07x16 - Forest of Menos! Search for the Missing Rukia

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Orihime has been abducted by the Arrancars.

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

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

They crush the Arrancarsstanding in their way

and head to Aizen's headquarters,Las Noches.

They come across odd Arrancars namedNel, Pesche, and Dondochakka,

and wind up traveling with them.

Ichigo and his friends hurried on,

but the Guardian of the White Sand,Runuganga, appeared before them

and blocked their way.

Faced with an enemy who isnot affected by physical att*cks,

Ichigo and his friends were in trouble.

But at that moment¦

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

Why didn't you waitfor us to 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?

But even thoughRunuganga was defeated,

he appears before Ichigoand his friends once again.

That guy's still not dead?!

It can't be¦I smashed him into pieces.

I won't let you take another steptowards Las Noches!

Runuganga is made of sand!

It's not strange for there to bemore than one of him!

So this is the second body?

Dance¦

Sodenoshirayuki.

Tsuginomai¦

Hakuren!

What are you doing, Rukia?!

S-Sorry¦ I couldn't help myself.

You're picking on him!

Crap!

What's that?

Ow ow ow ow¦

Is everyone all right?

Yeah. Somewhat¦

It looks like we're all right.

Thank you, Bawabawa!

Nel is falling, falling!

That hurts!

That™s my line!

Move out of the way, evildoers!

Step aside!

That was close¦

Thanks for the save, evildoers!

Yeah.

That was a perfect landing!

Jeez¦

Anyway¦ Where are we?

Underground, right?

We fell from there, huh?

What's this?!

What's wrong, Ishida?

This is a tree!

A tree?

Yeah¦ It's the same as the onesgrowing above ground.

I see¦

The trees above ground arethe tops of these giant trees.

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SAND

UNDERGROUND

These reach the surface?

That aside,it's incredibly wide here.

Yeah. I can't even seewhere the walls are.

What's wrong?

Th-This is the Forest of Menos.

The Forest of Menos?

What is the Forest of Menos?

I thought so¦

What do you mean, Ishida?

It was far away,

but when we were falling,I saw a group of Menos.

Possibly¦In this world,

the Espada and Arrancarslive on the surface

and Gillians and lesser Hollowslive underground.

Right?

Th-That's right.

Which means¦

This place is crawling with them.

Nel¦ Do you knowthe way to the surface?

Nel only heard rumorsof the Forest of Menos.

This is the first timeNel™s ever been here!

Nel doesn't knowof any way out.

Aw, it's no good!We™re all going to die!

It really is a forest of death!

Yeah!

Don't worry, Nel!

We're going to die!

We've come here,so there must be a way out!

Itsugo¦

You're right¦

As long as there are Hollows here,there must be a way in and out.

Evildoers, that's a prettyclever thing to say!

I'm impressed!

It doesn't please meto be praised by you.

All right! Now that it's decided,let's move on!

Hey, Ichigo!

Rukia's not here!

Huh?! When did she disappear?!

Probably when we wereswallowed up in the sand!

Where am I?

Ichigo!

Crap! Where are Ichigoand the others?

Crap! Why are thereso many Hollows?!

I keep defeating them,

but their numbers don't dropand new Hollows keep coming.

I have to rejoin Ichigo andthe others as soon as possible.

Ichigo! Renji! Where are you?!

What's that?!

Somenomai!

Tsukishiro!

If I can just get there¦

Menos Grande!

A Cero!

Hey, Rukia!

Rukia! Answer us!

Kuchiki

“ Hey, Soul Reaper!“ Hey, Soul Reaper!

It's no good¦

We can't find her anywhere.

We fell from the same place¦

I don't think thatshe should be far.

Oh. I know!

What is it Kurosaki?

Rukia's incredibly light, isn't she?

So¦

“ Do you suppose she was blown far away?“ Oh no!

That's it, Ichigo!That's got to be it!

That's why we couldn't find herwhen we searched nearby!

Just what do you think Kuchiki is?

Wh-What?! What's going on?!

Oh yeah?

Ichigo, Bawabawa says that he'sgoing to climb a tree and look for her!

Ah, Bawabawa!

What a good boy¦

All right, go!

And take a good look!

Look for that vile Soul Reaperwith your sharp eyes!

That's a good idea!

Hey¦ He's calling her vile¦

He doesn't have eyes, either¦

Stop commenting on everything¦There's no end to it.

Wait!

I want to see what this underground arealooks like as a whole.

Let me get on!

I'm going, too.

“ Give it your best, Bawabawa!“ Give it your best!

I'm surprised that theycan keep this up.

Thank you for saving me,but could you let go of me already?!

Let go of me!

I told you to let go of me!

Are you listening to me?!

Sorry¦

What?!

What are you doing?!

Bear with me¦We'll arrive at my hideout shortly.

This man¦

I'm going to jump.

The forest seems kind of noisy.

There are severalodd Spiritual Pressures.

So? What should we do?

They'll die if we leave them alone.

Hey¦

We've received a noticefrom Las Noches.

Oh?

It looks like thingshave gotten fun.

Hey¦

Is that a light made of Kido?

You really are a Soul Reaper.

Where are you assigned?What's your squad?

Did you leave your squad?

Hey!Say something¦

My name is Ashido.

Ashido?

And this¦is the Forest of Menos.

The Forest of Menos?

This is where Menos live.

It is a world that is far awayfrom the rules of Soul Society.

What are you doing?!

You don't want to talk, huh?!

He's strong¦

His fighting style is random,yet it has incredible strength.

Hey!

Can you see anything?

No. It's no good!

That's odd¦

When we were falling,

I could have sworn that I sawa group of Menos in this direction.

But I don't see themanywhere now.

Where did the Menos go?

What the¦?!

Take a look at that!

“ What are they making a fuss about?“ Renji, let's go!

“ All right!“ Ishida, it's Hollows!

Chad! Ishida!

Crap!

“ These guys¦“ You're in the way!

What's this?!

What's going on?!

What is this?!

What?

They're coming!

Ichigo!

What is it, Nel?!

Hide!

Ichigo, run away!

It's dangerous!

That's right!Leave those evildoers.

But¦

They're¦Menos¦

I see! That's whatthat howl was for!

I see¦ So that's it.

Bawabawa, please don't move!

My aim is¦

Getsugatensho!

Are you all right?!

Yeah. You saved us!

Roar! Zabimaru!

They just keep coming.

We might be eaten at this rate.

All right! Our only option isto bravely withdraw!

But Ichigo is¦

Listen, Nel.

You just have tomake yourself believe

that we never knewthose Soul Reapers to begin with!

But we already know them¦

That's why I™m sayingto stop knowing them!

It may already be too late.

Nel?!

Ichigo!

We've been caught!

They're going to eat us!

I™m coming right¦

Ichigo!

Why're there so many of them?!

They're the same onesI saw earlier!

Crap!

Did you bring me hereso that you could k*ll me?!

That's all you've got, huh?

In that case¦

At this rate,we're going to be eaten!

But what would bethe best way to cook us?

I would probably have a strong taste ifI were simmered and made into a broth.

I should be deep fried tosavor the sweetness of my flesh!

Nel would taste greatas a sashimi.

You sure have gota lot of time on your hands.

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