Fullbring Awakening Arc
Ichigo, powerless after Aizen, meets the Fullbringers of Xcution.
The Lost Agent arc is the sixteenth and final season of the original Bleach anime, directed by Noriyuki Abe. It is set seventeen months after Ichigo Kurosaki defeated Sōsuke Aizen at the cost of his Soul Reaper powers.
Quick Facts
- Season
- 16 (final season of the original anime)
- Original run
- October 2011 - March 2012
- Antagonist
- Kūgo Ginjō
Lore & Background
Ichigo goes along with Kūgo Ginjō, leader of Xcution, a group of Fullbringers, who offers to help him get his power back. Fullbringers are humans whose encounter with hollows before birth lets them draw out the soul of objects.
Reader's Guide
The season aired from October 2011 to March 2012 and on Adult Swim's Toonami in 2014. Its opening is Scandal's "Harukaze", and its endings are Aimer's "Re:pray" and Aqua Timez's "Mask".
After Xcution tricks Ichigo into giving up his Fullbring, the Soul Reapers restore his Soul Reaper powers. Ichigo learns that Ginjō, his predecessor as Substitute Soul Reaper, turned on Soul Society because of how it watched and suppressed Substitute Soul Reapers. Ichigo keeps his trust in his allies, defeats Ginjō and takes back his role.
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