THE BROKEN CODA

THE BROKEN CODA is the seventh volume of the Bleach manga series.

Publisher's summary
Rukia Kuchiki, the ex-Shinigami responsible for Ichigo's transformation, is on the run. Her brethren at the Soul Society are quite displeased with the fact that she transferred the powers of a Shinigami to a Human and have dispatched two of their strongest agents to neutralize the situation. Their mission is twofold: to return Rukia to the Soul Society, so that she may pay for her crime and to deal with Ichigo--permanently. But an unlikely third party is standing in their way: Uryū Ishida, the Quincy!

053. Nice to meet you. I will beat you.
Uryū takes on Renji while Ichigo and Kon realize that Rukia is missing.

Summary :

Characters in order of appearance :
 * 1) Uryū Ishida
 * 2) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 3) Renji Abarai
 * 4) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 5) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 6) Kon
 * 7) Kisuke Urahara

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 16: The Encounter, Abarai Renji!

054. 名も訊けぬ子供
Ichigo takes on Renji, but Renji gains the upper hand.

Summary :

Characters in order of appearance :
 * 1) Renji Abarai
 * 2) Uryū Ishida
 * 3) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 4) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 5) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 6) Kon (in Ichigo's body)
 * 7) Kisuke Urahara (flashback)

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 16: The Encounter, Abarai Renji!

055. SHUT
Ichigo finds the strength to continue fighting and bests Renji. Before he can kill Renji, though, Byakuya intervenes.

Summary :

Characters in order of appearance :
 * 1) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 2) Renji Abarai
 * 3) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 4) Ichigo Kurosaki

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 17: Ichigo Dies!

056. broken coda
As Ichigo lays critically injured, Rukia departs with Byakuya and Renji back to the Soul Society.

Summary :

Characters in order of appearance :
 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 3) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 4) Renji Abarai

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 17: Ichigo Dies!

057. Unfinished July Rain
Urahara saves Ichigo's life and they make a deal.

Summary :

Characters in order of appearance :
 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Kisuke Urahara
 * 3) Tessai Tsukabishi
 * 4) Rukia Kuchiki (flashback)
 * 5) Uryū Ishida (flashback)
 * 6) Byakuya Kuchiki (flashback)
 * 7) Renji Abarai (flashback)
 * 8) Yoruichi Shihōin

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 17: Ichigo Dies!

058. blank
Ichigo returns to school and finds that no one remembers Rukia.

Summary :

Characters in order of appearance :
 * 1) Tetsuo Momohara
 * 2) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 3) Kisuke Urahara
 * 4) Misato Ochi
 * 5) Keigo Asano
 * 6) Mizuiro Kojima
 * 7) Yasutora Sado
 * 8) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 9) Orihime Inoue
 * 10) Michiru Ogawa
 * 11) Tessai Tsukabishi
 * 12) Ururu Tsumugiya
 * 13) Jinta Hanakari

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 18: Reclaim! The Power of the Shinigami

059. Lesson 1: One Strike! + Jailed at Home
While Rukia is imprisoned in Soul Society, Ichigo begins training to regain his Shinigami powers.

Summary :

Characters in order of appearance :
 * 1) Renji Abarai
 * 2) Rikichi
 * 3) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 4) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 5) Kisuke Urahara
 * 6) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 7) Ururu Tsumugiya

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 18: Reclaim! The Power of the Shinigami

060. Lesson 1-2: DOWN!!
Ichigo finishes lesson one and starts lesson two.

Summary :

Characters in order of appearance :
 * 1) Ururu Tsumugiya
 * 2) Jinta Hanakari
 * 3) Tessai Tsukabishi
 * 4) Kisuke Urahara
 * 5) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 6) Yasutora Sado
 * 7) Orihime Inoue
 * 8) Yoruichi Shihōin

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 18: Reclaim! The Power of the Shinigami

061. Lesson2 : Shattered shaft
Ichigo is put inside the shattered shaft.

Summary :

Characters in order of appearance :
 * 1) Mahana Natsui
 * 2) Michiru Ogawa
 * 3) Ryō Kunieda
 * 4) Uryū Ishida
 * 5) Orihime Inoue
 * 6) Yoruichi Shihōin
 * 7) Yasutora Sado
 * 8) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 9) Kisuke Urahara
 * 10) Tessai Tsukabishi
 * 11) Ururu Tsumugiya

Episodes adapted from this chapter:
 * Episode 18: Reclaim! The Power of the Shinigami

Trivia

 * The Viz publication of this volume altered the cover by zooming in on Byakuya, leaving much less space above him and cutting out much of his scarf.