Like many others anime Shonen in the long term, the first parts of Bleach are filled with filling arches. Stories like the Arc de Bount have been mixed over the years, and fans have not been likely to revisit them anytime soon. It’s no secret that BleachThe filling arches are very affected. However, there are still episodes of filling that manage to succeed and even go beyond the expectations of fans.

Occasionally, BleachPunctual filling episodes would offer convincing stories that completed the events of the main plot. Contrary to BleachThe filling arcs, these episodes benefit from being short and digestible stories which give more characterization to Ichigo and other main characters. Due to their short, these filling episodes can be much more comical compared to the serious challenges of the new captain Shusuke Amagai or the arcs of the invasive army. Filling episodes like these can provide a nice break with the intense action seen in the main story.

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Ikkaku and Yumichika go on a mission in the human world

The 11th Shinigami Division is leaving a humorous excursion together

In episode 229 of BleachYumichika and Ikkaku end up doing a mission in the human world to eliminate a dangerous hollow. The pair tries to convince Ichigo and Rukia to let them stay in Kurosaki’s house, but are hilariously refused. This leaves the two forced to stay at Keigo Asano with his sister, Mizuho. The duo’s stay at Maison Asano leads to many hilarious shenanigans among the four characters.

Mizuho’s hospitality towards the renapers of the soul ultimately distracted them from their mission. She offers them well cooked steaks and new clothes to wear during their stay, embarrassing Ikkaku and encouraging Yumichika to try her partner to match her new outfit. The Soul Reapers finally manage to also send the wandering Hollow, ending the episode with a nice action. BleachComic moments are always funny to watch, and episode 229 is no exception to this rule.

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Bleach’s New Year’s special in episode 355 is the gold of comedy

The underestimated episode sees the Soul Society taking the new year

In recent years, there has not been so much long -standing anime that have been dedicated to the celebration of the new year. But in 2012, Bleach Had a complete filling episode focused on the New Year’s New Year’s festivities. For Izuru Kira, this means that each gatei 13 division develops their differences so that they can all celebrate together. This leads to all kinds of eccentric hijinks which take place between the shinigami of the various divisions.

The captains of each division steal kite together, only so that they are frustrated once they have broken or once shinigami as Ikkaku is strongly attached. Rukia tries to do a ceremonial dance once made by Hisana Kukichi and Renji helps her empty her mind to help her in performance. See so many characters like Rukia in situations where they are out of their element will always be fun to watch. The parties of Rukia and Renji in the episode are really comforting and help fans have a better glimpse of their friendship in relaxed situations.

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Episode 213 presents the training of the Karakura Raizer team

The group is formed to eliminate wandering hollows around the city of Karakura in the absence of Ichigo

The fans may have wondered what was going on in the city of Karakura while Iichigo and his allies infiltrated Hueco Mundo. Bleach Episode 213 seeks to answer this question, Kisuke Urahara creating a team to destroy all the hollows that could threaten the city of Karakura in the absence of Soul Reaper. The team, called like the Karakura Raizers, quickly meet to eliminate the hollows of the city. Directed by Don Kanonji, the Raizers come together to eliminate an arrancar working for none other than Sosuke Aizen.

Seeing Kon try to understand how to use his super -timely raizer bracelet is completely hilarious. The first half of the episode is purely dedicated to the fact that Kon is disconcerted by the inspired powers of Tokusatsu that Urahara grants him. His interactions with Don Kanonji and the sisters of Ichigo deliver as many laughs as Kon desperately tries to sail in the growing threats that the new team of hollow exterminators must fight. The episode is just a happy game overall that revitalizes in its antics of silly superheroes.

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The Bleach 147 episode develops the regions of Hueco Mundo

The Ichigo hike in the house of the Creux is extended to the anime

The journey of Ichigo, Chad, Uryu, Renji and Rukia in Hueco Mundo has an additional meaning in the event of the anime events. Rather than heading directly to Las Noches, a sandstorm separates Rukia from the rest of the group. This leads Ichigo and his friends to travel through the forest of Menos, a place filled with hollows of Menos Grande. The search for Rukia’s party leads them further into the disturbing terrain of the forest.

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Rukia must manage by herself while the others try to check where he is. Rukia meets a shinigami called Ashido Kano, who helps her end up with Ichigo and the others. Ashido explains how a number of his comrades lost their lives in the forest, and he is the only shinigami among them who managed to survive. It allows Hueco Mundo to feel more varied according to his locations, and adds a feeling of imminent danger to the formidable of the kingdom. As terrifying as the forest is, it also means that hiking in Las Noches has much more weight than in the manga.

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Yuzu & Karin Kurosaki focuses major in episode 33 of Bleach

Kanonji valiantly protects the city of Karakura in this hilarious episode

Don Kanonji’s first major episode in BleachFilling equipment is another funny game exploring the daily life of the side characters in the series. The Kurosaki sisters are investigating mysterious UFO observations in town, learning that they are caused by two wandering hollows in the region. This soon leads the Kurosakis to team up with Don Kanonji, Jinta Hanakari and Ururu Tsumugiya.

This new team would mark the birth of Karakura superheroes, a group that would go through many different iterations through the other Bleach filling episodes. In this case, Don Kanonji steals the show. He tries to convince his four districts to become his students in the fight against the supernatural, only accepting the threats that the hollows constitute from the city of Karakura. The humble beginnings of Karakura superheroes are simply hilarious and comforting, producing many moments when the sisters of Ichigo are more likely to shine.

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Bleach episode 50 sees Don Kanonji, the sisters Kurosaki and Kon associate to defeat Hollows

The improbable group again defends the city of Karakura from Hollows

One of BleachThe first filling episodes, episode 50, remain one of its funniest. Episode 50 sees Don Kanonji, the Kurosaki sisters, Ururu Tsugiya and Jinta Hanakari forming Karakura superheroes to defend the city against evil. While the team was initially trained to help stimulate the notes of Don Kanonji’s television show, the shenanigans that they get up to finish more viewers of real life than from Kanonji. While the team is reformed to help Kanonji increase its popularity, the group ends up fighting against an incoming hollow.

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Kanonji also tries to recruit Kon in the team. The plush animal and yuzu quickly assume their new identity as Karakura Gold and Karakura Yellow, only for the hollow to end the group’s shenanigans. Kon is forced to wear ridiculous dresses and browse wild uniforms in the group’s quest to protect the city from criminals. Again, this episode offers a nice break in the serious action of the anime and is a great pleasure for fans.

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Ichigo is Iskai’d in a world of medieval style in episode 287 of Bleach

The Soul Reaper substitute is transported to a whole new world

Bleach Is not a stranger to put his characters in strange situations during the filling arcs, and that sounds true in episode 287 of the anime. Ichigo wakes up to find himself in a Hueco Mundo desert with Chad, Orihime, and Uryu dressed in turbans and adjusted clothes. While the group moves on camels, Ichigo slowly realizes that the world in which it has been transported is based on Arab nights. Things become even stranger when Uryu informs Ichigo that this whole world is a product of his dreams, encouraging him to find a way out using the Aladdin lamp.

The episode is fully based to do BleachThe casting has mounted in the world of Arab nights. The Aladdin lamp, for example, is designed to look like the Kon’s plush shape. Duplicates of characters like Kisuke Urahara and Jinta Hanakari also give advice to Ichigo on how to wake up from his dreams. Soul Society is even replaced by the Society lamp, where Ichigo must save the world version of Rukia from the 13 divisions of judicial lamps. For a unique filling episode, it does an excellent job to be a good parody of emblematic scenarios like the Soul Society Arc.

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Ichigo notes the spirits of a member of the 11th Division

The episode gives Ichigo a great characterization that we only find in the anime

In one of BleachThe more serious filling episodes, Ichigo ends up binding with an experienced member of the 11th Division of Soul Society, Scizo Harugazaki. While Iichigo trains with Renji in Soul Society, his meeting with Séizo leads to the two investigating the ruins of a city destroyed by hollows. The air of the mystery surrounding the soul with a gentle manifesto makes Seizo much more interesting than most of the filling characters, offering advice to Ichigo who improve his reflexes in combat. The 11th Division Soul Reaper also has an surprisingly touching background that makes viewers even more invested in the character.

He revealed that the spiritual energy of Séizo was completely drained after he and Ikkaku met a dangerous hollow. While Séizo accepts that he should be released from Gotei 13, Ichigo continues to stimulate him to move forward. The dynamics between the two is easily the highest point of the episode. Even if he feels unfit to be a supper, the encouragement of Ichigo allows the older shinigami to continue to protect people in his own way.

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The decreasing powers of Ichigo are explored in the Bleach 317 episode

The substitute soul reaper is obliged to accept that it is again a normal human

By picking up a month after Aizen’s defeat, Ichigo is forced to look at his powers slowly fade. While the Soul Reaper substitute once again spends time adapting to normal life, the troubles are already starting to brew in the Soul Society. Nanao and Rangiku both disappeared, leaving the captains of Gottei 13 to start investigating their disappearances.

This episode marks the start of the Filling Arc of the Gotei 13 army. Although it is not as well known as other filling materials such as the Arc Bount, it tells a much more interesting story in comparison. The mystery behind the missing lieutenants intrigues immediately after the massive battle against Aizen. Ichigo is also placed in a strange position in this arc, forced not to spend too much from its power to overcome the hollows or risk losing its powers at a faster rate.

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Yachiru meets an old friend in the Javel 315 episode

Fans have a rare overview of the enigmatic soul reaper lieutenant

We don’t know much about Yachiru Kusajishi, the mysterious lieutenant of Squad 11. Even in the manga, very little information is known about it until the very end of the series. The anime, however, decides to consecrate one of his filling episodes to spread his ties with other soul renapers in the Gotei 13. In episode 315, Yachiru catches up with his old friend, Masayoshi.

Unlike the joyful attitude of Yachiru, Masayoshi is a lasting souperie at the battle in search of the hollow that killed his family. But just like with Kenpachi, the improbable duo is played quite well, Yachiru calling with casualness the intimidating soul “Mappy” in several points. The story of Masayoshi is much less simple than it appears on the surface. The story takes a much darker turn once he revealed that Masayoshi was responsible for the death of his wife, being secretly a hollow all the time. The story is remarkably sad for a character as light as Yachiru, but it helps viewers to better understand who it is under its sunny exterior.

Bleach

Release date

2004-2023-00-00

Network

TV Tokyo, Osaka TV, Aichi TV, TVH, TVQ, TSC, BS TV Tokyo

Showrunner

Tite Kubo

Directors

Mitsutaka Noshitani, Junya Koshida, Hodaka Kuramoto, Yasuto Nishikata, Hiroaki Nishimura, Kazunori Mizuno, Akira Shimizu, Rokou Ogiwara, Kazunobu Shimizu, Akane Inoue, Hikaru Murata, Tomoko Hiramuki, Kazuo Nogami, Kawanishi, Shigeki Hatakeyama, Eiko Nishi, Takushi Kimura, Koji Aritomi, Ogura Shirakawa, Kiyomu Fukuda, Yukio Okazaki, Mitsue Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Eitarou ano ano

Writers

Masahiro Okubo, Masashi Sogo, Kenta Shimoyama, Genki Yoshimura, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Rika Nakase, Michiko Yokote, Natsuko Takahashi, Kento Shimoyama

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  Masakazu Morita

  Ichigo Kurosaki (voice)

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  Fumiko Orikasa

  Rukia Kuchiki