Summer! Sea! Swimsuit Festival!!

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

The characters take a break on the beach.

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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 using Senbonzakura. So with help from Captain Unohana, the Shinigami Women's Association decides to go the beach in the Human World. When everybody is ready at the beach, Captain Ukitake collapses from the heat. Ichigo and Renji go to the nearest shack to get ice. Ichigo is surprised to see that Orihime, Chad and Ishida are there! Renji explains that now, the Shinigami have rented the beach for that day. When Ichigo tells Orihime that they want ice, she takes them to Toshiro. When Ichigo asks why he is not in the beach, Toshiro replies the he hates the sun. Orihime happily says that Toshiro has been using Hyōrinmaru to create ice for them. When Ichigo questions Toshiro if he should do that, Toshiro just asks them if they want the ice or not. After creating a huge pillar of ice for him, Captain Ukitake announces that there is a Beach art competition, where people group into pairs of 2-3 and try to create the prettiest sand sculpture. Captain Unohana announces that she will be the judge. At first everybody agrees to not participate, but when Captain Ukitake mentions that they will get cash prizes, everybody agrees! Byakuya says that he does not care about the money, but that it is a great chance to show off their artistic talents. He pairs up with Rukia.

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".

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