That is everything I have to report, sir.
Understood.
An unauthorized sortie is a violation.
However, your quick and decisive action
helped minimize squad casualties...
and curtailed any serious harm to the World of the Living.
Therefore...
I will overlook your violation of squad rules!
Yes!
I mean...
Thank you, sir!
I'd say failing to retrieve the remains of this mystery Hollow
is a serious enough crime.
By the way...
Your report only describes how unusual the Hollow was...
I trust you didn't leave anything out.
That... there was nothing else noteworthy?
Yes, sir. There wasn't anything else.
JUNE 5TH, 11:00 SEITO ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
I wonder
if that Soul Reaper made it back to the Soul Society safely...
I hope he's not in trouble...
I should have at least asked for his name.
THE SEIREITEI - SQUAD 10 BARRACKS
I guess those rumors about Quincies still being alive were true.
It must have taken a lot of courage for her to save me...
and tell me that she's a Quincy, knowing that I'm a Soul Reaper.
She's really something.
I should have chatted with her a bit more.
Maybe I'll go back and thank her properly this time.
I told you, Ryu is my cousin!
There's nothing going on between us.
You're living together, so there has to be something!
Come on...
Huh? H-Hey!
Masaki?
Oh, I-I'm sorry!
Don't worry about it.
I hope you're okay, young lady.
Are you okay?
Hey! Was that a new trick to meeting people?!
Why would you think that?!
The blue skies above are hopelessly clear
At my wit's end, I feel a growing frustration
As if to laugh at us hopeless cowards
Countless eyes stare at us
This soul of mine breaks again and again
All I can do is hold it tight
Until the day it turns to ash
I've absorbed all of this sorrow
It has shaped me, painted me
But that's how we got here, right?
One step at a time, just like breathing
These countless scars on my palm
That no longer fade
Are my badge, my story
I faced the fear and shred it to pieces
And let it walk beside me once more
BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR
ISHIDA RESIDENCE I'm back!
- Welcome home, Masa— - Miss Masaki.
Y-Yes?
I'd like a word with you.
I heard you fought against a Hollow the other night
to save a Soul Reaper.
Huh?
No... I haven't done... anything of the sort...
You only disgrace yourself by lying.
Katagiri!
Why did you do such a thing?
Aren't you ashamed of yourself?!
How could you break the rules of the Quincies
while in the care of the Ishida Family?!
Katagiri!
Why did you tell Mother?!
I thought I told you!
That there weren't any problems that night!
But there was... a problem!
What?
Miss Masaki sustained a wound from the Hollow's attack!
If she doesn't get proper Quincy treatment
from your father and mother,
there is a possibility the future Ishida bloodline
could become tainted!
ISHIDA RESIDENCE
That's nonsense!
Nonsense?
It means everything to us!
You said so yourself!
That your marriage to Miss Masaki was for the future of the Quincies!
Damn it!
Tell me the truth!
W-Well, umm...
Please wait, Mother!
Masaki isn't to blame for what happened!
- Masaki was... - I-It's all right, Ryu!
I'll be—
Miss Masaki?
Masaki!
What's wrong?! Are you in pain?
No...!
Is that... a Hollow's hole?
What do you think you're doing, Ryuken?
Where's Father?!
We're trying to get in touch with him right now.
You will wait here.
Wait!
You can't be with that thing!
You'll put yourself in danger!
Come back!
Please...
Come back, Ryuken!
What is this thing that resembles a Hollow's hole?
Why is she in so much pain?
What's happening to Masaki?
Why didn't I stop her by force?
Why didn't I do everything I could to interrupt that battle?
Why?!
Whew, that was a close one!
It almost got you!
It's you!
What's wrong?
Wait, let me take a look at her!
Don't touch her!
Why do you think this is happening to her?
It's because she protected you!
She broke the rules of the Quincies to protect you, a Soul Reaper...
And because of that, she was wounded...
Why does Masaki have to go through this?!
That wound is what's causing this?
I can't think of any other explanation.
I'll never forgive you for—
Let's stop right there.
There's no time to argue.
Please come with me, both of you.
I'll tell you the choices you have to save her...
I'm falling...
Falling down a peaceful hole.
It's quiet, dark and lonely...
Yet, I'm not scared...
I have this feeling...
that someone who needs me is waiting for me down there...
Who's there?
"URAHARA'S SHOP" I've been researching the same symptom that she is exhibiting
for close to a hundred years.
A hundred years?!
Just who are you anyway?
My name is Kisuke Urahara.
I was banished from the Soul Society.
You're Kisuke Urahara?
I don't care who you are!
Hurry up and restore Masaki back to normal!
I never said anything about restoring her back to normal.
What?
I'll give it to you straight...
That young lady...
Masaki can never go back to the way she used to be.
Her condition is known as Hollowfication.
Hollowfication is what happens when a Hollow's soul
is poured into another soul,
destroying the boundaries between the two souls.
It is the result of an attempt to sublimate a soul to a higher level.
Originally, it was meant to strengthen a Soul Reaper's soul.
However, souls that undergo Hollowfication
eventually become mindless monsters,
and ultimately self-destruct against their will...
a process known as Soul Suicide.
Hollowfication is an uncontrollable technology.
Uncontrollable?!
Doesn't that mean there's no way to save Masaki?
I can't return her to the way she was,
but I can save her life...
During my research over the past hundred years,
I discovered a way to prevent this Soul Suicide.
It involves injecting something into the victim's soul
that can counteract Hollowfication...
This allows the soul to maintain balance
so that their boundaries won't get destroyed.
Thus, preventing a Soul Suicide.
Let me give you a specific example.
If we inject a Hollowfied Soul Reaper
with a vaccine made from a Quincy's light arrow and a human soul,
they'll remain in whatever state they're in.
However, Quincies have no resistance against Hollows,
so the vaccine isn't enough...
I don't understand what you mean.
To put it in simpler terms,
we're trying to neutralize it
by hitting it with a counteracting force.
To save this Quincy girl's life, prevent her Hollowfication
while retaining her existence as a human...
we need a stronger counteracting force.
Something that must remain by her side
at all times until she dies...
A powerful counteracting force
that continues to suppress her Hollowfication...
You're lying!
There must be some other way...!
You're quite sharp.
You quickly figured it out.
However... you have no choice in this matter...
The one with a choice...
is you, Isshin Shiba.
Soul Reapers are the opposites of Quincies...
Humans are the opposites of Hollows...
Currently, Masaki is a hybrid of a Quincy and a Hollow...
To counteract that, we need...
someone who is a hybrid of Soul Reaper and human.
This is a special Gigai I created...
It was created from a human soul.
It envelops the soul that enters it,
making them completely human.
You understand now, don't you?
If you use this, you'll become a hybrid of Soul Reaper and human.
Which means you can become her opposite.
This is the choice I'm presenting to you.
However, this choice has far too many downsides for you.
I must bind your soul
to Masaki's soul and the Hollow within her
with a string of Reishi.
For as long as Masaki lives...
No...
It will be forever passed down to her descendants.
While you are in this Gigai,
not only will you be unable to use your Soul Reaper powers,
but you won't even be able to see Hollows.
And it's likely that once you get in...
you'll never return to being a Soul Reaper ever again...
This has only downsides for him!
There's no way he would accept something like this!
He'd never—
Okay, I'll do it!
- What?! - I said I'll do it!
Hurry up!
Man, you talk too much!
I have to quit being a Soul Reaper
and protect her for the rest of her life, right?!
Of course, I'll do it!
You're okay with giving up your current life?
Are you kidding me?
Hell no!
But so what?!
If I let the person who saved my life die
because I couldn't make a decision...
I know my future self will laugh at me!
Very well.
I shall begin the procedure.
Yo...
I'm here to protect you.
Hey, Hollow!
Now that I'm here,
I won't let you lay a finger on her!
Getsuga... Tensho!
I've successfully connected your souls.
She'll be all right now.
I see...
Thank goodness...
You're that Soul Reaper from the other day...
Please tell me your name...!
Thank goodness...
Did you leave Miss Masaki behind...
with the Soul Reaper?
I did.
Go home and tell my mother...
that Ryuken is unqualified to protect the Quincies.
- No. I'm not leaving. - I said go home.
No.
I will not leave you here by yourself, Young Master.
- Katagiri...! - Master Ryuken...
Have you forgotten?
It is my duty to devote my entire life to serving you.
From the day I first met you,
my life has belonged to you.
So please...
Please do not be sad.
When you are sad,
it tears my heart apart.
When you cry...
Katagiri...
That's enough.
Let's go home.
Yes, understood, Young Master...
After that, soon after graduating high school,
Masaki left the Ishida family.
Her soul was mixed with a Hollow.
For the Quincies, it was the proper decision...
"KUROSAKI CLINIC" As for me,
I made use of the medical skills I learned at the Academy
and opened up a small clinic.
There were a ton of things I had to learn,
but with Urahara's help, I somehow managed.
When Masaki became a college student,
she would often come by to make fun of my white coat.
I told Masaki that I lost my Soul Reaper powers
because I was banished from the Soul Society for screwing up.
She probably saw through my lies from the moment I told her that.
I was terrible at lying
and her intuition was incredibly sharp.
So lying to her felt trivial and meaningless.
She would always see through my lies
and forgive me for telling them...
In a movie we saw together,
an old man compared the old woman he spent many years with
to the sun.
I don't remember the rest of the movie
aside from the fact that it made Masaki burst into tears,
but that one line stuck with me...
Masaki was like the sun...
She attracted everything, forgave everything,
illuminated everything, and spun everything around...
I was just...
happy to be spun around by her.
And then...
...you were born.
You already know the rest.
By coming into contact with Rukia, you gained your Soul Reaper powers...
By training with Urahara, you gained your Zanpakuto...
And through your battles in the Soul Society,
the Hollow in you was awakened.
The fact that it was released means that my Soul Pressure
was no longer able to suppress him.
And so, my connection to my Gigai and that Hollow was broken.
That's how I regained my Soul Reaper powers
for the first time in 20 years.
I probably don't need to explain the things you already experienced.
But...
there is still one thing that you've experienced
that you don't know the whole story about.
Nine years ago from today...
June 17th...
The day your mom died.
You need to know...
the real reason your mom died that day...
Everything we had left behind
Our breaths blending as mist
without form or expression
We lie buried as we glare into the distance
I can't hear anything
I can't seem to cut anything
It feels like I'm sinking
Falling, falling
Touching
Eyes struck wide open
Something no one has ever seen
The furthest reaches are now visible to us
It cannot be undone and cannot be stopped
This ensuing struggle
Whisk it away beyond the ends of the earth
Along with our breaths
Take everything
Whisk it away beyond the ends of the earth
Along with our futures
Along with our world
Something no one has ever seen
The furthest reaches are now visible to us
Don't you know God's demand?
As we tear each other down
Your mom...
She wasn't supposed to die that day...
What do you mean?
Your mom...
Masaki...
Even though she had merged with a Hollow,
she was originally an Echt Quincy.
Her defensive ability, the Blut Vene,
was exceptionally powerful.
Not only could she defeat Grand Fisher,
but she could have done it without getting a single scratch on her.
However...
That didn't happen...
Why not?
It's because she lost her Quincy powers that day...
But how?!
What happened... nine years ago?!
Auswählen.
AUSWÄHLEN
It's a Quincy selection process conducted by Yhwach himself.
I heard of a Quincy tale
that sang praises of a king who was sealed away.
According to that,
The confined Quincy King regains his pulse after 900 years.
His mind after 90 years.
His strength after 9 years.
Yhwach robbed Quincies he deemed impure of their powers
and made them his own.
As a result...
Uryu's frail mother, Kanae Katagiri, lost her life...
And how Masaki lost her powers and lost her life in battle...
How?
How is he able to do that?
Is it because he's their king?
Who is Yhwach anyway?!
Yhwach is the Father of the Quincies.
The Quincies started from him...
And all Quincies have his blood running in their veins.
The memories within your Spiritual Pressure
have awakened too soon.
It is unable to contain Quincies!
You don't know anything about yourself, do you?
Not even about... your own mother.
Farewell, Ichigo Kurosaki...
...my son... born in the dark...
Dad...
Thanks.
No problem.
Hey, Ichigo...
You forgot this... I came to deliver it to you.
Thanks, Ms. Ikumi.
Dad...
I'm going.
"I believe the world is full of danger."
"I want to protect you from it."
"Only because inside me is the same impulse as that danger."