GOD IS DEAD

 is the forty-eighth volume of the Bleach manga series.

414. Deicide16
Gin reveals his true intentions to Aizen, by impaling him through the chest.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance: Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * 1) Sōsuke Aizen
 * 2) Gin Ichimaru
 * 3) Zennosuke Kurumadani
 * 4) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 5) Chizuru Honshō
 * 6) Don Kanonji
 * 7) Mizuiro Kojima
 * 8) Keigo Asano
 * Episode 307: Emergency Situation! Aizen, New Evolution!

415. DEICIDE17
Just as Gin takes the Hōgyoku, Aizen goes through yet another transformation and counterattacks.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance: Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * 1) Gin Ichimaru
 * 2) Sōsuke Aizen
 * 3) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * Episode 307: Emergency Situation! Aizen, New Evolution!

416. DEICIDE18 (THE END)
Aizen hacks Gin to pieces.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:


 * 1) Gin Ichimaru
 * 2) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 3) Sōsuke Aizen
 * 4) Keigo Asano
 * 5) Zennosuke Kurumadani
 * 6) Chizuru Honshō
 * 7) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 8) Don Kanonji
 * 9) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 10) Isshin Kurosaki

417. DEICIDE 19
Ichigo confronts Aizen.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Gin Ichimaru
 * 2) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 3) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 4) Don Kanonji
 * 5) Keigo Asano
 * 6) Sōsuke Aizen
 * 7) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 8) Isshin Kurosaki
 * 9) Mizuiro Kojima
 * 10) Chizuru Honshō
 * 11) Zennosuke Kurumadani

418. DEICIDE 20
Ichigo and Aizen finally face off.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:


 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Sōsuke Aizen

419. DEICIDE 21 (Transcendent God Rock)
Aizen transforms again but an unfazed Ichigo prepares to release the Final Getsuga Tenshō.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:


 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Sōsuke Aizen
 * 3) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 4) Keigo Asano
 * 5) Don Kanonji
 * 6) Mizuiro Kojima
 * 7) Chizuru Honshō

420. DEICIDE22
Ichigo flashes back to his fight against the combined form of Hollow Ichigo and Tensa Zangetsu as he finally unleashes the Final Getsuga Tenshō.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:


 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Sōsuke Aizen
 * 3) Hollow Ichigo
 * 4) Tensa Zangetsu

421. DEICIDE23
Aizen survives through Ichigo's Mugetsu, but falls prey to Kisuke Urahara's hidden seal.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:


 * 1) Hollow Ichigo
 * 2) Tensa Zangetsu
 * 3) Sōsuke Aizen
 * 4) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 5) Kisuke Urahara

422. the silent victory
In the wake of Aizen's defeat, the battle ridden Gotei 13 gathers itself.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:


 * 1) Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * 2) Hiyori Sarugaki
 * 3) Lisa Yadōmaru
 * 4) Retsu Unohana
 * 5) Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi
 * 6) Love Aikawa
 * 7) Shinji Hirako
 * 8) Hachigen Ushōda
 * 9) Kenpachi Zaraki
 * 10) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 11) Yachiru Kusajishi
 * 12) Yammy Llargo
 * 13) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 14) Kisuke Urahara
 * 15) Sōsuke Aizen (flashback)
 * 16) Orihime Inoue
 * 17) Uryū Ishida
 * 18) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 19) Yasutora Sado
 * 20) Renji Abarai

423. Bleach My Soul
Aizen is sentenced to his fate by the Central 46, while Ichigo finally awakens and copes with his loss of Shinigami powers.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:


 * 1) Sōsuke Aizen
 * 2) Kenpachi Zaraki
 * 3) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 4) Shunsui Kyōraku
 * 5) Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto
 * 6) Jūshirō Ukitake
 * 7) Sentarō Kotsubaki
 * 8) Kiyone Kotetsu
 * 9) Akon
 * 10) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 11) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 12) Shūhei Hisagi
 * 13) Renji Abarai
 * 14) Gin Ichimaru (flashback)
 * 15) Orihime Inoue
 * 16) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 17) Yasutora Sado
 * 18) Uryū Ishida
 * 19) Ichigo Kurosaki