Bleach 56
Season 3, Episode 1 TV-14
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Captain Ukitake and Captain Kyoraku face the punishment meted out by Head Captain Yamamoto’s Zanpakuto. Ukitake and Kyoraku were the first two men to graduate from the Soul Reaper Academy, but even though they are two accomplished captains fighting as allies, the odds do not appear to be on their side. After coming to Ichigo’s rescue, Yoruichi learns that her encounter with former subordinate Soi Fon is going to be much more than just a scuffle.
Bleach 57
Season 3, Episode 2 TV-14
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Fueled by anger and feelings of abandonment and betrayal, Soi Fon persists in her attempt to destroy her former master Yoruichi Shihoin, but her abilities may be hampered by her cocksure attitude. At the execution site, the battle between Ichigo and Byakuya Kuchiki continues. Having completed his Bankai training, Ichigo has a newfound confidence that may be the key factor in his attacks against Byakuya.
Bleach 58
Season 3, Episode 3 TV-14
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The fierce battle between Ichigo and Captain Byakuya rages on. Ichigo taunts Byakuya and demands that he use his Bankai against him, while Byakuya remains visibly unmoved by Ichigo’s amazing display of power. Meanwhile, Uryu, Chad, Orihime, Ganju, and their new Soul Reaper friend, “Mini Mustache,” are having trouble navigating through the Seireitei. Ichigo may be out of luck if he needs his friends to come to his aid this time.
Bleach 59
Season 3, Episode 4 TV-14
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Byakuya Kuchiki may have been impressed by the power exerted by Ichigo, the substitute Soul Reaper, but he’s not done fighting yet. With spiritual pressure shaking the entire Seireitei, Orihime, Chad, Uryu, and Ganju wait helplessly nearby, knowing that all they can do is hope that their friend Ichigo will survive this vicious battle.
Bleach 60
Season 3, Episode 5 TV-14
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Central 46 is the highest judicial body in the Soul Society. After breaking into Central 46, Captain Hitsugaya and Rangiku discover that the forty Sages and six Judges were slaughtered days earlier. Captain Hitsugaya and Rangiku soon find that they are not the only ones that have come to investigate the scene.
Bleach 61
Season 3, Episode 6 TV-14
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After defeating Hitsugaya, Captain Aizen heads for the Execution Grounds. Renji is dumbfounded as he finds himself facing Captains Aizen, Ichimaru, and Tosen at Sokyoku hill, the very same place that he was carrying Rukia away from. Captain Aizen demands Renji to put Rukia down and disappear, but there is no way Renji is going to abandon his childhood friend.
Bleach 62
Season 3, Episode 7 TV-14
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Furious after hearing the news of the defection of three captains, Sajin Komamura arrives at the Sokyoku ready to beat the treachery out of Aizen and his lackeys. Captain Komamura quickly realizes that deception is even a part of Sosuke Aizen’s fighting technique, and the rogue captain proves to be more of a challenge than he expected. Ichigo, battered after his clash with Byakuya Kuchiki, lies helplessly on the sidelines, watching this battle between captains.
Bleach 63
Season 3, Episode 8 TV-14
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Peace returns as the Soul Society recuperates from the deep wounds left by the treachery of Captain Aizen and his partners in crime. Captain Komamura and Lieutenant Hisagi visit the graves of fallen comrades, while Hitsugaya visits Hinamori and hopes for her quick recovery from the wounds she received from Captain Aizen. Ichigo has recovered from his own injuries, and in the barracks of Squad Eleven he meets up with Orihime, who informs him that Rukia has gone missing.
Bleach 64
Season 3, Episode 9 TV-14
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Ichigo and his friends have returned from the Soul Society and are finally able to get back to their “normal” lives. On the first day back at school, Renji shows up unannounced, dressed in his out-dated seventies’ fashion. Since things have settled down in the Soul Society, Renji has been sent to Karakura Town to oversee the eradication of Hollows, and Ichigo has no choice but to work with him. Meanwhile, Yoruichi has become aware of an unusual presence in town.
Bleach 65
Season 3, Episode 10 TV-14
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Ichigo and his friends meet at school and set out to look for Orihime the day after her disappearance. It seems that her school chums have lost all memories of her existence. The only clue that Ichigo and the others find at the site of her disappearance is a bizarre, round footprint. Renji gets a call on his Soul Pager telling him, “I have your friend. You’ll get her back if you win.”
Bleach 66
Season 3, Episode 11 TV-14
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After Chad’s kidnapping, Ichigo and the others go to Urahara to explain their predicament. Ichigo receives a phone call from Lirin who instructs Ichigo to bring all of his friends to the Karakura Museum. Though they know they are walking into a trap, they go to the museum and immediately find themselves stuck inside a labyrinth that they must navigate their way through in order to free their friends.
Bleach 67
Season 3, Episode 12 TV-14
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Chad and Orihime are rescued, but when Lirin tells them that one of their friends has been replaced by an impostor, they realize that the game is not over. Ichigo, Renji, Uryu, Chad, and Orihime struggle to figure out which one of them is the phony, and if they don’t hurry, all of their classmates will disappear.
Bleach 68
Season 3, Episode 13 TV-14
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Lirin sets in place a giant gate that begins to devour everything in Karakura Town. The only way to have Chad released and save the town is to destroy the gate. Ichigo and the others have only thirty minutes before the gate sucks up everything in the vicinity. Meanwhile, Yoruichi and Soi Fon discover a strange soul wandering the streets of the World of the Living.
Bleach 69
Season 3, Episode 14 TV-14
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New information has come to light regarding an unusual race known as Bounts. Kisuke Urahara explains that Bounts are beings that gain eternal life by absorbing the souls of humans. Urahara warns Ichigo that he and his friends may be in danger because Bounts tend to target humans with high-level abilities. Lirin, Noba, and Kurodo prove to be very useful when it’s revealed that they all contain reishi sensors that can detect Bounts.
Bleach 70
Season 3, Episode 15 TV-14
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Ichigo and Lirin find themselves in a pinch when they are attacked by the Bount Yoshino Soma and her Doll, Goethe. An unexpected visit from Rukia comes just in the nick of time, but she and Ichigo appear to be outmatched when the Bount Ryo Udagawa and his Doll, Friede, join the fight.
Bleach 71
Season 3, Episode 16 TV-14
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Ichigo, Rukia, Orihime, Chad, and Uryu surround the Bount Ryo Udagawa, but they find themselves at a slight disadvantage when he releases the immense power of his Doll, Friede. Friede’s snakelike attacks are quickly directed towards Uryu when Udagawa finds out that Uryu is a Quincy.
Bleach 72
Season 3, Episode 17 TV-14
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Uryu, who is seriously hurt in the Bount attack, is hospitalized at Karakura Hospital. Ichigo and the others, knowing that Quincys are being targeted, decide to protect Uryu in the hospital. Just when all seems quiet, water gushes out of the faucet in his room. The twin Bounts, Ho and Ban, who control Water Dolls Günter and Ghoul, have come to attack. Ichigo and the others desperately try to escape the Dolls but are driven into a corner by the twins’ fierce attack.
Bleach 73
Season 3, Episode 18 TV-14
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Ichigo and the others run from the twin Bounts, Ho and Ban, who have attacked them at the hospital. They finally make it out, but it is raining outside. Dolls Günter and Guhl, who are able to materialize anywhere there is water, resume their attack. Chad, Orihime, and Uryu get away, but Rukia, Renji, and Ichigo are consumed by the Water Dolls. Around that time, at the mansion of their leader Jin Kariya, many Bounts are gathering.
Bleach 74
Season 3, Episode 19 TV-14
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Uryu was knocked unconscious during Ho and Ban’s attack but was saved by Yoshino. Uryu asks Yoshino why she saved him, and she tells him of her past, which included persecution by many Bounts, who have special powers beyond those of ordinary humans. Meanwhile, at the Soul Society, it is reported that Soul Reaper Maki Ichinose, who deserted Kenpachi’s Squad 11 and went into hiding, was involved in the Bount incidents.
Bleach 75
Season 3, Episode 20 TV-14
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Uryu is listening to the history of the Bounts at Yoshino’s hideout when Koga, a Bount, attacks. Uryu and Yoshino battle Koga’s Steel Doll Dalk, but Yoshino’s flame Goethe is no match for the steel Dalk. Just when Dalk is at its fiercest, Uryu shields Yoshino. When he learns that the Bount are on the verge of extinction, Uryu realizes that Quincys share the same reality. Around that time, Ichigo and the others are running through town in search of Uryu.
Bleach 76
Season 3, Episode 21 TV-14
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Ichigo, Rukia, Lirin, Noba, and Kurodo enter the Bount mansion and for the first time come face to face with Jin Kariya and the other Bounts. Ichigo and Rukia are overwhelmed by Kariya’s strange power. In order to allow Rukia and the others to escape, Ichigo challenges the Bount. Rukia rushes deeper into the mansion in order to rescue Uryu, but standing in the way is former Squad 11 Soul Reaper, Maki Ichinose.
Bleach 77
Season 3, Episode 22 TV-14
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Udagawa, who betrayed Jin Kariya, is brought down by former Squad 11 Soul Reaper Maki Ichinose. Then Ichinose turns his Zanpakuto onto Ichigo. The battle ensues with each giving blow for blow, but the power of Ichinose’s Nijigasumi begins to take its toll on Ichigo. Just then, Kariya, who has been observing the fight closely and has taken an interest in Ichigo, stops them and requests to switch places with Ichinose and fight. Ichinose watches Kariya and recalls how they first met.
Bleach 78
Season 3, Episode 23 TV-14
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Thanks to Yoruichi’s surprise attack, Ichigo and his cohorts barely manage to escape Jin Kariya’s mansion. Uryu and Yoshino have sustained serious injuries and are treated at Urahara’s Shop. Yoruichi has new information—a historical record of the war between the Bounts and Quincys that she obtained in the Soul Society. Yoruichi discusses a strategy for dealing with the Bounts, but Ichigo, having faced Kariya’s enormous power, has lost confidence.
Bleach 79
Season 3, Episode 24 TV-14
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Yoshino leaves the Urahara’s Shop at the crack of dawn. Yoshino is aware of Jin Kariya’s ambition and is determined to stop him at the risk of her life. When they realize she is gone, Uryu and Lirin set out to find her. Meanwhile, Ichigo and the others eat a leisurely breakfast. Yoshino, despite her injuries, brings forth Goethe and attacks Kariya.
Bleach 80
Season 3, Episode 25 TV-14
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Yoshino’s death brings forth a massive number of new Dolls known as Bitto for Kariya. Day breaks and Urahara casts a barrier around Urahara’s Shop so that Ichigo and the others remain undetected by the Bounts. Ichigo is sent home with Lirin, Kurodo, and Noba in order to keep an eye on Kariya’s movements, and they all gather in his room.
Bleach 81
Season 3, Episode 26 TV-14
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Several days after Yoshino’s death, Kariya’s new dolls, the Bitto, begin attacking humans and accumulating souls. The Soul Society also has secretly dispatched a force to the World of the Living, but they are ineffective. Kariya and his group consume the souls, making them even stronger. It is decided that four Soul Reapers, Rangiku Matsumoto, Izuru Kira, Shuhei Hisagi, and Yumichika Ayasegawa, will be sent to the World of the Living.
Bleach 82
Season 3, Episode 27 TV-14
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Renji’s spiritual pressure disappears after he is attacked by the Bitto. Ichigo, Rukia, Orihime, and Chad desperately search the town for Renji. Ichigo runs into Keigo, who is being attacked, and saves him, but Keigo is badly injured. Ichigo is on his way to get help for Keigo when he is confronted by Koga. Meanwhile, Orihime and Rukia have met up and are under attack by Yoshi. And in the park, Sawatari stands before Chad.
Bleach 83
Season 3, Episode 28 TV-14
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Rukia and Orihime are having a difficult time fighting Yoshi. They decide that Kurodo and Orihime will act as decoys to give Rukia time to unleash a powerful kido. Meanwhile, Ichigo is hurt by Koga’s attack with his Doll Dalk. Seeing Ichigo down, Koga’s memory stirs, and he recalls the days when he was living quietly among humans. Then one day, Kariya appeared before Koga and asked him to take in a young Bount.
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