Rumor abound concerning Ichigo and Rukia's relationship since her soul pager sends them hollow alerts, leading them to leave their group of friends abruptly to respond to the calls. Ever busy and overly frustrated with the increasing hollow alerts, Ichigo doesn't realize that one of his classmates, Uryu Ishida, is a Quincy - a person with tremendous amounts of spirit energy, but who opposes the philosophy of Soul Reapers. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.
In order to prove how useless Soul Reapers are, Uryu Ishida dispenses bait that lures Hollows to Karakura Town. Out with his friends for lunch, Chad senses the presence of a Hollow. While playing a game with some friends, Karin also senses the presence of a Hollow. Chad and Karin soon realize that they share a strange gift for detecting Hollows as they team up to battle a Hollow together on the playground. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.
Orihime discovers special powers of her own when an Octupus-like Hollow appears and shows up to school and attacks her fellow classmates with special seeds. As Orihime tries to defend herself against the Hollow, the seeds have turned her unassuming classmates against her. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.
As the battle between Ichigo and Uryu continues, it is revealed that Uryu is one of the few living Quincies. The Quincies and Soul Reapers have a long-running rivalry that resulted in the near annihilation of all Quincies. With the Hollow attacks increasing and the appearance of the dreaded Menos Grande, Ichigo and Uryu are forced to put their differences aside to save Karakura Town. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.
Rukia begins to worry that news of Ichigo's battle with Menos Grande will attract the attention of the Soul Society. While spending time with their classmates participating in the activities of day-to-day school life, Ichigo, Rukia and Uryu each find themselves starting to feel more and more out of place. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.
As Rukia wanders the streets at night, she is discovered by two Soul Reapers from the Soul Society, Renji Abarai and Byakuya Kuchiki, Rukia's brother. One of them, a lieutenant named Renji Abarai, demands to know where the human who took her powers is. Refusing to answer, Renji lectures Rukia, reminding her of the training she received during her youth and chiding her for passing her powers to a human. Stumped by Rukia's unexplained departure, Ichigo transforms into a Soul Reaper and searches for Rukia. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.
When Renji proves not strong enough to defeat Ichigo, Byakuya unexpectedly steps in and nearly kills Ichigo with a move from his zanpaku-to. With Ichigo lying down, she agrees to return to the Soul Society with Renji and Byakuya and atone for her crimes. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.
It's the last day of school before summer vacation, and while the rest of the students in Ichigo's class are discussing their plans for the summer, Ichigo is preparing to begin training with Urahara to enter the Soul Society and save Rukia. Under Yoruichi's guidance, Chad and Orihime begin their own training in order to learn to use the new powers awakening in them. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.
Rukia learns that in twenty-five days, she'll be taken to the Central Execution Grounds to face her punishment. Ichigo, Chad and Orihime continue their training, each struggling to become comfortable with accessing and controlling their spiritual powers. By the end of Ichigo's near-death experience during lesson two of his training, he successfully rebounds as a Soul Reaper. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.
Ichigo completes lesson three of Urahara's training and learns the name of his zanpaku-to. He is granted some rest time before receiving a startling call for a meeting at Urahara's shop. At Urahara's Shop, Ichigo learns that Chad, Orihime and Uryu have also been training for the journey to the Soul Society and he meets Yoruichi, a black cat with spiritual powers. Urahara introduces them to the Reishi Hankan-ki, the Spirit Conversion Machine, that will allow them to collectively pass through to the Soul Society as spirits. Japanese with English Subtitles. Available for download in the United States only.