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Bleach S2E4 — Kill the Shadow

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Bleach•Season 2•Episode 4

Kill the Shadow

7.4/10 · 1,710 votesNov 1, 202224 min

Ranked #33 of 49 in Season 2•−0.3 vs season avg

The Wandenreich mobilizes its elite force, the Stern Ritter, to annihilate the Soul Society. Creating massive flaming pillars of Reishi as a distraction, the Stern Ritter easily enter the Soul Society to bring carnage to the Soul Reapers.

Directed byHikaru Murata

Written byTomohisa Taguchi

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Cast5

Masakazu Morita

Masakazu Morita

Ichigo Kurosaki (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa

Fumiko Orikasa

Rukia Kuchiki (voice)

Hiroki Yasumoto

Hiroki Yasumoto

Yasutora Sado (voice)

Yuki Matsuoka

Yuki Matsuoka

Orihime Inoue (voice)

Noriaki Sugiyama

Noriaki Sugiyama

Uryu Ishida (voice)

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Kiyoshi Komatsubara

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Sota Yokote

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Masaharu Morinaka

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Yutaka Matsubara

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Sho Uchida

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Nguyen Phong

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Kousei Matsuzaka

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Toshiki Amata

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Tooru Yoshida

Tooru Yoshida

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Yoshio Tanioka

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Yuki Sato

Key Animation

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Kazuo Takigawa

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"Kill the Shadow" is episode 4 of Bleach season 2. It scored 7.4/10 from 1,710 votes, ranking #33 of 49 episodes this season (season average 7.7). Directed by Hikaru Murata and written by Tomohisa Taguchi, it aired on November 1, 2022.

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