Mystery! The Sword-Consuming Assassin

'''Mystery! The Sword-Consuming Assassin''' is the one-hundred seventy-sixth episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: June 25, 2008
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Chu-Bura
 * Ending Song: Orange
 * Manga Chapters: None
 * Kanji: 怪奇！刀を喰う暗殺者
 * Romaji: "Kaiki! Katana o kū ansatsusha"
 * Arc: The New Captain Shūsuke Amagai arc

Summary
Rukia's opponent, Jinnai Dōkō, reveals that the unique blades the assassins are using are called bakkōtō, swords that consume the user's spiritual energy to increase their strength. Jinnai eats his bakōtō to increase his power and fire blades from his back. Ishida fights Kuzuryū, who uses his bakkōtō to transform into mist. Chad fights Genba, who uses the same rock wall-forming bakōtō a previous assassin used. Chad repeatably destroys the walls with his energy blasts, but Genba fuses with the walls to attack Chad from behind.