BLEACH EPISODE #44

Kurotsuchi shows Ishida a picture of the Quincy he last studied, and Ishida gets really angry, revealing his ability to do an advanced Quincy technique. Ishida ties up his injured arm so that he can use it, and proceeds to have a flashback.

We find that Ishida's father did not approve of Ishida trying to learn the ways of a Quincy, and Ishida's father explains that he hates the ways of the Quincy because it does not give him a way to support his family. Ishida is upset by the fact that he can see the people in need, but is torn between saving them and his father's orders to not become Quincy. He asks his grandfather to make him strong so that he can save people.

In the present, Ishida uses the glove to form a bow and arrow, and the battle ensues between Mayuri and Ishida, amidst the flashbacks of Ishida's training with the glove, which took seven days and nights to achieve his full power. His flashback reveals that he cannot take his glove off, because he will lose his powers as a Quincy after a surge of great power.

He decides that he cannot defeat Kurotsuchi in his current state, so he disobeys his grandfather's orders and takes off his glove, reaching the pinnacle of his power in a knight-like black-and-white suit, with a huge wing. The wing gathers spirit particles from the nearby structures, adding to his power, and Ishida basically opens a can of whoop-ass on Kurotsuchi. Ishida pummels Kurotsuchi into the ground with a tricky attack; not one to be outdone so easily, however, Kurotsuchi decides to pull out his Bankai, despite a missing arm. Kurotsuchi's Bankai is a demon caterpillar with a human baby's head and a halo with bells dangling from it. It has poison breath that is supposed to kill Ishida, and he tries to fend off the poison breath. Mayuri's Bankai attacks Ishida like a train, but he shoots a powerful blast through it that leaves a smoking trail of destruction.

Kurotsuchi kills himself and turns into goop, so he can go rejuvenate and terrorize Soul Society for a little longer. Nemu decides to help Ishida, and tells him about an antidote she has hidden behind her adjutant seal on her arm. Nemu reveals that if Ishida would have aimed for Mayuri's head, he would have killed him, but he did not kill him, and Nemu thanks him for not killing him. She urges Ishida to drink the antidote, which he does, and then he leaves.



Later, we see Ishida walking around, losing his power as a Quincy and about to collapse. He walks up the steps, heading toward the Shrine of Pentinence, but at the top of the steps he meets Tousen, who knocks him out.

To be continued...