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Your pale broken wings...

Are just a bit tired from that clear blue sky

You don't need to force your smiles for someone

It's okay now... to smile for yourself.

Loneliness still continues to stalk me

A candle lit within

The party is lively; the chandeliers are gorgeous, and yet...

How do I fill the hole left behind by those lacking words?

I don't even know anymore

If can at least swim freely in my dreams,

I wouldn't need a sky like that

I can face tomorrow without painting over all the things up to yesterday

Your pale broken wings

Are just a bit tired from that clear blue sky

You don't need to force your smiles for someone

It's okay now... to smile for yourself.

Soul Reapers...

They are the spiritual guardians of the World of the Living.

They are the balancers

who keep a close eye on the countless souls,

good and evil, that fill this world.

Ichigo and his friends barely manage to defeat the Arrancars

that entered Karakura Town,

but they suffer a lot of damage.

I wasn't able to protect anyone.

I couldn't even beat the guy who hurt my friend.

I lost...

I'm surprised you knew where we were, Ichigo.

Ichigo visited the Visoreds

in order to learn how to suppress his inner Hollow.

You pass!

We're going to pound knowledge of how to suppress your Hollow

all the way into the heart of your soul!

It's been a while... King...

Where is old man Zangetsu?

I don't understand.

When you talk about Zangetsu,

are you talking about the one that you're holding?

Oris itthe one...

I'm holding?

I'm Lisa Yadomaru.

Pleased to meet you.

Ban...

—...kai! —.. kai!

It's begun.

You bastard... When did you learn how to use a Bankai?!

Isn't it obvious?

The same moment that you did!

This is the Soul Society...

What in the...?

What?!

Scatter...Senbonzakura.

What's going on?!

Byakuya!

What a joke...

What?!

Is that your power now?

What are you talking about?

What the hell is going on?!

Answer me!

Where am 1? Why have you shown up?!

You've become rather pathetic, Ichigo Kurosaki.

What...?

Bankai...

Wait!

Scatter! Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!

Damn it!

Stop!

I don't have time to be fighting you!

Damn it!

You haven't even acknowledged the confusion in your heart.

What?!

What exactly did I do?

Stand up...Ichigo Kurosaki.

In that case...

Byakuya!

You bastard...

Cut it out! What's your problem?!

Ichigo Kurosaki...

It seems that it is impossible for you to obtain a true Bankai.

What the hell are you talking about?

I'm in the state of Bankai right now!

You bastard!

Stop talking nonsense!

Those who have no will to fight cannot stop my sword.

It's over.

Don't look so angry!

Let's have some fun!

Shut up!

What was that just now? Why did Byakuya appear?!

Damn it... What's going on?

Getting distracted at a time like this?!

I'm not distracted!

You expect me to believe that with that look in your eyes?

I said that I'm not distracted!

Getsugatensho!

He stopped it with one hand!

Getsugatensho...

Two..., one...

That's ten minutes.

Hachi! I'm going on.

Open it up!

All right.

Time's up. Switch.

I'm Kensei Muguruma.

I'm going to crush you.

Don't waste your time, Ichigo.

If you don't hurry, well really have to kill you...

I told you that you're really bad at this, Ichigo.

Did you forget?

I'm the one who first used Getsugatensho while in Bankai.

All you ever do is copy the way I fight.

You're just an incompetent brat!

Ichigo.

Give up.

You don't have what it takes to use Bankai.

You're really quite pathetic, boy.

Huh?

Kariya...

How much break time do I get?

The eight of us are going to rotate,

so ten minutes times eight makes 80 minutes.

It isn't "times eight," baldy!

If you exclude her, it's seven!

Fine. Ten minutes times seven makes 70 minutes!

Am / also being counted?

But I'm busy putting up the barrier...

He was strong! Far more than I thought he'd be...

Be careful, Kensei...

Orelse...

Instant Regeneration?!

What's his deal? He's getting serious.

You'd know first hand as to why, right?

What...

...the hell?!

Tsk!

His Hollowfication is going faster than I'd thought.

The maximum amount of time he can fight inside

to control his Hollowfication Is about an hour.

Excluding Hachigen, ten minutes times six is 60 minutes.

Meaning that if it gets to my next turn...

It's over.

Kariya...

This is an illusion...

I'm seeing things!

It might be... But...

But what?

The mind sees illusions...

Since your mind created me,

it means that you're concerned about the fact that

you defeated me.

You always look back whenever you finish a battle...

You look at the foe you defeated

and the friends you couldn't protect.

Are you that afraid to move forward through battle?

Are you afraid to walk the same path as me?

No! I'm not like you!

You're pretty confident...

What happened to your Zangetsu?

Do you think that you can defeat me with your bare hands?

You've lost your Zangetsu...

Do you know how helpless you are?

You're as defenseless as a scared baby!

Damn it!

Do you want a weapon that badly?!

Then I'll give you one!

This is...

Old man Zangetsu!

Sorry to disappoint you.

You want a weapon, don't you?

Choose whichever one you like...

No!

Zangetsu isn't here!

Remember!

Zangetsu is in...

What's wrong? Aren't you going to take a weapon?

How are you going to repel this?!

It's within me...

Zangetsu!

Now you can't say whatever you like!

Getting a weapon has made you confident...

You really are pathetic.

Shut up!

Then cut me down with that!

What...?!

You cannot cut me...

...with that blade that regrets cutting me down.

I'll tell you the truth...

The truth about battle...

Battles go on forever...

Even if you defeat one person, another strong person will appear.

And even if you defeat him,

an even stronger person will appear.

If you don't have the determination

to withstand that everlasting struggle,

you will lose someday.

But it doesn't end there...

Someone else will repeat the battles.

It's a cycle of rebirth!

It's not limited to the life and death of people!

Battle has its own cycle of rebirth!

As long as peoples' souls exist,

conflicts will be born and battles will begin.

Battles will repeat themselves throughout eternity!

That's not true!

That's why you're foolish!

Those with power will always be drawn into battle.

It was the same for us Bounts...

The ones who are first to lose their lives...

are idealists like you!

Damn it!

You're still fighting with a weak blade like this one?

Don't you have any pride?

What a let down...

Z-Zangetsu is...

It's not Zangetsu...

I told you... I'm Zangetsu!

As usual, you're amazingly stupid!

You've lost your weapon. Why are you just standing there?

Ichigo!

What's the difference between a king and his horse?

What?

I don't mean, "one's a person and the other's a horse,"

or "one has two legs and the other has four."

I'm not giving you a kid's riddle!

Form, abilities, and power!

Even if the two were exactly the same,

one would be the king who controls the battle,

and the other would be the horse that lends its power to the king.

I'm asking you what sets the two apart!

There's only one answer...

It's instinct!

It's the thing that someone with equal power needs

in order to gain even greater power!

What someone needs to become the king is...

The desire to engage in battle, and to obtain power.

And the desire to mercilessly crush and trample your enemies.

The absolute desire to engage in battle!

Our sharp, murderous instincts are etched deep

in the core of our bodies!

You have no raw instinct!

You fight with reason.

You try to defeat your foes with reason!

Who can you cut with a sheathed sword?!

That's why you're weaker than I am, Ichigo!

I don't want that, Ichigo...

I don't know about Zangetsu,

but I don't want a king who's weaker than I am

to ride around on me and get us both killed!

If you're weak, then I'll crush you...

So that I can become the king.

Instinct?

The desire to engage in battle...

Sword...

won't give it to him...

SWORD

Instinct ..

I dressed up my five fingers with a manicure

And then what's glowing was me instead

Inspiration is like a goldfish

Or perhaps a voice

There's no sound that doesn't bounce back

Those lines stretching parallel to each other

They say one line turns beautiful, then deteriorate repeatedly

I'm standing right there, but the way is locked

The distance grows, but it's within reach

And even today

I trace your gibberish roman letters over and over with my left hand

The one you see the moment you open your eyes

What color will he paint your nails?

Ichigo seems like he's having fun in his internal battle.

Do you suppose he's having a really good dream?

Men always have perverted dreams.

What?! When we're trying really hard to help him?

That perverted baldy!

Perverted baldy? You're calling me a perverted baldy?!

After these messages, the Illustrated Guide to Soul Reapers Golden!

lllustrated guide to Soul Reapers! Golden!

Lieutenant Kusajishi!

What is this?

Oh!

Something fun will happen

if you put that in the mouth of a stuffed animal!

Yay!

All right! I'm back!

Huh?!

A dog manju!

Huh? "Dog manju"?

THE END

IT DOESN'T HURT!