

Though it takes Ichigo longer and takes a larger toll on him, he is victorious as well.ĭespite having stopped the collapse of the Valley of Screams, the process is far enough along that the effect persists. The group makes short work of most of the Dark Ones, leaving Ichigo to battle their leader. Aside from Zaraki, Suì-Fēng, Tōshirō Hitsugaya, Izuru Kira, Byakuya Kuchiki, Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Rangiku Matsumoto, Tetsuzaemon Iba, Shūhei Hisagi, Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa have also arrived to help. He is saved by the timely arrival of Kenpachi Zaraki, with lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi on his back. Within the Valley, Ichigo finds himself overpowered by the sheer number of Blanks the Dark Ones have at their command. Yamamoto refuses to order a rescue mission with such a tight time frame. Since the only available portal into the Valley of Screams exists in the Human World, and that the process that will destroy both Soul Society and the Human World will complete within an hour, Captain-Commander Yamamoto orders that the Kidō Cannon be fired at the dimension to obliterate it first. As he enters it, Rukia heads to Soul Society to get reinforcements. Unwilling to give up on Senna, Ichigo finds the portal into the Valley of Screams on the river.

The Dark Ones explain that their actions are to get revenge on Soul Society: they were Shinigami over a millennia ago, but were exiled and have since adapted to the Valley of Screams. This in turn will cause the Human World and Soul Society to collide, potentially annihilating both. Senna, being composed of nothing but memories, will attract the Blanks, causing a chain reaction that will collapse the entire dimension. As concurrently explained by both the Dark Ones and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the Blanks are naturally attracted to memories, which they lack. Within the Valley of Screams, the Dark Ones attach Senna to a device powered by the Blanks. Despite Ichigo's efforts, they succeed in capturing her. However, a mysterious group appears, identifying themselves as the " Dark Ones," and set their sights on Senna. Senna is eventually revealed to be the Memory Rosary, and a fair amount of the Gotei 13 shows up to deal with the problem. He goes on to explain that the lost memories of the Blanks will have formed into a single being known as the "Memory Rosary," and he has Ichigo track this being down. The Valley of Screams is composed of these Blanks, but they alone could not be responsible for the size to which it has grown. The Souls Ichigo saw earlier are known as " Blanks," Souls that were lost in the space between the worlds and have been stripped of their memories. They meet up with Ichigo and discuss the events at the Urahara Shop, where Kisuke Urahara explains that a dimension between Soul Society and the Human World, known as the Valley of Screams, has expanded to the point that it is connecting the two worlds. Meanwhile, in Soul Society, the Human World is suddenly reflected in the sky, so Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto are sent to investigate. Senna refuses to answer any questions, so Ichigo is forced to follow her while Rukia tries to find out what's going on. While attempting to deal with these strange Souls, Ichigo and Rukia meet Senna, a mysterious Shinigami who wipes out most of them by using her Shikai. Easily dispatching of the Hollow, Ichigo performs a soul burial on the girl's Soul, convincing her to go along with it despite her argument of her "having something to do" by stating that "more monsters will come after her if she stays".Īfterwards, in Karakura Town, unidentifiable spirits begin appearing in masses. Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki chase down a Hollow, which in turn is chasing a girl's spirit in a park.
