Season 10, Episode 192 - "Nel's Secret, A Busty Beauty Joins the Battle!?"
28 October, 2008
Nnoitra uses Nel as a shield to prevent Ichigo from attacking him, and pins Ichigo to the ground. As he prepares to break Ichigo's arm, the intensity of Nel's emotions causes her to transform into her original adult form, Neliel. Meanwhile, Dondochakka and Pesche realize that Nel has transformed into her original form, and comment that it feels nostalgic. Neliel takes Ichigo away from the battlefield, and as she prepares to fight Nnoitra, reveals that she was formerly the third Espada. She overpowers Nnoitra, and in desperation, Nnoitra uses a cero blast. Neliel uses her cero doble technique to absorb Nnoitra's cero and redirect it at him with doubled force. However, Nnoitra is relatively unharmed, and reveals that the Espada have grown stronger in her absence.
