01x05 - Wrath as a Lightning

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To all captains, lieutenants,

and squad members of all ranks
within the Seireitei!

Substitute Soul Reaper
Ichigo Kurosaki

is heading to the Soul Society!

His Bankai cannot be stolen
by the Quincies!

What?!

Ichigo is...

He's on his way, huh?!

Ichigo...

Ichigo...!

Akon, huh?

How dare he act on his own.

Once Ichigo Kurosaki joins us,

the tide of battle
will turn in our...

– Wait.
– What is it, Third Seat Akon?

Something's wrong.

Ichigo Kurosaki's
Spiritual Pressure in the Garganta...

It disappeared.

"DISCONNECTED"

Look into it right away.

And also send
the Secret Remote Unit

to the Senkaimon exit!

Yes, sir!

Jidanbo?!

What the hell are you doing?!

Damn it...
What the hell is this?!

"AKON"

Sorry! I don't know how,
but I got trapped...

What's going on?!
What's happening, Akon?!

– Akon!
– Evacuate!

– Hiyosu!
– You too, Akon! Get going!

"AKON"

– Damn it. All I can hear are
– Rukia!

– screams and explosions!
– Renji!

Help... Somebody help us!
Help!

– I'm going to k*ll you, bastards!
– No! I can't take this anymore!

You call yourselves members of
the 13 Court Guard Squads?!

It hurts... It hurts!

Don't give up...!

We must stand our ground!

Ichigo will come... I know he will!

The blue skies above are hopelessly clear

At my wit's end, I feel
a growing frustration

As if to laugh at us hopeless cowards

Countless eyes stare at us

This soul of mine breaks again and again

All I can do is hold it tight

Until the day it turns to ash

I've absorbed all of this sorrow

It has shaped me, painted me

But that's how we got here, right?

One step at a time, just like breathing

These countless scars on my palm

That no longer fade

Are my badge, my story

I faced the fear and shred it to pieces

And let it walk beside me once more

BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD w*r

It seems he's on a rampage inside.

But it's no use...

His Majesty granted me
the letter "J"!

Quilge Opie, "The Jail"!

There's no way you can escape
from that prison!

Now then...

Before the power that I absorbed
from that monster disappears...

I should eliminate
all of you as well...

No!

Who could have done that?!

sh*t...!

Damn it...

Even with Getsuga...

I can't break this thing
even with Getsugatensho?!

– Captain!
– Stay back!

Watch me fight...

and figure out his abilities!

I-If that's the plan,
then let me go first!

Since my Senbonzakura
has been stolen,

your Bankai is our last hope...

Captain...

I'm going to draw out
his abilities.

I want you to stay there
and watch for now...

Why does it feel like
my limbs are freezing?

Are those thorns of light
covered with some kind of poison?!

I see you've noticed...

You're wondering if it's poison,
aren't you?

It's not.

This is something that you lost
a long time ago.

Retrace your memories.

You became a captain...

You became strong...

You became able to
overpower your enemies...

It's a sensation you haven't felt
in a long time, isn't it?

That is the most important
sensation for a person to survive.

It is called "fear."

Fear? The Captain?

For those who have been
struck by my arrows,

all sorts of things turn into fear.

"What if I reach for my sword,
or if I draw it?"

"What if I swing it up,
or swing it down?"

"What if I move my fingers,
or shift my gaze?"

"What if I breathe in,
or breathe out?"

"Maybe something fatal will occur."

Anything and everything
is suspicious,

making it impossible
to even think straight.

But you are enduring it so far
by sheer force of will.

You are a thr*at.

But that's all it is.
A thr*at.

It can hardly compare to "fear."

The core of your soul is already...

consumed by your fear of me.

Ridiculous.

There is no battle without fear.

I have accepted and overcome
my fear of battle.

I gained the strength
to move forward.

I have nothing to fear—

"Fear can be conquered
with experience."

The stronger and
more experienced you are,

the harder you fall
for that illusion.

Fear that has a cause is easy.

If there is a cause to it,

then by removing that cause,

you also remove
what you think is fear.

But true fear has no cause.

That's because it's not an emotion.
It is instinct.

True fear...

has no cause or limits.

It crawls up your body

like countless flies.

We cannot... escape our instincts.

What?!

Brother?

There is nothing you can do.

You cannot defeat your own Bankai
with just your Shikai.

Senbonzakura... doesn't belong to
a bastard like you!

Brother!

Are you turning your back toward
the enemy during battle?

I feel insulted.

Zabimaru!

Stop it...

Stop it!

Ban...

You fool.

He was about to use his Bankai.

You could have stolen it.

What?!
I thought only captains had Bankai!

You need to go back and reread
His Majesty's Daten.

Renji...

Rukia...

Forgive me.

THE SEIREITEI – NEAR SHORYU GATE

Hey.

Are you the boss of these losers?

Kenpachi Zaraki!

Three Stern Ritters dead?

STERN RITTER "Q" "THE QUESTION" /
"R" "THE ROAR" / "Y" "THE YOURSELF"

But how...?!

There's not much to explain.

The first one, the big guy,
was trash.

He att*cked me
by turning into a giant monkey

that could blast his enemies
with just his voice.

So I split him in two.

– "The Question"! I object to everything
– The second one

– about you, Kenpachi Zaraki!
– got on my nerves talking about

– Anyone that I object to will be—
– objecting to everything about me.

So I tore out his throat.

The third guy wasn't too bad.

He transformed into me, after all.

I struggled a bit
because I was fighting myself.

But that just meant I had to become
stronger than his impression of me.

I heard you were a monster...

but now I understand.

I've got no business with
a scrawny pale guy like you.

I came here...

to fight you!

Your Majesty!

"GENJI-JUKU"

Rukia...

Damn it...!

Damn it!

Break!

Break, damn it!

I won't let you die...

I won't let any of you die...!

I'm going to...

I will protect you all!

GARGANTA – SEIREITEI SIDE APERTURE

– Y-Yes, sir!
– Y-Yes, sir!

FRONT OF SQUAD 9 BARRACKS

It sucks!

It sucks, it sucks,
it sucks, it sucks!

It sucks to be so weak,
doesn't it, Lieutenant?!

STERN RITTER "O" "THE OVERKILL"

Damn it!
I'm no match for him...

Are you scared of my strength?

His Majesty granted me
the letter "O"!

"The Overkill."

Whether it be
friend or foe or beast,

the more I k*ll,
the stronger I get!

I've already k*lled
a hundred people

since I got here today.

The last time I came,
it was also a hundred.

I remember k*lling a lieutenant
just like you!

So it was you...!

I did it...

like this!

H...

Head Captain!

This is my lucky day!

Head Captain!

I came here for you!

I'm going to use
your subordinate's Bankai...

...to end your life!

Bankai...

BANKAI

KOKO GONRYO RIKYU

Doesn't this bring back memories?!

I heard this guy hadn't used
this Bankai in over 2,000 years!

You get to see it once more!

You should be thanking me!

So this is
Lieutenant Sasakibe's Bankai?!

I had no idea there was
a Zanpakuto aside from Hyorinmaru...

that could control the weather!

Master Eijisai...

Master Eijisai Yamamoto!

FOUNDER OF GENRYU STYLE / GENJI-JUKU
GRAND MASTER SHIGEKUNI YAMAMOTO

Hey!
Don't call me Eijisai!

F-Forgive me, sir!

For some reason, each time
I distinguished myself in battle,

the name Eijisai
became more widely used.

I didn't care much for that.

But, Master Eijisai,
I cannot be so audacious

as to call you by your real name!

What is with you, anyway?!

You're not even one of my students,

and yet,
you hang around here every day!

I come here hoping to be
your right-hand man!

In that case, all the more reason
for you to become my student!

If you rise to the rank of master,

you'll naturally become
my right-hand man!

No, Master Eijisai,
if I become your student,

then I will only be mimicking you.

A right-hand man must be one
who can compensate

for the things you are
unable to handle!

You're always splitting hairs...

Also, I haven't shown up every day.

This is my first time here
in a month.

As you told me to a month ago,

I have acquired a Bankai.

Oh?

In that case, try to defeat me
with that Bankai of yours.

RUKON DISTRICT –
EAST 37 DISTRICT, RYUGON

Bankai!

Koko Gonryo Rikyu!

It was a magnificent Bankai.

He wasn't able to defeat me, but...

His Bankai left a permanent scar
on my forehead.

That Bankai is like a newborn.

That's right.

I intend to spend the rest of
my life honing this Bankai

so it can be helpful to you,
Master Eijisai!

His words contained no lies.

After years of grueling training,

everybody in the Soul Society
came to know Chojiro's name.

When my scar dried, it looked like
the Japanese character "Ju,"

so everyone started
calling me Jujisai.

I cannot allow the scar I gave you

to be a reason to change your name,
Master Eijisai.

Everyone except Chojiro...

He stubbornly continued to
call me Eijisai.

"RYU (WILLOW)"

So for Chojiro's sake,

I took on the name Genryusai.

"GENRYUSAI"

Head Captain!

Hey!
What's the matter, old man?!

Have you lost the strength
to even retaliate

after getting hit by
your subordinate's Bankai?!

Come on, say something!

Chojiro...

I can feel your frustration...

I understand your anger... very well...

Because I know...
the Bankai that you had honed...

is absolutely not this weak!

Burn...

I'm finally able to give you
a proper send-off.

Chojiro...

Farewell.

Do not worry.

Every last member
of the rebel army...

I will slaughter them
with my own hand.

The Head Captain...

The Head Captain is furious!

I've... never felt the Head Captain
get this angry before...

You idiot.
Neither have I.

That includes him
fighting on the front lines.

Look at how hard
the Head Captain is fighting.

We captains and lieutenants
can't let ourselves be defeated.

You're right, sir.

Get up!

We cannot let ourselves
lie on the ground

while Master Genryusai
still stands!

As a Court Guard Squad member,

that would be
an unacceptable disgrace!

– Sir!
– Yes, sir!

Whoa, wait a minute...

You guys were as good as dead
a second ago...

What's going on here?

This is a real problem, isn't it?

Old Man Yama's Spiritual Pressure

is reverberating throughout
the Seireitei.

It's giving me goosebumps.

Like he's scolding me...

As if he's saying, "I don't remember
raising you to be a coward..."

"Who'd struggle against
an enemy of this level!"

Everything we had left behind

Our breaths blending as mist

without form or expression

We lie buried as we glare
into the distance

I can't hear anything

I can't seem to cut anything

It feels like I'm sinking

Falling, falling

Touching

Eyes struck wide open

Something no one has ever seen

The furthest reaches are now visible to us

It cannot be undone
and cannot be stopped

This ensuing struggle

Whisk it away beyond
the ends of the earth

Along with our breaths

Take everything

Whisk it away beyond
the ends of the earth

Along with our futures

Along with our world

Something no one has ever seen

The furthest reaches are now
visible to us

Don't you know God's demand?

As we tear each other down

One of the Special Threats,
Kenpachi Zaraki.

Is this the best you can do?

How frail.

It seems I've overestimated
you people.

Go to sleep.

It's been a thousand years,
hasn't it, Yhwach?

I've come to put an end
to your life.

"The heart burns."

"Even though the rain falls."