Season 9, Episode 182 - "Amagai's True Strength, zanpakutō is released!"
30 July, 2008
The second and third divisions begin to guard the Kasumiōji compound, and Soifon returns Kenryū and Enryū to the Kasumiōji clan at Yamamoto's order. Elsewhere, the real Rurichiyo is imprisoned by Kumoi's assassins and visited by Kibune. As Kibune leaves, he is noticed by a drunken third division member, whom Kibune kills. The following morning, sixth division lieutenant Renji Abarai asks his captain, Byakuya Kuchiki, if he is worried that Rukia is being pursued, and after Byakuya denies that he is, he gives control of the search party to Renji. Ichigo, Rukia, and Shū decide to rescue Rurichiyo, but are attacked by Amagai, who uses his shikai against Ichigo. Shū stops the battle, revealing the truth of Kumoi's intentions to Amagai, who agrees to help them.
