Hueco Mundo Chapter, Restart!

Hueco Mundo Chapter, Restart! is the one-hundred ninetieth episode of the Bleach anime, and marks the return of the anime to the manga storyline.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: October 14, 2008
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Velonica
 * Ending Song: Hitohira no Hanabira
 * Manga Chapters: Recap of Chapter 178 (pages 15-17 only) and Chapters 221 to 268 (to page 8), Chapter 286 (from page 9), Chapter 287.
 * Kanji: ウェコムンド編、再開！
 * Romaji: "Weko Mundo hen, saikai!"
 * Arc: Hueco Mundo arc Part 2

Summary
A recap of events from the moment Sōsuke Aizen betrayed the Soul Society, the search for the Ōken, the friends training for the Winter War, the last Arrancar invasion before the winter war, Ichigo Kurosaki and company's invasion of Hueco Mundo and Las Noches along with their Arrancar friends, their farewell anyone to fight with an Espada, which Ichigo bumps into Ulquiorra Cifer, but was defeated by him. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez brought Orihime Inoue to Ichigo to forcefully heal him, Ichigo fought Grimmjow until after Ichigo defeated Grimmjow, he lifted Orihime, went down with her and Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck and tried to go save Chad and Rukia Kuchiki. After the fight between Ichigo and Grimmjow concludes when Ichigo breaks through Grimmjow's strongest attack, Grimmjow attempts to continue the fight. He is attacked by Espada Nnoitra Jiruga. As Ichigo and Nnoitra begin to fight, Tesla, Nnoitra's subordinate, captures Orihime. Nnoitra reveals that he is the fifth Espada, and is stronger than Grimmjow. Meanwhile, Renji Abarai, Uryū Ishida, Dondochakka Bilstin, and Pesche Guatiche attempt to flee the Espada Szayel Aporro Granz, but due to Szayel's control of the building they are in, he redirects the hallways to point back towards their battlefield.

Characters in order of appearance

 * 1) Sōsuke Aizen (prologue)
 * 2) Fūrā (prologue)
 * 3) Ichigo Kurosaki (prologue)
 * 4) Yasutora Sado (prologue)
 * 5) Uryū Ishida (prologue)
 * 6) Orihime Inoue (prologue)
 * 7) Rukia Kuchiki (prologue)
 * 8) Luppi (prologue)
 * 9) Yammy Riyalgo (prologue)
 * 10) Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (prologue)
 * 11) Wonderweiss Margera (prologue)
 * 12) Ulquiorra Cifer (prologue)
 * 13) Pesche Guatiche (prologue)
 * 14) Dondochakka Bilstin (prologue)
 * 15) Renji Abarai (prologue)
 * 16) Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck
 * 17) Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Adjuchas) (flashback)
 * 18) Di Roy Linker (Adjuchas) (flashback)
 * 19) Yylfordt Granz (Adjuchas) (flashback)
 * 20) Kaname Tōsen (flashback)
 * 21) Demōra (flashback)
 * 22) Gantenbainne Mosqueda (flashback)
 * 23) Nnoitra Jiruga
 * 24) Tesla
 * 25) Szayel Aporro Granz

Powers and Techniques used
Kidō used:


 * Hadō #33
 * Hadō #63 (flashback)

Gintō used:


 * (prologue)
 * (flashback)

Hollow techniques used:


 * (prologue)

Techniques used:


 * (prologue)
 * (flashback)
 * (flashback)
 * (flashback)
 * (flashback)
 * (flashback)

Zanpakutō released:

Shikai:
 * (prologue)
 * (flashback)
 * (flashback)

Bankai:
 * (prologue)

Resurrección used:

Other Powers:
 * (prologue)
 * (three forms) (prologue and flashback)
 * (flashback)
 * (prologue)
 * (flashback)
 * (flashback)