02x06 - The White Haze

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THE ROYAL PALACE - MAIN ENTRANCE

THE ROYAL PALACE - MAIN ENTRANCE
All right.

We're ready!

I sure hope you're ready, Ichigo!

Yeah.

Hey, don't you think these are
a few too many layers?

Those clothes will allow you to get through
the seventy-two-layer barrier

that exists between
the Royal Palace and the Seireitei.

You have a need for that,
do you not?

Your trip back will be on foot.

We'd love to send you
in the Tenchuren,

but we can't be casually
going down all the time!

It's not that far!

It should only take about a week
if you use Flash Step!

Got it.

Huh?

You do?

If I hurry, then it should
only take me half a day.

As long as I can get back
before they att*ck...

No need to worry about that!

Those Quincies have already begun
their att*ck three hours ago.

Why didn't you tell me that sooner,
you idiot!

You were still training
three hours ago, remember?!

Ichigo!

Here're some rice balls!

Hey, thanks!

That boy has changed, hasn't he?

He sure did.

He has become a true Soul Reaper.

One who has surpassed that
of an ordinary Soul Reaper.

So, how do you propose
we turn the tables from here?

Well, let's see...

Hello?

Kurosaki?!

Yeah... So it'll take me
a little longer to get there.

I see.

Got it.

Please be careful.

Hey, Urahara.

Yes?

This may sound cocky, but...

even if the battle starts to
look bad for you guys,

just hold out until I get there.

I'll handle the rest.
I promise.

Understood.

We'll be waiting for you, Kurosaki.

Urahara didn't say anything about
how things are going down there.

Oh, my darling, I don't even know
where my heart has gone

And I've forgotten
that dream I once had

Becoming an adult =
keeping a public face and bluffing?

Tell me, what is reflected
in the painted-over mirror?

Your photo is starting to fade

Leaving me, as I change

I'll shout at the top of my voice
as it pierces through the night

Burning my chest,
formless fear and all

It's okay if I can't laugh
like that day

Sadness, scars, everything...
I want to take them all with me

You can't k*ll my vibe, oh baby

Burning out now,
like a sh**ting star

You can't k*ll my vibe, oh baby

Burning out now,
like a sh**ting star

THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD w*r

I suppose I can tell you...

what sort of being His Majesty is.

Being that you are
His Majesty's successor.

Follow me.

The defeated shall now
face judgment.

RITTER SECOND SPIRE -
EXECUTION GROUND
The defeated shall now
face judgment.

RITTER SECOND SPIRE -
EXECUTION GROUND

"The Iron."

You were fortunate to block
the blade of judgment.

However, the life that was spared
by your good fortune...

will be removed with
the same amount of misfortune.

Can you see it?

The scale is tipping.

You look confused.

All those who are given
His Majesty's soul

will have their powers absorbed
by His Majesty upon death.

All the knowledge and skills
their soul possessed

become part of
His Majesty's own power.

But those two were powerful assets.

Did you have to k*ll them?

His Majesty's true goal
is not the Soul Society.

It is up to His Majesty to decide

what is and is not needed
to achieve his goal.

You too, have drank
His Majesty's blood

and had a Schrift
engraved in your soul.

There is no way
for you to escape it.

His Majesty must continue to fight
and absorb souls,

or else...

POST INVASION - URBAN AREA

I can't sense any Spiritual Pressures
of the Court Guards.

Likely a sign that things are not going
very well for the Soul Reapers...

If that's the case, it might not be such
a bad idea to join up with Renji

and att*ck the enemy's castle
right away.

What was that sensation...?

Who's there?

Where are you?!

Hehe...
Are you scared?

As for me... I'm lonely...

Lonely... lonely...

Who are you?

Lonely...

Lonely...

I'm so lonely...

My Senbonzakura...
Where is it?

I see...

So you're the one who
stole my brother's Bankai...

Äs Nödt...

I know you...

You're Byakuya Kuchiki's
younger sister,

Rukia Kuchiki...

Where is Byakuya Kuchiki?

I've got no obligation
to tell the likes of you.

Do you think
he will come here if I k*ll you?

Perhaps he will.

So that's his ability...

"Fear"...

Sodenoshirayuki!

It's useless.

Fear can't be blocked by ice.

That is fear.

That is what fear feels like.

So this... is fear?

That's right.

Then what is it that you fear?

What?

Perhaps fear having no effect...
is your fear?

Fear having no effect?

That's not possible.

Not possible?

If you truly believe that,

then point those thorns
at me once more.

Behold...

and tremble with fear.

This is the real Sodenoshirayuki.

Although I'm now able to draw out
Sodenoshirayuki's true power...

...it takes some time for my body
to grow accustomed to it.

I couldn't afford to be struck
by your att*ck until then.

So what if you froze them.

As I said,
fear cannot be blocked by ice.

My fear does not enter
through wounds.

The slightest skin contact
allows it to dissolve and seep in.

It cannot be guarded against. Ever.

Every person has objects of safety
and objects of fear.

When they step into
a place of safety

and are asked why they feel safe,

they give a vague answer like:
"It just kind of does."

However, when they step
into a place of fear,

even an idiot can provide
a clear reason.

"It's dark." "It's cold."
"It's too high." "It's confined."

"It's painful." "It's filthy." etc.

They can give you a list of fears.

It's because all feelings of safety
tie back to life

and all feelings of fear
tie back to death.

Even those who are not able to
provide reasons for wanting to live

can provide reasons
for not wanting to die.

It's not just creatures
that possess feelings.

All living things instinctively
avoid death, in other words, fear.

All those with life,
live to avoid fear,

strengthen themselves
to avoid fear,

and grow to avoid fear.

As long as you’re alive, fear will always have an effect.

I know.

And that's why fear
won't work against me.

Don't you get it?

I'm saying that
I'm not alive right now.

What do you mean by that?

It turns out that Sodenoshirayuki
was not a sword

that emits freezing air
from its tip.

Sodenoshirayuki is...

a Zanpakuto that
lowers the body temperature

of its possessor to below freezing.

All that it comes into contact
with freezes over.

The blade is nothing more
than an arm

to extend the range
of its freezing.

Don't be ridiculous.

If you lower your body temperature
to below freezing,

your bodily functions
will cease to function.

There is no way you can stay alive.

That's right.

I am currently dead.

By controlling my Reishi,

I've gained the ability to
temporarily k*ll my body.

All molecular movement within
my body has ceased.

Even the fear that
has seeped into me

has lost its effect the moment
it touched my body.

That's... absurd.

Negative degrees Celsius.

Blood freezes.

Blood won't flow out of any wound.

Negative degrees Celsius.

The water in the ground
under my feet will freeze,

causing an ice quake.

Negative . degrees Celsius.

Absolute zero.

I'm going to have to
make this quick.

I'm only able to function at
this temperature for four seconds.

Negative degrees Celsius...

Negative degrees Celsius...

Negative degrees Celsius...

Negative degrees Celsius...

Negative degrees Celsius...

A power where I need to
take my time undoing it

- to prevent my body
- Negative degrees Celsius...

- from breaking down...
- Negative degrees Celsius...

I still need more practice.

It seems I slightly exceeded
four seconds.

Fear...?

Fear, you say?

You call this fear?

Breathing is so agonizing.

To have to endure such agony
just to live.

Life is so inconvenient.

I wonder if heaven is a place
where it's easy to breathe?

I wonder if hell is an even more
agonizing place than this?

If it is, I'm scared...

You have survived...

I shall bestow power to you.

No, this is not fear at all.

The only thing I fear...

...is to be rebuked by
His Majesty!

Compared to that,

I feel neither fear nor pain
from battle!

Tatar Foras!

You can't reach me, can you?

It's useless.
You can't reach me.

It's because you got cold feet.

Impossible...!

You're seeing me, right?

The cells in your body may be inactive
at below-freezing temperatures,

but your nerves are still active!

Tatar Foras instills fear in you
through your optic nerves!

You see?

Everywhere you look,
you will see my eyes!

Your nerves cannot escape me!

Closing your eyes will do nothing!

Fond memories may last
in your heart,

but bad memories last even longer!

Just as past fears arise
in the dark of night,

a fear once experienced
will resonate

even stronger in
the depths of your brain

when you close your eyes!

Now, I shall burn away your soul
with your past fears!

You're...

Byakuya Kuchiki!

THE ROYAL PALACE AND THE SEIREITEI

Byakuya Kuchiki...

Brother...!

Good to see you.

I've been waiting.

Tell me...

How are those innards
that I gouged out doing?

I scraped out your entire stomach.

You must be starving from
not being able to eat.

Did you lose some weight?

Brother, look out!

Don't make eye contact with him!

It's too late!

Too late for whom?

I see...

You've already surrounded the area
with your Senbonzakura Kageyoshi.

Nice.

I really wish I could have kept
that Bankai!

Bankai?

Look carefully.

You've used my Bankai before,
so you should be able to tell...

that this is Shikai.

It's just a normal Senbonzakura.

What... did you just say?

Thanks to getting
my Bankai stolen by you,

I was able to rediscover
the true essence of Senbonzakura.

Bonds are like
a pointillist painting.

One must take a step back
to see its true form.

I had forgotten that.

Allow me to thank you, Äs Nödt.

I will not k*ll you... I will not k*ll you...
I will not k*ll you...

I will not k*ll you... I will not k*ll you...
I will not k*ll you... I will not k*ll you!

I will never k*ll you!

I will keep you conscious
and your mind intact

as I sink you into
a sea of pain and fear.

I will make you live for eternity
begging for a blissful death!

Rukia.

I could sense your Spiritual Pressure
even as I was coming down here...

You've become strong, Rukia.

Brother...

Brother just said that...

I've become strong...

Fear is not born in a vacuum.

It feeds off the insecurity
in one's heart.

Do you still have any fears... Rukia?

No!

Time to end this, Byakuya Kuchiki!

All at once, the lights went out
Time to end this, Byakuya Kuchiki!

Reminding me with a voice
So you wish to end this, huh?

and I cannot move
But sorry.
I'm afraid...

I'm not the one
putting an end to you.

Unable to convey even a millimeter
I'm not the one
putting an end to you.

Unable to convey even a millimeter

Unable to convey even a millimeter
What...?

of the lines that I dubbed

All lines
that I don't want to forget
I've had enough of your mockery!

Rewound
I've had enough of your mockery!

Repeated
I've had enough of your mockery!

Became a mark
and I noticed the dust
Take a good look, Rukia.

Became a mark
and I noticed the dust
It is not your fear
that you see reflected in him.

I wait and wait
It is not your fear
that you see reflected in him.

But it won't start
It is not your fear
that you see reflected in him.

If it's already ended
It is not your fear
that you see reflected in him.

I give up
If there is no fear in your heart,
what you are seeing...

But can I
If there is no fear in your heart,
what you are seeing...

borrow your shoulder?
If there is no fear in your heart,
what you are seeing...

With that Kn*fe
If there is no fear in your heart,
what you are seeing...

With that Kn*fe

that was left behind
...is his own fright.

...is his own fright.

Pierce it through

Pierce it through Bankai...

Still

in the middle of a dream,

in the middle of a dream,
Hakka no Togame.

We kept searching
Hakka no Togame.

We kept searching

For the scar that

the revolving world remembers

With just the strong desire

to keep on living

We'll choose a tomorrow
that will not return

We'll choose a tomorrow
that will not return
I'm scared...

We'll choose a tomorrow
that will not return

In just a little while
Am I...

In just a little while

In just a little while
...going to die?

In just a little while

The final curtain will fall
I'm sorry, Your Majesty.

The final curtain will fall

The final curtain will fall
Please don't be angry with me...

Shining upon us

Shining upon us
I'm scared...

The blurred end roll
The agony...

The blurred end roll
The pain...

It scares me...

I'm scared... I'm scared...
I'm scared...

I'm... scared...

Undo it slowly, Rukia.

Slowly.

That was a magnificent Bankai.

But it's also a difficult Bankai.

The tiniest of missteps
will cost you your life.

It's a perilous Bankai.

Handle it with caution.
Never be impatient with it.

Know that there is nothing
that can be saved

by a sword swung in exchange
for one's life.

Let's go, Rukia.

Let's go protect the Soul Society.

Yes,

Brother!

POST INVASION -
SQUAD TEMPORARY FIRST-AID STATION

POST INVASION -
SQUAD TEMPORARY FIRST-AID STATION
Kotechin!

POST INVASION -
SQUAD TEMPORARY FIRST-AID STATION

I found something new
we could use for bedding!

I'm sorry to have given you
such a dangerous assignment.

I don't mind at all!

It's taking a while
for Kenny to return,

so I have nothing else to do!

Besides, when I find bedding
or medicine,

I just charge in, grab it
and make a run for it!

It's not dangerous at all!

What?!

Seriously?
I'm surprised-

"I'm surprised
we haven't been found yet."

Is that what you're thinking?

Where are you looking?

I'm right...

over here.

See?

You can't see me again...

Boom!

That's weird.

I thought I hit him...

"Hit him"?

Wait, what was I trying to hit?

Lieutenant Kusajishi!

Zhazha...
Zhazhazha...

Did it seem like you hit me?

That will never happen.

My presence will
completely disappear

from your sight and mind.

"Beauty means that
there is nothing there."