Soul Society: Rescue! Arc
Ichigo defends Rukia against the Soul Reapers of Soul Society.
The third season of the Bleach anime, titled The Rescue in Viz Media's English release, adapts the rest of volume 14 through volume 21 of Tite Kubo's manga (chapters 118 to 182), apart from the filler episode 50. It was directed by Noriyuki Abe.
Quick Facts
- Episodes
- 22
- Network
- TV Tokyo
- First aired
- 26 July 2005
- Last aired
- 10 January 2006
Lore & Background
Inside Soul Society, tension grows among the Thirteen Court Squads when Sōsuke Aizen, captain of the fifth company, is apparently murdered, and suspicion falls on Ichigo and his allies.
Reader's Guide
Uverworld's "D-TecnoLife" opens the first ten episodes and High and Mighty Color's "Ichirin no Hana" the rest. The endings are Skoop on Somebody's "HappyPeople" (episodes 42 to 51) and Yui's "Life".
The season follows Ichigo Kurosaki protecting Rukia Kuchiki from the Soul Reapers. After Ichigo ends the fighting and frees Rukia, Aizen reveals that his death was a deception and that he arranged her execution. It aired on TV Tokyo from July 2005 to January 2006; the English broadcast began on Adult Swim in July 2007 and, after a hiatus, finished in May 2008.
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