Ep. 322: Rukia Fights Her Reigai While Fake Captains Prepare to Escape

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Kon follows Nozomi as Ichigo’s group searches for her and Uryu tends to wounded Shinigami. Rangiku defeats Kira’s reigai by trapping its weight-enhanced blade with a steel pole. Ukitake’s plea to Central 46 to release Kyouraku is denied, and he meets Retsu Unohana, who warns him to be careful. Rukia’s reigai merges with Nemu Kurotsuchi’s reigai to fight Rukia, but Nemu arrives and destroys the reigai, leaving a red stone. Nozomi tells Kon she seeks a place with shrine gates, and he agrees to guide her. Rukia joins Nemu and Rangiku to search for Nozomi, but the fake Rukia throws Nemu, Rangiku, and the real Rukia into a river. Ukitake is slashed by Kyouraku when freeing him, revealing this Kyouraku is also a reigai. The false Ukitake and false Kyouraku prepare to flee.