13x23 - Byakuya, the Truth Behind His Betrayal

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Zanpakuto

Their shape and abilities arebased on their Soul Reaper's soul.

Soul Reapers gain power

by learning their namesand synergizing with them.

They are born with Soul Reapersand die with Soul Reapers.

That is what Zanpakuto are.

Byakuya

Brother

A silvery-whitewindflower silk scarf

And a kenseikan

You'refrom the Kuchiki Clan,aren't you?

Byakuya Kuchiki, th generationhead of the Kuchiki Clan.

th generation head I see

A great deal of time

appears to have passedsince I was sealed away.

So, did Ginrei kick the bucket?

Don't talk aboutmy Grandfather so familiarly.

You soiled the honorof the Kuchiki Clan.

You have no right to speakof my grandfather's name.

Bastard

Brother What

is going on here?!

I thought you were on their side

Watch quietly.

This is a fight withthe Kuchiki Clan's honor at stake.

What?

You Weren't you underMuramasa's mind control?

Yes

It's true that at one point, I fellunder Muramasa's mind control.

However

Master

You've returned to your senses,Senbonzakura?

What happened?

I don't know

A sudden voice rangwithin my chest.

It told me to release my heartand follow as I desired

I see I thought so.

Byakuya, having been toldby his grandfather, Ginrei,

was aware of the Zanpakuto,Muramasa, and its master, Koga.

Know this.

If by chance the seal is broken,

it will be your duty as head of

the Kuchiki Clan to slay that man.

The world must never be exposed

to that warped evil power ever again.

I swear on my honor ashead of the Kuchiki Clan

Byakuya went to the archivesin search of clues to Koga.

But

as he feared,there was no record.

All he came away withwas the further realization

that he could not makethe incident public.

That Soul Reaper named Koga

He was connectedwith the Kuchiki Clan?!

But that's no reason for him tokeep it all hidden from us as well!

It was all for the sake of

determining where Kogawas sealed away!

Merely k*lling Muramasais meaningless

The real person who must bedefeated is Koga alone!

So, I acted as thoughI had been brainwashed.

But it wasn't easy toidentify the location

where Koga hadbeen sealed away.

That's why Byakuyastayed by Muramasa

Even if that meant givinghis friends the wrong idea

Why did he go through all that?

Because it is his duty ashead of the Kuchiki Clan.

Brother

Head of the Kuchiki Clan

Are you planning toseal me away, too?

No, I can't allow you toremain alive any longer.

You soiled the honorof the Kuchiki Clan

I will k*ll you.

Spoken with the true arroganceof the Kuchiki Clan

Fine

If you're the headof the Kuchiki Clan,

I have ample reasonto fight, as well.

Kogause me

My power belongs to you

W-Why?

You have become nothingbut a hindrance to me.

I don't need to usean unstable sword like you—

my powers alone are enough.

Damn you!

What do you takeyour Zanpakuto for?!

A Zanpakuto is merely a tool.

There are any numberof replacements.

Muramasa!

Did his despair trigger

an inability to controlhis Spiritual Pressure?

Koga

What the hell?!

I don't believe itHe collected Menos inside of him?

This is a waste of time

Ichigo Kurosaki

Byakuya

You were willing topretend to betray us

to be true to your own pride!

In that case,let us take care of this.

You defeat Koga!

Brother!

Let's do it, Ichigo!

Right!

Getsugatensho!

Soren Sokatsui!

Senbozakura.

Let's go.

Yes, Master.

What's that supposed to be?

You mean this?

Didn't I tell you?

Any w*apon will do.

Come! Kuchiki Clan head!

You do indeed seem topossess the skills

to call yourself head of the clan.

Let's see how you do with Kido!

Kongobaku!

Hado , Sokatsui!

Gakirekko!

Hado , Byakurai!

Hyogaseiran!

Bakudo , Danku.

Byakuya!

Oh?

Against my Senbonzakura,your Kido is mere child's play.

Don't get cocky, youngster!

I've captured your image.

You're no longer able tomove even a single finger!

Scatter, Senbonzakura.

This ends here.

You left yourself wide open,Kuchiki Clan head.

You're not getting away!

What have you done?

Muramasa can controlZanpakuto

That ability came from my powers.

By sending Spiritual Pressureinto my adversary,

I am able to confusehis five senses.

Already, your body's sensesare in the palm of my hand.

You can't even tellfor sure if that is me

standing right before your eyes.

An illusion?

It isn't anything so simplistic!

In your present state,

even the distance you seewith your eyes and

the distance you swing your swordno longer match.

You can no longerfight effectively.

Of courseif you had challenged me

with your heart closedthe way Ginrei and Genryusai did,

I wouldn't have been ableto use this technique.

It appears you let your guard downwhen I snapped Muramasa.

You're wrong.

What?

I challenged you without closing my heart

in order to k*ll you.

If I closed my heart, I may havebeen able to seal you away,

but I wouldn't be able to k*ll you.

You have the gall to talklike that in your situation

No you don't!

What?!

Hyogaseiran!

Danku.

Which way are you facing?

You're a sorry sight.

Without your Zanpakuto,you're powerless, kid!

The enemy's skill is irrelevant

Everyone falls totheir knees before me!

That's right!It's all because of my power!

Even without a Zanpakuto

I am the strongest there is!

Let's put an end to this

Kuchiki Clan head of today!

What the—?!

That's impossible!

It did Shikai by itself?!

Senbonzakura

Master

If your senses have been shut down,

I will fight asyour eyes and limbs.

Then I'll control the senses ofthat sword and you together!

I won't allow it.

Bankai.

Senkei, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi.

This is the true formof Senbonzakura.

It is a specialized formthat discards defense

for the sole purpose ofdefeating an enemy.

Within my space,confused senses mean nothing.

Wherever you are, this bladewill find you without fail.

Wherever I am, you say?

That goes for me, as well!

Damn you!

How is it that you possessso much power?

It is because we fight together.

A Soul Reaper and Zanpakutotogether make one.

We display our true powersonly when

our respective soulsare in harmony.

You, who have abandoned everythingfor the sake of silly pride,

cannot defeat us.

Shut up!

You're the ones who don'tunderstand anything!

Despite all of my achievements,no one recognized what I did.

They branded me a traitorand tried to put me away!

If that's the case, then I decidedto create a place for myself!

Power is order!

I'm going to becomeking of a new world!

Such foolishness

What?!

The real tragedy is that

you failed to recognizethe true nature of power.

The power you needed

was the power to relate withothers and with your Zanpakuto.

Relate with?

I don't need that kind of power!

My power is like no other!

Absolute power that has no equal!

Then I won't say any more

You can blameyour own immaturity

for not being able to recognizeyour confidence as arrogance.

Koga

l will now complete the duty

I inherited frommy grandfather, Ginrei,

as head of the Kuchiki Clan.

Senbonzakura Kageyoshi

Shukei Hakuteiken.

You're more than I expected.

Even among the long lineof Kuchiki Clan heads,

few are as powerful as you.

You were once a memberof the Kuchiki Clan.

By using this technique,I pay my final respects.

Then I will defeat you and

blow away my Kuchiki Clan curseonce and for all!

I was strict with Koga,but that backfired.

I let Byakuya have his way,but he grew up obstinate.

Raising children is difficult.

The World of the Livinghas lots of how-to books.

Don't give my grandfatherany ideas!

Illustrated Guide to Soul Reapers!

Zanpakuto manifestation

Sado!

There is no need for you to worry!

I'm sure you can talkwith yours too!

Take me, for example!

Oh, Uryu!

Because you listened to me,I'm able to speak like this!

You see?

Uryu, you have another w*apon,don't you?

He wants to talk to you, too.

You don't meanSeeleschneider?

No way.