Episode guide
Bleach 190
Movie plot: Ichigo and his friends together with the Soul Society are willing to do everything to stop Evil Aizen and prevent the world to its destruction.
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S1E2 – Sibling Rivalry
Ichigo is fighting a Hollow in his room. He jumps in the air and swings his sword down on the Hollow’s forehead. Rukia says that the hit is too shallow. Part of the Hollow’s mask shatters from Ichigo’s attack and reveals a human face. The Hollow screams and Ichigo is shocked.
The Hollow goes into the ceiling to return to Hueco Mundo (the Hollow world) and Ichigo tells Rukia that the face of the Hollow was Orihime’s dead brother Sora.
In Hueco Mundo the Hollow’s mask repairs itself and the Hollow screams. Ichigo tells Rukia that he doesn’t get why Orihime’s brother attacked them. Rukia corrects him and says, “Not us, just you.” Rukia explains that Orihime’s brother and the Hollow from the other night are probably being controlled by another Hollow who wants to consume Ichigo’s soul.
Ichigo grabs Rukia’s pajamas and says that he can’t kill Orihime’s brother. Rukia says that he has to because he’ll just keep coming after Ichigo. Rukia then realizes that not only Ichigo is in danger but Orihime too.
Meanwhile, Orihime and Tatsuki are at Orihime’s apartment praising the dinner they just ate. Tatsuki asks if she has any desert and Orihime says that she has ice cream. Suddenly, Orihime’s pink teddy bear gets ripped in the face and Tatsuki says she hears something. Orihime picks up the bear and asks how he got the rip. Tatsuki walks over to her and they hear a loud crash.
Ichigo is racing to Orihime’s house with Rukia on his back. Ichigo says, “So, Hollows will attack their own families!” Rukia says that they’ll attack brothers, sisters, and even children. Ichigo asks why they would do that and Rukia tells him that Hollows are abandoned souls that were not guided to the Soul Society.
Rukia also says that the mark on Orihime’s leg could only have been left by a Hollow. Ichigo says that her brother has already tried to kill her once and now he’s going to try again. Rukia says that it’s very possible.
Orihime and Tatsuki are both looking at the door to see who or what is coming. Suddenly, blood falls on the floor and Orihime looks down at her hand and sees that it is covered in blood. Orihime asks if it’s blood and then her brother stabs her through the heart. Orihime falls to the ground and Tatsuki looks at her.
Next, Tatsuki is thrown across the room and she hits the wall hard. She looks and sees her shoulder bleeding and wonders what happened. She is thrown several feet and gets to her knees to look around. She knows that something is in the room even though she can’t see it.
Orihime’s brother holds her down and she has her hand against him trying to figure out what’s going on. Orihime is out of her body and sees her brother holding down Tatsuki. She’s looks over and sees her own body, and she struggles to make sense of what is happening. She pulls on her soul chain wondering where it came from.
Her brother grabs Tatsuki’s neck and Orihime gets up and tackles his arm removing it from Tatsuki. Orihime asks Tatsuki if she’s okay and Tatsuki backs up against the wall. Orihime tries to communicate with Tatsuki but her brother tells her that Tatsuki can’t hear or see them. Tatsuki faints and Orihime asks, “Why not? And, how do you know my name?”
Her brother says that it makes him sad that she’s forgotten his voice and moves closer to her. Orihime says, “What are you talking about?” He says it makes him sad again and attacks her. Ichigo jumps in and blocks the strike with his zanpakutou (his sword).
Ichigo wounds the Hollow’s hand and tells Orihime’s brother that is supposed to be after Ichigo. Sora backs away and disappears through the wall. Ichigo sees Tatsuki and asks himself how Tatsuki got into this while Orihime thanks him for rescuing her. She asks how he got there and then Ichigo questions how she can see him. She says, “Why wouldn’t I?” Ichigo glances over to her body and has a flashback where Rukia explains that only other spirit beings can see him.
Just as Ichigo puts it all together, Orihime’s brother returns and says that Orihime is dead. Ichigo misses him and he quickly grabs Orihime’s soul chain. Ichigo hits his tail but does no damage and gets whipped out the window.
Rukia looks up from the ground and sees Ichigo in the air. The Hollow squeezes Orihime in his hand and warns them to stay back. He slams Ichigo to the ground several feet below and Rukia runs to Ichigo. With Orihime, the Hollow goes back in through the window and Rukia tells Ichigo to get up but he does not move.
Orihime tells the Hollow to let her go and he asks her if she has forgotten him. She turns to look at him and suddenly she recognizes him. Rukia finally manages to rouse Ichigo and he says he is fine as he gets up off the ground. Rukia reminds him that Sora is a monster now and he cannot show mercy.
Up in the room, Sora explains that he was lonely and watching her gradually forget about him was upsetting. He has a flashback of Orihime and he explains that she prayed for him all the time and then she gradually stopping when she met Tatsuki. When she started high school she did not pray at all.
Orihime tells him he is wrong but he stops her and grabs her saying if she loves him even a little she will not betray him anymore and she will do as he says. He turns and says that he will go finish Ichigo.
Orihime tells him not to hurt Ichigo but he says: “Shut up, Orihime!” He picks her up and says that it’s her fault he’s become this monster. He chokes her and says that if she does not stop he will kill her first. Ichigo leaps in and stabs him in the tail, shouting at him to stop.
Sora drops Orihime and tries to get her again but Ichigo chops off his hand. Ichigo checks on Orihime and asks Sora if he knows why big brothers are born first. He explains that it’s so they can protect their younger siblings. Rukia comes to the window and Ichigo continues to say that no one has the right to kill their younger sibling.
Sora tells him to shut up and says: “Orihime is mine! I was fifteen when she was born and I raised her when our parents abandoned us. To me she has been more like a daughter than a sister.” He turns to Orihime and tells her if she listens to him he will spare Ichigo and Rukia.
Rukia warns Orihime that it is a trap and that she can’t believe him because he does not have a human heart anymore. Suddenly Sora notices the hairpin Orihime is wearing and his eyes widen. He has several flashbacks of them together as she grew up and finally the time when he gave it to her.
The Hollow in him subsides briefly and he struggles to regain control but he goes back to being a Hollow and attacks Ichigo. Ichigo blocks him with his zanpakutou and says that Orihime doesn’t belong to anyone especially not to him. He pushes back and throws Sora out of the apartment.
Ichigo leaps out after him and raises his zanpakutou above his head to deliver the killing blow but he hesitates and Sora spits acid on his hand. Ichigo drops his zanpakutou and gets whipped by Sora’s tail. Sora charges in for the kill and Ichigo turns.
Orihime blocks the bite meant for Ichigo and she falls to her knees hugging Sora’s head. Sora eyes clear and he asks why she did it. Orihime apologizes and says that it is her fault he did not leave because she begged him not to leave her. Because of her wish he could not find peace.
Orihime continues to say that she’d always felt like he was watching over her; even the day before when the car almost hit her. She explains that she had realized that if she depended on him he’d never rest in peace. For that reason she tried to show him that her life was really happy so that he wouldn’t need to worry anymore.
Orihime cries and says she never thought it’d make him sad and lonely. Orihime then falls and Sora goes out of control, again trying to suppress the Hollow.
Ichigo asks what’s happening and Rukia tells him that the part that is still human is fighting the Hollow. Rukia notes that it means Sora did not become a Hollow by
choice. She continues saying that Sora was taken over by the stronger Hollow that wants Ichigo’s soul in the hopes that he would not be able to kill it.
Sora gains control and his mask shatters. Orihime falls to the ground and Ichigo rushes forward but Rukia tells him to calm down since she is not dead due to her soul chain still being attached.
Rukia uses her kidou to heal Orihime and Ichigo notices Sora looking at the hairpins Orihime is wearing. Ichigo says he heard they were a gift from Sora. And that is why she wears them every day.
Sora turns and picks up Ichigo’s zanpakutou and tells Ichigo that he only has a short time before the Hollow overwhelms him again. Sora holds the zanpakutou to his head. Ichigo tells him to stop but Rukia says he has made the right decision to pass on.
She explains to Ichigo that exorcising a Hollow cleanses it and allows it to enter the Soul Society. Right before he exorcises himself, Orihime calls out to him. She reminds him of the argument they had when he gave her the hairpin because she thought it was not grown up enough for her. She continues saying she knew she hurt his feelings and he left without saying anything else. Then that was the last time she saw him alive.
She looks up at him and says: “So, now I want to say what I should’ve said to you before you went off to work that day. Bye brother, have a good day.”
He thanks Orihime and thrusts the sword into his chest. He disappears and after a moment, Orihime begins crying against Rukia who comforts her.
The next day, Orihime tells the girls at school that a sumo wrestler with a gun blasted a hole through her room last night and of course none of the girls believe her. They keep talking about it on the roof while they eat lunch.
Ichigo watches from afar and says, “So that’s what you did yesterday, huh” Rukia nods and Ichigo has a flashback of Rukia giving Orihime the memory replacement. Ichigo says, “You used the same thing on my family, didn’t you?” She says that he’s right.
Ichigo tells her that he is still not ready to commit to being a Soul Reaper. He explains that he’s not so noble to risk his life for a complete stranger but he admits that he could never just sit by while someone else is being hurt.
He agrees to help Rukia as a substitute Soul Reaper and she smiles saying that she’s counting on him.