Shunsui Kyōraku vs. Lille Barro is a conflict taking place during the Quincy Blood War that focuses on Captain-Commander Shunsui Kyōraku's battle against Sternritter "X" Lille Barro after the latter begins gunning down his subordinates in Wahrwelt.
Prelude[]
Shūhei Hisagi is shot by Lille Barro after straying from the rest of the Shinigami.
After the captains and lieutenants of the Gotei 13 invade Wahrwelt and begin running toward the main palace, Sternritter "X" Lille Barro adjusts a dial on his Spirit Weapon, Diagramm, and looks through the scope at them. Observing that the group is slowly breaking up due to each individual's stamina, ability to adapt to the Reishi-dense environment of the Soul King Palace, and preexisting injuries, Lille focuses on 9th Division Lieutenant Shūhei Hisagi, inhales, and fires a Heilig Pfeil through Hisagi's upper arms and chest, knocking him down and leaving a large hole running through his torso from the side as the others stop and turn back to look at him in shock.[2]
Kiyone Kotetsu is shot through the chest by Lille while attempting to help Hisagi.
With 2nd Division Lieutenant Marechiyo Ōmaeda and 13th Division 3rd Seat Kiyone Kotetsu rushing back to help Hisagi as the others continue running ahead, Lille muses that all living things die when they stray from the pack and fires another Heilig Pfeil through Marechiyo's left shoulder to down him before punching a hole through the center of a stunned Kiyone's chest, which causes Captain-Commander Shunsui Kyōraku to realize they are being targeted. Ordered by Shunsui to keep moving and split up, the captains and lieutenants begin dispersing, though 4th Division Lieutenant Isane Kotetsu and 13th Division 3rd Seat Sentarō Kotsubaki are shot through when they run back to the wounded.[2]
Kisuke Urahara notes that Mayuri Kurotsuchi should be fine despite his Reiatsu fluctuating.
As the rest of the captains and lieutenants split up among the buildings, Lille calls them sinful for believing that they can escape him.[2] After Lille notices Sternritter "A" Uryū Ishida's defeat of 6th Division Lieutenant Renji Abarai,[3] the captains and lieutenants running toward the castle are startled by the sensation of 12th Division Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Reiatsu fluctuating, though Kisuke Urahara notes that he should be fine. However, a concurring Captain-Commander Shunsui Kyōraku observes that the real problem is how the surrounding Reiatsu has decreased to the point where they can sense large fluctuations from so far away.[4]
Lille observes the remaining Shinigami from a building far behind them.
With 5th Division Captain Shinji Hirako lamenting how they do not know where the enemy is attacking from and that slowing down would give them an even bigger advantage, Lille observes them from a building far behind the group and muses that they must be terrified before admitting that he would be too because they are losing their comrades one at a time to attacks coming from a great distance. While Shunsui asserts that they still do not know anything about the enemy targeting them after all this time, Lille concludes that anyone who is not afraid is either a fool or a worthless fighter who deserves to be abandoned as Shunsui stops running.[5]
Shunsui is shot through the chest right after discovering Lille's location.
When Shunsui draws his Zanpakutō in preparation for finding Lille, Shinji chastises him for not listening to what he just said about slowing down. Suddenly, just as he sees a green beacon of Reiatsu at Lille's location and announces that he has found him, Shunsui is shot through the chest by Lille and coughs up blood while he begins to fall backward, prompting Shinji and his lieutenant, Nanao Ise, to rush to him in shock and concern. Above them, Lille details how a pack will always collapse with a single foolish action no matter how well it is unified, which he has seen countless times, and expresses disappointment in the Shinigami being no different.[6]
Shunsui reveals that he is unharmed and surprises Lille with Daruma-san ga Koronda.
However, Lille but is confused when he hears Shunsui calling out a children's song right before the latter appears behind him unharmed with his Shikai, Katen Kyōkotsu, released and completes Daruma-san ga Koronda by slashing down at Lille, who quickly evades him. Having severed most of the barrel of Lille's Spirit Weapon, Diagramm, Shunsui praises his reflexes and promises his life will be the next thing he loses.[7] Internally musing on Shunsui covering the distance between their locations without being sensed, Lille wonders how Shunsui got behind him so quickly prior to Shunsui questioning if he has never played Daruma-san ga Koronda before. With Lille confused by the name, Shunsui acknowledges that their respective cultures are too different for this to have happened and turns to the side to praise Nanao, who is standing behind a nearby corner, for keeping up with him all the way here.[8]
Nanao Ise reveals that she has followed Shunsui to his confrontation with Lille.
When Nanao steps out and claims that this does not sound like a compliment, Shunsui orders her to return to the group since it is too dangerous here, only for her to refuse. Once Shunsui tells her to inform the others that they need to go on ahead instead, Nanao accepts this with a promise to return afterward and threatens to shave the chest hair off Shunsui's chest if he dies before she returns, leaving Shunsui nervously stating that this would prevent anyone from recognizing him if she did so. While Nanao departs by leaping between buildings to return to the group, Shunsui observes that she is sounding more and more like Lisa Yadōmaru.[9]
Shunsui explains the rules of Daruma-san ga Koronda to Lille since there is no Daten on it.
An unimpressed Lille asks him if he is done with his charade, which Shunsui is bemused by, and reveals that the Wandenreich has Daten on every battle fought by the captains and lieutenants of the Gotei 13. After describing the power of Katen Kyōkotsu as turning children's games into reality, Lille inquires if the technique that Shunsui used was one such game. Affirming this and musing that he did not use it against Coyote Starrk, Shunsui explains how Daruma-san ga Koronda is a game where the participant, who is "it", looks behind themselves after saying the verse with their eyes closed, with the losers being whoever is caught moving.[10]
Lille deduces how Daruma-san ga Koronda lets Shunsui follow a Reiatsu path to an attacker.
After Shunsui details the three rules of the person marked "it" needing to be in a clearly visible location, the others losing if they are caught moving, and the others winning if they can touch the person marked "it" before they are caught moving, Lille identifies the game as a variant of Chocolate Inglés, leading a disappointed Shunsui to point out that he does know the game after all as Lille deduces how using Daruma-san ga Koronda lets Shunsui see the Reiatsu of an attack no matter where it is coming from, which then allows him to follow the shortest trail of Reiatsu in order to touch the attacker before the attacker sees him while an illusory static image of him is left behind.[11]
Shunsui grins as Lille concludes he will die if he is on the losing end of a game.
As Shunsui smiles upon being asked if this is correct, Lille observes that Shunsui loses if he is caught moving even though the rules of Daruma-san ga Koronda seem to heavily favor him. Once Lille concludes that Shunsui will die as log as he sees through the illusion and catches the latter, a grinning Shunsui asserts that he is glad Lille understands things quickly, and when Lille counters that it was a mistake to explain the rules to him because the game will no longer work against him, Shunsui clarifies that a game cannot begin until both sides understand the rules prior to informing Lille that he saw the real Shunsui earlier rather than a static image.[12]
Shunsui identifies his new rank as Captain-Commander to Lille.
With Lille confused by this, Shunsui details how all combatants rely on their sense of sight and Reikaku to see objects during battle as a natural reflex. After noting that they progressively rely more and more on Reikaku over physical sight as a battle continues, Shunsui reveals that he solidified his Reiatsu at his previous location and left it there so Lille would mistake it for him. Though Lille refuses to believe he would make such a mistake, Shunsui states that he did and identifies himself as the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, leaving Lille speechless.[13]
Battle[]
Lille leaps away after Shunsui attacks him with Kageoni.
Shunsui rushes toward Lille and initiates Daruma-san ga Koronda once more, only for Lille to turn around and level Diagramm at Shunsui when the latter appears behind him. However, when Lille reminds Shunsui that he can no longer play this game and shoots him in the chest, the real Shunsui stabs one of the blades of Katen Kyōkotsu out of Lille's shadow with Kageoni, forcing Lille to leap into the air before he is cut and fire another shot at the real Shunsui, who quickly evades to the side. In response to Shunsui praising him for being the first to dodge Kageoni on the first try, Lille reiterates that they have Daten on all the battles that the Shinigami have fought.[14]
Shunsui realizes that he has been shot in the foot despite his earlier evasion.
As Shunsui staggers and looks down to see a sizable hole in his left foot left by Lille's shot, Lille asserts that the Shinigami have no such data on the Wandenreich. When Shunsui admits that he believed he dodged this and claims it is unfair for Lille to not tell him, Lille counters that he has no intention of having a fair fight, but decides that it will not make things fair to tell Shunsui that his Schrift is The X-Axis. Declaring that his power penetrates everything and leaves no room for the concept of avoiding it by dodging, Lille blasts a large hole in a side-stepping Shunsui's chest with Diagramm.[15]
Shunsui reveals that he projected an afterimage of himself for Lille to shoot with Kageokuri.
Despite this, a shadowy Shunsui appears behind a surprised Lille and inquires if he saw a shadow, which he clarifies was an afterimage he created rather than him dodging the shot, as he is now playing Kageokuri, a game where one projects a shadow they stared at to a different location. After noting a Reikaku as powerful as Lille's creates an even stronger afterimage, Shunsui muses that children's games are scary because of their unpredictability, where one never knows what kind of game is about to start or when it will begin, and claims it is all over once a child takes one's hand no matter how uninterested they are because they will have to play until they are dead.[16]
Lille discovers that Diagramm has already been cut again before he can react.
After Shunsui concludes that his hand has already been taken and invites him to play until death,[17] Lille points Diagramm at him once more and asserts that Shunsui made a mistake in assuming he could cut Lille if he got close enough. However, Shunsui merely affirms this and reveals that Lille has already been cut just before half of the remaining barrel of Diagramm is severed and falls to the ground. With Shunsui admitting that he must not have stepped in close enough to sever Lille's arm as well, an initially shocked Lille jumps back several feet and reforms the missing portion of Diagramm in a metallic fashion, which impresses Shunsui.[18]
Shunsui confuses and overwhelms Lille with shadow clones attacking him from above.
Once Lille explains that Diagramm is his Spirit Weapon and made of Reishi, Shunsui deduces that this is why he can continue firing even with the barrel removed and repair the gun when it is damaged, but notes that Lille has already forgotten the rules and reappears behind him just before slashing horizontally, which forces an astonished Lille to drop and reposition himself to evade it. Shunsui reminds Lille that looking away from Shunsui and seeing his shadow will cause him to see silhouette afterimages while disappearing in a swirl of darkness, and as Lille begins running across the roof of the building, Shunsui assumes that this reminds him of being scared of his own shadow as a child prior to several shadowy clones of himself descending on Lille from the air with their copies of Katen Kyōkotsu outstretched. Looking up in shock, Lille finds himself impaled from behind by the real Shunsui's Katen Kyōkotsu once the clones dissipate, only to slowly open his left eye and observe this is the third time.[19]
Lille uses the full capabilities of The X-Axis to render himself immune to harm.
With Shunsui confused by this, Lille details how he can only use the full capabilities of The X-Axis when both of his eyes are open, which lets his shot penetrate his opponent's body and his body penetrate his opponent's sword, while Shunsui slowly slides his blade out of Lille's chest, which moves like liquid around it and is left unharmed once it is removed. In response to Shunsui inferring that his games no longer work while this is active, Lille confirms this and asserts that there is no weapon in the world which can kill him right now before clarifying that he is only allowed to briefly open his eye when he is in danger during combat.[20]
Lille keeps his eye open and uses it to activate his Quincy: Vollständig, Jilliel.
Having done so when Shunsui first attacked him and when the former reappeared behind him with Kageokuri, Lille claims that he must keep his eye closed otherwise because it would be unfair to sinners if he kept it open at all times. Though Shunsui encourages him to close his eye again, Lille reveals that he is allowed to keep his eye permanently open once it has been opened for the third time during a fight, which Shunsui is disappointed by, and announces that he is Yhwach's masterpiece as the first Sternritter to be granted a Schrift, making him him the one closest to God, before proclaiming that opening his eye three times is unacceptable.[21]
An immobilized Shunsui is shot in three places after Lille activates Jilliel.
Lille's left eye and the tattoo around it glow with green Reishi as his Quincy: Vollständig, Jilliel, is activated, granting him eight wings with three holes each, a large carapace-like robe covering his body below the mouth, a more elaborate tattoo on his face, and a wide and thin Heiligenschein. Just as he realizes that he is unable to move, Shunsui is shot through the hat, right shoulder, and left hip by three blasts from one of Lille's wings.[22] Shortly afterward, a hatless and bleeding Shunsui runs across several rooftops to reach the side of a tower with a broad wall, which he sits down and rests against with a sigh.[23]
Shunsui hides from Lille and laments his strength preventing his injuries from killing him.
Musing that he is running well despite his injuries, Shunsui admits it would have been better to have died instantly and laments being so strong that he cannot even lose consciousness, only to pause and realize that there is no point in complaining when Nanao is not around to chastise him like usual just before leaping away while the tower is destroyed by multiple shots from Lille. As he comments on how close this was, a sweating Shunsui lands in the open window of a nearby building and runs inside, but Lille merely observes how well he is moving despite his injuries before moving inside the building and directly in front of Shunsui with a swirling teleportation.[24]
Shunsui attacks Lille with Hadō #78. Zangerin as an alternate strategy.
After questioning if Shunsui is trying to run from him, Lille responds to Shunsui assuming a battle stance by reminding him that no weapon can harm Lille, prompting Shunsui to affirm this and inquire if the same holds true for Kidō before casting Hadō #78. Zangerin, which creates a ring-shaped projectile in the wake of his blades that expands outward and smashes through the walls of the building from inside. Moments later, Shunsui rests on a rooftop between two wide walls. Expressing disbelief at Zangerin not harming Lille at all when he only expected it to do minimal damage, Shunsui notes he is at the end of his rope.[25]
Shunsui activates his Bankai, Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū, as a last resort once he is far away enough.
Shunsui observes that he has returned to the city that they first entered Wahrwelt on, which he hopes will put everyone else far enough away. After apologizing preemptively to Nanao if she gets caught up in this, Shunsui positions Katen Kyōkotsu tip-first on the ground in front of himself and decides to see what lies beyond the end of the rope before activating his Bankai, Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū, which extends a golden aura for miles around himself and forms panels in the sky. With the other combatants in the city all looking up in shock at this, Shunsui sits with dozens of shadowy tree branches extending across the ground from his position and a shadowy woman leaning over his shoulder.[26]
Lille blasts Shunsui and the area around him, severing part of the city in the process, after altering the appearance of Jilliel and recognizing the activation of Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū.
Elsewhere in the city, Lille descends to one of the rooftops, where the bottom of his robe splits open and unfurls to reveal a set of double-pronged, deer-like legs that he lands on the rooftop with while questioning what this strange sensation is. Seeing Shunsui appearing on the far end of the roof as the shadow disappears from his shoulder, Lille comments on him finally showing himself. Shunsui apologizes for keeping Lille waiting and inquires about whether he believes the world looks dark, gloomy, and full of despair right now, prompting Lille to realize that this is his doing and infer that it is his Bankai. Once Shunsui confirms this, Lille acknowledges that the colors of the world look different now, only to dismiss it being despair-inducing as an exaggeration because God's messenger does not feel despair and leap high into the air before gathering energy in all 24 holes in his wings and blasting Shunsui and the area around him with enough force to sever part of the city below.[27]
A shocked Lille gains Shunsui's wounds from Ichidanme: Tameraikizu no Wakachiai.
Despite this, while asserting that he knows a Bankai will disappear with its owner's death even if they do not have any Daten on Shunsui's, Lille is startled by blood dripping from a hole that appears in his left side and demands to know what it is. In the clearing smoke below, Shunsui identifies this as Ichidanme: Tameraikizu no Wakachiai, where wounds inflicted on the enemy appear on one's own body, and another hole appears on Lille's right shoulder as Shunsui notes that one cannot die from such wounds and responds to Lille remaining bewildered by reminding him that this is the Bankai he spoke of, Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū.[28]
Lille contracts an incurable illness from Nidanme: Zanki no Shitone.
After instructing Lille to stop talking between acts and remain silent for the rest of the performance, Shunsui initiates Nidanme: Zanki no Shitone, causing brown spots of varying sizes to appear all over Lille's body, and describes this as a man who failed to kill his adversary collapsing from shame and suffering an incurable illness, which results in an agonized Lille bleeding from the eyes and nose. Surrounding himself and Lille with a vast ocean, Shunsui announces Sandanme: Dangyo no Fuchi, which he narrates as the man and his adversary accepting their fate and tossing themselves into the waters until their Reiatsu is exhausted.[29]
Lille is caught at the bottom of a vast ocean by Sandanme: Dangyo no Fuchi.
As he looks up at the surface above the water, Lille desperately tries to fly up toward it by rapidly flapping his wings, but is flabbergasted to find the surface moving further away from him no matter how hard he flaps. In turn, Shunsui reminds him that they threw themselves into the water and claims that what is done cannot be undone regardless of what Lille tries, though he asserts that he knows how Lille feels and describes how throwing oneself into icy waters can test their resolve. However, Shunsui clarifies that this is just Lille being selfish and wonders how selfish he can be while a woman's voice joins him and mirrors his words.[30]
Katen appears behind Shunsui.
From behind Shunsui, Katen notes the disgrace of the man that a woman swore herself to and how pity is the only thing keeping her bound to him and this world prior to draping her arms over Shunsui and observing that it has been a long time. When Shunsui affirms this and calls her "Ohana", Katen counters that he has a lot of nerve doing so as someone who hardly ever plays with her, leading Shunsui to apologize. Noticing the hole in Shunsui's shoulder, Katen points out how his kimono is torn and states that this is what he deserves for wearing another woman's kimono, only for Shunsui to muse that she is as mean as ever.[31]
Lille declares that a mere Shinigami's Bankai could never kill him and prepares to attack.
In response, Katen reminds Shunsui that she is the spirit of his Zanpakutō, regardless of how mean she is, and that he accepted her as she is while swearing they would die together, which Shunsui smiles at. Above them, Lille questions who Shunsui is talking to, as Katen is only visible to the latter, and demands to know if Shunsui believed he could win this battle and kill him before declaring that a mere Shinigami's Bankai could never kill him. Despite this, Shunsui merely sheathes his swords and generates a wispy white thread from the fingertips on his right hand while beginning to narrate about how cruel a woman's pity can be.[32]
Shunsui decapitates Lille with Shime no Dan: Itokiribasami Chizome no Nodobue.
With Lille flying down toward him, Shunsui elaborates that the woman will not listen to a petulant man and describes a glistening white thread soaked with regret being wrapped around the neck of the man she loves. Promising to cut away this awkwardly-tangled thread of regret while the thread from his hand winds itself around Lille's neck, Shunsui presents Shime no Dan: Itokiribasami Chizome no Nodobue, which creates a large cut in Lille's neck that glows golden and expands upward until it explodes, leaving his headless body to fall into the abyss between the buildings while a watching Shunsui coughs up blood and falls back.[33]
Katen lets Shunsui rest his head in her lap and muses on how fate has changed him.
Kneeling behind Shunsui, Katen reaches out and catches him with both hands, leaving Shunsui surprised and lewdly commenting on how resting his head on her lap makes occasionally activating his Bankai worth it. In response, Katen wordlessly raises her left hand and jabs her fingers down toward his left eye, forcing an alarmed Shunsui to jerk his head out of the way and plead for forgiveness since this is the only good eye he has left, which prompts Katen to note that she is also missing her right eye and muse that fate has a way of playing games with a Shinigami and his Zanpakutō. Despite this, Katen admits that she is glad to see he won this battle.[34]
Lille regenerates his head and enters a new form of his Quincy: Vollständig.
When Shunsui wonders why she is being so nice today, a flustered Katen reminds him that he almost died, but just before Shunsui begins to tell her something, he is suddenly shot through the stomach by a beam of energy from Lille, deactivating his Bankai, to his and Katen's shock. Looking up, Shunsui watches in astonishment as Lille's headless body teleports into the air above him with Jilliel still active and shifting in color from green to golden, where Lille's face begins reforming from energy rising out of the stump while he reprimands Shunsui for believing a Shinigami's Bankai can kill God's messenger.[35] With an owl-like head with a new Heiligenschein on a long neck growing out of Lille's stump, Shunsui expresses disbelief at him still not being dead even after decapitation, leading Lille to declare that this is what despair feels like. Reminding Shunsui that his weapon could not harm Lille and severing Lille's head with his Reiatsu could not kill him, Lille twists his neck around and states that those who are sinful feel despair when they see him.[36]
Lille fires Sabaki no Kōmyō at Shunsui's location.
Lille claims that this is due to him being God's immortal and invincible messenger, granted special privileges, before proclaiming that there is nothing sinners like Shunsui can do against him. After forming a pair of long arms on either side of his torso, Lille raises the right one and fires Sabaki no Kōmyō at Shunsui's location, destroying several buildings and piercing through the underside of the city with a powerful beam of energy.[37]
Aftermath[]
Katen urges Shunsui to run from the fight because they cannot do anything to Lille.
In the aftermath, Lille looks around the area and deduces that Shunsui is hiding behind a nearby tower, leaving him impressed at the latter still having the strength necessary to escape his attack even with his stomach shot through and praising Shunsui as being worthy of the title of Captain-Commander. With Lille's eyes narrowing vertically as he calls this sinful, Katen tells a panting Shunsui that they should run away because there is nothing more she can do if Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū could not stop Lille and Shunsui has fought hard enough now that he can barely stay conscious or breathe anymore.[38]
Nanao finds Shunsui before he can lose consciousness and asks for her Zanpakutō.
Once Katen concludes that no one will fault him for running away and tells him to get some sleep while she takes him to safety, Shunsui closes his eyes and begins to drift into unconsciousness, only to hear Isuzu asking him to wake up before Nanao, shakes him awake while begging him to wake up. Initially shocked by her arrival, Shunsui expresses relief at her not getting caught up in Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū, but begins to cough up blood from the effort of speaking, leading Nanao to assure him that he does not need to say anything and urge him to hand over her Zanpakutō because there is no time to hesitate.[39]
Kyōkotsu appears behind Nanao after Shunsui decides to return her Zanpakutō to her.
Though a startled Shunsui remains silent at this, Nanao insists that he forget the promise he made with her mother, to his further astonishment, just before Lille appears behind Nanao and states that he thought it was getting noisy over here. Musing that Nanao clearly does not know the preciousness of life even though Shunsui tried to get her to safety, Lille calls her sinful, and with Shunsui addressing Kyōkotsu, Lille fires another Sabaki no Kōmyō that rips through the city, though he deduces that Shunsui and Nanao managed to escape it. Within Lille's shadow cast on the wall of the tower behind him, Shunsui sits in Kageoni with Nanao, where he inquires if she knew about her mother all along. Once Nanao confirms this, Shunsui admits that she never ceases to amaze him and decides to return her Zanpakutō as Kyōkotsu stands behind a startled Nanao.[40]
References[]
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 536, page 16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bleach anime; Episode 399
- ↑ Bleach anime; Episode 400
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- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 644, pages 13-15
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 644, pages 15-17
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 645, pages 1-3
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- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 645, pages 6-8
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 645, pages 8-10
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 645, pages 11-14
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 645, pages 14-15
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 645, pages 16-17
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 645, page 17
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 646, pages 5-8
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 646, pages 9-12
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 646, pages 12-13
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 646, pages 13-14
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 646, pages 15-17
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 647, page 1
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- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 647, pages 5-7 & 14
- ↑ Bleach anime; Episode 401
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- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 648, pages 11-14
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 648, pages 14-17
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 649, pages 1-4
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 649, pages 4-6
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 649, pages 7-9
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 649, pages 9-13
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- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 650, pages 1-4
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