Miracle! The Mysterious New Hero

'''Miracle! The Mysterious New Hero''' is the thirty-third episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: May 26, 2005
 * English Airdate: May 13, 2007
 * Opening Song: D-tecnoLife
 * Ending Song: Houkiboshi
 * Manga Chapters: Chapter 88.5 (Karakura Heroes omake)
 * Kanji: 奇跡！謎の新ヒーロー
 * Romaji: "Kiseki! Nazo no shinhīrō"
 * Arc: Soul Society: The Sneak Entry arc

Summary
Karin and Yuzu begins noticing many strange things that have been happening lately. Karin says it must be the Hollows and suddenly a cat falls seemingly from the sky onto Yuzu. The Hollows try to attack, but Karin wards them off. With that incident over, Yuzu says the cat reminds her of Ichigo. The girls note that the cat gives them a strange feeling.

At Urahara's shop, Jinta says no one will be coming to the shop and then another Hollow appears. After it's destroyed by Ururu, Jinta notes that a lot of those have been appearing since Ichigo left. He decides to eavesdrop on Urahara, who questions if he's been getting enough excercise lately. His assistant offers him a product, and while they are distracted, the kids decide to leave.

Elsewhere, Yuzu has named the cat Raku. They come home to find a hot-pink car in front of their house. Don Kan'onji emerges, and asks if they are Ichigo's sisters. He says Ichigo is his number one student and seems heartbroken when the girls tell him that Ichigo's gone. Yuzu suddenly notices that she can see Hollows, who are easily dodging Don's attacks. When Don gets kidnapped and is starting to float away, Jinta, appearing out of the blue, saves him. Now that he's attracted attention, Don basks in the glory for a moment before dashing away. Elsewhere, the children introduce each other and Jinta and Ururu announce that the Hollows are attracted to Raku. Don interrupts the moment by saying that he's amazed at meeting so many gifted children. He offers to train them, at which all the children eagerly jump for their own reasons. Ururu says that the cat will always be attacked unless they put it's soul to rest.

They seek Urahara for counsel, but he's out to lunch. At this point, Hollows appear and Ururu helps Yuzu escape and returns to fight the Hollows. Elsewhere, Don changes into his star outfit and tells the children that they will be helping him fight hollows. He announces that they will be on a TV show and be "red", which is the Japanese word for a main character. Jinta and Karin argue over who's going to be Red, but they are interrupted with the task of finding Yuzu. Yuzu has since escaped to the roof and is completely surrounded. When all hope seems lost, Raku creates a sheild to hold the Hollows back.

When the Hollows re-attack, Don's crew begin their assault. During their entrance, Karin and Jinta continue arguing over who's going to be red, and Kanoji says that he will judge by their performance. They attack the Hollows, with Don mostly talking about who's the better fighter. Trying to escape, Yuzu trips and is saved by Ururu. Suddenly, all the Hollows merge to form one giant Hollow. It begins attacking and Yuzu along with Raku are knocked off the building. As they fall, Raku changes into a fiery lion and saves Yuzu. Raku faces the Hollow and completely devastates the foe. The Kan'onji crew tries to help and with some teamwork actually gets the job done. Raku fades back into a cat afterwards and Yuzu remembers that she met Raku once before. She offered him some food because he was a stray in a construction site. He tried to follow her home and he gets hit by a car.

Later, Raku has returned to normal and is sitting in Yuzu's lap. Yuzu decides to keep the transformation of Raku a secretn when Raku disappears, returning to the sky he fell from. Yuzu starts crying, feeling bad that she couldn't help Raku. Jinta tries to reassure her, to no avail, while Karin tries to comfort her.

Kon-sama's Ultimate Shinigami Illustrated Guide
The featured character is Nanao Ise.