Joining the Battle! The Strongest Shinigami Army Appears

'''Joining the Battle! The Strongest Shinigami Army Appears''' is the one-hundred ninety-sixth episode of the Bleach anime.

The Gotei 13 come to the rescue of Ichigo and his comrades.

Summary
As Tesra Lindocruz prepares to finish off Ichigo, Kenpachi Zaraki stops the attack. Ichigo is shocked to see the captain and asks if it is really him, to which Kenpachi confirms, asking if Ichigo was beaten so badly that his mind was affected. Tesra then question who the captain is while Nnoitra Gilga assesses Kenpachi with his Pesquisa. Realizing how powerful the captain is, he yells a warning to his Fracción that comes too late as Tesra is quickly cut down by Kenpachi.

Ichigo, who was under the impression that Soul Society would not assist him in rescuing Orihime Inoue, inquires the reason for Kenpachi's presence. Kenpachi responds by kicking Ichigo out of his way. Ichigo then asks Kenpachi how he came to Hueco Mundo. Kenpachi explains that Kisuke Urahara's was given several orders from the Captain-Commander, one of them being to stabilize Garganta to enable the Gotei 13 captains to come to Hueco Mundo. Yachiru, who also came, adds that Kenpachi came as soon as the Garganta was ready.

At his destroyed lab, Szayel Aporro Granz notices that Mayuri Kurotsuchi has appeared behind him and asks who he is. In the desert near the inner wall of Las Noches the Exequias prepare to finish off Yasutora Sado and Gantenbainne Mosqueda, but stop when they notice Retsu Unohana and Isane Kotetsu in the distance. Zommari Rureaux prepares to kill Rukia Kuchiki, but is interrupted by Byakuya Kuchiki. Unohana and Isane introduce themselves to the Exequias, and Zommari does the same to Byakuya and demands that he introduce himself, but Byakuya refuses. Unohana tells Rudbornn that she and her lieutenant simply came there to heal everyone’s wounds and that as long as he did not raise a hand to her she would not attack.

Meanwhile, Kenpachi and Nnoitra begin their battle, and Ichigo questions what Kenpachi is doing. Kenpachi tells him to back off. Yachiru begins to playfully kick Ichigo in the face telling him that he can’t interfere with the battle. Kenpachi and Nnoitra then clash blades and Kenpachi taunts Nnoitra asking him if that was all he had, and Nnoitra asks Kenpachi his name. Kenpachi states his name and rank and Nnoitra does the same. Back at Tres Cifras, Rudbornn pulls back his troops, and Isane begins to pursue them, but Unohana tells her that their job is not to draw blood but to stop its flow, and tells her that they should begin their healing on both Sado and the Arrancar.

Elsewhere in Las Noches, Renji and Uryū are shocked to see Mayuri Kurotsuchi. Szayel then asks Uryū if he is an acquaintance of his, and Mayuri taunts Uryū stating that he doesn’t know anyone from that primitive species. As Mayuri and Uryū begin to argue, Pesche and Dondochakka jump up from under the rubble they were buried under, and Pesche begins to argue with Uryū. Szayel then asks Mayuri what his name was, but tells him that he’d actually rather he not answer because his destiny was to die by his hand. Mayuri retorts that he’d be in trouble if Szayel didn’t tell him his name because he wouldn’t know what to write on his Specimen jars when he took him back to the lab.

Zommari asks Byakuya why he isn’t attacking and tells him that if he’s come to save that Shinigami then it’s pointless and Byakuya states that he doesn’t understand what he means by pointless and uses Shunpo to appear behind Zommari and attempts to draw his sword. However, Zommari uses Sonido to appear behind Byakuya and the two clash blades. Zommari then states that the technique he uses is called Gemelos Sonido, and that he’s the fastest among the Espada, and him and Byakuya converse briefly before Byakuya rushes up to Zommari with Shunpo and slashes him, but realizes that it’s simply a clone and slices what he believes to be the Zommari. However, Zommari appears behind Byakuya and states that his Gemelos Sonido isn’t limited to two clones and tries to slash Byakuya but Byakuya states he figured as much and shoots Zommari with Hado #4 Byakurai through his Captain’s Haori.

Elsewhere Kenpachi and Nnoitra continue their battle, and Szayel and Mayuri begin theirs. After Byakuya shoots Zommari with his Kido attack, he soon realizes that it was a clone and Zommari states that he can make up to five clones with Gemelos Sonido, and he uses to clones to stab Byakuya. Szayel captures Mayuri and makes a voodoo doll of him, and tells him that him arriving makes no difference to the outcome of the battle. Zommari tells Byakuya farewell and says that he lost because of his arrogance, but Byakuya reveals that he had not been stabbed at all, but had used Utsusemi to escape Zommari’s attack. He then goes on to tell Zommari that he’s the arrogant one, but he wouldn’t lose because of that, he would lose because of the gap in their powers.

Arrancar Encyclopedia
Gin Ichimaru talks about Zommari Rureaux and his ability, Gemelos Sonído. Zommari makes an appearance and briefly demonstrates his skill for holding the self-proclaimed title for the fastest Sonído among all Arrancar, including the Espada. Byakuya Kuchiki then appears, calling on him for being arrogant. The two then attempt to "outspeed" each other, going outside of Las Noches.

Fights

 * Ichigo Kurosaki & Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck vs. Nnoitra Gilga (concluded)
 * Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Nnoitra Gilga
 * Renji Abarai & Uryū Ishida vs. Szayel Aporro Granz (concluded)
 * Mayuri Kurotsuchi vs. Szayel Aporro Granz
 * Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Zommari Rureaux

Powers and Techniques used
Kidō used: Techniques used:
 * Hadō #4:
 * Way of Onmitsu, 3rd of the Shihō:
 * Way of Onmitsu, 3rd of the Shihō:
 * Way of Onmitsu, 3rd of the Shihō:

Hollow techniques: Zanpakutō released:

Resurrección: