Hitsugaya, Enraged! Blade of Hatred!

'''Hitsugaya, Enraged! Blade of Hatred!''' is the two hundred and ninety-third episode of the Bleach anime.

The Shinigami and Visored attack Aizen, but are unable to defeat the treacherous captain.

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 * Original Airdate: October 19th, 2010
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Melody of the Wild Dance
 * Ending Song: Last Moment
 * Manga Chapters: Chapter 390, Chapter 391, Chapter 392
 * Kanji: 日番谷、激昂！憎しみの刃！
 * Romaji: "Hitsugaya, gekkō! Nikushimi no ha!"
 * Arc: The Fake Karakura Town arc Part 2

Summary
Kira and Iba remark on how high the captains and Visored reiatsu are, and they wonder if Momo and Rangiku will be all right from being around such a huge amount of reiatsu. Kira then wonders if the captains and Visored strength will be enough to defeat Aizen. Hitsugaya asks Aizen if right now he's thinking that because he has so much hatred against him, if he thinks Hitsugaya isn't worthy of being a captain. Hitsugaya tells him that he'd be correct in thinking that, but he doesn't care because he's willing to lose his captains position in order to kill him. Hitsugaya then tells Aizen that he won't give him a single chance to use Kyōka Suigetsu, and that it would be best if he prepares himself, but that even if he doesn't he won't show him any mercy. Hitsugaya then charges towards Aizen and as he does this Gin watches from the distance and remarks that none of them have any idea of Aizen's true strength.

Hitsugaya uses Hyōryū Senbi and swings his Zanpakutō in a linear direction at Aizen which creates overflowing ice from his blade in the form of a crescent. Aizen dodges the attack by jumping into the air but Hitsugaya uses Zekku to redirect his technique into the air. Before Aizen can react to this, Komamura and Love both release their Zanpakutō, Tenken and Tengumaru respectively, and smash Aizen with them at the same time. Komamura and Love tell Hitsugaya that they're joining the battle as well and Hitsugaya tells him that he doesn't care as he never intended to keep this fight one-on-one anyway. Aizen suddenly appears from the attack unscathed and he warns his opponents that they better put all of their techniques together, or else they'll never be able to defeat him. Rose suddenly swings Kinshara and is able to wrap it around Aizen's Zanpakutō. Lisa suddenly swings her Zanpakutō towards Aizen but Aizen is still able to block the attack with his own Zanpakutō.

Love goes to swing his Zanpakutō down on Aizen but Aizen is able to push him away. Komamura suddenly swings his own Zanpakutō down on Aizen but this time Aizen destroys the blade. Aizen tells Komamura that he's naïve in thinking he could win by striking with power. Aizen wonders if their basic idea of the word "power" is simply different and he goes up to Komamura, deciding to teach him what "power" really is. Komamura releases his Bankai, Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō, but Aizen easily severs its blade and left arm at the middle of the forearm and cutting the side of its torso, causing similar damage to Komamura, who screams in pain. Despite this, Komamura makes one final attack with his broken blade, but is blocked by Aizen, who gives him a decisive blow to the chest which sends him hurtling down to the town below.

Rose swings Kinshara again, but Aizen easily catches it and pulls Rose down, and he cuts Rose down which causes a stream of blood to be launched into the air. As this is happening Gin continues to think to himself and remarks that Kyōka Suigetsu isn't what makes Aizen scary. He admits that while it is a scary ability, there would still be people who would rather die than follow him if that was all he had. Gin remarks that the only reason he was able to gather all of the Espada into a single group despite them all having different agendas, is because he's strong. Gin goes on to remark that no matter how much they prepare against Aizen, his abilities will still be far beyond theirs. Aizen takes Rose's Kinshara and wraps it around Love, pulling him closer and slashing him as well.

Lisa, with her Hollow mask now on, attacks Aizen from behind with her released Zanpakutō, Haguro Tonbo, but he evades the attack and breaks her Zanpakutō. He notices that she is wearing her Hollow mask and states that he already told them that they are nothing but pseudo-Arrancar and cuts her down her as well. Aizen then asks her that if he can have Arrancar obeying him, how could "pseudo-Arrancar" expect to stand against him. As this happens, Ichigo watches in shock as so many captains and Visored all fall defeated from Aizen. All of a sudden Suì-Fēng appears in front of Aizen, which causes Aizen to ask her if she has gone insane since he never imagined that the Secret Mobile Corps, much less its supreme commander, would attack him head on. Aizen recites what all Shinigami learn in the academy, which is not to seek beauty in battle, not to seek out virtue in death, not to think of your life as your own, and to cut down your foes from behind to protect what must be protected.

Suì-Fēng simply finds it amusing that a traitor would recite Shinigami lessons to her, but Aizen states that he once taught those lessons before. Suì-Fēng tells him that it was so because the Central 46 allowed him to do so and that's why they had the rug pulled out from under them by a traitor. Aizen tells her not to speak ill of the dead and points out that she had the rug pulled from under her too. However, Suì-Fēng states that this isn't the case for her and she creates many clones. Aizen praises her on how well the clones are made and Suì-Fēng states that it's an honor to receive some praise from him, so she decides that she is going to finish him off with this technique. The clones of her then charge towards Aizen.

Aizen goes to unsheathe his Zanpakutō but as he does this his arm is encased in ice. Suì-Fēng then appears in front of Aizen and uses Nigeki Kessatsu and hits Aizen in the chest. However, it doesn't work and Aizen tells her that his immense reiatsu will cancel out her technique. Aizen is then surprised as he is attacked from the back by a shadow. Shunsui reveals himself having used his Kageoni technique, stating Aizen was careless by not taking into consideration that there was a shadow on the ice. As Aizen curses the 8th division captain under his breath, Hitsugaya tells Aizen it's over. Aizen glances at him as Hitsugaya rushes at him, noting to himself that because Hitsugaya is so young, he attacks at the first opening without planning ahead, calling it his biggest failing. Just then, he notices Shinji standing to the side, holding up his Sakanade and smiling.

Aizen realizes too late that he has entered the inverted world and that Hitsugaya is not attacking from the front, but the back as he is stabbed through the chest from behind, with an expression of surprise on his face. Aizen feels the blade that has stabbed him and tries to pull it out, but eventually gives up while cursing Hitsugaya. Kira shouts out that the captains have finally done it. Iba tells Kira that he should look happier and not have the same gloomy look on his face, and Kira tells him he's right. Momo suddenly gets up and begins walking away. Iba and Kira ask her where she's going but Momo doesn't answer. Shinji looks over at Gin and tells him that it looks like things are finally turning around. All of a sudden, Ichigo yells at everyone and asks them what they’re doing.

The "defeated" Aizen is revealed to actually be Momo and everyone looks on in shock. Shinji looks over to where Momo was at, only to see Kira and Iba being cut down by Aizen. Shinji asks Aizen how long he has been using Kyōka Suigetsu. Aizen simply answers with an explanation of his Zanpakutō's ability. Shinji angrily asks his question again. In reply, Aizen asks him how long he has thought that he hadn't been using it. Momo simply asks Hitsugaya "why", which causes Hitsugaya to attack Aizen in a blind rage. The other captain-level fighters try to stop him but it's too late as Aizen points out that they're all full of openings, and cuts down Hitsugaya, Suì-Fēng, Shunsui, and Shinji.

Shinigami Illustrated Picture Book
Chojiro Sasakibe stares at a store with teacups, fancy tables and chairs, and fancy plates, and says that it's a dream come true. Aizen then reveals he was using Kyoka Suigetsu, and said that it was easy to defeat him.

Fights

 * Sōsuke Aizen vs. The Gotei 13 & The Visored (concluded)

Powers and Techniques Used
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