07x15 - The Name's Nel! The Appearance of a Strange Arrancar

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Orihime has been abductedby the Arrancars.

In order to save her,Ichigo, Ishida, and Sado

have marched into Hueco Mundo,the world of the Hollows.

The first place that Ichigo and his friendscame to upon exiting the Garganta

was Underground Path ,a place for intercepting intruders.

They crush the Arrancarsstanding in their way

and set off for Aizen's palace,Las Noches.

Is that Las Noches?

It's huge¦

It's hard to tell howfar away we are from it.

Let's run¦

If we wait around,we might get into another fight.

A human?!

Could it be that there areother humans aside from us?!

Brother!

Huh?

No!

It hurts! It hurts!The tip! The tip is poking me!

Stop! Stop that!

What did we do to you?!

Stop picking on us!

A mask?!

You're¦a Hollow?!

We're really sorry!

We never thought thatour game of eternal pursuit

would cause sucha misunderstanding.

Game of eternal pursuit?

Unfortunately, Hueco Mundodoesn't have any entertainment.

A game?

You were crying a little.

Yes! Nel is a real masochist.

It's no fun unless Nel is chasedto the point where Nel cries a little!

What kind of wordsare you teaching this kid?!

Is œNel your name?

Yes!

Nel is an Arrancar named Nel Tu.

An Arrancar?!

Yes!

By the way, this here is¦

Nel's older brother, Pesche.

And his older brother,Dondochakka!

Huh?

And the big thing behind usis our pet Bawabawa!

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

What is it?

Arrancars have siblings and pets?!

How rude! Of course they do!

I ran into her by chance and she wasso cute that I became her brother.

Oh, same here!

That's not whatyou would call siblings.

Then¦ Then what are we?!

We're not siblings?!

No way!

No, that's fine¦

I was wrong¦You guys can be siblings.

But still¦

Are you guys really Arrancars?

What are you saying?!

Can't you seethis splendidly cracked mask!

It's just that¦

You seem different from the guysthat came to the World of the Living.

Oh! Of course!

The ones who went tothe World of the Living are Numeros!

Nume¦what?

Numeros are those who aregreater than Menos Grande

and have become Arrancars!

They go by two digit numbers andare allowed to directly serve the Espada!

That's great, isn't it?

I'm jealous.

The Numeros arethe fighting experts!

They're completely differentthan trash pests like us!

"Trash pests"?

That aside, you look evenless like an Arrancar!

You don't have any maskand you wear a black kimono.

It's as if you're a S¦

You're like a Soul Reaper.

You're like a Soul Reaper.

U-Umm¦

What is it?

What™s¦umm¦your occupation?

Ichigo Kurosaki,Substitute Soul Reaper!

Quincy, Uryu Ishida.

Yasutora Sado¦ I'm human.

A Soul Reaper?!

A Quincy?!

A human?!

Put all three of themtogether and they™re¦

“ Bad guys!“ Bad guys!

You didn't know who we were?

That's because you didn'tsay who you were!

They really are bad guys!

So they were bad guys!

Oh no! Nel is sure that¦Nel is sure that¦

“ They're going to k*ll us!“ Yeah¦ Yeah¦

No¦ We're not going to k*ll you.

Honestly.This is throwing me off.

Arrancars like this exist, huh?

What should we do?!

Hmm¦

We're in trouble!

Nel thinks we really shouldexterminate the bad guys!

But I don't think we can win at all!

But Soul Reapersare still bad guys!

That's right! Let's invite themto a game of eternal pursuit.

We'll pretend we're playingand defeat them!

That's a good idea!

We might be able to beat them!

What?

Oh Mr. Soul Reaper¦

If you aren't bad guys,then play with us!

Huh?!

Here we go!

Wha”?!

Come on!

It's a game of eternal pursuit!

Hey, you!

Catch Nel!

Then beat Nel upand make Nel cry!

Why you¦

Let's go!

Wait!

Why?!

This is a game of eternal pursuit!

We're going toteach you a lesson!

Kurosaki sure gothis zanpakuto stolen easily.

Wait!

Did he want to playa game of eternal pursuit?

Why us, too?!

That's what I want to know.

We've got new players!

Ah!

This is the essenceof eternal pursuit!

The more people you have,the more fun it gets!

It's as profoundas rock-paper-scissors!

Rock-paper-scissors doesn't exactlyget more fun the more people you have!

This also isn't exactly fun!

Phew¦ That was close.

Hey! Can you stand?

Y-You saved Nel?

Of course¦

You would have beensquashed under them.

Are you hurt anywhere?

N-No¦

I see. That's good¦

We've got to hurry.

Later!

A-Are you trying to run away?!

Huh?

Are you trying to run awayafter what you did to us?!

Huh?!

We're in a hurry!

We can't play with you!

That's so mean!

You were just toyingwith Nel™s feelings!

“ You should have just k*lled Nel instead!“ What's going on?

In that case, I'll k*ll them!

Something's coming!

H-H-H-H-H-H-H-He¦

Who is he?!

It's Runuganga,the Guardian of the White Sand!

I was just informed only moments agoby Las Noches that we had intruders.

I never would have thoughtthat those intruders

were associated withtrash pests like you.

Unforgivable¦ I'm going toturn you all into desert sand!

No¦ It's not like that!We actually¦

“ Stand aside.“ Huh?

It seems we can'tplay around with him.

Let's go, monster!

Getsugatensho!

All right!

He did it!

It was so sudden!It was a sneak attack!

That's cheating!

“ He's a bad guy!“ He's a bad guy!

Shut up!

It's fine. I'm saving you!

Anyway, I'm swinging at him head on.It's not a sneak attack!

Kurosaki!

He's coming!

What?!

Wha”?!

You surprise att*cked meand you aren't remorseful.

Intruder¦I really can't forgive you!

I said it wasn't a surprise attack!

Anyway, why is heback to normal?!

What's with him?!

Of course he's back to normal!Runuganga is made of sand!

Don't give me that!

He's after you too!

Don't just stand around!

No more talk!

How impudent!

Look out!

How persistent!

I'm going to finish you offall at once!

Fools¦

It's useless!

Fools!

Did you think you could defeat mewith such a weak attack?!

Tsk! Crap!

Kurosaki!

A combined attack!

Let™s wipe him out without a trace!

All right!

Getsugatensho!

Ginreikojaku!

El Directo!

Did we do it?

I™m not sure.

H-He's coming¦

An ant lion?!

Oh no!

Nel!

Hold on!

Don't let go! Got that?!

Y-Yes!

Crap!

Isn't there anything we can do?!

It seems impossible.

I can't find any way to attack him.

Nel, doesn't he haveany weaknesses?!

He does have one¦

But I can't tell that to bad guys.

Are you stupid?!

You're going to be suckedinto the sand, too!

Just tell me!

Water!

Water?!

Th-Th-That's right! Water!

Water?!

Water in a desert, huh?

Where would we find that?!

That's right! There isn't any!

That's why Runugangais invincible!

That's why he's a guard!

I'm going to swallow youall at once with my mouth!

Crap!

Rukia¦ Renji¦

Reporting!

The Spiritual Pressures of both

Squad Lieutenant, Renji Abarai,and Squad member, Rukia Kuchiki,

have disappearedfrom their barracks!

Currently, our second division,the Patrol Corps,

have spread their searchto all of Seireitei.

Those two¦

M-More Soul Reapers!Bad guys!

Rukia¦ Renji¦

You guys¦

Hey¦

Are you all right, Kurosaki?

I'm not all right¦

You fool!

Why did you go off toHueco Mundo on your own?!

Why didn't you wait for usto come back?!

That's because I didn't knowif you were coming back¦

We'd come back!No matter what!

Renji and I were planning ondoing so from the beginning!

Why didn't you wait for us?!

Why couldn't you trust us?!

We're your friends, right Ichigo?

Yeah¦ You're right.

As long as you understand¦

Don't make me confirm somethingas silly as this ever again!

That aside¦

Who are they?

Wh-Who are we? How rude!

Nel Tu!

Dondochakka!

Pesche Gatiche!

United, we're¦

“ The Neldonpe Phantom Thieves!“ The Great Desert Brothers! “ The Three Super Powered Siblings of the Burning Sands!

You're not in unison!

We talked about this before.

We decided we would bethe Neldonpe Phantom Thieves!

I told you that I would only acceptThe Great Desert Brothers!

I want œThree Siblingsin the name!

Well, you get the idea.They're all Hollows.

What idea?

Oh! Bawabawa is crying!

It's all right, Bawabawa!

We haven't forgotten about you!

All right! Including Bawabawa¦United, we're¦

“ The Neldonbape Phantom Thieves!“ The Deluxe Desert Brothers! “ The Four Fiendish Super Powered Siblings!

That's enough¦Just be quiet.

Let's go, Rukia, Renji¦

You're right.

They left.

Is that all right?

Hey¦ Wait a second, Itsugo!

I'm not "Itsugo"!

Nel will guide you to Las Noches!

Why is she staring at me?

Who knows?

What's you're relationshipwith Itsugo?

Huh?

You're pretty popular!

Shut up¦

Come to think of it,where'd you get that cloak?

Did you pick it upfrom somewhere?

It was given to me.

I was told that Hueco Mundo'sdeserts are rough.

By whom?

My older brother.

D-Does that mean that Byakuyasent you guys here?!

Mr. Urahara opened upthe Garganta,

but it was my captain who got usto the World of the Living.

My brother said thatthe only order he received

was the one to bring usback to Soul Society.

I never received any ordersconcerning what to do with you

after I brought you back.

Do whatever you like.

He said.

Whoa¦

I see¦ Byakuya did that, huh?

He's gotten rathergood-natured.

He also said that it must beunpleasant for Hueco Mundo

to have that dingy boywandering around.

That bastard!

Kurosaki, don't doanything bothersome!

That's right!Don't pick on Bawabawa!

If you want to pick on someone,please pick on Nel!

Jeez!

What is it this time?!

Don't I get a cloak?

My brother onlygave me two cloaks.

There's only enough for us.Are you jealous?

He actually didn't want togive one to you, either,

but he reluctantly gave you onebecause I was there.

Crap¦

That's the sort of guy he is.

ARRANCAR ENCYCLOPEDIA

The Arrancar Encyclopedia!

Today, I shall discussArrancar transformations.

Of the three ranks of Menos, the only ones who will

VASTO LORDESADJUCHAS GILLIANS

always become humanoid when they transform into Arrancars

VASTO LORDES

are the Vasto Lordes.

ADJUCHASGILLIANS

Many of the lower-ranking Adjuchas and Gillians

can't becomecompletely humanoid.

Huh?

You're a proper humanoid,aren't you?

Oh!

Don't stare at Nel like that!It's embarrassing!

More, more¦

“ No¦ Look at Nel¦“ I guess there are exceptions like this.