Episode Title:
Everything But the Rain
Episode Description:
Nimaiya tells Renji, that he created every single Zanpakutō for the last several thousand years, including Zaraki's, which he actually stole off of a Soul Reaper's corpse, adding that Ichigo's wasn't an Asauchi made by him, therefore his training would have never worked. Ichigo runs away from the clinic, going to the shop of Ikumi Unagiya. Unagiya comforts Ichigo, before Isshin Kurosaki arrives in his Soul Reaper attire to take Ichigo away, though Ichigo accidentally leaves his badge behind. Isshin, finally ready to talk to his son, begins explaining the history of their family. Nearly twenty years ago, when Isshin Shiba was still captain of Division 10, a series of mysterious Soul Reaper deaths began occurring in Naraki City. Isshin went out to investigate the cause, which turned out to be an immensely powerful and intelligent "White" Hollow, clad in black armor. Elsewhere, a young Masaki Kurosaki, an Echt Quincy noble who was taken in by Sōken Ishida's family after the demise of her own, sensed the Spiritual Pressure released by the Hollow and Isshin, and headed off to help, despite Ryūken Ishida and the lower ranked Gemischt Quincy family maid Kanae Katagiri attempting to dissuade her. While fighting the Hollow, Isshin attempted to use his Bankai, but was struck down from behind by the creators of this Hollow made from a dead Soul Reaper, Aizen, Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen. Masaki arrived and saved Isshin, while Aizen stopped Tōsen from killing her, due to finding her intriguing. Masaki used herself as bait to draw the Hollow close and kill it in one blow, while also absorbing its unique Spiritual Pressure into herself, after Isshin saved her from its self destruction. Masaki healed Isshin's wounds, while also revealing herself as a Quincy. Initially fearing his reaction, she rejoiced, when Isshin gladly declared, that he was happy to have met a living Quincy. Ryūken and Kanae, seeing that she found safety, decided to leave her be and headed off together. Back in the present day, Jugram meets Uryū.
