Rescue Hirako! Aizen vs. Urahara

'''Rescue Hirako! Aizen vs. Urahara''' is the two-hundred-twelfth episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: March 17, 2009
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Velonica
 * Ending Song: Sky Chord ~Otona ni Naru Kimi e~
 * Manga Chapters: Chapter -98, Chapter -97.
 * Kanji: 平子を救え！藍染VS浦原
 * Romaji: Hirako wo sukue! Aizen VS Urahara
 * Arc: Turn Back The Pendulum Mini-Series

Summary
Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi arrive to stop Sōsuke Aizen, but Aizen is expecting this the entire time. Aizen attempts to lie by saying that he found his fellow Shinigami injured from battle, but Kisuke reveals he has been testing Hollowfication in Soul Society. Aizen flees from the scene shortly after this. Tessai uses forbidden Kidō to freeze time and bring everyone in the area back to the 12th Division research facilities. Kisuke shows Tessai the object that may be useful in saving those undergoing the Hollowfication process, the Hōgyoku.

Kisuke and Tessai were arrested and brought before Central Room 46 the next morning only to find themselves falsely accused as the ones responsible for Aizen's doing. When Kisuke tries to explain that Aizen was at fault, Room 46 declares that Aizen was in the barracks that night. Kisuke is sentenced to removal of his spirit powers, and exile to the Human World, and Tessai is sentenced to high-level imprisonment. Just before the two are detained, Yoruichi Shihōin breaks in and takes them back to her and Kisuke's hideout, along with the eight Shinigami undergoing Hollowfication. Kisuke declares that he will find out how to save them. Time flashes forward to present day at the Vizard headquarters, where it appears that Shinji Hirako had narrated the previous story. He says that they have become who they are thanks to Kisuke and Aizen. After this, they walk out of the building, ready to fight.

Characters in order of appearance

 * 1) Sōsuke Aizen
 * 2) Kisuke Urahara
 * 3) Tessai Tsukabishi
 * 4) Kaname Tōsen
 * 5) Gin Ichimaru
 * 6) Shinji Hirako
 * 7) Hiyori Sarugaki
 * 8) Rōjūrō Otoribashi
 * 9) Mashiro Kuna
 * 10) Kensei Muguruma
 * 11) Lisa Yadōmaru
 * 12) Hachigen Ushōda
 * 13) Love Aikawa
 * 14) Yoruichi Shihōin
 * 15) Rangiku Matsumoto
 * 16) Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * 17) Tetsuzaemon Iba
 * 18) Chōjirō Sasakibe
 * 19) Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto
 * 20) Sajin Komamura
 * 21) Shunsui Kyōraku
 * 22) Marechiyo Ōmaeda
 * 23) Jūshirō Ukitake
 * 24) Soifon

Powers and Techniques used
Kidō used:
 * Hadō #88
 * Bakudō #81

Techniques used:
 * (flashback)

Shinigami techniques: