Urgent Report! Aizen's Terrifying Plan!

'''Urgent Report! Aizen's Terrifying Plan!''' is the one-hundred-twenty-fifth episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: May 9, 2007
 * English Airdate: June 13, 2009
 * Opening Song: Alones
 * Ending Song: Tsumasaki
 * Manga Chapters: Chapter 221, Chapter 222, Chapter 223.
 * Kanji: 緊急報告！藍染の恐るべき計画
 * Romaji: "Kinkyū hōkoku! Aizen no osorubeki keikaku!"
 * Arc: The Arrancar arc

Summary
Ichigo Kurosaki wakes up in a mysterious world facing a Kenpachi Zaraki that is ready to kill him. In the Human World, the almost completely Hollow form of Ichigo is now fighting against the Vizard Love Aikawa. Watching from outside the barrier, Kensei Muguruma tells Lisa Yadōmaru that out of their group, Hiyori took the longest to do this with a time of 69 minutes and 2 seconds. In comparison, Ichigo has already taken 68 minutes and 44 seconds. Back inside the mysterious world, Ichigo tries to tell Zaraki that their fight is already over, but Zaraki asserts that a fight is not over until only one person is left alive and that you do not need a reason to fight. Zaraki claims that Ichigo wants to fight and wants power - they were born that way. With Zaraki urging him to fight and memories of his past battles filling his mind, Ichigo finally regains his senses in his inner world and pulls the sword out of his abdomen.

He stabs Hollow Ichigo with it, turning Hollow Ichigo clothes black, just like his own. Hollow Ichigo admits defeat, saying that Ichigo can be king for now, but he warns that if Ichigo lets down his guard even a little, he will crush Ichigo. He also says that if Ichigo wants to control his real power, then Ichigo needs to stay alive until his Hollow side appears again. Ichigo's Hollow body in the real world has been charging a Cero to fire at Love, but when the internal fight ended, there is a large explosion. The real Ichigo sheds the Hollow skin and falls to the ground soon after. He tells Shinji Hirako that it does not feel bad, and then tells himself that he will not allow his Hollow side to crush him.

Elsewhere, Orihime Inoue is coming back from school while trying to keep from being depressed about Ichigo not showing up. She thinks about going out for snacks with Tatsuki Arisawa, but then remembers that Tatsuki has not been energetic recently either. When she arrives home, Mrs. Shinmura tells her that her house guests have moved some unusual equipment into her apartment. She finds that Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto have installed a special giant television-like screen in the apartment that allows them to communicate with Soul Society. Using it, Hitsugaya contacts Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and learns that the Sōsuke Aizen’s true objective has been confirmed.

Jūshirō Ukitake had been investigating the Great Spirits Library when he discovered a document unrelated to the Hōgyoku that Aizen had accessed. This document had been about the Ōken - the key of the royal family. Orihime does not know what they are talking about, so Rangiku and Yamamoto explain that there is a king of Soul Society who has a symbolic and absolute existence. This king lives in a different dimension inside of Soul Society, and the key opens up that dimension. From all of this, Yamamoto has concluded that Aizen intends to kill the king, but it is more complicated than that. The location of the key is only orally passed down between generations of the captain-commanders of the Gotei 13, so there are no written records. What Aizen had been looking at was the way to create the key, and this requires 100,000 souls along with a jūreichi - a place with a great density of spirit particles. The current location of this in the Human World is Karakura Town, and if Aizen completes a key in the way the documents say to, then everything around there would be wiped out forever.

Yamamoto says that the Gotei 13 will stop him, and that the Hōgyoku will awaken completely after four months. Until then, Aizen will not attack. Yamamoto estimates that the decisive battle will be fought in the winter, so they need to train and prepare for it. He also specifically asks for the help of Orihime and everyone in the Human World. He wants her to go tell Ichigo. After Orihime runs out, Rangiku leaves too to go tell Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa. Yamamoto stops Hitsugaya from going with her because there is someone who has been waiting to speak with him: Momo Hinamori. As Orihime hurries her way towards Ichigo, Renji Abarai is training Yasutora Sado and Ryūken Ishida is training Uryū.

Arrancar Encyclopedia
Gin Ichimaru introduces a new segment explaining about the Arrancar. He explains that an Arrancar is a Hollow that has transformed after having its mask ripped off, claiming that it is fun to guess what they will look like after removing their mask, comparing it to gambling. Aizen appears, saying that it is rather fun. Gin says that he likes doing that.

Characters in order of appearance

 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Kenpachi Zaraki
 * 3) Love Aikawa
 * 4) Hiyori Sarugaki
 * 5) Lisa Yadōmaru
 * 6) Kensei Muguruma
 * 7) Zangetsu (flashback)
 * 8) Renji Abarai (flashback)
 * 9) Byakuya Kuchiki (flashback)
 * 10) Jin Kariya (flashback)
 * 11) Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (flashback)
 * 12) Hollow Ichigo
 * 13) Mashiro Kuna
 * 14) Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi
 * 15) Hachigen Ushōda
 * 16) Shinji Hirako
 * 17) Orihime Inoue
 * 18) Tatsuki Arisawa (flashback)
 * 19) Shinmura
 * 20) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 21) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 22) Rin Tsubokura
 * 23) Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto
 * 24) Sōsuke Aizen (flashback)
 * 25) Chōjirō Sasakibe
 * 26) Jūshirō Ukitake
 * 27) Shunsui Kyōraku
 * 28) Nanao Ise
 * 29) Kiyone Kotetsu
 * 30) Sentarō Kotsubaki
 * 31) Rukia Kuchiki (flashback)
 * 32) Yasutora Sado
 * 33) Momo Hinamori
 * 34) Renji Abarai
 * 35) Kisuke Urahara
 * 36) Uryū Ishida
 * 37) Ryūken Ishida

Powers and Techniques used
Kidō used:
 * Hachi's unnamed barrier

Hollow techniques:

Zanpakutō released

Bankai:

Other powers:
 * Quincy Bow & Spirit Arrows
 * Quincy Bow & Spirit Arrows