Season 9, Episode 177 - "The Reversal of Rukia! The Rampaging Blade"
25 June, 2008
Rukia uses kidō to restrain Jinnai, and freezes him with her shikai. He breaks free from the ice, but is consumed by his bakōtō when it draws too much energy from him. Before Rukia can retrieve the bakōtō, several assassins arrive and take it. Ishida realizes that Kuzuryū is using his bakōtō to fuse with the surrounding mist, and uses his Sprenger technique to defeat him. However, Ishida is caught in the blast radius and is injured. Chad destroys the surrounding walls to stop Genba's attacks, and in a clash between the combatants' strongest attacks, Chad is victorious. Ichigo fights Hanza, and using the enhanced speed from his bankai, breaks Saiga's mirror. In response, Hanza uses one of Saiga's abilities to engulfs Ichigo in light from the shards of the mirror.
