Hitsugaya Moves! The Attacked City

'''Hitsugaya Moves! The Attacked City''' is the eighty-first episode of the Bleach anime.

The Bitto attack Karakura Town and allow the Bount to grow stronger. In Soul Society, Hitsugaya briefs others on their mission.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: May 23, 2006
 * English Airdate: September 20, 2008
 * Opening Song: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
 * Ending Song: Hanabi
 * Manga Chapters: None
 * Kanji: 日番谷動く！襲われた街
 * Romaji: "Hitsugaya ugoku! Osowareta machi"
 * Arc: The Bount arc

Summary
In Karakura Town, people are being attacked by flying Bount dolls. The dolls suck their victims dry and turn them into dust. Members of the Onmitsukidō attack these dolls, but are ineffective against their flying enemies.

At school, Ichigo and company have heard on the news that lots of people are missing. Ririn’s sensors still haven’t picked up anything and Kisuke Urahara is now building an even more powerful sensor.

Meanwhile, in a cave somewhere, Jin Kariya has gathered the Bount in a cave filled with crystals that mask their spiritual power. The new dolls, which also have this ingredient in them, absorb living human souls and turn those into a pure and concentrated form. With it, Jin promises that they’ll increase their power by dozens of times. He demonstrates by drinking a vial of the glowing orange liquid, which powers him up considerably. However, a Bount named Mabashi objects and uses Sawatari, who aged due to absorbing too many living souls, as an example. Jin deals with Mabashi by beating him up and throwing him around the room. He makes it clear to the others that he is the Bount’s law.

In Soul Society, Hitsugaya briefs Rangiku, Kira, Hisagi, and Yumichika about the new Bount situation. He wants the four of them to go into the real world to handle the threat.

At Urahara’s shop, Suì-Fēng has shown up with a message from Yoruichi about staying in Soul Society and doing more investigating. After she leaves, Urahara calls for Ururu and Jinta. Running through the hallway, Ururu finds Ishida staring out the window. She can’t help but feel worried for him. Ishida ends up getting dressed and preparing to leave. Urahara catches him and the two have a conversation about him regaining his powers. Ishida thinks that if he had them, Yoshino might not have died. For now, he’s just going out to find the truth.

Back in the Bount cave, all of the Bount experience the new powers that the drink gives them. Jin even forces some down Mabashi’s throat. Elsewhere in the city, Ichigo and company have split up to patrol for Bount. Renji comes across Kon looking for Ichigo and Rukia, but then hears a boy’s cry. He sees several of the dolls nearby and starts fighting them. Everyone else feels his spiritual power and rushes over. Renji cuts apart the first few, but more a huge wave of them soon shows up on the horizon. He confidently prepares to fight them also.

Shinigami Illustrated Picture Book
Rangiku Matsumoto prepares to go to the world of the living by shopping for cosmetics. She complains that her captain is nosy and that he is always hurrying her, right as Tōshirō Hitsugaya appears behind her, and yells at her to go.