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The second transformation, known as bankai (卍解, lit. "final release"), is an ability normally seen in Soul Reaper captains that requires ten years minimum to master. [1] Once achieved, the Soul Reaper can unlock the full potential of their zanpakutō, increasing their own power several times over. [6]
Unohana is overpowered, so Kenpachi subconsciously begins to hold himself back, which ends in his defeat. Back in the present day, Unohana wounds Kenpachi hundreds of times, as he grows stronger each time he resurrects. She unleashes her Bankai, Minazuki, which allows her to extend her blade with acidic slashes resembling blood.
The majority of named hollows appearing in Bleach are monsters of the week used during Bleach's first arc. After Ichigo's return from Soul Society, the hollow-based characters known as arrancar are introduced, with the basic hollows having lesser roles and rarely used as villains except in the anime side-story episodes.
Cover of the 49th tankōbon volume, released in Japan by Shueisha on April 21, 2011. The chapters 424–686 of the Bleach manga series, written and illustrated by Tite Kubo, comprise two story arcs: the "Lost Agent arc" (死神代行消失篇, Shinigami Daikō Shōshitsu hen) and the "Thousand-Year Blood War arc" (千年血戦篇, Chitose Kessen Hen).
The series follows the adventures of high school student Ichigo Kurosaki who can see spirits and becomes a Soul Reaper, after assuming the duties of Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki. Viz Media obtained the foreign television, home video and merchandising rights to the Bleach anime from TV Tokyo Corporation and Shueisha on March 15, 2006. [ 2 ]
The anime original season focuses on an alternative set of events in which the Soul Reaper's swords, zanpakutō, assume human forms and declare war against their wielders, led by a mysterious man named Muramasa, who is a former zanpakutō. The season aired from July 2009 to April 2010 on TV Tokyo.
The 17-episode season is based on Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series. [2] The plot continues to show the fight between the Soul Reapers against Sōsuke Aizen's army of arrancars, with the former defending Karakura Town, and the latter planning to use Karakura Town to invade and destroy Soul Society. The season moves on to auto-conclusive stories ...
In the English release by Viz Media, the title is changed to The Substitute. [2] The season adapts the first eight volumes (chapters 1–70) of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series, spanning twenty episodes. The episodes' plot covers the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after becoming a Soul Reaper and assuming the duties of Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki.