Ichigo continues fighting Senbonzakura while Kenpachi fights Byakuya, but Ashisogi Jizo appears and using its bankai, spraying poison gas over the battlefield, enabling Senbonzakura and Byakuya to escape. Yachiru chases Ashisogi Jizo and he gets captured by Zaraki. Mayuri blows up Ashisogi Jizo, causing it to return sealed form and break. Soifon has difficulty hitting the small Suzumebachi, but manages to defeat her, and Yoruichi congratulates her. Unohana arrives to treat the victims of Ashisogi Jizo's poisoning, including Momo, Isane, Rangiku and Iba. Yoruichi meets with Ichigo and the captains, and reveals that she knows Yamamoto's location. Yamamoto is then shown as a prisoner of the zanpakuto, with Sogyo no Kotowari, Katen Kyokotsu, and Minazuki encasing him in a barrier.
Elenco: Masakazu Morita , Fumiko Orikasa , Yuki Matsuoka , Kaya Matsutani , Shinichiro Miki , Wataru Takagi , Hisayoshi Suganuma , Kazunari Tanaka , Hideo Ishikawa , Tomoko Kaneda , Akio Ohtsuka , Nobuyuki Hiyama , Toshiyuki Morikawa , Akemi Kanda , Takahiro Sakurai , Hiroki Takahashi , Nobutoshi Canna , Junichi Suwabe , Paku Romi , Susumu Chiba , Daisuke Namikawa , Jun Fukuyama , Katsuyuki Konishi , Toshihiko Seki , Junko Noda , Fumihiko Tachiki , Hiroki Yasumoto , Hisayo Mochizuki , Katsumi Suzuki , Kenji Nomura , Kenji Hamada , Kiyoyuki Yanada , Masaaki Tsukada , Nobuo Tobita , Reiko Takagi , Tôru Ôkawa , Yumi Kakazu , Noriaki Sugiyama , Houko Kuwashima , Hikaru Midorikawa , Tomoko Kawakami , Rie Kugimiya , Tomokazu Sugita , Kentaro Ito , Satsuki Yukino , Ryōtarō Okiayu , Takako Honda , Tomokazu Sugita , Shô Hayami , Ryūsei Nakao , Tetsu Inada , Daisuke Ono , Takuma Terashima , Saki Nakajima , Rikiya Koyama , Taketora , Asami Sanada , Mitsuaki Madono , Kumi Sakuma , Daisuke Matsuoka , Kanako Hattori , Sayori Ishizuka , Rintarou Nishi , Takashi Nagasako , Tsubasa Yonaga , Yoshikazu Nagano .