The Reversal of Rukia, the Rampaging Blade

The Reversal of Rukia, the Rampaging Blade is the one-hundred-seventy-seventh episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: June 25, 2008
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Chu-Bura
 * Ending Song: Orange
 * Manga Chapters: None
 * Kanji: 逆転のルキア、暴走する刀
 * Romaji: "Gyakuten no Rukia! Bōsōsuru katana"
 * Arc: The New Captain Shūsuke Amagai arc

Summary
Rukia uses kidō to restrain Jinnai, and freezes him with her shikai. He breaks free from the ice, but is consumed by his bakkōtō when it draws too much energy from him. Before Rukia can retrieve the bakōtō, several assassins arrive and take it. Ishida realizes that Kuzuryū is using his bakkōtō to fuse with the surrounding mist, and uses his Sprenger technique to defeat him. However, Ishida is caught in the blast radius and is injured. Chad destroys the surrounding walls to stop Genba's attacks, and in a clash between the combatants' strongest attacks, Chad is victorious. Ichigo fights Hanza, and using the enhanced speed from his bankai, breaks Saiga's mirror. In response, Hanza uses one of Saiga's abilities to engulfs Ichigo in light from the shards of the mirror.

Characters in order of appearance

 * Rukia Kuchiki
 * Jinnai Dōko
 * Ryūsei Kenzaki
 * Rurichiyo Kasumiōji
 * Rusaburō Enkōgawa
 * Uryū Ishida
 * Ryū Kuzu
 * Assassins
 * Yasutora Sado
 * Genga
 * Orihime Inoue


 * Hanza Nukui
 * Ichigo Kurosaki

Powers and Techniques used
Kidō used: Techniques used:
 * Hadō #33
 * Bakudō #4, Hainawa (這縄, Crawling Rope)
 * Bakudō #1 Sai (塞, Restrain)


 * La Muerte (魔人の一撃 (ラ・ムエルテ), The Strike of the Demon)
 * La Muerte (魔人の一撃 (ラ・ムエルテ), The Strike of the Demon)
 * La Muerte (魔人の一撃 (ラ・ムエルテ), The Strike of the Demon)
 * La Muerte (魔人の一撃 (ラ・ムエルテ), The Strike of the Demon)
 * La Muerte (魔人の一撃 (ラ・ムエルテ), The Strike of the Demon)

Zanpakutō released:

Shikai: Bankai:

Bakkōtō used:
 * Retsurai (烈雷, Furious Thunder)
 * Shiragiri (白霧, Pale Mist)

Other powers: