Assemble! The Gotei 13

'''Assemble! The 13 Divisions''' is the twenty-fourth episode of the Bleach anime.

As Ichigo continues working to get into Seireitei, the Gotei 13 captains have a meeting.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: March 15, 2005
 * English Airdate: February 16, 2007
 * Opening Song: *~Asterisk~
 * Ending Song: Thank You!!
 * Manga Chapters: Chapter 80, Chapter 81, Chapter 82.
 * Kanji: 結集！護廷13隊
 * Romaji: "Kesshū! Gotei jūsantai"
 * Arc: Soul Society: The Sneak Entry arc

Summary
Kūkaku tells Ichigo's group how she is going to get them into the Seireitei. Then, Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko are told by Kūkaku to 'raise it up'. They then start to rotate two strange cranks. The ground under Ichigo's group begins to rise up, and the ceiling opens. Kūkaku passes an orb to Ichigo (well... More like ricochets it off of Uryū's head to Ichigo), and tells him to put spirit power into it. However, Ichigo does not know how to do this. She then tells Ganju to show Ichigo how to put spirit power into it. Ichigo, at first refuses to let him take the orb and show him. Kūkaku then hits both of them, and tells them to "Cut that crap out".

Ganju then gets up and begins a demonstration of how to put Reiryoku into the orb. It works, and a giant blue orb appears around Ganju. Kūkaku than explains that, the wall around the Seireitei is made out of a rare rock called 'Sekkiseki' and it completely rejects reiatsu. Kūkaku explains that the orb will allow them to break through the Seireitei's defense. They then go to an underground hall to practice putting spirit power into the ball.

Elsewhere Renji and the Lieutenant from the 7th Division are seen walking on a catwalk. They start walking into a room and see Momo Hinamori, the 5th Division Lieutenant, sitting down. Then the 10th Division's lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto, walks in. Momo then asks Renji if he's seen Captain Aizen lately, because he's been acting strange.

At Kūkaku's place Ichigo's group is still training. Kūkaku is seen pouring water or sake into two cups, and she says: "Sorry bro, for helping that Shinigami... But if you were alive and saw me not helping one, you'd yell at me... You who loved Shinigami... and died as one."

Orihime, Chad and Uryū go up to show the progress they've made in making the force field. If it were in places, it would go like this: First-Orihime, Second-Uryū, Third-Chad, dead last-Ichigo. Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko get mad at Ichigo, telling him he has no talent. This gets Ichigo angry and he throws the orb at them. The day goes by, and when the moon comes up, Ichigo is still trying to make the orb form a barrier around him. Meanwhile Chad, Orihime and Uryū go to eat. Once Ichigo tells Ganju why he wants to save Rukia, Ganju tells Ichigo his secret of how to make a barrier with the orb easier.

The technique worked for Ichigo, but his reiatsu was to strong and it started to blow away Ganju. After Kūkaku arrived and yelled at Ichigo to back off his Reiatsu he does, but the Orb explodes. The reason for this is because, Ichigo lost his concentration. Kūkaku started to give him a hard time for this and because of this, she decides not to give either of them dinner.

Back at the Seireitei, the Captains Meeting is being initiated. They begin to discuss matters like Rukia's execution and Ichigo's group (which we learn are called "Ryoka"). During the meeting, the intruder alarm goes off. We next see Rukia who says "Ichigo..."

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