Summer! Sea! Swimsuit Festival!!

'''Summer! Sea! Swimsuit Festival!!''' is the two-hundred-twenty-eighth episode of the Bleach anime. The anime version combines an omake segment from the manga (Bleach on the Beach Special) and the Shinigami Women's Association holiday segment from BLEACH OFFICIAL BOOTLEG.

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 * Original Airdate: July 14, 2009
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Shōjo S
 * Ending Song: Kimi wo Mamotte, Kimi wo Aishite
 * Manga Chapters: BLEACH on the BEACH!!
 * Kanji: 夏� ！海� ！水着祭！！
 * Romaji: "Natsu da! Umi da! Mizugi sai!!"
 * Arc: Stand-alone omake

Summary
The episode opens with the Shinigami Women's Association (with Yoruichi and Captain Unohana) in a store in the Human World, selecting their swimsuits. Later at the beach, Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Ikkaku, and Captains Kuchiki and Ukitake were also invited. Nanao Ise revealed that they built a swimming pool on Captain Kuchiki's yard, but he destroyed it. So with help from Captain Unohana, the Shinigami Women's Association decides to go the beach in the Human World.

Shinigami Zanpakutō Introductions
Rangiku Matsumoto introduces Hyōrinmaru, the Zanpakutō of her captain, Tōshirō Hitsugaya. She finishes the introduction by referring to Hyōrinmaru as "A feeble, useless Zanpakutō that can't do much besides make ice." Hitsugaya, enraged, says she is the only one in the universe who would call it "feeble".

Characters in order of appearance

 * 1) Isane Kotetsu
 * 2) Kiyone Kotetsu
 * 3) Retsu Unohana
 * 4) Yoruichi Shihōin
 * 5) Soifon
 * 6) Nanao Ise
 * 7) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 8) Nemu Kurotsuchi
 * 9) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 10) Yachiru Kusajishi
 * 11) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 12) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 13) Sentarō Kotsubaki
 * 14) Jūshirō Ukitake
 * 15) Renji Abarai
 * 16) Ikkaku Madarame
 * 17) Orihime Inoue
 * 18) Uryū Ishida
 * 19) Yasutora Sado
 * 20) Tōshirō Hitsugaya

Powers and Techniques used
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