BURN THE WITCH (Serialization)

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541. THE BLADE AND ME 2
Ichigo Kurosaki confronts "Zangetsu," who reveals his motives.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Yhwach (flashback)
 * 3) Zangetsu
 * 4) Hollow Ichigo (flashback)

542. THE BLADE IS ME
Ichigo wields the reforged Zangetsu. Meanwhile, Yhwach prepares to make an announcement to his Sternritter.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Zangetsu (flashback)
 * 2) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 3) Hollow Ichigo (flashback)
 * 4) Ōetsu Nimaiya
 * 5) Nonomi Nomino
 * 6) Tokie Tonokawa
 * 7) Mera Hiuchigashima
 * 8) Tsumiko Tsuchimiya
 * 9) Hasuka Hashihara
 * 10) Yhwach

543. Letters
Yhwach announces to the Sternritter that Uryū Ishida will be his successor.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Yhwach
 * 2) Uryū Ishida
 * 3) Bambietta Basterbine
 * 4) Bazz-B
 * 5) Unnamed Male Sternritter
 * 6) Äs Nödt
 * 7) Mask De Masculine
 * 8) BG9
 * 9) NaNaNa Najahkoop
 * 10) Cang Du
 * 11) Jugram Haschwalth
 * 12) Askin Nakk Le Vaar
 * 13) Unnamed Male Sternritter 2

544. Walking With Watchers
As the Sternritter continue to come to terms with Uryū's appointment as Yhwach's successor, Orihime meets up with Sado and Kisuke again.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Uryū Ishida
 * 2) Yhwach
 * 3) Unnamed Wandenreich Soldier
 * 4) Bambietta Basterbine
 * 5) Liltotto Lamperd
 * 6) Meninas McAllon
 * 7) Candice Catnipp
 * 8) Giselle Gewelle
 * 9) Jugram Haschwalth
 * 10) Unnamed Female Wandenreich
 * 11) Mask De Masculine (flashback)
 * 12) Bazz-B (flashback)
 * 13) Askin Nakk Le Vaar (flashback)
 * 14) Orihime Inoue
 * 15) Yasutora Sado
 * 16) Unidentified Individual
 * 17) Kisuke Urahara

545. Blue Stripes
As Renji and Rukia progress through the Soul King Palace, the Visored and Shunsui are active in the Human World.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Yuzu Kurosaki
 * 2) Isshin Kurosaki
 * 3) Karin Kurosaki
 * 4) Renji Abarai
 * 5) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 6) Tenjirō Kirinji
 * 7) Byakuya Kuchiki
 * 8) Senjumaru Shutara (flashback)
 * 9) Ichibei Hyōsube
 * 10) Momo Hinamori
 * 11) Shinji Hirako
 * 12) Hiyori Sarugaki
 * 13) Hachigen Ushōda
 * 14) Lisa Yadōmaru
 * 15) Love Aikawa
 * 16) Keigo Asano
 * 17) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 18) Mizuiro Kojima
 * 19) Shunsui Kyōraku

546. THE LAST 9DAYS
As Shunsui informs Ichigo's friends he may have to stay in Soul Society, Orihime wishes the peace could last forever, and Yhwach reveals the final part of the Quincy legend.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Keigo Asano
 * 2) Shunsui Kyōraku
 * 3) Tatsuki Arisawa
 * 4) Mizuiro Kojima
 * 5) Orihime Inoue
 * 6) Yasutora Sado
 * 7) Yhwach
 * 8) Uryū Ishida
 * 9) Jugram Haschwalth
 * 10) Hiyosu
 * 11) Akon

547. Peace from Shadows
As the Seireitei is completely replaced by the Wandenreich, the Gotei 13 are confronted by the Sternritter.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 2) Momo Hinamori
 * 3) Shinji Hirako
 * 4) Isane Kotetsu
 * 5) Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi
 * 6) Tetsuzaemon Iba
 * 7) Marechiyo Ōmaeda
 * 8) Shunsui Kyōraku
 * 9) Nanao Ise
 * 10) Kiyone Kotetsu
 * 11) Sentarō Kotsubaki
 * 12) Jūshirō Ukitake
 * 13) Hiyosu
 * 14) Akon
 * 15) Female Researcher
 * 16) Yhwach
 * 17) Askin Nakk Le Vaar
 * 18) Jugram Haschwalth
 * 19) Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * 20) Nemu Kurotsuchi
 * 21) Bazz-B
 * 22) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 23) Rangiku Matsumoto

548. The Thin Ice
While Marechiyo Ōmaeda is confronted by BG9, Hitsugaya and Matsumoto battle Bazz-B.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Marechiyo Ōmaeda
 * 2) Mareyo Ōmaeda
 * 3) BG9
 * 4) Bazz-B
 * 5) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 6) Rangiku Matsumoto

549. The StormBringer
As Hitsugaya and Matsumoto finish their fight with Bazz-B, Ōmaeda battles BG9, who exploits the presence of the lieutenant's own family against him.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Bazz-B
 * 2) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 3) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 4) Marechiyo Ōmaeda
 * 5) BG9
 * 6) Mareyo Ōmaeda
 * 7) Suì-Fēng
 * 8) Yoruichi Shihōin (flashback)

550. Blazing Bullets
As Mayuri and Askin Nakk Le Varr exchange banter about the situation, Hitsugaya and Suì-Fēng are having difficulties fighting their opponents.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * 2) Nemu Kurotsuchi
 * 3) Askin Nakk Le Vaar
 * 4) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 5) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 6) Bazz-B
 * 7) Suì-Fēng
 * 8) BG9
 * 9) Marechiyo Ōmaeda

551. The Burnt Offerings
As Nanao Ise demonstrates her new Kidō spell, Tōshirō Hitsugaya is forced to flee from his opponent.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Jugram Haschwalth
 * 2) Shunsui Kyōraku
 * 3) Nanao Ise
 * 4) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 5) Bazz-B
 * 6) Cang Du
 * 7) Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * 8) Kisuke Urahara (voice)

552. The Fundamental Virulence
While Cang Du continues his assault on the 10th Division, Urahara divulges the details of his discovery regarding Quincy's ability to steal a Bankai.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Bazz-B
 * 2) Cang Du
 * 3) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 4) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 5) Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * 6) Kisuke Urahara
 * 7) Akon
 * 8) Coyote Starrk (flashback)
 * 9) Baraggan Louisenbairn (flashback)
 * 10) Ulquiorra Cifer (flashback)
 * 11) Yammy Llargo (flashback)
 * 12) Emilou Apacci (flashback)
 * 13) Cyan Sung-Sun (flashback)
 * 14) Franceska Mila Rose (flashback)
 * 15) Asguiaro Ebern (flashback)
 * 16) Tier Harribel (flashback)
 * 17) Shunsui Kyōraku
 * 18) Nanao Ise
 * 19) Shinji Hirako
 * 20) Marechiyo Ōmaeda

553. Frozen Cross
Hitsugaya and Suì-Fēng fight back against their Sternritter opponents as Urahara's invention takes effect.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Cang Du
 * 2) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 3) BG9
 * 4) Suì-Fēng
 * 5) Marechiyo Ōmaeda

554. Desperate Lights
Uryū Ishida and Yhwach discuss the turn of events, while Shinji Hirako and Sajin Komamura confront Bambietta Basterbine.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Bazz-B
 * 2) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 3) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 4) Bambietta Basterbine
 * 5) Cang Du
 * 6) BG9
 * 7) Äs Nödt
 * 8) Yhwach
 * 9) Uryū Ishida
 * 10) Sajin Komamura
 * 11) Shinji Hirako
 * 12) Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * 13) Kisuke Urahara

555. THE HERO
As Ichigo heads towards the Seireitei, Bambietta's comrades discuss the activation of the Vollständig.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Senjumaru Shutara
 * 2) Tenjirō Kirinji
 * 3) Ichigo Kurosaki
 * 4) Ichibei Hyōsube
 * 5) Kirio Hikifune
 * 6) Kisuke Urahara
 * 7) Sajin Komamura
 * 8) Bambietta Basterbine
 * 9) Shinji Hirako
 * 10) Candice Catnipp
 * 11) Giselle Gewelle
 * 12) Meninas McAllon
 * 13) Liltotto Lamperd

556. The Wolfsbane
Komamura protects Shinji and Momo from Bambietta, before revealing the technique he learned from his great-grandfather.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Shinji Hirako
 * 2) Bambietta Basterbine
 * 3) Sajin Komamura
 * 4) Momo Hinamori
 * 5) Sajin Komamura's Great-Grandfather (flashback)

557. 命はとうに置いてきた
Komamura takes the fight to Bambietta with his armorless Bankai.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Bambietta Basterbine
 * 2) Sajin Komamura
 * 3) Sajin Komamura's Great-Grandfather

558. 狼の心臓
As Bambietta is defeated, Komamura's Humanification technique turns him into a wolf. Meanwhile, Rukia and Renji approach the Seireitei from above.

Summary:

Characters in order of appearance:
 * 1) Sajin Komamura
 * 2) Sajin Komamura's Great-Grandfather
 * 3) Bambietta Basterbine
 * 4) Kaname Tōsen (flashback)
 * 5) Shūhei Hisagi (flashback)
 * 6) Tetsuzaemon Iba
 * 7) Candice Catnipp
 * 8) Liltotto Lamperd
 * 9) Giselle Gewelle
 * 10) Meninas McAllon
 * 11) Rukia Kuchiki
 * 12) Renji Abarai