ichigo carries out his duties

defending karakura town from Hollows

uriu's Powers as a Quincy have all but

vanished after using his let's steal

ability but something is wrong the

threat of War hangs over them all while

A peculiar new student Shinji hirako

tries to get close to Ichigo one night a

familiar Hollow return turns to town

Grand Fisher seeking revenge against

Ichigo only this time he's far more

human looking than he was before when

Grand Fisher attacks ishin Kurosaki who

is actually a Shinigami and a former

captain at that kills Grand Fisher in a

single hit before discussing the

creature with urahara they both believe

Eisen is using the stolen hogyoku to

transform Hollows into beings called

aranka Hollows that have removed the

majority of their masks to gain

Shinigami powers and become more

humanoid Eisen plans on creating an

all-powerful army of these creatures

with which to crush the world in the

same evening a powerless uriu is

attacked by a large Hollow and rescued

by his own father but you can Ishida the

self-proclaimed last Quincy ryuken

offers to restore uriu's powers on the

condition he never allies himself of the

Shinigami again meanwhile Shinji

confronts Ichigo and reveals he too can

summon a Hollow Mask akin to the one

Ichigo used against

Shinji offers Ichigo the chance to join

his gang warning him that the being

inside him who took over his body in

that fight will eventually consume him

otherwise over time the attacks by the

Iran car grow more aggressive to

extremely powerful Iran car arrive in

karakoro town ulquiora and Yami and

begin killing people in their search for

Ichigo although Chad and orahime are

defeated Ichigo tries to fight but the

mysterious being inside his soul

distracts him forcing urahara and

yodoichi to repel the attackers to help

defend the human world Soul Society

sends an advanced team made up of Rukia

renji toshiro Matsumoto ikaku and

yumachika to karakura when another Squad

of Iran car arrives led by a malicious

villain called grimjo a battle breaks

out grimjo is revealed to be a member of

the Espada the top 10 strongest Iran car

under eisen's command although Ichigo

barely scrapes by against grimjo

revealed to be the sick the spider the

other aranca are all destroyed including

one at the hands of Rukia whose

Shinigami Powers have finally returned

as Ichigo struggles more and more with

the invasive thoughts of this strange

being inside him he spirals into a

depression before seeking out Shinji and

his gang known as the vizards the

Shinigami have all been subjected to

holification meaning they can access the

powers of a hollow by means of their own

Hollow Mask once they've conquered the

being inside them returning to his inner

World once more Ichigo battles this

mysterious Hollow who claims to be

zangetsu himself after a rigorous

training session with the vizards which

almost leads Ichigo to transform

entirely into a hollow and be completely

lost Ichigo emerges in control but not

before the inner Hollow threatens to

take over his body again should Ichigo

ever die at the same time uriu completes

his training with his father restoring

his Quincy Powers meanwhile the

Shinigami deduce eisen's true true

objective he wants to gain access to the

Royal Palace of the Soul society and

murder the soul King himself to do so

Eisen needs a key called the Oaken which

he plans to create by sacrificing The

Souls of every resident of karakura town

when Eisen sends another team of Iran

Carter karakura the iraniora black males

orahime into returning to Waco Mundo the

hollow world with him as their prisoner

orehime attempts to say goodbye to

Ichigo revealing her true feelings for

him before disappearing to Waco Mundo

Ichigo and his friends believe Orihime

was taken forcibly but Yamamoto refuses

to send her Aid or to allow Ichigo and

the others to go rescue her despite this

Ichigo Chad and uriu with urahara's help

defy the captain commander and create a

gateway to Waco Mundo and prepare to

save Orihime from eisen's clutches once

in Waco Mundo Ichigo and the others find

themselves in a desolate place a bone

white desert beneath a pitch black Sky

an enormous foreboding palace called

last notchess Looms in front of them the

headquarters of Eisen and his Espada

making their way to the Palace Ichigo

and the others run into a friendly

childlike Iran car called Nell who

accompanies them on their journey into

the palace as well as Rukia and renji

who arrived in Waco Mundo in secret

after defeating several Iran car

including some demoted Espada the team

moves deeper into the palace Chad is

defeated by Neutra juduga the fifth

Espada while uriu and renji team up to

take down the 8th this Bard at xyloporo

Grands after a devastating battle Rukia

succeeds in killing the ninth Espada

aroniero ararueri but suffers near fatal

wounds herself meanwhile Ichigo

challenges ulquiora to a battle but is

completely outmatched by the Iran car

who reveals himself to be the fourth

ispada okiora deals Ichigo a killing

blow but is saved by orohime who in turn

was rescued from her cell by grimjo

grimjo has Orihime heal Ichigo to full

health so they can fight properly but

even after grimjo releases his zanpakuto

Ichigo defeats him once and for all but

in orahime's eyes Ichigo has begun his

descent down a dark path as he uses his

hollow Powers more and more suddenly

Ichigo is attacked by Neutra who

brutally batters him now his is revealed

to be a former Espada who at the sound

of ichigo's cries transforms returning

to her adult self although she

temporarily overpowers Neutra she

returns to her child form again without

warning the tide has now shifted in the

Iran car's favor and ichigo's group

looks to have failed Ichigo is being

pummeled by Neutra uriu and renji are at

the mercy of xylopora's release form

Chad has fallen and Rukia is about to be

finished off by the seventh ispada

zamari LaRue then out of nowhere the

captains arrive on the battlefield

Yamamoto authorized four captains to

invade Waco Mundo and rescue Ichigo and

the others kenpachizoraki retsu unohana

mayori kurotsuchi and biyaki akuchiki

unohana captain of the fourth division

rescues Chad while mayori kills xylopoto

and biakya kill Samari and after a

blood-soaked battle Zaraki also succeeds

in killing neutera however just when

things seem to settle down orohime is

captured again and Eisen makes his move

he reveals capturing orehime initially

was just a ruse and traps all the

captains and ichigo's gang in Waco Mundo

Eisen geen and tosin then invade

karakura town but the sole Society

anticipated this and replaced karakura

with an elaborate fake ensuring no harm

can come to the residents while the

remaining captains meet the Iran car

head on in battle Eisen summons his top

three Espada to his side coyote Stark

barragon Louisiana

Bell and prepares for war however before

the battle takes place we must briefly

return to the Past over a hundred years

ago the vizards were actually captains

and vice captains of the goatee 13.

Eisen at this point the vice captain of

the fifth division was performing

experiments on unwitting residents of

Soul Society attempting to perfect

holification to see if the barriers

between Shinigami and Hollow could truly

be broken when kisuke urahara is

inducted in as a new captain all the

captains and vice captains who would

become visards fall victim to eyes and

schemes and despite urohara's best

attempts to apprehend him Eisen instead

succeeds in framing urahara for the

experiments with yoruichi's help urahara

flees the sole Society with the vizards

who prepare for the eventual battle with

Eisen the ultimate battle is here and

the fate of karakura town rests in the

balance in Waco Mundo Ichigo fights

ulquiorra to rescue orahime while Chad

rookia and renji battle Yami who goes

from the 10th Espada to the zero

ichigo's battle against ulquiora pushes

them both to the Limit and takes the

story of bleach to its most hopeless and

darkest place as Ichigo strugs against

his foe though Ichigo puts up as best a

fight he can when ulquiorra reveals a

mysterious and unprecedented second

release form he succeeds in killing

Ichigo right before orehime's eyes as

orehime sobs Ichigo reawakens but this

time he's become a Mindless horned

monster this hollow-fied version of

Ichigo with a gaping hole in his chest

and a mask covering his entire face

makes good on his inner Hollows threat

and now rips ukiora apart and nearly

kills uriu however ukiora severs one of

ichigo's horns freeing him from the

monster within but okiora having been

wounded Beyond repair dies after turning

to dust in the fake karakura Town

Yamamoto seals eisengine and tozen

within a flaming prison as the battles

get underway after the Shinigami defeat

the aspada's foot soldiers kiraku

anokitake take on the first Espada Stark

soifon and her Vice Captain omida

battled the second aspired a barragon

while toshiro takes on the third Espada

harabel toshiro and soifon seemingly win

their fights using their Bankai but when

reinforcements arrive for Eisen in the

form of the strange absent-minded Iran

car wonderwice and a colossal Hollow

called hulia the battle shifts back into

eisen's favor as Julia frees Eisen and

barragon and harabel are revealed to be

unharmed the battle looks lost

except suddenly the vizards arrive on

the scene hatch again assists soifon in

killing barragon while love and Rose are

beaten by Stark but give kuraku the

opening he needs to finish off the

Espada Eisen steps in and takes Harry

belt out himself challenging the rest of

the gote 13 and the visas to battle

seeing his master on the front line

Towson challenges kamamura and his Sagi

revealing his own Hollow Powers although

tosin overpowers komamora even going so

far as to have a release form of his own

hisagi blindsides and kills his former

Captain back in Waco Mundo mayori

creates a Gateway for Ichigo to karakura

town and he travels there with unohana

arriving right behind Eisen as the

fighting gets underway the soldiers of

the goatee 13 and the Visas unite to

defend Ichigo from Eisen but thanks to

eisen's illusory tricks he defeats all

of them even forcing toshiro to stab

hinomori himself toshiro's rage allows

Eisen to get the better of the captains

before coming face to face with the

Yamamoto Yamamoto unleashes his zanpak

toe but the strange old ankar Wonder

Weiss is revealed to have been created

to counter yamamoto's ancient blade

despite this Yamamoto destroys him but

the resulting blast takes the captain

Commander down Ichigo challenges Eisen

himself with Eisen revealing that he has

controlled every single action Ichigo

has made so far right down to sending

Rukia to karakura town that fateful

night Eisen also reveals he has embedded

the hogyoku within himself in the hopes

of becoming a Transcendent being greater

than both Shinigami and Hollow ishin

arrives shocking Ichigo but the two of

them set their questions aside for now

Ichigo takes on Gene while his father

Jules Eisen as the hogayoku begins to

transform eisen's body urahara and

yoruichi arrive on the scene as well

while geen activates his Bankai against

Ichigo Eisen begins to evolve thanks to

the hogyoku while Gene tests ichigo's

resolve after Eisen defeats ishin

urahara and yoruichi he and make their

way to the real karakora town ishin

takes Ichigo under his wing and together

they enter the darn Guy The Space

Between the human world and the Soul

Society where time flows more quickly

ishin proposes Ichigo train within the

darn guy to learn the final getsuka tent

show perhaps the one move that is

capable of defeating Eisen at the cost

of all of ichigo's Shinigami abilities

within his inner world the spirit of

tenses angetsu fuses with the mysterious

inner Hollow and they battle Ichigo in

the real karakura town Eisen begins

killing the civilians before trying to

kill ichigo's friends but at the 11th

hour geen betrays and attempts to

assassinate eyes and only to be killed

himself as all hope seems lost Ichigo

returns at last having successfully

learned the final getsuga tent show

Ichigo forces Eisen from karakura town

and the two battle on the outskirts

Eisen continues to evolve transforming

into an Eldritch Abomination but Ichigo

activates the final getsugatent show

becoming getsiger itself and launches a

blast like the shroud of night at Eisen

mugetsu although Eisen survives he is

sealed with a nikido spell and the

battle and the war is fine finally over

with Eisen sentenced to 20 000 years in

prison Ichigo and the others celebrate

their Victory however Ichigo begins to

rapidly lose his powers and eventually

after saying goodbye to Rukia loses the

ability to see spirits entirely

Seventeen months have passed since

eisen's defeat Ichigo no longer able to

see ghosts lives an ordinary life with

only the memories of his time as a

substitute Shinigami he's got a

part-time job and he's preparing for the

end of school despite his new normal

life strange occurrences begin happening

Chad hasn't been seen for quite some

time and uriu is attacked by a

mysterious man lurking near ichigo's

House Ichigo himself meets ginjo kugo a

smooth talking but untrustworthy figure

who offers to help Ichigo restore his

Shinigami Powers feeling lost and

Powerless at the thought of his friends

being injured right under his nose

Ichigo agrees to ginjo's proposal ginjo

is the head of an organization called

execution made up of a group of humans

with extraordinary abilities known as

fullbringers Chad is also revealed to be

a part of their team explaining that he

is a fullbringer as well with the help

of fullbringers riduka and giriko Ichigo

completes the first stage of his

training and begins to reawaken his

power using his substitute Shinigami

badge which remembers all of the battles

he's been involved in one evening

orahime is ambushed by the man who

attacked uriu a bookish individual

called tsukushima who strikes orahime

with his blade a strange technique which

doesn't seem to leave a wound or a mark

of any kind increasingly concerned about

his friends and worried they're keeping

things from him due to his lack of

abilities Ichigo pushes to complete his

full bring training faster at the same

time he's also growing wary of urahara

and his dad Thanks to ginjo's urging

while orahime remarks to Chad that

despite not knowing who tsukushima was

for some reason she briefly thought of

him as someone she knew from deep within

her past growing more and more isolated

over time Ichigo presses on with the

training battling execution member

Jackie before unlocking the next stage

of his full bring tsukushima arrives at

The Hideout itself and disrupts the

training jubiling Ichigo gingo steps in

to fight instead and manages to repel

sukishima long enough for the last

fullbringer in the group Yukio to encase

Ichigo within his ability transporting

him to a separate Dimension when

everyone departs the scene tsukushima

slices Chad in the same way he did

Orihime within this new dimension Yukio

administers the final stage of ichigo's

training here he fights skinjo himself

ginjo blinds Ichigo and seemingly

betrays him threatening to kill orohime

and Chad in his rage Ichigo sees a faint

outline of ginjou within the darkness

before his body explodes with energy

ginjo contains it revealing Ichigo has

completed his full bring at last and he

only acted the villain to force ichigo's

development along with the training

complete and ichigo's sight restored

gingyo reveals Ichigo has begun unto

sense ryatsu again and the time has

nearly come for his Shinigami powers to

be returned to him Ichigo returns home

but is horrified to find sukishima there

for some reason his sister's carried in

and use you see sukishima as a member of

their family and when ichigo's friends

arrive they too seem to know who

sukishima is Ichigo flees as the group

tried to get him to accept tsukushima

quickly discovering that almost everyone

he knows has been affected by

tsukushima's full bring book of the end

which is revealed to have the ability to

allow tsukushima to insert himself into

his victim's past as somebody of note

ginjo catches up with him and the two of

them hide with Ichigo resolving to kill

sukishima in order to free his friends

and family from his control lured to

sukushima's Hideout Ichigo activates his

full bringing attempts to fight

tsukushima while ginjou battles the rest

of execution Chad and Orihime arrive to

intercept Ichigo also believing

sukushima to be a dear friend as Ichigo

is overwhelmed ginjo is cut by sukishima

uriu having been healed by orahime

arrives on the scene and reveals the

terrible truth to Ichigo it wasn't

tsukushima who cut him down initially

but ginjo having been working with

sukishima all along ginjou robs Ichigo

of his powers as Ichigo sinks to his

knees sobbing with Ichigo at his lowest

point everything seems lost when he

suddenly stabbed through the back by a

glowing sword urahara and ishin arrive

on the scene but neither of them is

holding the blade instead they've been

working with rookia and by extension the

sole Society to discover a way of

restoring Ichigo Shinigami Powers Rook

here returns those Powers two weeks ago

and he transforms once again wearing the

uniform of a Shinigami while wielding a

changed zangetsu Ichigo overpowers

ginjou as other Shinigami arrive renji

biakia toshiro Kenpachi and ikaku the

gote 13 reveal that ginjo is actually

the first substitute Shinigami before

Ichigo who went rogue and murdered a

number of other Shinigami ginjo returns

having activated ichigo's full bring

before Distributing a portion of

ichigo's power to the rest of execution

all of whom were in on the ruse the

fullbringers transformed their powers

upgraded and battles break out despite

this most of them are no match for the

Shinigami and are quickly defeated

tsukushima battles byakia managing to

injure him and affect him with the power

of His follow bring but byaki's

allegiance to Ichigo perseveres and he

delivers tsukushima a fatal blow

meanwhile Ichigo and uriu battle ginjo

who reveals the truth about what it

means to be a substitute Shinigami the

badge given to them by ukitake is

designed to Monitor and restrict them at

all times the soul Society has been

surveilling Ichigo ever since he began

working for them controlling his riyatsu

levels without his knowledge and being

prepared to kill him without hesitation

should he show any sign of

insubordination feeling betrayed by

ukitake and the sole Society ginjou

vanished killing shindigami and stealing

their powers before coming across Ichigo

who he hoped might be able to share his

point of view however In This Moment

Ichigo makes a choice he chooses to

protect and he chooses to trust the soul

Society after everything they've been

through Ichigo activates his new Bankai

and ginjo does the same in preparation

for the final clash with the gote 13

looking on Ichigo locks blades with

ginjo 2 substitute Shinigami on

different sides of the veil overpowering

ginjo Ichigo Cuts him down with one last

strike and as ginjo dies he Ponders

whether or not Ichigo would have ever

found himself in ginjo's position and

what he might have done if he had as the

sun rises over karakura town execution

disperses the members either dead or

going their separate ways ichigo's

Powers have been returned to him and

with sukishima's death his friends and

family have been returned to normal

Ichigo arrives in the sole Society where

he confronts the captains and requests

to be allowed to give ginjou an

honorable burial shocking the Shinigami

but as he stares them down they realize

that Defiance of his has always been

there and as an individual Ichigo has

grown up now as Shinigami once again

Ichigo Kurosaki returns to being the

protector of karakura town there is

Peace at Last however something stirs in

the darkness an ancient enemy of the

Soul Society thought to have been

destroyed some 200 years ago has

returned and they're declaring war a

final war which will decide the fate of

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