Assemble! The Gotei 13

'''Assemble! The 13 Divisions''' is the twenty-fourth episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: March 15, 2005
 * English Airdate: February 16, 2007
 * Opening Song: *~Asterisk~
 * Ending Song: Thank You!!
 * Manga Chapters: Chapter 80, Chapter 81, Chapter 82.
 * Kanji: 結集！護廷13隊
 * Romaji: "Kesshū! Gotei jūsantai"
 * Arc: Soul Society: The Sneak Entry arc

Summary
Kūkaku tell's Ichigo's group how she's going to get them into the Seireitei. Then, Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko are told by Kūkaku to 'raise it up'. They then start to rotate two strange cranks. The ground under Ichigo's group begins to rise up, and the ceiling opens. Kūkaku passes an orb to Ichigo (well... More like ricochets it off of Ishida's head to Ichigo), and tells him to put spirit power into it. However, Ichigo does not know how to do this. She then tells Ganju to show Ichigo how to put spirit power into it. Ichigo, at first refuses to let him take the orb and show him. Kūkaku then hits both of them, and tells them to "Cut that crap out".

Ganju then gets up and begins a demonstration of how to put Reiryoku into the orb. It works, and a giant blue orb appears around Ganju. Kūkaku than explains that, the wall around the Seireitei is made out of a rare rock called 'Sekkiseki' and it completely rejects Reiatsu. Kūkaku explains that the orb will allow them to break through the Seireitei's defense. They then go to an underground hall to practice putting spirit power into the ball.

Elsewhere Renji and Lieutenant from Squad Seven are seen walking on a catwalk. They start walking into a room and see Hinamori, the Squad Five Lieutenant) sitting down. Then the Tenth Squad Lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto walks in. Hinamori then asks Renji if he's seen Captain Aizen lately, because he's been acting strange.

At Kūkaku's place Ichigo's group is still training. Kūkaku is seen pouring water or sake into two cups, and she says: "Sorry bro, for helping that Shinigami... But if you were alive and saw me not helping one, you'd yell at me... You who loved Shinigami... and died as one."

Orihime, Chad and Ishida go up to show the progress they've made in making the force field. If it were in places, it would go like this: First-Orihime, Second-Ishida, Third-Chad, dead last-Ichigo. Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko get mad at Ichigo, telling him he has no talent. This gets Ichigo angry and he throws the orb at them. The day goes by, and when the moon comes up, Ichigo is still trying to make the orb form a barrier around him. Meanwhile Chad, Orihime and Ishida go to eat. Once Ichigo tells Ganju why he wants to save Rukia, Ganju tells Ichigo his secret of how to make a barrier with the orb easier.

The techinique worked for Ichigo, but his Reiatsu was to strong and it started to blow away Ganju. The reason for this is because, Ichigo lost his concentration. Kūkaku started to give him a hard time for this. Because she's so angry, she decides not to give either of them dinner.

Back at the Seireitei, the Captains Meeting is being initiated. They begin to discuss matters like Rukia's execution and Ichigo's group (which we learn are called 'Ryoka'). During the meeting, the intruder alarm goes off. We next see Rukia who says "Ichigo..."

Kon-sama's Ultimate Shinigami Illustrated Guide
The featured character is Marechiyo Ōmaeda

Characters in order of appearance

 * Ichigo Kurosaki
 * Uryū Ishida
 * Orihime Inoue
 * Kūkaku Shiba
 * Ganju Shiba
 * Yasutora Sado
 * Yoruichi Shihōin
 * Koganehiko
 * Shiroganehiko
 * Renji Abarai
 * Tetsuzaemon Iba
 * Momo Hinamori
 * Rangiku Matsumoto
 * Sōsuke Aizen
 * Taichi Miyamoto
 * Gin Ichimaru
 * Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto
 * Soifon
 * Retsu Unohana
 * Byakuya Kuchiki
 * Sajin Komamura
 * Shunsui Kyōraku
 * Kaname Tōsen
 * Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * Kenpachi Zaraki
 * Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * Rukia Kuchiki