Bleach

When a bullying group of middle school students refuse to give up the soccer field, Karin Kurosaki fearlessly agrees to lead her reluctant friends into a soccer match against the upperclassmen. The team that wins the game will gain the right to use the field while the losing team will have to eat the grass. With a hopeless squad of cowards on her team, Karin recruits the help of Soul Reaper...

Karakura First High School's kendo team is ambushed, and the captain and all of the main members are seriously injured. The injured team members are worried they'll have to pull out of the regional tournament the following month, but the student body president, Kego's sister Mizuho, suggests that they have a practice match against their attackers. With all the regulars injured, however, only...

The Head Captain orders Mayuri Kurotsuchi to simplify the procedures to perform Gentei Kaijo, a restriction release for the Spiritual Pressure of the Advance Troops while in the World of the Living. Rin Tsubokura of the Department of Research and Development is sent to conduct some research in the World of the Living. While in the World of the Living, Rin is escorted by Hanataro Yamada and...

Kon, lonely and bored due to Rukia's and Orihime's absence, decides to pay a visit to Rangiku. While walking near the river, Rangiku and Kon witness a young girl fall off a bridge when she tries to save her stuffed animal. In order to rescue the girl, Miyuki, Rangiku takes Kon's soul candy out of his body and throws it into the mouth of the stuffed animal that Miyuki dropped. Kon finds that his...

Trouble is brewing in Las Noches, Aizen's palace in the Hollow realm, Hueco Mundo. One of the Arrancars, Patras, rebels against Aizen and tries to steal the Hogyoku. Ulquiorra realizes what Patras is up to, but he is defeated when he is caught off-guard by Menis and Aldegor, who assist Patros in his rebellion. Upon obtaining the Hogyoku, the three go to the World of the Living, where they head...

Renji's fight with Patras continues as it destroys Urahara's shop and parts of Karakura Town. Repeatedly overpowered by Patras's attacks, Renji leads the Arrancar into Urahara's underground training facility where he can safely use his Bankai. Meanwhile, Hitsugaya and the others engage Menis and Aldegor while the Arrancars are in their released state.

There are only a few months left until the showdown with the Arrancars. Ichigo continues to train with the Visoreds, but the amount of time in which he can remain Hollowfied hasn't increased by much. In the Soul Society, Rukia and Orihime have also been undergoing rigorous training. Ukitake happily watches the two and is pleased that Rukia finally has friends. Sosuke Aizen may have plans to cut...

Arrancars suddenly appear in the World of the Living. Yammy, Luppi, Grimmjow, and Wonderweiss are confronted by Hitsugaya's advance troops and Ichigo. Ichigo fights Grimmjow and immediately uses his Bankai. Meanwhile, Luppi, the newest Espada Number Six, takes on Hitsugaya and his troops by himself. He releases his Zanpakuto and knocks down Hitsugaya with the tremendous force of his eight...

Hitsugaya's advance troops continue to fight the Arrancars who appeared in Karakura Town. Urahara shows up to help. He dodges Wonderweiss, but Yammy hits him with a flurry of Bala attacks. Meanwhile, Rangiku, Ikkaku and Yumichika are having trouble fighting Espada Number Six, Luppi, who has released his zanpakuto. And on the other side of town Ichigo has cornered Grimmjow.

Ichigo and his friends manage to drive away Grimmjow and the other Arrancars. But behind the scenes, Aizen orders Ulquiorra to bring Orihime to Hueco Mundo. Orihime agrees to go in exchange for the safety of her friends. She is given a twelve-hour reprieve and is allowed to say her farewells to only one person. Orihime prepares herself and leaves her room to say goodbye to the one person she...

Ichigo awakens to realize that the serious injuries he received from Grimmjow's attack have completely healed. He senses that Orihime came to his room from the traces of Spiritual Pressure that she left behind. Hitsugaya comes to get Ichigo, and they head to Orihime's room. Ichigo senses that something is odd when he sees Rukia and the others gathered there. A transmission comes in from the...

Orihime has been kidnapped by Sosuke Aizen and the Arrancars. Ichigo decides to go to Hueco Mundo in order to save her. He visits Urahara's shop and finds Uryu and Chad waiting for him. They have both finished their training and are ready to join Ichigo in the rescue of Orihime. Meanwhile, in Hueco Mundo, Orihime is brought before Aizen in his palace, Las Noches.

Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad charge through the Garganta and into Hueco Mundo. There, they find themselves in a large corridor. They set off deeper into the building to search for Orihime, but as they move further down the corridor they find many traps left for them by the Arrancars.

Ichigo and his friends defeat the Arrancars Iceringer and Demora, whom they meet in underground corridor 22. They escape the underground just as it begins to crumble and come out onto the surface of Hueco Mundo. It is a world of night and white sand. They immediately find Aizen's palace, Las Noches, and are awed by its size. Meanwhile, Aizen calls a meeting with all of the Espada.

Ichigo and his friends save a girl who is being attacked by mysterious Arrancars. The girl is also an Arrancar, named Nel, and as it turns out, she was only playing tag with her Arrancar friends, Pesche and Dondochakka. Nel and her friends are oddly cheery, but when they realize that Ichigo is a Soul Reaper, they worry that Aizen will scold them for letting their enemies roam freely.

In a second attempt to defeat Runuganga, the Guardian of the White Sands, Rukia uses Sodenoshirayuki, but her attack backfires when she accidentally stabs Bawabawa in the back. Startled by his injury, Bawabawa begins flailing and sends Rukia flying through the air. Ichigo and his friends are swallowed by the desert of Hueco Mundo and fall into the Menos Forest, home of the Menos.

Ichigo and his friends have fallen into the Menos Forest. They fight off attacks from Gillians while they look for Rukia and Nel, who have been separated from the group. Rukia is hiding out of harm's way with a mysterious Soul Reaper named Ashido, and Nel was taken away by a group of Hollows. Just as Rukia and Ashido notice a drop in Ichigo's Spiritual Pressure, they sense something else in the...

Ashido and Rukia continue to battle Pequenos, one of the Adjuchas who controls the Menos Forest. Pequenos attacks at full strength to try to end the long-shared enmity between him and Ashido. Meanwhile, Ichigo, Chad, Uryu, and Renji follow Nel and her friends' Spiritual Pressure to the depths of the Menos Forest. They find that Nel and her friends have been captured. At that moment, they are...

Ichigo and his friends arrive at Las Noches, Aizen's stronghold, where they break through a wall and charge into the palace. Ichigo tries to leave Nel behind, but she follows Ichigo into the palace and cries as she chases after him. At first Ichigo ignores her, but when he finally gives in, Nel suddenly disappears. In the darkness, Ichigo and his friends search the area where they last heard...

Ichigo, Uryu, Chad, Rukia, and Renji go their separate ways down the corridors of Las Noches and vow to safely reunite. Ichigo heads down a pathway on his own, but he is followed by Nel. He has no choice but to allow her to join him in order to keep her safe. Suddenly, he senses someone's Spiritual Pressure. An Arrancar named Dordoni stands in Ichigo and Nel's way. Dordoni is Espada Number 103...