Moviepedia Presents Bleach,Aizen Assassinated! The Darkness which Approaches is the thirty-fifthepisode of the Bleach anime. While the Gotei 13 deals with the death of5th Division Captain Sōsuke Aizen, Ichigo Kurosaki and his group attempt to enter Senzaikyūonce again. With 3rd Division Lieutenant Izuru Kira, 7thDivision Lieutenant Tetsuzaemon Iba, 9th Division Lieutenant Shūhei Hisagi, and 10th DivisionLieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto all shocked to find the corpse of her captain, Sōsuke Aizen,pinned to the top of the East Holy Wall with his own Zanpakutō, a stunned 5th DivisionLieutenant Momo Hinamori begins to approach it.
Expressing her disbelief at the situation,Hinamori falls to her knees and screams Aizen's name. Suddenly, 3rd Division Captain Gin Ichimaruwonders what all this racket is about so early in the morning, alerting Hinamori, as he appearsbehind the other lieutenants, who turn to look at him. While Gin nonchalantly comments on how terriblethe situation is, Hinamori recalls 10th Division Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya's warning to bewary of the Third Division, especially when Aizen goes out walking alone, and stares coldlyat Gin for several seconds. As tears fall from her eyes, Hinamori blamesGin.
Gripping her Zanpakutō, Hinamori rushes towardGin and slashes at him, only to find Izuru intercepting her at the last second by blockingher strike with his own Zanpakutō, which causes Gin to smile. When Hinamori asks him why he is doing this,Izuru asserts that he cannot allow anyone to raise their sword against his captain asthe 3rd Division Lieutenant. Upon seeing Gin walking away, Hinamori attemptsto move around Izuru and resume her attack on him, but Izuru catches her and pushes herback in another blade lock as he shakes his head. Though Hinamori tearfully begs him to moveaside twice, Izuru staunchly refuses both.
Times. An enraged Hinamori demands that Izuru move,and when Izuru emphatically refuses once more, Hinamori releases her Shikai, Tobiume, andunleashes a fireball that creates a large explosion, shocking the other lieutenantswhile Gin continues to walk away. Sent flying back by the explosion, Izuru bringshimself to a halt and criticizes Hinamori for her thoughtlessness in releasing her Zanpakutōin such a place before questioning if she realizes what she is doing. As Izuru tells her to not confuse public andprivate matters, Hinamori charges up Tobiume and unleashes another fireball, which arcspast Izuru into the wall above Gin.
After deciding that he has no choice but toeliminate her as an enemy, Izuru leaps into the air above Hinamori and releases his ownShikai, Wabisuke, before coming down on Hinamori as she assumes a battle stance and glows withred Reiatsu, only for Hitsugaya to interrupt their clash by blocking Wabisuke with hispartially-unsheathed Zanpakutō while pinning Tobiume to the ground with his left foot. Telling Hinamori and Izuru to not move, Hitsugayaorders the other lieutenants to arrest them, prompting Rangiku and Hisagi to restrain Hinamoriby the neck and arm as Hisagi pulls back Izuru by his collar and restrains his right arm. With Hinamori protesting this, Hitsugaya pointsout that this is no time to be crossing swords.
With one another and that her first priorityshould be lowering Aizen's corpse from the wall, leaving her speechless, before promisingto report this to Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto as he instructs the lieutenantsto put Hinamori and Izuru in cells. While the lieutenants take her and Izuru away,Hinamori looks back at Aizen's corpse and glares defiantly at a grinning Gin, only tolook down despondently afterward. Gin apologizes for Hitsugaya having to wastetime with one of his men, but Hitsugaya accuses Gin of having been preparing to kill Hinamori. As Gin claims to not know what he is talkingabout, Hitsugaya declares that he will kill Gin if the latter makes Hinamori bleed, leadingGin to assert that he should keep a close.
Eye on her so she does not get hurt as thetwo stare at each other intensely. Suddenly, three Shinigami wielding polearmsrun up to Hitsugaya and Gin while inquiring what happened, only to stop in shock uponseeing Aizen's corpse. Upon being ordered by Hitsugaya to get Aizendown, the Shinigami approach the East Holy Wall to do so, leaving Hitsugaya to silentlywalk past Gin. Meanwhile, in the canal network below theSeireitei, Ganju Shiba sleeps against a wall. Waking up, Ganju is startled to find 4th Division7th Seat Hanatarō Yamada sleeping and drooling on his leg. After throwing a still-sleeping Hanatarōoff, Ganju demands to know why he was sleeping.
On his knee, and upon noticing the drool onhis pant leg, Ganju berates Hanatarō for getting his good pair of pants slimy withdrool. However, Ichigo Kurosaki requests that Ganjunot give Hanatarō a hard time because the latter is exhausted as he steps out from thenearby room. When a surprised Ganju inquires if he is alright,Ichigo confirms this and states that it is thanks to Hanatarō before noting that Ganjushould be feeling better too, which Ganju realizes is true. Ichigo explains that Hanatarō was treatingGanju's injuries early this morning even though he was already exhausted, leading Ganju toobserve that Hanatarō was helping him before.
He even knew it before staring at Ichigo,who wonders what is wrong. As he makes note of how things are going toget harder from here on out because the enemy is likely getting irritated by now, Ganjutells Ichigo that he had better be serious about his desire to rescue Rukia Kuchiki. Recalling the last time he saw Rukia, whenshe saved his life in the Human World by voluntarily returning to Soul Society, Ichigo states thatshe is waiting and that he did not come here to tour the canals. While Ichigo and Ganju smile at this, Hanatarōsuddenly bolts awake and protests being hit on like this, only to realize Ichigo and Ganjuare staring at him.
As Hanatarō greets them, Ganju inquires whathe was dreaming about, prompting Hanatarō to bashfully claim that he cannot tell him,to Ichigo and Ganju's confusion. Above them, atop the roof of one of the buildingssurrounding Senzaikyū, 11th Division Captain Kenpachi Zaraki sits and waits as the bellson his hair jingle in the wind. In the past, as he stares at Yasutora Sado'sname tag, Ichigo calls him “Chad”, prompting Sado to correct him, before commenting onthe latter's size. Lying on the ground in an alleyway with abloodied forehead, Ichigo asks Sado if he is wearing his school's uniform and notesthat he has never seen Sado before. Sado reveals that he is transferring to MashibaMiddle School today and is in class 2-F, shocking.
Ichigo with the knowledge that they are thesame age and in the same class as he gets to his feet and wonders why Sado did not fightback. When Ichigo stumbles while thanking him forhis help, Sado questions if he should be standing up at all, and when Ichigo claims to be fine,Sado points out how he is bleeding, which leads Ichigo to explain that he would havebeen fine had the teenagers they beat up not used rocks. With Sado noting that the teenagers are third-yearstudents and asking if he did something to them, Ichigo bluntly states that they simplydid not like his hair and target anyone who stands out before observing that it must bethe same with Sado, who is surprised.
After remarking that Sado also stands outdue to his size, Ichigo picks up his bag and declares that they should get going as hebegins walking out of the alley while staggering, leading Sado to correct his usage of “Chad”while pointing out Ichigo's unstable walking. As the two of them walk away, Ichigo asksSado if he does not like the name “Chad” because it is a cool name like Dominic Chad. When Sado admits that he has never heard ofthis man, a bemused Ichigo inquires if he knows Chad Smith, though Sado denies knowledgeof him as well before mentioning that he does know Eugene Chadbourne, to Ichigo's confusion. In the present, Sado opens his eyes and sitsup on top of a stack of boxes in a warehouse,.
Where he realizes that he was dreaming aboutthe past like an old man. Upon hearing the voices of Shinigami outsidepreparing to check the warehouse he is hiding in and seeing the barricaded doors being impactedas they try to get inside, Sado holds out his arm and manifests his Fullbring, BrazoDerecha de Gigante. Sado expresses gratitude for waking up earlybecause being woken up by this would have resulted in a bad day as the doors burst open. Back down in the canal network, Ichigo andGanju are left puzzled by the pill Hanatarō is holding out for them to look at. Upon being asked by Ichigo what it is, Hanatarōclaims it is a special nutritional fortification.
Pill supplied to everyone in the Fourth Divisionso they can continue working even when they are tired, only for Ichigo and Ganju to questionthe veracity of this due to the pill having a skull design on it. Despite this, Hanatarō swallows it, but nothinghappens as he gets to his feet and decides they should get going. Astonished by this, Ichigo and Ganju demandHanatarō wait before pointing out how the pill clearly did nothing, and when Hanatarōasks them if his face does not look like he is full of energy right now, Ichigo statesit looks the same as before while Ganju notes Hanatarō was clearly tricked.
Soon afterward, Ichigo, Ganju, and Hanatarōemerge from the same canal network entrance outside Senzaikyū that they used the previousday after confirming that no one is around. When Ichigo expresses confusion at there notbeing any guards present even though he fought here just yesterday, Ganju theorizes the Shinigamidid not think they would come back to the same place. With Ichigo admitting that this sounds plausible,Hanatarō claims to be full of energy right now, but Ichigo reiterates that he does notlook like he does as Ganju wonders how Uryū Ishida and Orihime Inoue are doing while describingtheir appearances. As Ichigo states that Ganju calling Orihimea “chick” is not a popular term anymore, Hanatarō.
Points out that Ichigo's phrasing is not populareither, prompting Ichigo to grind his fists into the sides of Hanatarō's head while thelatter apologizes. Upon being assured by Ichigo that Uryū andOrihime are a hundred times smarter than he is, Ganju realizes that this means Ichigois a hundred times dumber than they are. After grinding his fists into the sides ofHanatarō's head once again when the latter confirms this, Ichigo clarifies that he issaying Uryū and Orihime are fine because they would not take on enemies whom they couldnot beat. When Ganju brings up Sado, Ichigo assertsthat there is even less reason to worry about him and walks forward a few steps before revealinghe has been able to sense Sado's Reiatsu every.
Since they got here. While Ganju and Hanatarō express surprise,Ichigo concludes he cannot imagine Sado ever losing. Back outside the warehouse, a Shinigami islaunched high into the air and falls to the ground below alongside his defeated comrades. As the Shinigami rolls over onto his stomachand calls him a monster, Sado lifts him up by the collar and demands to know where Senzaikyūis, to the Shinigami's surprise. Sado explains that the last Shinigami he askedsaid that name before he lost consciousness and that he does not know where it is, andat Sado's insistence, the Shinigami points.
At the white tower in the distance and indicatesthat it is Senzaikyū. Staring intently at the Shinigami for severalseconds, Sado lets go of him and responds to the Shinigami begging for his life by politelybowing and thanking him before running off while the Shinigami tells him to not mentionit. Suddenly, the Shinigami narrows his eyes andpicks up his Zanpakutō before rushing toward Sado as he berates him for turning his backon an enemy, only for Sado to grab his Zanpakutō by the blade mid-swing with Brazo Derechade Gigante and bend it, leaving the Shinigami astonished. With Sado exerting his Reiatsu, the intimidatedShinigami leaps back and kneels as he repeatedly.
Begs for his life, only for Sado to toss hisZanpakutō to the ground and warn him to not do this again. As Sado runs off, the Shinigami promises todo so and expresses surprise at Sado not killing him. Meanwhile, Ichigo, Ganju, and Hanatarō approachthe stairs leading up to Senzaikyū. At Ichigo's prompting, Ganju and Hanatarōbegin running up the steps alongside him. In the Eighth Division compound, Sado defeatsseveral more Shinigami and runs up a set of stairs toward the main barracks. In his office, 8th Division Captain ShunsuiKyōraku rests on his back and hums to himself.
As his lieutenant, Nanao Ise, informs himthat Sado has arrived and has broken through the guardhouse while looking out the window. Expressing annoyance at Sado being here already,Shunsui decides to head out and confront him in person as he gets to his feet, leadingNanao to question this and assert that she should be more than enough for a Ryoka. As he holsters his twin sheathed Zanpakutō,Shunsui clarifies that he is going because Yamamoto ordered the captains to combat theRyoka and he does not want anyone to think the Gotei 13 is still having problems withthem because old people hate being embarrassed. However, when Shunsui lays his hand on hershoulder and teasingly claims that he would.
Be heartbroken if she got injured in battle,Nanao rebukes his statement of ownership over her and smacks his wrist with a folded fan. Clutching his wrist in pain, Shunsui observesNanao is more heartless than ever and claims this is what he loves about her, which promptsa flustered Nanao to demand he leave already. Having donned his flowery kimono, Shunsuicomplies and tells Nanao to not worry because it will be over before she knows it and hewill just have some fun. Back at the Senzaikyū compound, Ichigo, Ganju,and Hanatarō continue running up the stairs while Rukia looks out her window from withinthe Shishinrō above and closes her eyes. With Ganju complaining about how many stairsthere are, Ichigo tells him to shut up, only.
For them both to be surprised when Hanatarōpasses them while asserting that the pill he took really does work, to their disbelief. Eventually, the three of them reach the topof the stairs, where they pause to catch their breath. Upon seeing that the courtyard in front ofthem does not have any Shinigami patrolling it, Ichigo declares that they will be goingstraight into the inner area and begins running forward as Ganju and Hanatarō follow him. Suddenly, the three of them experience anincredibly intense Reiatsu enveloping them, which alerts Rukia as well, and as they struggleto stay standing while wondering what the.
Source of this Reiatsu is, Kenpachi croucheson a rooftop above them and grins.
