Nelliel's Past

Nelliel's Past is the one-hundred ninety-fourth episode of the Bleach anime.

Nnoitra recalls his past with Nelliel.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: November 11, 2008
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Velonica
 * Ending Song: Hitohira no Hanabira
 * Manga Chapters: Chapter 294, Chapter 295.
 * Kanji: (ネリエルの過去)
 * Romaji: "Nerieru no kako"
 * Arc: Hueco Mundo arc Part 2

Summary
Nnoitra Gilga recalls his past encounters with Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, in which Nelliel would spar with Nnoitra and easily defeat him. In one session, Nnoitra demanded that she continue the fight until one of them died, and Nel refused. As a result, Nnoitra attacked Nelliel's subordinates, Dondochakka Bilstin and Pesche Guatiche, prompting her to attack him. With Szayel Aporro Granz's aid, Nnoitra was able to distract Nelliel long enough for him to land an attack on her. He left her outside Las Noches, where she transformed into an amnesiac child, and Dondochakka and Pesche vowed to protect her. In the present, Nnoitra taunts Nelliel about their past, and Nelliel prepares to release her Zanpakutō.

Shinigami Illustrated Picture Book
Lieutenant Isane Kotetsu enters Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya's room only for his lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto to drop her and quiet her, telling her that her "captain is taking a nap right now". Isane wonders if Hitsugaya sleeps at this hour and figures it out as that old saying "Children who sleep well, grow well." and then compares her height with others' (Rangiku and Hitsugaya): Hitsugaya's is 133 centimeters, Rangiku's is 172 centimeters while Isane's is 187 and then says "starting today, she's never sleeping again".

Characters in order of appearance

 * 1) Dondochakka Bilstin
 * 2) Pesche Guatiche
 * 3) Szayel Aporro Granz
 * 4) Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck
 * 5) Nnoitra Gilga
 * 6) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 7) Orihime Inoue
 * 8) Tesra Lindocruz
 * 9) Renji Abarai
 * 10) Uryū Ishida
 * 11) Bawabawa

Fights

 * Ichigo Kurosaki, Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck & Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Nnoitra Gilga

Powers and Techniques used

 * Voodoo Doll
 * Voodoo Doll

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