07x18 - Through the Crumbling Forest, a Million Menos

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Orihime has been abductedby the Arrancars.

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

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

They crush the Arrancarsstanding in their way

and make their way to Las Noches,Aizen's headquarters.

But the Guardian of the White Sand,Runuganga,

drags them into the Forest of Menosdeep beneath the desert.

Rukia is separated from Ichigo andthe others when they enter the forest.

She meets a mysteriousSoul Reaper named Ashido.

Long ago, Ashido followedHollows into the Forest of Menos.

He fought Hollows by himselffor many years.

Ashido¦ Why didyou bring me here?

If I talked, you'd respond,ask questions, and speak.

I wanted to letmy friends hear that.

Rukia goes with Ashido tolook for Ichigo and the others.

But deep in the forest,

the Adjuchas that control the foresthad set a trap and were lying in wait.

If we defeat him,the Menos will get slower.

Yeah¦

Fire your Cero!

Aim there, Gillians!

Rukia!

Ashido!

I'm sorry, Ashido!

Don't worry.

You've brought a burdenwith you today, Ashido.

You should worrymore about yourself!

Ashido, you got hurtbecause of me.

I'm going to defeat that Adjuchas!

What are you two chatting about?!Maybe I should defeat you first!

Dance¦

Sodenoshirayuki.

Somenomai¦

Tsukishiro.

Reconsider your thoughts¦

about whether I'm a burden.

Ashido¦ I'm sorry.

This is your friend's¦

Ashido, it may not bemy place to say this, but¦

Maybe you should return toSoul Society once more.

I understand your feelingstowards your friends,

but the situation has changed.

Things aren't likethey were before!

More to the point, you're alive!

Your deceased friends willforgive you if you leave this place.

I decide my own path.

Let's go on!

Yeah¦

This is Nel and the others'Spiritual Pressures!

You're sure they're here, right?

What should we do?

It's obvious!

We barge in and swipe them!

We can't waste time here forever!

We've got to start looking forRukia as soon as possible!

Wait! It's dangerous to barge inwithout knowing the situation inside¦

Hey!

What's this?

This is¦

They're not here.

Seriously, you guys!

There were only tracesof their Spiritual Pressures.

Crap!

It looks like they weremoved elsewhere.

Do you know where they are?

Let's go!

Over here?!

Where are they?

Hey!

Nel, you're all right!

Why are they there?

Ichigo, run away!

Nel!

I was going to get youwith one sh*t, but I failed.

Oh well¦

Don't move, Soul Reaper!

Don't move a single hair!

If you do, the Hollowsare going to eat them!

They're going to eat us!

Hurry and save us!

Crap!

It seems like you wereplanning to draw us out

by using them as baitfrom the beginning.

That's not all!

The guy who Lord Aizen placedin charge of this forest

says that he wants tofight Ashido one-on-one.

So we drew you out.

Ashido?

That's why we made you cometo this amusing place!

Amusing place?

That's right.

What's this Spiritual Pressure?!

Let's hurry!

Where to?

The exit!

Whoa! Where do you thinkyou're going, Ashido?

Itsugo!

“ Ichigo!“ Did they do it?!

What?! Where did they go?!

Ichigo!

Bastards!

Nice, Ishida!

Yeah¦

Did you see our team play?!

You shouldn't talk!

Dejected¦

We don't have tohold back now!

Let's go!

The Soul Reapers arefighting over there.

It's easy to getan understanding of

their Spiritual Pressuresfrom here, isn't it?

Do you want to save them?

But I won't let you pass!

You're going to senseyour friends getting hurt

and you're going to diebeing unable to do anything about it.

You wretch¦

Let's finish this already, Ashido!

Stand back.

I've fought him many times.

Las Noches placed himin charge of this forest.

Unlike the others,he can't be underestimated.

But¦

I'll settle this!

This is my final job in this forest.

Ashido¦you¦

Afterwards, I want you to tell mewhat's going on outside.

Ashido!

What?!

Don't underestimate me!

Crap!

Roar! Zabimaru!

On to the next one!

Crap!

Crap!

Getsugatensho!

What's this?!

“ Ichigo! I'm scared!“ That was so scary! Hold me!

They suddenly beganto move more slowly.

Did you notice?

Your friend's Spiritual Pressuredisappeared instead.

Crap!

It's over!

Run away, Rukia!

Tsuginomai¦

Hakuren.

What?!

Are you all right?!

Yeah¦ Let's hurry.

Wait!

Thanks¦

Don™t mention it.

Here I go!

Bankai!

Hihio Zabimaru!

Getsugatensho!

It looks like we™vecleaned things up.

Yeah!

Is everyone all right?!

Yeah¦

We're saved¦

Yeah.

Apparently the exit is up here!

The Hollows told us earlier!

Really?

Yeah, it's true!

Wait! We can't leavewithout Rukia!

That's right.We know where the exit is¦

Let's go look for her!

There's no need for that.

Rukia!

Ichigo! Renji!

Rukia, you¦

Kuchiki, I'm glad that you're safe.

Yeah¦ Sorry for worrying you.

Who is that?

His name is Ashido¦He's a Soul Reaper like us.

A Soul Reaper?!

He saved me andallowed me to get here.

œGet here?The exit really is up here?

You didn't believe us?!

How persistent!

I'm scared!

It's no good! There's no hope!

Don't give up!We should thoroughly¦

Wait! They're still far away.

Ichigo, our goal is to save Inoue.

Let's get out of here.

Ashido knows where the exit is.

Let's hurry!

All right.

It's up ahead.

Did we get in from here?

This isn't where you came in.

Once you pass through here,get on the current of sand!

You'll get to the surface!

All right. Let's go!

They've come!

You won't get away, Soul Reapers.

You're still alive, huh?

Go back! Get going!

But¦

Ashido!

It's coming!

Oh no¦ It's collapsing!

Everyone, let's hurry!

Ashido! Come with us!

I'll go afterwards!

Go on ahead!

Why you¦Don't interfere!

Ashido!

Rukia, look out!

Crap! Why you¦

L-Lord Aizen!

Ashido!

Save your¦friend!

Ashido!

Ah! We got back tothe surface alive!

I never thought that I'd live to seethe gleaming moonlight ever again!

Furthermore,we're almost at Las Noches!

“ We did it! We did it!“ We did it! We did it!

Ashido said that the Adjuchas' powerschanged recently.

I couldn't tell him,

that fellow Soul Reapersjoined the Hollows

and are trying to change the worldwith the Hogyoku.

Ashido had been fighting forseveral hundreds of years

under here as a Soul Reaper.

I couldn't tell him¦

Rukia¦

Along with saving Inoue,let's steal the Hogyoku from Aizen!

Hey!

We're leaving!

Yeah.

Rukia¦

Yeah¦ Let's go.

Ashido, I'll come back for you.Until then¦

It unexpectedly suits you.

When did you get here?!

Just now¦ Don't make a fussabout everything. It's annoying.

I've come to inform you.

Your friends haveentered Hueco Mundo.

Why?

This wall¦

What's the deal with it?

It doesn't seem to bemade of Sekkiseki.

If it's not Sekkiseki, then wecan break through by force!

Let's go, Renji!

Don't boss me around, idiot!

œWhy, you ask?

They've come to save you.

Aside from that¦

They have no other reasons.

Umm¦

What is it?

These clothes fit me perfectly.I was wondering how you knew my size.

Everything is as Lord Aizenhas intended it to be.

What?! He knew just by looking at me?!That's amazing!

Inoue, that's not what you'resupposed to be surprised about.

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Hisagi, what should we doif our Zanpakuto breaks?

Did yours break?

This is just theoretical.

I could fix it for a fee.

C-Captain Kurotsuchi?!

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