Forest of Menos! The Search for the Missing Rukia

'''Forest of Menos! The Search for the Missing Rukia''' is the one-hundred-forty-seventh episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: November 7, 2007
 * English Airdate: September 12, 2009
 * Opening Song: After Dark
 * Ending Song: Tane wo Maku Hibi
 * Manga Chapters: None.
 * Kanji: メノスの森！ 消えたルキアを探せ
 * Romaji: "Menosu no mori! Kieta Rukia o sagase"
 * Arc: The Hueco Mundo arc

Summary
Lunuganga sinks the group beneath the sands, and Rukia is separated from the group. Nel explains that they are in the Forest of Menos, where most hollows reside. As they begin to fight the hollows around them, Rukia attempts to fight the hollows attack her. She is rescued by Soul Reaper Ashido Kanō, who attacks her after dispatching all of the hollows. Meanwhile, Nel, Pesche, and Dondochakka are kidnapped by a hollow during an attack.