04x05 - Defend You

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A fusion of Getsugatensho
and Gran Rey Cero...

A fitting power for one born from
a fusion of so many things.

And yet...

it still falls short!

THE CALAMITY

I've lived my way full of shame

"Envy" comes from the ways
of the eventual end

The ambiguous balance

I want to cut ties at once

It's too late to back down now

Before this senile body dies

My shadow will fade away soon, but

Even if I disappear, my journey won't stop

Uncertain days, certain endings

My stories fill the in-betweens

Beyond the wall blocking my way,
there is a calm morning

Like the rising sun,
I stand with the wind at my back

A burst of hope?

Break through an endless night

Show the sun waiting
at the end of darkness

The promise is yet to be fulfilled

but I stand in solitude not to let it go

At the moment,
I'm connecting numerous lights

to form a constellation
that paves tomorrow

Even if the rain clouds
hide the night sky away

there certainly is a flame in my heart

God is no longer reliable

I glance up towards the silver lining

The destiny of bursting fate

BLEACH THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD w*r

Brazo Izquierdo Del Diablo...

La Muerte!

All right!

Let's keep this pace up
and get through the rest of 'em!

What?

Is it just you guys?
- Where's Ichigo?

He went with Inoue to
where Yhwach is.

Damn it.

I guess we should just be thankful
he didn't run off by himself.

Renji!
- Go on ahead, Rukia.

I'll take care of things here.

Got it.

You don't seem to get it...

You're all just my warm up.

Is running away all you're going
to do, Uryu Ishida?

Now, draw your bow,
"Last of the Quincies."

I'll strike down your arrows...

...and expose everything about you.

Go ahead and try.

If your sword can reach me,
that is.

A vortex of chaos like no other...

That is...

the very power of the Soul King.

You cannot prevent it.

Shitenkoshun!

Tell me, Ichigo...

What is power?

For what purpose does it exist?

You would likely answer,

"It is to protect."

But that kind of power
is a weak power.

True power breaks men,
brings the world to its knees,

and rules over all of the world.

If you claim that
you will defeat me...

That is the kind of power
it will be.

"To protect" is a deception.

Do not play the hero,

Ichigo.

"To protect"...

I want to protect Kurosaki...

Since my "power" is weak...

If only my powers were stronger,
I could...

Such impudence!

I reject!

I reject!

Inoue!

Do you really think you can
afford to be concerned

for someone else right now?

Fine then.

Continue to show me...

until your power is exhausted.

I...

I...reject...!

Inoue...

Stop... it!

I...

...reject!

You've done enough, Inoue!
- You're a pest!

I reject!!!

You're using the last of your power
for Ichigo?

But what has that done?

If only my powers...

were...

stronger...

You did well enduring...

...all of that, Inoue.

Kuchiki...

Rukia...

I'm here to help, Ichigo.

Are you okay,

Inoue?

Yes...

Thanks for helping me.

Let me take it from here.

You've changed a lot since
I last saw you.

You look like you're rolled up
in a black blanket...

and you've even grown a horn!

Shut up! I didn't turn into this
because I wanted to!

The horn is cool!

Besides, what gives?

Don't show up out of nowhere
just to criticize me!

What?! Is that what you say to
someone who came to help you?!

I didn't ask for your help!

Big words coming from someone
who's been beaten so soundly!

I was just about to launch
my counterattack!

Seems like you haven't
lost your spine.

Damn right.

Rukia Kuchiki...

Are you the Soul Reaper
who guided Ichigo?

If I have any Soul Reaper to thank,
it is you.

You triggered the awakening
of Ichigo's powers.

Then I won't need to apologize
for my rudeness.

He and I will be the ones
who will take you down.

Let's do this, Rukia.

Right!

What the matter?

No originality.

One...

Two...

Three!

I see it.

Imagine the "Last Quincy"
using his sword to attack my back...

This is an "arrow."

Prove that you can see what
I'm going to say, Grand Master!

If there is a next time, that is.

You look pathetic.

But it fits you well.

Uryu Ishida.

That's an interesting power.

It appears to shackle your ability
to fight alongside your friend.

Faster, Rukia.

Let's take down that b*stard.

No need to tell me.

If only...

I had the power...

Kurosaki...

and Kuchiki wouldn't have
to get hurt like that...

It's because my power is weak...

That's why Kurosaki and Kuchiki
are suffering...

If only my powers were...

much much...

stronger...

Return to nothingness,
you of feeble strength.

Goodbye, my son.

The...

...moon?

Ban...

...kai.

So you're showing it at last...

Your Bankai!

Kurosaki...

I see...

So that's your "Zangetsu."

I will force all the power
you possess...

to yield before me.

I need this power...

...to protect everyone...

...from you!

That was weak, Ichigo.

Here I come, Yhwach.

What?
Was that a delayed slash?

No matter.

I will simply parry!

I felt it's impact...

Why are you there?

What?

That despicable Spiritual Pressure!

It's a power I can only describe
as different from the Soul Reapers...

But I told you, Ichigo,
you're weak!

It's a power that almost screams
that you don't need your friends.

Getsuga...

...tensho!

Kurosaki...!

"He's underestimating me."

"I'll take him down
in this instant."

That's what you were
telling yourself, correct?

I'm not underestimating you.

To devour you,
I need to understand you.

k*ll him, Ichigo!
Right now!

Also, "this instant..."

Getsuga...

...just ended.

Kurosaki...!

She will be the last one
to witness you.

I will make her watch you vanish
from this world,

unable to protect anything,
unable to leave a legacy,

and utterly powerless to act.

I will... protect... Kurosaki...!

I commend your strength of will.

But you fall far short of being
able to fight alongside Ichigo,

much less protect him.

You are here because Ichigo
is unable to

let go of his weakness for you.

Yhwach!!

That woman is your weakness now,
and in the past.

Paradoxically,
what hinders your "battle"

is the very reason
you grip your blade:

your desire to "protect."

It is because you fight that
you will be defeated.

Ichigo...!

Bankai.

Hakka no Togame!

Getsuga...

...tensho!!

Kuchiki!

This is power.

That was foolish of you.

My dear Ichigo...

This is where
the "power to protect"

that you spoke of
inevitably leads.

And...

it is proof of the "strong power"
that I speak of.

If only my powers were...

much... much...

stronger...

Vanish like the dust, Uryu Ishida.

It's exactly as I "saw" it,
Uryu Ishida!

Your last resort...

Leiden Hant.

I see your next move, as well.

Maybe you shouldn't use

His Majesty Yhwach's powers
without a plan.

You'll leave yourself vulnerable.

Vulnerable?

Is that because you managed
to get behind me?

Shuno.

Tsubaki.

Ayame.

Hinagiku.

Baigon.

Lily.

Why am I so weak?

Why are my powers inconsequential?

Sternenstaub!

I "see" it already!

You?!
- Three seconds!

If you "saw" me looking for
a way to escape,

then, that will be your undoing.

Once you use your ability
to see into the future,

you can't use that power again
for three seconds.

A mere three seconds will not
give you a chance at victory!

But it is still three seconds!

If only my powers were...

much... much...

stronger...

So strong that I couldn't
hold it all myself...

If it were so great
that it was boundless...

Then I could envelop
the whole world...

Fighting...

pain...

and suffering...

I could make it so that...

they never happened.

That is...

...why...

Are you throwing
your life away, Orihime Inoue?!

Do you think this-

This is going to make
your powers disappear!

Wait...

Inoue!

You shouldn't... Inoue...

Bye-bye, Kurosaki!

I'll take it all on, okay?