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Ichigo and company are one step closer to saving Rukia from the Soul Society, but for their plan to work, Ichigo must control the spiritual energy that wells within him. Meanwhile, the Soul Society dispatches a delegation to "welcome" their visitors.

Honing his fighting skills and spiritual energies for the day he will have to enter the Soul Society's world to retrieve Rukia, Ichigo finds himself battling to keep his Chain of Fate from consuming itself and turning him into a Hollow.

Rukia Kuchiki, the ex-Soul Reaper responsible for Ichigo's transformation, is on the lam. Her brethren at the Soul Society are quite displeased with the fact that she transferred the powers of a Soul Reaper to a human, and have dispatched two of their strongest agents to neutralize the situation. (Graphic Novels)

A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul Reapers remember Ichigo, and they think he’s the one responsible for the destruction. Now on the run, Ichigo is forced into a lonely battle in order to find Rukia and stop the real culprits!

Back in the world of the living, Ichigo Kurosaki has been officially recognized as a Substitute Soul Reaper by the Soul Society. Then trouble comes to Karakura Town in the form of Visoreds, a group of ex-Soul Reapers that have crossed over into the realm of the Hollows. As they try to recruit Ichigo to their side, it is revealed that former Captain Sosuke Aizen is attempting to create an army of Hollows with Soul Reapers powers called Arrancars. It...

Just a few months from the showdown with the Arrancars, Ichigo and his friends are deep in training, but the battle may arrive earlier than expected when Aizen sends Arrancars to the World of the Living. Captain Hitsugaya's advance Soul Reaper troops assist in defending Karakura Town, and the fight appears to be going to the heroes, when Aizen orders the kidnapping of one of Ichigo's most loyal friends-Orihime!

In the perpetual night and white sand world of Hueco Mundo, Ichigo and the others fight their way to Las Noches, the stronghold of former Soul Reaper captain Sosuke Aizen, where Orihime is being held. In the depths of Las Noches, Rukia encounters Espada Number Nine, Aaroniero Arruruerie, who removes his mask to reveal a very familiar face, could he really be former Squad Three Lieutenant Kaien Shiba?

In the wake of their battle with Kumoi's assassins, Ichigo and Rukia follow Rurichiyo to the Soul Society to face the royal Kasumiohji Clan and stop Rurichiyo's sham wedding. They manage to win the new captain of Squad Three, Shusuke Amagai, to their side, but finding Rurichiyo will be no easy task with all Thirteen Court Guard Squads after them!

"One hundred and ten years ago in the Soul Society, Kisuke Urahara is appointed captain of Squad Twelve amidst dissent and controversy. When strange disappearances begin taking place in the Rukon District, Kisuke and the Visoreds unite to uncover the identity of the perpetrator and find an unexpected connection to Lieutenant Sosuke Aizen. Now, Aizen must answer to the Thirteen Court Guard Squads as they all prepare to enter the World of the Living"--Container....

Ichigo and his friends make the perilous journey to the Soul Society and are promptly set upon by the guardians of the spirit world. As they dodge one foe after another, they gradually draw nearer their goal: to rescue Rukia from the tower cell where she awaits her death sentence. But their presence threatens the very order of the Soul Society itself, and they must face the ultimate opponents: the captains of the guard squads whose Spiritual Pressure...