Bount! The Ones Who Hunt Souls

'''Bount! The Ones Who Hunt Souls''' is the sixty ninth episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: February 14, 2006
 * English Airdate: June 22, 2008
 * Opening Song: Ichirin no Hana
 * Ending Song: My Pace
 * Manga Chapters: None
 * Kanji: バウント!魂を狩る者たち
 * Romaji: "Baunto! Tamashī o karu mono tachi"
 * Arc: The Bount arc

Summary
Sado puts Nova in a turtle doll that he won out of a machine, while Inoue puts Claude into a rabbit doll. Ichigo is trying to find a suitable one for the picky Ririn, but she accidentally steps on his shinigami battle license and gets her mod soul tossed into a bird doll. After kicking Kon out for laughing at her, Ririn later senses the Bount and alerts Ichigo. He arrives on the scene just as the female Bount has started to eat a woman’s soul. He succeeds in cornering her, but she summons a fire beast she calls her “Doll.” Ichigo manages to cut off one of the Doll’s arms, but it easily reattaches back.

His friends - Sado, Inoue, Claude, Nova, and Kon - have also sensed the Bount, but have gone a different way. They find a body that turns into sand right before their eyes and briefly encounter a male Bount. Back at the fight, Ichigo can’t find a way to stop the Doll until he hits its weak point, the heart. However, the victory is short-lived because the Doll re-forms and subsequently buries them in rubble. It powers up a pair of fireballs, but they never reach their destination because of a lightning bolt from the sky. Ichigo is astonished to see the familiar face in front of him: Rukia.