The Revenging Assassin, Ichigo is Targeted

The Revenging Assassin, Ichigo is Targeted is the one-hundred-seventy-fifth episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: June 18, 2008
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Chu-Bura
 * Ending Song: Orange
 * Manga Chapters: None
 * Kanji: 復讐の刺客、狙われた一護
 * Romaji: "Fukushū no shikaku, nerawareta Ichigo"
 * Arc: The New Captain Shūsuke Amagai arc

Summary
Having failed in his previous attempt to kill Rurichiyo, Hanza gathers three of his subordinates from the criminal underground and requests that they be given weapons similar to Saiga. Kumoi agrees and the four set out to kill Rurichiyo, Ichigo, and his friends. In Karakura Town, Rurichiyo tells Ichigo that others would frequently be blamed for her reckless actions, including Kenryū and Enryū. Sensing the arrival of Hanza and his subordinates, Ichigo and Rukia stay to protect Rurichiyo and Yasutora Sado and Uryū Ishida leave to confront their attackers. Hanza fights Ichigo and Rukia, Chad, and Uryū each begin to fight one of his subordinates.

Characters in order of appearance

 * Shū Kannogi
 * Gyōkaku Kumoi
 * Hanza Nukui
 * Jinnai Dōko
 * Ryū Kuzu
 * Genga
 * Ryūsei Kenzaki
 * Rusaburō Enkōgawa
 * Uryū Ishida
 * Yasutora Sado
 * Ichigo Kurosaki
 * Rukia Kuchiki
 * Rurichiyo Kasumiōji


 * Orihime Inoue
 * Kisuke Urahara (flashback)
 * Tessai Tsukabishi (flashback)
 * Yoruichi Shihōin (flashback)

Powers and Techniques used
Techniques used:
 * (flashback)
 * (flashback)

Zanpakutō released:

Shikai:
 * Zangetsu (斬月, Slaying Moon)

Bakkōtō used:
 * Saiga (砕我, Killer Fang)