13x26 - Final Chapter - Zanpakutō The Alternate Tale

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Zanpakuto

Their shape and abilities arebased on their Soul Reaper's soul.

Soul Reapers gain power

by learning their namesand synergizing with them.

They are born with Soul Reapersand die with Soul Reapers.

That is what Zanpakuto are.

What about Kurosaki?Can he be saved?!

I don't know

But since we can't get near it,

we'll have to leavethe rest to Ichigo himself.

But

Ichigo!

Kurosaki

Kurosaki

Where am I?

Is that you, Ichigo Kurosaki?

Imagine meeting you here

How did you get here?

How should I know?!

What is this place?

Can't you tell?

Just as your Zanpakuto hasa home in the world of your mind,

I too, had a home

Then this place is

But he

I don't understand it, myself

Why am I in this place?

Did my reunion withKoga summon me here?

Or is this simply not real

Either way, this place willlikely come apart soon.

But more than that,

I am grateful to the destinythat connects you and me

To this destiny given to meto settle our battle.

Why?!

You should no longerhave any reason to fight!

You don't get it!

Your power will nourish me.

That being the case,I will not give up the fight.

That's all there is!

I won't fall for that!

You're not usingthat att*ck on me!

I've seen through your move!

What?!

It's useless.

Flailing your sword around won'tallow you to escape my power.

Dammit Why?

Looks like it's over for you.

What happened?!It suddenly loosened

Getsugatensho!

I figured it out!

It isn't that your techniqueis invisible.

By reflecting your techniquein a mirror or on water,

you make your enemy thinkthere is an invisible power there.

But

It seems the real power isin the reflected image.

In that case

If it doesn't reflecton the water's surface,

you can't use your technique!

You're mine!

Indeed, I can't seem toutilize my power

to its fullest extent right here.

But that is notthe only ability I possess.

From the momentyou and I faced each other,

you were caught in my technique.

Damn

How do I b*at this guy?

Ichigo

Feel it

Zangetsu!

His power of suggestiondoes not work on me.

I will become your eyes.

But it is impossible for thisto work without you and I”

Zanpakuto and Master”are truly connected to one another.

I got it, old man.

You're coming at me again?

Here we go.

How is he?!

Getsuga

tensho!

That's rightYou have Zangetsu by your side

I understand now whatthe old man was saying

What?!

Recognizing and acceptingeach other's existence.

That's how the relationship between

Zanpakuto andSoul Reapers should be.

You must know that, too.

What would you know?!

Isn't it about timeyou get it, already?!

Ichigo We're at the limit.

There is a maelstrom hereof deep-seated grudges

belonging to the Hollows thathe kept consuming for many years.

They are about to crush himat any time now.

We don't have time, Ichigo.

Yeah.

His voice never reached me

Muramasa!

Ichigo, get out of here

If you remain here,you'll never be able to go back

Muramasawhy must you go this far to

It's none of your business!

He said he didn't need you

So why?

Koga's abilities are worthyof ruling the Soul Society

I was proud of that.

He possesses that much ability!

I can still fight!

So what?!

Didn't you say you weregoing to free the Zanpakuto?!

So now you bring that up?

That was bullshit to trick you!

Is that really true?!

You even said youkilled your master!

Wasn't the truth that your master

wasn't payingany attention to you?!

You realized that,

but still continued to exist forthe purpose of undoing Koga's seal.

Wasn't that becauseyou wanted to

communicate with Kogamore than anyone?!

It was a pipe dream

It wouldn't have lasted long

Hey!

Ichigo We won't be able tomake it in time.

If he becomes a Hollow,

pockets of reishi in the World of

the Living would become unbalanced,

and Karakura Towncould be destroyed.

He won't become a Hollow

Muramasa

I intend to be together with

my Zanpakuto, Zangetsu, to the very end.

Not only me!

My friends, and eventhe captains, as well

To a Soul Reaperand Zanpakuto,

each is irreplaceable andspecial to the other!

You knew that better than anyone.

Why have you been doing thingsthat trampled on that pride?!

You have no right to tell me that!

That is the true natureof my power!

Holding someone down by force isn'tthe only way to use a Zanpakuto.

There's no need to accommodateeverything a Soul Reaper does!

Looks like my time is up.

Ichigo

Yeah Here I go!

Hyorinmaru!

Captain!

That was the last one!

Yeah

What's going on?

What?!

Muramasa

Muramasa!

Muramasa!

How ironic

It's your voice thatreaches my soul?

What happened?

I don't know the reason,

but the Hollows'Spiritual Pressure is gone.

Then Karakura Town is saved?

Kurosaki?!

What?

That's definitely Kurosaki'sSpiritual Pressure!

Is this what you calla sharing of the soul?

Yes

I wound up making quitea mess of Koga didn't I?

It happens to all of us.

If you made a mistake, just fix it.

I'm sure someday

Ichigo

Is everyone all right?

They're all safe.

Is Muramasa gone?

He kept his pride as a Zanpakutountil the very end.

Brother

Byakuya

Rain?

What's this?

It feels strange, somehow

I want to go back.

You're back.

Welcome back

We're going back.

Huh?

Huh?

Captain

Yeah They sure put usthrough a lot of trouble

Ichigo Kurosaki

This is the second timeI'm thanking you.

Thank you for your help.

Sure

Uh-oh, I'd better get backto Las Noches quickly!

Huh? Sure is quiet around here.

What's going on?

Ichigo Kurosaki

Looks like no one told youanything again.

Ulquiorra?!

Oh no, not this again!

Illustrated Guide to Soul Reapers!

What're you relaxing for,Ulquiorra?!

Aren't we returning to the Arrancarstory arc starting next episode?

You're such a fool, Ichigo.

That's right, Ichigo!

The producers are shiftingthe story line for a bit longer!

See! This is the scriptfor the next episode!

Why am I always lateto be informed?!

You have onlya few scenes again,

so they were going tolet you know later!

Again?But I'm the main character!

Everyone out there, you'll needto wait a little longer.