CONQUISTADORES

CONQUISTADORES is the twenty-second volume of the Bleach manga series.

Publisher's summary
The noose is tightening around Ichigo Kurosaki. His inner Hollow can't wait to consume him, the sinister transfer student has him tapped for a mysterious job, and now powerful new enemies have landed in his home town to destroy him.

188. CRUSH THE WORLD DOWN
Isshin Kurosaki discusses the appearance of the Visored and the empowered state of the Arrancar with Kisuke Urahara.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Grand Fisher
 * 2) Kon
 * 3) Isshin Kurosaki
 * 4) Kisuke Urahara
 * 5) Shinji Hirako
 * 6) Sōsuke Aizen (envisioned)
 * 7) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 8) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 9) Retsu Unohana
 * 10) Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * 11) Sajin Komamura
 * 12) Shunsui Kyōraku
 * 13) Suì-Fēng
 * 14) Jūshirō Ukitake
 * 15) Kenpachi Zaraki
 * 16) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 17) Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto
 * 18) Chōjirō Sasakibe

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 111: Shock! The True Characters of the Fathers
 * Episode 112: The Commencement of War, Visored and Arrancar

189. RESOLVE
Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryū Ishida ponder the offers they have received to respectively control and regain their powers.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Jun Miyamoto
 * 2) Tetsuo Momohara
 * 3) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 4) Conrad Tomohiro Odagiri
 * 5) Shinji Hirako
 * 6) Hollow Ichigo (flashback)
 * 7) Uryū Ishida
 * 8) Orihime Inoue
 * 9) Keigo Asano
 * 10) Mizuiro Kojima
 * 11) Chizuru Honshō
 * 12) Yasutora Sado
 * 13) Renji Abarai (flashback)
 * 14) Ikkaku Madarame (flashback)
 * 15) Yumichika Ayasegawa (flashback)
 * 16) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 17) Hiyori Sarugaki
 * 18) Ryūken Ishida

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 112: The Commencement of War, Visored and Arrancar

190. Conquistadores
Orihime Inoue and Yasutora Sado confront Shinji Hirako and Hiyori Sarugaki while Ichigo Kurosaki is left somber by Shinji's warning.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Hiyori Sarugaki
 * 2) Orihime Inoue
 * 3) Yasutora Sado
 * 4) Shinji Hirako
 * 5) Isshin Kurosaki
 * 6) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 7) Karin Kurosaki
 * 8) Yuzu Kurosaki
 * 9) Kon
 * 10) Kisuke Urahara (recollection)
 * 11) Hollow Ichigo (envisioned)
 * 12) Hiyosu
 * 13) Rin Tsubokura
 * 14) Akon
 * 15) Yammy Llargo
 * 16) Ulquiorra Cifer

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 112: The Commencement of War, Visored and Arrancar
 * Episode 113: Prelude to the Apocalypse, The Arrancar's Attack

191. Conquistadores 2 "Screaming Symphony"
Ulquiorra Cifer and Yammy Llargo invade Karakura Town in search of a specific target.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Karin Kurosaki
 * 3) Yasutora Sado
 * 4) Kisuke Urahara
 * 5) Yoruichi Shihōin
 * 6) Isshin Kurosaki
 * 7) Ulquiorra Cifer
 * 8) Yammy Llargo
 * 9) Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto
 * 10) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 11) Miyahara
 * 12) Kudo

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 113: Prelude to the Apocalypse, The Arrancar's Attack

192. Conquistadores 3 [Hounded Priestess]
With Yasutora Sado grievously wounded and unconscious, Orihime Inoue faces off against Yammy Llargo alone.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Orihime Inoue
 * 2) Yasutora Sado
 * 3) Yammy Llargo
 * 4) Ulquiorra Cifer
 * 5) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 6) Tatsuki Arisawa

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 113: Prelude to the Apocalypse, The Arrancar's Attack

193. Conquistadores 4 [Ebony&Ivory]
Having arrived to save Orihime Inoue from Yammy Llargo, Ichigo Kurosaki easily overpowers the latter with his Bankai, but begins experiencing issues with his inner Hollow.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Yammy Llargo
 * 3) Ulquiorra Cifer
 * 4) Orihime Inoue
 * 5) Shinji Hirako (flashback)
 * 6) Hollow Ichigo (envisioned)
 * 7) Kisuke Urahara
 * 8) Yoruichi Shihōin

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 114: Reunion, Ichigo and Rukia and Shinigami

194. Conquistadores 5 [La Basura]
Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin arrive to take on Yammy Llargo in Ichigo Kurosaki's stead.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Yammy Llargo
 * 2) Kisuke Urahara
 * 3) Yoruichi Shihōin
 * 4) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 5) Ulquiorra Cifer
 * 6) Orihime Inoue

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 114: Reunion, Ichigo and Rukia and Shinigami

195. Death & Strawberry(Reprise)
In the aftermath of his and his friends' brutal loss against Yammy Llargo, a dejected Ichigo Kurosaki is surprised by the arrival of allies old and new.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Kisuke Urahara
 * 2) Ururu Tsumugiya
 * 3) Jinta Hanakari
 * 4) Yoruichi Shihōin
 * 5) Yammy Llargo (flashback)
 * 6) Orihime Inoue
 * 7) Chizuru Honshō
 * 8) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 9) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 10) Renji Abarai
 * 11) Ikkaku Madarame
 * 12) Yumichika Ayasegawa
 * 13) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 14) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 15) Rukia Kuchiki

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 114: Reunion, Ichigo and Rukia and Shinigami

196. PUNCH DOWN THE STONE CIRCLE
Rukia Kuchiki forces Ichigo Kurosaki to confront and work through his newfound fear and anxiety.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Renji Abarai
 * 2) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 3) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 4) Shunsuke Kobayakawa
 * 5) Tetsuo Momohara
 * 6) Jun Miyamoto
 * 7) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 8) Chizuru Honshō
 * 9) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 10) Ikkaku Madarame
 * 11) Yumichika Ayasegawa
 * 12) Hollow Ichigo (envisioned)
 * 13) Orihime Inoue

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 115: Mission! The Shinigami Have Come

197. The Approaching Danger
Ichigo Kurosaki is informed of the nature of and the danger posed by Sōsuke Aizen's newly-created Arrancar.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Keigo Asano
 * 2) Mizuiro Kojima
 * 3) Ikkaku Madarame
 * 4) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 5) Renji Abarai
 * 6) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 7) Yumichika Ayasegawa
 * 8) Kon
 * 9) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 10) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 11) Isshin Kurosaki
 * 12) Yuzu Kurosaki
 * 13) Karin Kurosaki
 * 14) Several Gillians (flashback)
 * 15) Ulquiorra Cifer
 * 16) Yammy Llargo
 * 17) Sōsuke Aizen

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 115: Mission! The Shinigami Have Come