Rangiku teases the Shinigami for being gullible and believing her claims.
Yin attacks a carriage with her lightning.
Yin electrocutes the Shinigami with her whip.
Ice covers
Yang's blade as she clashes with Hitsugaya.
Hitsugaya attempts to remove Kusaka's mask when the latter acts familiar with him.
Ichigo discovers the aftermath of the attack.
Uryū Ishida adjusts his glasses as he comes across the entrance Ichigo made in the barrier around the site of the attack.
The barrier shatters, leaving Ichigo alone in the forest.
Hitsugaya collapses in front of Ichigo and Uryū.
Rangiku protests Suì-Fēng's description of Hitsugaya's actions as those of someone who purposely abandoned his post.
Yamamoto tells Rangiku and Suì-Fēng to stop.
Rangiku expresses sorrow at Yamamoto's order.
Rangiku holds out her Zanpakutō to be confiscated.
Rangiku prevents Renji from leaving so she can ask him to look into the man Hitsugaya met.
A young and bored Hitsugaya stares out of the window at the
Shin'ō Academy in the past.
Ichigo is irritated by Hitsugaya's stoic and secretive demeanor.
Hitsugaya bows toward the Kurosaki Clinic.
Hitsugaya is shocked that Ichigo knows Kusaka's name.
A fireball hurtles toward Ichigo and Hitsugaya from above them in the sky.
Hitsugaya suddenly attacks Ichigo without warning.
Ichigo pushes himself up as he tries to remain conscious.
Ichigo clutches his face after Renji punches him.
Ichigo holds Hitsugaya's captain haori.
Ichigo recounts what happened to Rukia and Renji.
Kusaka finally manifests his Zanpakutō.
Kusaka looks over the
Seireitei with Yin and Yang.
Yang asks Kusaka if he would like them to capture Hitsugaya.
Ichigo and his friends meet to discuss Hitsugaya.
Urahara and the group ponder their next move.
Shunsui and Nanao approach Rangiku and Renji.
Rangiku, Renji, Shunsui, and Nanao talk.
Nanao explains how they will investigate the mysteries.
Rangiku, Renji, and Shunsui laugh at Nanao's declaration.
Rangiku holds Hitsugaya's bloodied haori.
Hyōrinmaru appears before Kusaka to assess his capability.
Hitsugaya wakes up next to a stream.
Shunsui and Nanao search for records of Kusaka.
A concerned Nanao asks Shunsui what is wrong.
Kusaka confronts Shunsui in an alleyway.
Kusaka attacks Shunsui with a wave of ice after refusing to explain himself.
Shūhei Hisagi blocks Hitsugaya's attack with his half-sheathed blade as Izuru moves in.
Hitsugaya kicks Hisagi away from him.
The kimono shred crumbles in Renji's hand.
Uryū admits that he cannot track Hitsugaya's Reiatsu at this point in time.
The captains hold another meeting over recent events.
Rukia bursts out of Ichigo's closet upon being contacted by Renji.
Rukia holds up her
Denreishinki as Renji reveals who Kusaka is.
Byakuya admits that something is bothering him.
Kusaka releases his Shikai, Hyōrinmaru.
Mayuri is shocked by the mention of twin Zanpakutō.
Mayuri realizes something about Byakuya and Ukitake's inquiry.
Ichigo and Kusaka clash in a flurry of sparks.
Hitsugaya questions the need for a fight to the death.
Several Keigun interrupt Hitsugaya and Kusaka's duel.
The Keigun begin attacking Kusaka to end the duel.
Hyōrinmaru fades from Kusaka's hands.
Ichigo is left encased in ice by Kusaka.
Zangetsu reveals that Zanpakutō resonate with each other.
Zangetsu jumps down from his post.
Ichigo asserts that Hitsugaya would not allow this to happen.
Ichigo gets up as he realizes what Hitsugaya has been doing.
Ichigo activates his Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu.
Yin sarcastically claims that Ichigo needs help dying.
Kusaka removes his mask as he confronts Hitsugaya in an abandoned factory.
Kusaka shows the Ōin to Hitsugaya.
The Ōin begins to glow even brighter.
Hundreds of Hollows are summoned by Yin and Yang.
Yachiru alerts Kenpachi to Hitsugaya and Kusaka's arrival.
Kusaka transports himself and Hitsugaya to Sōkyoku Hill.
Kusaka tells Hitsugaya to cut the Ōin.
Kusaka laughs maniacally as he holds up the Ōin.
Hitsugaya intercepts Ikkaku's attack against Kusaka.
Sado counters the fireball with El Directo.
Suì-Fēng, Komamura, and Byakuya approach.
A Getsuga Tenshō stops the Shinigami.
The Shinigami and Keigun draw their swords.
Yamamoto and Rangiku approach as the other Shinigami bow.
Kusaka blocks Hitsugaya's sudden attack.
Hitsugaya and Kusaka fiercely clash.
Rukia explains Hitsugaya's actions to the other Shinigami.
Hitsugaya and Kusaka cross blades.
Kusaka cuts the Ōin in half after rejecting Hitsugaya's help due to his betrayal.
Ichigo punches Hitsugaya in the face.
A young Yuzu and Karin cry into Isshin's shirt after finding Ichigo by the river.
Kusaka takes on a new form as he is empowered by the Ōin.
Kenpachi destroys Kusaka's midsection.
Kenpachi falls to the ground after Kusaka slashes him.
Kusaka forms an enormous tree out of ice.
Kusaka releases an omnidirectional energy blast.
Mayuri explains what the Ōin is doing.
Rangiku pushes a chunk of stone off of Hitsugaya.
Renji appears before Hitsugaya and Rukia inside the orb.
Yoruichi and Suì-Fēng appear before Ichigo and Renji.
Ikkaku jumps down from the roof of the building.
Yoruichi and Suì-Fēng activate their
Shunkō.
Yang blasts a fireball at Ichigo and his friends.
Yin fires bolts of electricity at Hitsugaya's group.
Yang reforms behind Suì-Fēng after seemingly being destroyed.
The statue is cracked by an immense amount of Reiatsu.
Kenpachi laughs maniacally after unleashing his power.
A
Gillian fires a
Cero at Hitsugaya's group.
A Hollow is bifurcated by Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshō.
Ikkaku activates his Bankai, Ryūmon Hōzukimaru.
Yamamoto holds back the dome's expansion.
Ikkaku spins his Bankai around to build up power.
Kusaka fires a beam of yellow energy at Ichigo.
Kusaka's body shatters as he is defeated.
Hitsugaya and Kusaka charge at each other.
Kusaka thanks Hitsugaya for reaffirming their friendship.
Ichigo approaches Hitsugaya to console him after recovering the Ōin.
Hitsugaya chuckles at Ichigo's note that Kusaka put them through a lot of trouble.
Hitsugaya places Kusaka's broken Zanpakutō on his cloak in front of a gravestone.