BLEACH

A new captain joins Squad Three, taking the place of the rebel Gin Ichimaru. His name is Shusuke Amagai. Shusuke is an unknown captain who was away on a long-term assignment and has only recently returned to the Seireitei. The members of the Squad Three are still scarred by the way their previous captain left them, and they are unable to hide their mixed emotions.

In the middle of the night, a strange Senkaimon opens in Karakura Town, and a mysterious team of three arrives in the World of the Living. That morning, when Ichigo and Rukia go to school, they get word of a Hollow sighting. Ichigo prepares to go slay the Hollow as usual. But from their Soul Phone, they see that the number of Hollows is rapidly increasing.

A mysterious team of three transfers into Ichigo’s class. Their names are Rurichiyo Kasumiohji, Kenryu, and Enryu. Rurichiyo acts like a princess, and Kenryu and Enryu obsessively guard her surroundings. Ichigo is clearly suspicious of the three of them, but the rest of his classmates welcome them without question. That night, when the town has gone to sleep, a strange Spiritual Pressure appears.

Ichigo and Rukia assume the responsibility of being Rurichiyo’s bodyguard. It is Rurichiyo’s first time in the World of the Living, and she asks Ichigo to teach her about everything she sees. Rukia takes Rurichiyo out to play. Kenryu and Enryu cry tears of joy at seeing Rurichiyo have fun in the World of the Living thanks to Ichigo and Rukia.

Since welcoming Shusuke Amagai as the new captain, Squad Three has been hard at work. But the duties Shusuke assigns them are tasks that one couldn’t imagine a Soul Reaper doing. Izuru Kira senses the dissatisfaction of the squad members, and as Lieutenant, he decides to advise the new captain.

One morning, Rurichiyo suddenly disappears. Kenryu finds some indication that leads him to believe that she used the Kasumiohji Clan’s private Senkaimon to return to the Soul Society. He heads back to the Soul Society along with Ichigo and Rukia to look for Rurichiyo. Meanwhile, Rurichiyo runs into Gyokaku Kumoi at the mansion, but she manages to talk her way out and leave on a trip.

Ichigo returns to the World of the Living, and he draws up a countermeasure at Kisuke Urahara’s shop. According to Kisuke, there is a shortage of a kind of Reishi that is used as a raw material for merchandise at the shop. He says it is not a natural phenomenon, but that it is highly likely that someone is behind it all.

Hanza Nukui, the leader of Gyokaku Kumoi’s assassins, has misjudged the power of Ichigo and his friends, and has failed to assassinate Rurichiyo. He forms a unit of assassins, armed with powerful Bakkouto swords, and prepares to go back to the World of the Living. Around that time, Kenryu and Enryu put up a barrier around their house, and everyone takes turns watching after Rurichiyo.

Hanza Nukui and his team of assassins, armed with Bakkoutos, arrive in the World of the Living, and they challenge Ichigo and the others to fight. When Ichigo and Hanza take off to fight one on one, a creepy assassin, Jinnai Douko, appears before Rurichiyo, wielding a Bakkouto. Jinnai eats his Bakkouto to become one with it, and he attacks. Uryu encounters the Bakkouto-wielding Kuzuryu.

The respective battles of Rukia, Uryu, and Chad continue. Jinnai Douko becomes one with his Bakkouto, Retsurai, and keeps attacking. Rukia has a tough battle against Jinnai, whose whole body transforms into a weapon. Uryu, who is fighting against Kuzuryu, is trapped inside a sea of mist, unable to sense the whereabouts of his opponent.

Hanza Nukui uses his Bakkouto, Saiga’s weak point, to act as a trap for Ichigo. Ichigo ends up getting caught in Hanza’s scheme, an expanse of mirrors. The mirrors take the memories of the captive and turn them into nightmares. Ichigo sees his late mother, Masaki, and is forced to relive his memories of her up to her death.

At a captain’s meeting in the Soul Society, Shusuke Amagai proposes to the Thirteen Court Guard Squads that they train directly with the squads. But Kenpachi Zaraki and Mayuri Kurotsuchi speak out against the idea, and the captains object due to their lack of interest. Jushiro Ukitake and Shunsui Kyoraku encourage Shusuke, as they too feel that the captains should cooperate a little more.

Ichigo and his friends have narrowly escaped Hanza Nukui’s team’s attacks. But Uryu and Chad have been inundated with the Spirit Energy of Bakkoutos, and Orihime’s healing power doesn’t seem to be working. On top of that, Yoruichi, who has been spying on the Soul Society, reveals that Rurichiyo and Shu Kannogi are to be married in a matter of days.

Rurichiyo has gone back to the Soul Society to take back control of the Kasumiohji Clan. Ichigo, Rukia, Kenryu, and Enryu follow her through the Senkaimon, and they barge in on Rurichiyo and Shu’s wedding at the Kasumiohji palace. However, the Soul Reapers of Squad Two, led by Soi Fon, are waiting for them there.

Ichigo and Rukia are being chased down by the Thirteen Court Guard Squads after sabotaging Rurichiyo and Shu’s wedding and taking Shu hostage. The Soul Reapers, led by Squads Two and Three, put out an intense search effort, but when dawn comes they still haven’t found Ichigo and Rukia. Ichigo, Rukia, Shu are hiding in the underground waterway and waiting for things to quiet down in the Seireitei.

After Shu Kannogi tearfully tells Shusuke Amagai how he feels, Shusuke loses his feelings of ill will towards Ichigo and instead decides to help in their search for Rurichiyo. Ichigo worries that this would be considered an act of betrayal to the Thirteen Court Guard Squads on Shusuke’s part, but Shusuke says that he must take responsibility.

The Soul Reapers stop chasing after Ichigo for the time being and focus on restoring order in the Seireitei. In the midst of it all, Jushiro Ukitake and Shunsui Kyoraku begin to question why Genryusai doesn’t enter the Kasumiohji Clan’s grounds. In the meantime, Ichigo and Shusuke rush to the Third Squad’s barracks at Izuru’s notification.

The intense battle between Izuru Kira and Makoto Kibune continues at Squad Three’s training facility. Makoto, who was tired of not being taken seriously despite possessing an overwhelming amount of Spiritual Pressure, took part in the Kasumiohji Clan’s conspiracy in order to become the best Soul Reaper. Izuru’s life is at risk against Makoto’s Bakkouto, Reppu.

At the Head Captain’s command, all the Soul Reapers of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads break into the Kasumiohji Clan’s palace at once. The Kasumiohji Clan is a special aristocratic family who make the swords presented to the royal family. They are exempt from the law, and the Soul Reapers cannot do anything about that.

The battle at the Kasumiohji Clan’s palace between the Thirteen Court Guard Squads and the Kasumiohji Clan’s assassins continues. Against the Soul Reapers, the assassins use Bakkoutos, which forcibly emit more power than the wielder himself can actually produce. The assassins are going crazy, having been completely taken over by their swords.

The chaos in the Kasumiohji Clan was all a scheme formulated by Shusuke Amagai. Shusuke joined the Thirteen Court Guard Squads in order to avenge his father’s death at the hands of Head Captain Yamamoto. For years, Shusuke has been seeking an opportunity to kill him. Ichigo runs over to the Squad Three barracks and takes over for the Head Captain in the fight against Shusuke.

Shusuke Amagai wields both a Bakkouto, which seals the powers of Soul Reapers, and his Bankai, Raika Gouenkaku. Ichigo defends against Shusuke’s Bankai while Hollowfied and counterattacks with his most powerful Getsugatensho. When Shusuke is hit straight on by Getsugatensho, his body reaches its limit, and his Bakkouto goes out of control and envelops him with an ominous amount of Spirit Energy.

The Hueco Mundo Arc, which was put on hold for the New Captain Shusuke Amagai Arc, resumes. Ichigo, Rukia, Uryu, Chad, and Renji break into Hueco Mundo, the headquarters of Sosuke Aizen and his Arrancars, to rescue Orihime. But the group is confronted by the powerful Espadas, and they are defeated one after another.

Uryu and Renji thought they had escaped, but they find themselves back at Szayelaporro’s palace. There, Szayelaporro, dressed in something new, shows up with a daring smirk on his face. His palace has been built exactly as he wishes. Uryu and Renji are at a loss, and Szayelaporro takes out Zanpakuto and flaunts it in front of them. On top of that, a mysterious liquid oozes out of his back…

After finding Nel hiding in the shadow of a rock, Nnoitora tells Ichigo’s group that Nel is actually a former Espada. Ichigo and his friends were deceived so that Nel would enter deep into Las Noches. But Ichigo trusts in Nel and pays no mind to the new information. Ichigo keeps on fighting even after getting hurt in order to protect Nel.