Zangetsu cuts off Ulquiorra's arm and wing.
Kokutō screams as he regains his body.
Ichigo kicks one of the teenagers confronting him in the face when the latter attacks him.
The
Plus of the dead boy thanks Ichigo for making the teenagers apologize.
Ichigo and the dead boy fist-bump after the latter agrees to move on to
Soul Society for the sake of his parents.
Ichigo stops Isshin with his foot when the latter attacks him.
Isshin leaves for a medical conference after entrusting Karin and Yuzu to Ichigo.
Ichigo and Renji argue over Ichigo's duties as a Substitute Shinigami.
Rukia separates Ichigo and Renji and admonishes them for always arguing.
Sado saves a girl from the falling scaffolding by protecting her with his body.
Keigo is shocked by Ichigo's lack of attention to his conversation about the accident.
Ichigo and his friends examine the debris of the scaffolding to determine what happened.
Rukia and Renji sense the strange Reiatsu coming from the high school and elsewhere in the town.
Ichigo is attacked by
Taikon in his classroom.
Ichigo activates his Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu.
Murakumo confronts Ichigo and his friends.
Taikon intercepts and absorbs Uryū's
Heilig Pfeil when he attacks Garogai.
Sado and Garogai clash with energy attacks.
Hihiō Zabimaru crashes down on the Togabito.
Renji explains the situation to Ichigo.
Taikon is prevented from pursuing Ichigo by Uryū's Heilig Pfeil.
Garogai grapples with Hihiō Zabimaru.
Murakumo's mask shatters after being hit with a Heilig Pfeil.
Murakumo is pulled back into Hell by his chains.
Rukia confronts
Shuren and
Gunjō after they kidnap Ichigo's sisters.
Ichigo arrives after protecting Rukia from Gunjō's attack.
Ichigo slashes Shuren's shoulder during their clash.
Gunjō prepares to return to Hell with Ichigo's sisters.
Kokutō saves Karin after she is torn out of Gunjō's grasp.
Kokutō confronts Gunjō and Shuren.
Gunjō opens the portal to Hell once more.
Kokutō blocks Shuren's attack with one of his chains.
Sado protects Rukia and Karin from Shuren's fireball.
Shuren demands that Ichigo destroy the Gates of Hell.
Ichigo demands answers from Kokutō.
Orihime heals Sado at the Kurosaki Clinic.
Kokutō explains his motivation for helping Ichigo.
Rukia explains what Hell is like for its inhabitants.
Kokutō decides to take Ichigo to Hell.
Kokutō claims that it is sometimes worth selling your heart to darkness.
Rukia decides she and Renji will go to Hell with Ichigo.
Rukia makes sure Renji knows what to do in the worst-case scenario.
Yuzu lies in a cage in Hell.
Ichigo and his friends enter the First Level of Hell.
Several Togabito watch the group run along the road in the First Level.
A
Kushanāda pursues the group along the path.
The Kushanāda brutally devours a Togabito
The Kushanāda casually walks through the group's combined attacks.
Ichigo's Hollow mask forms without him summoning it.
Kokutō details how Hell is bringing out Ichigo's Hollow power.
Uryū states Hell is a very risky place for Ichigo to be.
Gunjō appears next to Uryū on the wall.
Garogai removes his cloak and introduces himself.
Renji intercepts Gunjō's attack against Ichigo.
Taikon consumes Uryū's Heilig Pfeil.
Taikon swallows Rukia's Hadō #33. Sōkatsui.
Gunjō chases Ichigo along the top of the wall.
Garogai lifts a stone slab into the air.
Garogai unleashes his detachable arm.
Rukia blasts Garogai away with a Kidō spell.
Uryū and Renji confront Taikon and Garogai.
Rukia parries Gunjō's surprise attack.
Renji activates his Bankai, Hihiō Zabimaru, in preparation for fighting Garogai.
Ichigo and Kokutō enter the Third Level of Hell.
Ichigo cuts the Kushanāda in half with a Getsuga Tenshō.
Kokutō grunts in pain from his new injuries.
Kokutō reveals he had a younger sister.
Garogai stops Hihiō Zabimaru with sheer brute force.
Garogai emerges from the pool of acid.
Taikon devours thousands of Heilig Pfeil.
Taikon absorbs the blade of the Seele Schneider.
Taikon deflects the Seele Schneider with his hand.
Uryū traps Taikon in Geldschrank, a Reishi barrier.
Taikon realizes that he is doomed.
Uryū turns away as Taikon is destroyed by the contraction of Geldschrank.
Gunjō realizes what has happened to Taikon.
Gunjō shatters as he laughs at the group's confusion over the plan of the Togabito.
Ichigo pulls himself up with Kokutō's help.
Kokutō elaborates on the fate of the Togabito.
Kokutō asks Ichigo to free him from Hell.
Ichigo slashes through the bolt of fire.
Kokutō asks Shuren if he plans to take on both of them by himself.
Shuren revives Taikon, Gunjō, and Garogai.
Gunjō is revived alongside his fellow Togabito.
Taikon catches Kokutō's blade with a mouth on his chest.
Shuren forms a fire bolt to launch at Ichigo.
Kokutō cuts through one of Gunjō's tentacles.
Shuren uses a flame lance to clash with Ichigo.
Kokutō cuts Garogai in half with a single strike.
Kokutō is restrained and impaled by Gunjō.
Ichigo is surrounded by his Reiatsu as he exerts it.
Shuren prepares to fire a flame bolt.
Ichigo prepares to slash Shuren from above after donning his Hollow mask.
Ichigo moves close to Shuren for the finishing blow.
Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshō explodes in the distance.
Kokutō stabs his sword into the ground next to Ichigo's head.
Kokutō attacks Shuren to keep him from reforming and reviving.
Kokutō rips off the bandages covering his face.
Kokutō demands to know why he deserved to go to Hell.
Kokutō takes out Uryū with a single slash.
An enraged Ichigo attacks Kokutō while surging with Reiatsu.
Ichigo's Reiatsu flares up as he screams in rage.
Zangetsu builds his Cero to full power.
Kokutō grins in elation as Ichigo succumbs to his inner Hollow.
Kokutō uses his Energy Shield to protect himself from Ichigo's Cero.
Kokutō's broken chains fall to the ground.
Several immense explosions are created by Zangetsu's Cero.
Renji uses the
Hell Kidō to send Ichigo back home.
Yamamoto confers with Byakuya, Ukitake, and Hitsugaya.
A Shinigami reports that Ichigo has appeared.
Orihime's Sōten Kisshun explodes after failing to heal Yuzu.
Yuzu's red Chain of Fate is revealed, signifying that she has become a Togabito.
Ichigo screams in rage and sorrow upon realizing Yuzu is gone.
Byakuya tells Ichigo to think about his friends' intentions.
Yuzu's Chain of Fate suddenly starts glowing.
Orihime tucks Karin and Yuzu into bed.
Orihime expresses her concern that Ichigo will Hollowfy once more while in Hell.
Orihime hugs Ichigo from behind while telling him to come back.
Ichigo appears before the Shinigami at the Gates of Hell.
A Kushanāda reaches through the Gates of Hell.
Senbonzakura Kageyoshi attacks the Kushanāda.
Ichigo plunges through Hell.
Ichigo dives toward the tower where Kokutō is standing.
Renji and Uryū hang from the tree as corpses.
Rukia bursts out of the lava after being revived.
Ichigo reappears in front of Kokutō and prepares to attack.
Ichigo prepares to fire a Getsuga Tenshō.
Ichigo's Hollow mask begins to form on its own once more.
Kokutō tells Ichigo that he is helpless without his Hollow power.
Kokutō steps on Ichigo's face while explaining his philosophy.
Kokutō tells Ichigo to hate him more.
A gray substance bursts from Ichigo's mouth and abdomen.
Rukia screams Ichigo's name as she sees him Hollowfying.
The Kushanāda arrive to devour Ichigo.
Ichigo breaks off one of his horns to stop the transformation.
A Kushanāda looms behind Ichigo as his Hollowfied form disappears.
Golden light clings to Ichigo and forms armor on his body.
Rukia clutches the former location of her Chain of Fate.
Ichigo levels his blade at Kokutō after being empowered by Hell.
Kokutō's last chain is broken by Ichigo's attack.
Kokutō is bound by even more chains.
The Kushanāda bow before Ichigo as the sun shines through.
Renji and Uryū emerge from the rubble alive.
Ichigo dispels the armor and reverts to his normal form.
A Kushanāda attempts to crush Ichigo and his friends.
Rangiku hugs Hitsugaya, to his annoyance.
Karin inspects Yuzu's body.