THE DEATHBERRY RETURNS

The Deathberry Returns is the eighteenth volume of the Bleach manga series

Publisher's summary
Tōsen is saved by Komamura, who starts to fight Kenpachi. Rukia's execution ceremony begins. However, as the execution is proceeding, Ichigo comes to her rescue. The captains Jūshirō Ukitake and Shunsui Kyōraku destroy the Soukyoku, which is the large zanpakutō used for executions, and Ichigo throws Rukia to Renji so that they can escape the scene. Ichigo fights against Byakuya. Ukitake and Shunsui are attacked by their leader, the 1st Division captain Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, for betraying them. The 2nd Division captain, Soifon, attempts to kill the traitors, but is stopped by Yoruichi, her former teacher. Furious about Yoruichi leaving her long ago, Soifon attacks Yoruichi, but fails to defeat her.

Volume data

 * Cover: Soifon
 * [[image:Flag of Japan.png|20px]] Release Date: August 4, 2005
 * ISBN: ISBN 4-08-873841-1


 * [[image:Flag of the U.S..png|20px]] Release Date: April 3, 2007
 * ISBN: ISBN 1-4215-1042-1

Poem: "Your shadow, quietly Like a vagrant poison needle Stitches my footsteps. Your radiance, lithely Like lightning striking a water tower cuts down the source of my life."

Chapter list

 * 150. Countdown to The End:0
 * 151. Deathberry Returns
 * 152. The Speed Phantom
 * 153. Empty Dialogue
 * 154. The God of Flash
 * 155. Redoundable deeds/Redoubtable babies
 * 156. Welcome to Purgatory
 * 157. Cat And Hornet
 * 158. Sky Leopardess

English translation
Below are the names of the chapters whose names were changed in the English adaptation
 * 150 Countdown to the End: 0
 * 151 The Deathberry Returns
 * 154 "Flash Master"
 * 155 Redoundable Deeds/Redoubtable Babies
 * 157 Cat and Hornet