The author takes us to Hueco Mundo once again, where Ichigo and friends are fighting against an army of hollows. Renji and Chad have no problem defeating the monster-like enemies, while Rukia beats up the arrancar executioner’s squad. The only one that remains is the leader – Ludbone, who activates his reincarnaccion – Arbola, a plant-like ability.
The scene changes to Ichigo and Ulquiorra, who are fighting all-out, damaging as much property as possible. The fourth Espada finally acknowledges Ichigo, by fighting with his sword, instead of just his hands. the two opponents seem evenly matched and as soon as Ichigo sees an opening, he fires a Getsuga Tenshou at Ulquiorra. The Getsuga is black, even though Ichigo isn’t wearing his hollow mask. Even though the attack is powerful, the Espada cuts it in half and immediately attack the shinigami from behind. Ichigo manages to block all of the incoming attacks, until Ulquiorra fires a devastating cero at him. Ulquiorra is almost impressed to see Ichigo survive the attack and congradulates him on getting stronger. He also ponders upon the reason for Ichigo’s sudden spur in strenght and ability and states that rescuing Orihime is meaningless, because Aizen has already decided her fate.
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Mayuri leaves Szayel to his fate and revives Nemu in a way Uryuu and Renji deem inappropriate for TV. He then instructs Nemu to dig through the rubble to uncover Szayel’s hidden lab. Renji asks Mayuri to heal him so he can go assist Ichigo, but the Captain tells him that Kenpachi is there and doesn’t need any help. Though Kenpachi is initially finding it difficult to cut Nnoitra’s body with his zanpakuto, the struggle only makes him stronger and he soon gains the upperhand. Kenpachi stabs Nnoitra through his eyepatch and seemingly through his skull, but it turns out that Nnoitra’s hollow hole is in his left eye.
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Allon, the chimera is defeated, but the three arrancar that summoned it – Mila Rose, Sun-Sun and Apache are still alive and very angry. In a blind rage they charge at Yamamoto, but he, of course, has no problem defeating them and turning them to dust.
The scene changes to Halibel and Hitsugaya, who are fighting. Hitsugaya is astonished by his commander’s power, while Halibel pities her fallen fraccion. Hitsugaya makes a remark about Halibel’s impressive power, even though she is only the 3rd Espada – she has a number 3 tattoo on her right breast. The young shinigami captain activates his bankai - Daiguren Hyourinmaru, but is met with a fierce attack by Halibel.
The author takes us to a third battle – the one between Shunsui and Stark. The two lazy opponents have a little chat, in which the remaining Espada’s ranks are revealed – the old Barragan, who acts as if he were a king is actually the 2nd Espada, while the lazy and careless Stark removes his left glove, showing the number 1 tattoo. He is the one and only 1st Espada – the strongest hollow in existence. Both opponents see their battle as a perticularly tough and powerful one.
In the last pages of the chapter, “Two great rivals face down once more!” – it’s the final showdown between Ichigo and Ulquiorra!
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Mayuri Kurotsuchi has his zanpakuto, Ashisogi Jizō, consume the remains of Szayel Aporro Granz. Nemu asks him to get her out of Granz’s tentacle when something painful happens to her body. Nemu screams in agony as a cloud of gas emerges from her mouth and Granz’s voice is heard. This one of the abilities of his zanpakuto Fornicarás called Gabriel; it allows him to use the spiritual particles inside his victim to regenerate himself completely (in the manga, Gabriel is said to actually impregnate Nemu, but this was censored from the anime), leaving the victim on the verge of death. Mayuri is not distraught at all about what happened to Nemu and is instead more interested in this technique and wants more than ever to capture Granz so he can study him in his lab. He tells Granz that when he absorbed Nemu’s energy, he also took in some of the poisons that he always stores in her body. One of these is called the superhuman formula and it can dramatically slow down a person’s perception of time so that a second seems like a century. Unfortunately, there is no way Granz’s body can keep up this superhuman perception so even though he can see what’s happening, he cannot react fast enough to interact. Mayuri plunges a sword into his hand and tells Granz to savor the pain for the next one hundred years.
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December 30, 2008 10:14 am | 
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