The Best Episodes Directed By Hodaka Kuramoto

With only one chance to take back Fort Cantor from Wallenstein, Kyo explains her plan to the others of taking and defending the castle until time runs out.

A group of Shinigami must go into the sewers to fight a Tōjū. They are aided by a Zanpakutō Spirit who has been living in the sewers.

Sayu's brother has tracked her down, and she realizes it's only a matter of time before she has to go home. She's forced to reflect; what did she learn since she ran away, and what will she take home with her?

5th Division Captain Sōsuke Aizen removes the Hōgyoku from Rukia Kuchiki's Soul and retreats to Hueco Mundo.

Yoshida settles into his new life with Sayu, but the people around him are quick to notice the change, and very curious about what's going on.

Ichigo and his friends arrive in Hueco Mundo to confront Quilge Opie and learn that their latest enemy are Quincies.

Mazama Jin here. I've been attending Seton Academy for a few months now. Popular people exist everywhere. We may get sick of them sometimes, but there's always a reason for their popularity. We should not feel inferior or envious, but learn what we can from them and emulate the qualities worth emulating. As for me, I'm going to grow as a person for Hitomi-chan's sake. Or... maybe I could've seen it that way if the new popular person wasn't that stupid panda.

Saito and Akane secretly begin their new life together but soon run into a mountain of conflicting lifestyle preferences. Can the two find a way to meet in the middle?

Kabane meets Akira and Shiki, two other Kemono who work for Inugami, and he and Shiki get off to a rocky start. The office is called out to deal with an incident where a mother and her son are set upon by a supernatural infestation in their home.

11th Division Captain Kenpachi Zaraki arrives and defeats Wabisuke before moving on to 6th Division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki. Meanwhile, 11th Division 5th Seat Yumichika Ayasegawa defeats his manifested Zanpakutō Spirit, Ruri'iro Kujaku.

As Ichigo Kurosaki battles Ulquiorra Cifer, Lieutenant Renji Abarai struggles with his fight against Szayelaporro Granz.

Kikuru continues to train his new recruits, but Toxico and Maidena struggle to spend more than five minutes together without falling out. On the other side, Hanabata's special training begins under Enome.

Rukia Kuchiki recalls her past with Kaien Shiba.

Michio enters the labyrinth with Roxanne and learns more about the world. He realizes the actions he'd been taking based on assumptions have been terribly inefficient. With the knowledge he learned from Roxanne, common video game strategy, and skill settings, Michio develops a method to efficiently make money.

Yuuki's porno stash is found and the models look awfully similar to Sahoto. Later, after Yuuki's hamfisted attemps to take care of Sahoto, a cute temporary assistant is hired.

With Ryō Utagawa attempting to devour his Soul, Uryū Ishida finds himself abducted and saved by Yoshino Sōma.

Keyarga’s actions have not gone unnoticed. He used the Krylet sword technique against Gioral soldiers. And one woman will not let the insult stand.

A new girl shows up to assist Yuuki, but there may be a problem with her. Later, Yuuki's editor tries to persuade him to alter his manga to rise in the rankings.

9th Division Lieutenant Shūhei Hisagi fights his Zanpakutō spirit while Hollow Ichigo fights Muramasa and 6th Division Lieutenant Renji Abarai regains the ability to release his Shikai, Zabimaru.

6th Division Captain Ginrei Kuchiki and Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto are forced to seal Kōga Kuchiki away. In the present, 6th Division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki stops Kōga from killing Muramasa.

Ichigo Kurosaki regains his confidence to fight again. Later, more facts about the Arrancar are revealed.

Captain Kenpachi Zaraki arrives to stop Maki Ichinose.

Guild health checkup at the beginning of the year. Due to a mistake made by nurse Les Smith, the doctor leaves halfway through the checkup. Fearing that his mistake will be discovered, Lesmith pleads with Kikuru to pretend to be a doctor and perform the rest of the diagnosis, but...the remaining patients are, above all, a group of 4 rookie guards! If you find out, you will die (in the world). What will happen to Kikuru's unscrupulous doctor play...

Yuuki angers Sena who takes her vengeance upon him, the group creates a new mascot that Sahoto falls in love with, and Mihari recounts the first time she met Yuuki.

Ichigo Kurosaki and the others are forced into the Forest of Menos.