A Miraculous Body! Ggio Releases

'''A Miraculous Body! Ggio Releases''' is the two-hundred and twenty-third episode of the Bleach anime.

Ōmaeda and Soifon struggle against their opponents but are eventually able to win.

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 * Original Airdate: June 9, 2009
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Shōjo S
 * Ending Song: Kimi wo Mamotte, Kimi wo Aishite
 * Manga Chapters: Chapter 332 (from page 6), Chapter 333 (to page 13).
 * Kanji: 驚異の肉体！ジオ解放
 * Romaji: Kyōi no nikutai! Jio kaihō
 * Arc: The Fake Karakura Town Arc

Summary
As Mamut's trunk is about to crush him, Ōmaeda suddenly flash steps and appears on Nirgge's back. He explains that as the lieutenant of the 2nd Division and a squad leader in the Onmitsukidō he is in no way out of shape. With that he releases his Gegetsuburi and hits Nirgge square in his face with a flail attack.

Ōmaeda approaches Nirgge's body and starts to kick and taunt him, believing the Fracción to be dead. When Nirgge wakes up from his very temporary fainting he wraps Ōmaeda up in his trunk and starts pulling his nose. Right then, Soifon hits Nirgge's head, thrown by one of Ggio's attacks. The impact breaks off one of Mamut's tusks and knocks Nirgge out cold again.

Ōmaeda, runs to his captain's aid but she berates him for turning his back on an enemy. Believing Ggio to be an Espada, Ōmaeda suggests they fight him together but Soifon refuses saying she considers Ōmaeda a disgrace. Ggio's next attack destroys the building they were standing on, but Soifon escapes impact. Ggio and Soifon continue to spar and Ōmaeda notes that she is on the defensive, he rules out the possibility that the captain is pretending to lose, believing her to be too proud for that.

Ōmaeda decides not to help his captain for fear of being turned down again, when the revived Nirgge cuts his decision making process short, hitting him with his trunk and throwing him into another building which collapses on top of him. Soifon, thrown off by her apparent concern to her lieutenant is nearly hit by Ggio's attack.

Nirgge, who believed Ōmaeda to be killed, is surprised to see him come up from under a concrete slab. Ōmaeda releases and hits Nirgge with his flail again, then uses it as a shield against Nirgge's attack. While Ōmaeda is busy watching his captain's fight with Ggio, Mamut's trunk creeps on him and wraps around his foot. Nirgge whips him around crashing him through the walls of several buildings.

Ōmaeda must come up with a plan to take out Nirgge and help his captain in one move. Nirgge charges a Cero and pulls Ōmaeda towards it. Ōmaeda grabs Gegetsuburi and swings it past Nirgge's head, using the momentum of Nirgge's swing and his own swing to kick Nirgge in the face. He then continues his trajectory through the air, blocking Ggio's finishing strike against the pinned up Soifon with his flail.

The surprised Ggio orders Ōmaeda out of the way but Ōmaeda ignores him and grabs him, calling for his captain to finish him off. However Ggio charges a Cero, which forces Soifon to free herself and hit Ggio before he can launch. She reveals that she held back because she wanted to see an Arrancar's Resurrección in order to prepare for the Espada, but now she decided she's seen enough. She reproaches Ōmaeda for meddling in and turns his attention to the fact that Nirgge is still alive, she orders him to kill Nirgge before joining her.

Nirgge chases Ōmaeda around, eventually causing him to fall. Eager to finish off the fallen Shinigami, Nirgge tries to crush him with his trunk again, basically falling for the same trick he fell for moments ago. Ōmaeda flash steps above him and hits him with his flail, finishing him off.

Ggio, angered by Soifon's taunting, uses his full release, Tigre Estoque El Sable. Before he can even finish his transformation, Soifon finishes him off with Nigeki Kessatsu, piercing him once from the front and once from the back but hitting his lung at the same spot both times. Seeing his entire Fracción was defeated, Barragan rises from his throne.

Shinigami Zanpakutō Introductions
Rukia Kuchiki introduces Renji Abarai's Zanpakutō, Zabimaru.

Characters in order of appearance

 * 1) Marechiyo Ōmaeda
 * 2) Nirgge Parduoc
 * 3) Soifon
 * 4) Ggio Vega
 * 5) Barragan Luisenbarn

Powers and Techniques used
Techniques used
 * (Marechiyo Ōmaeda, Soifon)

Hollow techniques
 * (Nirgge Parduoc, Ggio Vega)

Zanpakutō released:

Shikai: Resurrección: