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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 ]
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.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (BLEACH 千年血戦篇, Burīchi: Sennen Kessen-hen), also known as Bleach: The Blood Warfare, is a Japanese anime television series based on the Bleach manga series by Tite Kubo and a direct sequel to the Bleach anime series that ran from 2004 until 2012.
The thirteenth season of the Bleach anime series is based on Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series. It is known as the Zanpakutō: The Alternate Tale arc (斬魄刀異聞篇, Zanpakutō Ibun Hen), [1] is directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, and Studio Pierrot. [2]
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.
[2] [3] At first, Kubo thought that the Soul Reapers should use guns, so the developed title for the series was "Snipe" (as in "sniper") and published in Akamaru Jump in 2000; however, this working title changed with the inclusion of swords, but, as it was a last-minute change, the first announcement came out with the Snipe title still in place.
The Arrancars, Hollows who acquired humanoid form and Soul Reaper powers, become the primary antagonists later in the series under the command of the rogue Soul Reaper Sōsuke Aizen and the ten strongest Arrancars known as the Espadas. The 10 Espadas are numbered 0–9, 0 being the strongest and 9 the weakest.
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 ...