Ichigo launches a Getsuga Tenshō at Yhwach. Not wanting to fall for a trap, Ichigo is hesitant to listen to Uryū. They are shown as brown in the manga while the anime depicts them as silver or gray. [92] When Rukia tells him the Hollow is called Grand Fisher and it uses the girl as a lure to trick and devour Humans who have high levels of spiritual power, Ichigo, realizing Grand Fisher killed his mother, lunges at it. Asking Sado to confirm this, Ichigo listens as he explains he sees the pain Ichigo feels at not being able to protect the people he cares about. However, the blade instead crumbles to reveal the original Zangetsu in Ichigo's hands, prompting a stunned Yhwach to realize that this is what Haschwalth was trying to warn him about with his dream as Ichigo cuts him in two. She is ambushed by Chizuru Honshō; as usual, Tatsuki intervenes to extract Orihime from Chizuru's grasp. [132] The Sixth Espada then drags the captive Orihime to Ichigo's apparently lifeless body and demands that she heal his rival as he sits down. [262][263][264], Ichigo, Amagai, Rukia, and Shū, evading the patrols, make contact with the 3rd Division members and head towards Rurichiyo's last known location. While Kenpachi and Nnoitra battle one another, Orihime goes to Ichigo and heals Nel first, at Ichigo's request, promising to heal him once she finished with the small Arrancar. Orihime's Shun Shun Rikia Lily and Tsubaki also appear on volume five of "B" Station's second season. [250] While facing the Quincy, Ichigo throws Nel at Orihime, telling her to take care of Nel.[251]. Orihime visits Uryū in the hospital to heal him. He explains Sado offered to help them because it meant Ichigo getting his powers back. [200], After his failure against Yammy, Ichigo becomes depressed that he cannot protect his friends. When the meal is finished, she calls it one of her specialties and presents it to the others. At the mention of the Ōken Orihime becomes confused until Rangiku explains that Soul Society has a King and that he lives in an alternate dimension from the Souls and Shinigami. Trying to stop him, Ichigo is unable to do so. When Ichigo uses his Hollow mask to protect Orihime and Nel from Grimmjow's Gran Rey Cero, Grimmjow, seeing Ichigo is finally at his full strength, releases his Resurrección, fiercely attacking Ichigo. She eventually breaks through the Reiatsu and Ichigo begins to show signs of life. [162] Ulquiorra is then left to guard her from Ichigo, who intends on taking her back.[163]. Orihime replies that she thinks he's funny and starts visualizing different comical versions of Ichigo's scowling face in her mind, causing her to laugh and Tatsuki to become confused at her reaction. She stays behind with Chad in order to heal both Rukia and Rangiku, who were injured during the struggle.[80]. As Kūgo withdraws his blade from Ichigo's chest and Ichigo's Fullbring disappears, Ichigo thinks about how hard it was for him to go seventeen months without any power, and when he thought he found a way, he was so happy he could protect his friends again. Isshin lends him an amulet, which he claims Masaki gave to him, stating it will bring him good fortune. Orihime then enters Yukio's Fullbring, prompting Kūgo to call her the healing item. He uses this power to shatter the barrier surrounding Yamamoto, who, awakening, voices his dread at the turn of events. After a struggle, Ichigo, becoming stronger during the fight, defeats Renji with a Getsuga Tenshō. Meanwhile, Don Kanonji jams his staff into the partially open hole in the Jibakurai's chest. When the Senkaimon opens, Ichigo tells Kon to take care of his family. The Visored Hachigen Ushōda comments that her hair pins, being the physical manifestation of her powers, is very much like the Zanpakutō of a Shinigami, and that her powers resemble his own powers. She and Chad eventually find their comrades on the bank of the river and approach them only to be confronted by Renji's Reigai. [182], There, Ichigo engages Utagawa in battle, during which he obliterates a large portion of the house, surprising both Utagawa and Maki Ichinose. When Ichigo attempts to stop Yhwach from leaving, Jugram Haschwalth cuts the blade of Tensa Zangetsu in two. Telling him not to patronize him, as he would not be saying this if he were in Ichigo's position, Ichigo states he cannot protect anyone or even help the wounded.[217]. After Ichigo reports his findings to the captains, he and Ikkaku find Hōzukimaru and Gegetsuburi. In the manga, Kanonji protects Ichigo from the Demi-Hollow and frees the Shinigami's Zanpakutō while inside the abandoned hospital. Seeing Ichigo hurt, Nel, transforming into her adult form, battles Nnoitra, but eventually reverts to her child form. Sado notes that everything around them composed of Reishi, including the rocks, sand, trees, and buildings, are being absorbed by Quilge's technique. The other Visored stop Ichigo's inner Hollow from killing Hiyori Sarugaki. Ichigo unleashing a powerful Getsuga Tenshō against Yhwach. On June 17th, when Ichigo was nine years old, he and his mother were walking home alongside one of Karakura Town's rivers, which was swollen from heavy rain. Remembering she saw the Hollow who attacked the house when he first met Rukia, Ichigo realizes she might be able to see Shinigami too. Orihime asks Ichigo about Rukia's disappearance. Believing him to be Uryū's attacker, she becomes angry; Moe notes that he can fight her when she acts as such. [521] Yhwach grabs hold of Zangetsu and laments to Ichigo how the path is being closed to a world without fear and how thanks to Ichigo existence will continue as it always has in a cycle of life and death. [269] As Amagai turns his attention to Yamamoto, Yoruichi, arriving, explains the truth about what happened between Yamamoto and Amagai's father as Ichigo listens. [63], Shortly before Ichigo became a Shinigami, he and Sado began attending Karakura High School, and their reputations preceded them. [25][26] Despite claiming not to care about what other people think about him, he attempts to maintain a detached and "cool" image. Immeasurable Spiritual Power: Ichigo has been noted on several occasions to have tremendously vast levels of spiritual energy, well beyond most other Shinigami. [701] The stripes change in thickness after he subjugates his inner Hollow. [141] Her support gives Ichigo the resolve to block Grimmjow's most powerful attack and end the fight.[142]. Ichigo drags his past self out of the Kōtotsu. When Ichigo says he needs it to protect Karakura Town, Tensa Zangetsu says what they want to protect are different. Afterwards, Ichigo returns to Nimaiya's palace, where he chooses an Asauchi who resembles Ichigo's inner Hollow. After a series of attacks, Ulquiorra asks Ichigo why he will not give up. [130], That night, Ichigo, taking the leftovers from dinner to give to Rukia, finds she is gone. [418], Kūgo reveals he was the one who actually attacked Uryū, and ordered Tsukishima to cut him, making them "enemies" who betrayed each other. Noting Ichigo has already made up his mind to rescue Rukia, Orihime, telling him to go save her, insists she does not want her friend to die either. She imagines Rurichiyo Kasumiōji to be a dominatrix before she actually joins their class with her bodyguards. It can absorb most of the impact from a much larger opponent's attack. [497] As Ichigo and the others prepare themselves, they are interrupted by Yukio informing them that he will not be leaving the box to fight. However, Santen Kesshun blocks the barrage as Orihime and Sado emerge from a Garganta. Ichigo is confronted by Tobiume and Haineko. Each are named after a flower: Orihime's techniques involve incantations and manipulating the Shun Shun Rikka into different groups. Orihime then asks Riruka if she's worried about Ichigo as well, which she denies angrily. Ulquiorra intercepts Orihime and her allies in the Dangai. As he leaves, Ichigo says goodbye to his sisters. When Kanonji praises him, Ichigo, telling him to stop his antics, explains it is the same spirit Kanonji thought he had sent to heaven. With enemies conspiring against him, aiming to remove him and invade his weakened country, Izuku needs to gain enough power to prevent their warmongering and survive, though the board is set against him. [221][222] Ichigo trains with Hiyori to increase the amount of time he can stay in his new masked form.[223]. [276][277]Trying to heal him, Orihime pleads for Ichigo to help Uryū fight Ulquiorra. Later, Rukia, freeing him from his cell, informs him of the current situation. Orihime is shocked when the little Arrancar begins to berate her for not cheering him on and reminds her how Ichigo gained the power to protect his friends and now was in an all-out battle just to save her life, needing her support in the process. [61] Ichigo regularly got into fights with thugs, due to the unusual color of his hair. [52] Despite using Santen Kesshun to break their fall, she is knocked unconscious. Orihime is independent, friendly, humorous, optimistic, sensitive, caring and kind. [26] Later, Orihime has Tatsuki over for dinner, revealing more of her crush on Ichigo. Aizen explains her powers enable her to be able to trample upon the horizons that God himself has set in place. [82], Later, the group gets information on the Bounts’ whereabouts, but Ichigo leaves when Kariya begins fighting with Byakuya. Later, Orihime runs to Ichigo, who she had heard crying. She is there when the group is confronted by Maki Ichinose, who tries to wipe out the group using his light abilities, rendering their attacks ineffective. Interrupting them, Urahara invites the group inside.[156]. After a while, Ichigo suggests that they take a break. Noting that a combined attack like this is fitting for a racial hybrid like Ichigo, Yhwach repels the attack and clashes with the young Shinigami. Activating his own Fullbring, Kūgo, saying it would be great if they had rules like a video game, requests Yukio give them six HP each, prompting six crosses to appear above their heads. Later, she senses the defeat of Rangiku and Nemu Kurotsuchi at the hands of Reigai-Rukia. They are saved by her friends. Orihime is confronted by Riruka Dokugamine. Ichigo wonders how they are going to get back up to the palace, before having a Garganta open behind her to reveal Grimmjow, whose arrival shocks Ichigo. She replies that he is probably upstairs, and Ichigo wonders if Yuzu is fine with him being in her room, which she affirms. The clinic did not have the equipment necessary to save him, and he died before an ambulance arrived to transfer him to Karakura Hospital. Orihime is worried when Nel becomes a child again. [70] They both search for her, with Orihime climbing up to Byakuya's window and having to decline an invitation to a drink with Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto; this leads them to the Shiba household, where they find Rukia. Asking Uryū to join them for lunch, Ichigo later regrets it, due to the atmosphere which prevails over their meal. He attempts to finish his fight with Ulquiorra, but injured Espada begins to fade. "[123], Orihime is taken straight to Aizen's throne room in Las Noches. 19. [104][105] Later on, while healing Rukia, she can't help, but notice Ichigo watch on in concern, sadly closing her eyes afterwards. After explaining how this happened, Ichibē asks Ichigo to stop Yhwach from killing the Soul King as Ichigo and his friends rush toward the main palace.[486]. After he leaves, she swears not to let him get hurt. [218] At their hideout, Hiyori Sarugaki draws out his inner Hollow, which nearly kills her. [292] Orihime and Ichigo are left appalled by Yhwach's power, and Orihime is later incapacitated by Yhwach. Later, inside Yukio Hans Vorarlberna's modified Valley of Screams, when Ichigo points out how he seems to be the only one who does not know anything, Orihime and Sado note he is right. Yoruichi pulls her to safety and tells her to heal herself, Ichigo, and Sado, saying she would be alright. While the Visored fight his out of control body, in his inner world, Ichigo, unable to damage the Hollow, is instead stabbed. [119] As Ichigo tries to make him undo it, Uryū tells him Hollows will soon flood the town, and he should try to protect as many people as possible. [159] However, Kenpachi uses Kendō, finishing Nnoitra off. Riruka demands that Yukio quickly create a table and chairs for her and Orihime. [209] Ichigo tells Sado to let him handle the Arrancar, and Sado leaves. [490] Yhwach attempts to destroy both of them, but Ichigo stops him, allowing Yoruichi to move in and begin the process of replacing the Soul King. Finding Rurichiyo, Ichigo attempts to defend her from an assassin.[257]. [28] His outspoken, hot-headed demeanor is a trait Ichigo himself has acknowledged, and if somebody picks a fight with him, he cannot help fighting back. The spirits are separate manifestations of Orihime's spirit, each with its own unique appearance and personality. When Jackie says they will abort the training, as Ichigo's Fullbring is going berserk in a way she has never seen before, Ichigo is adamant in continuing. When Ichigo asks Uryū if he has a plan, Uryū tells him he was not trying to come up with one, but rather he was observing Kūgo's Reiatsu. [552] Even when worn-out in battle, he can continue fighting effectively while still using Getsuga Tenshō or unleashing and maintaining his Bankai. Karin tells him she saw the Plus' memories, and he saw his mother being murdered. Before going to Hueco Mundo, she writes a cryptic line in a notebook, as a message to the others, "Goodbye halcyon days. As Senjumaru manifests a flight of spiral stairs below the platform they are standing on, Ichibei reveals the Wandenreich has already begun attacking the Seireitei. Noting the strange look that Ichigo had on his face earlier, Orihime notes that there had to be a reason for it, which Ichigo agrees with before revealing that he needed to awaken something with Yhwach's Quincy Reiatsu.[289]. Ichigo, unaware he is unable to perform Bankai outside of Soul Society, faces three Modified Souls in a series of games, set by Urahara, which involve kidnapping Ichigo's friends, all unbeknownst to Ichigo. Orihime does not react, angering the Arrancar even more which results in louder attacks and Menoly trying to quieten her down. Promotional art of Orihime in her Thousand Year Blood War outfit from Bleach: Brave Souls. 85. His voice has a slight Hollow echo to it. Ichigo undergoes training with three the Mod Souls, Ririn, Kurōdo, and Noba. [94] Orihime recognizes the new darkness in Ichigo's Reiatsu that wasn't there in Soul Society. Orihime and Sado run up to Silbern as Jugram attacks Uryū, blowing part of it away. Using the last of his power, Ulquiorra uses a Lanza del Relámpago to sever one of Ichigo's inner Hollow horns, thwarting the attack. She has an over-active imagination and gets carried away thinking of implausible scenarios, such as portraying herself as a futuristic and highly destructive robot in an assignment asking a student "How do you see yourself in the future?".[15]. Ichigo begins to question Orihime on her new ability. When Nozomi refuses, Orihime warns her that she will fail if she tries to do too much at once. Aizen then reveals his reasons for summoning her and proceeds to show her a slightly deteriorated form of the Hōgyoku. Ulquiorra wonders that if Ichigo's increased strength during their second battle was due to him seeing Orihime safe and well. Sometime later, he learned the girl was Orihime Inoue. As Ichigo attempts to end the fight, Byakuya severs his sword's tip, leaving Ichigo stunned. Ichigo greeted by the captains upon his return to Soul Society. He further explains Fullbringers do not enjoy their powers, similar to the way Ichigo hated his Hollow powers. [231], When Kūgo slashes Ichigo's eyes, Orihime tries to help him, but Kūgo stops her. [214][215] Grimmjow continues to overwhelm Ichigo until he uses his black Getsuga Tenshō to attack Grimmjow. Their conversation is interrupted as they are consumed by Ulquiorra's dense Reiatsu when he uses his Segunda Etapa technique. During the battle, Inaba reveals Nozomi and himself were created from the Reiatsu of the same Shinigami. [448] As Ichigo travels through a Garganta opened by Urahara, Akon informs him of the situation in Soul Society. [553] Even at less than half strength, his spiritual energy is comparable to a captain-level fighter. [150] Orihime tries to warn Ichigo about his injuries. As the dust settles, a hat-less Urahara, stating he would have lost an arm if it were not for Chikasumi no Tate, says he did not expect so much from one swing. Grimmjow then explodes into the room, ending the assault. [506], They reach the entrance to the throne room and Ichigo tells Orihime that he is counting on her to act as his defense. When Orihime, Uryū, Rukia, Sado, and Renji arrive, Ichigo, greeting them, collapses, screaming in pain. He coldly refers to his teachers as "instructors". At Rukia's behest, he brings her home. Where his mask once had a series of thick red stripes which covered almost the entire left half of his mask, there are now only two thick vertical black stripes, each on one half of the mask, which are interrupted by the widened eye-holes and the jaw.[707][708]. Noting they were all blown away, Orihime wonders if this is indicate of Uryū or Yhwach's power before noticing Ichigo's distraught face. Orihime meets Ichigo and Rukia in street after hurting her leg. Transforming his lure into an image of Masaki, Grand Fisher explains about his ability. 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