Bleach: Brave Souls story · Side story, The Invading Army Part 2
3-2 Ichigo's Decision, A Life-or-Death Bankai
The Invading Army Part 2. In their fight against the Reigai, Ichigo begins losing his spiritual pressure while Nozomi is slowly worn down. Genryusai, who was temporarily bound by the Reigai Retsu, purges the vicinity with Ryujin Jakka's flames.
3 scenes, 34 lines
1. Before the battle
5 lines
Hah!
Ahh!
I beg your pardon. I overdid it a little.
Urh...
Well, that's a relief. If I'd injured you, I'd be in big trouble with my boss.
2. Before the boss
11 lines
Kh...
What's wrong, Ichigo? Your spirit energy seems to be fading fast.
(What should I do? Bankai, then Getsugatensho?)
I bet you're trying to decide whether or not to use Bankai.
!!!
I sense even if you did use Bankai, you couldn't maintain it for long.
And I'm guessing you aren't able to unleash Getsugatensho more than two or three more times at the most.
We'll see!
Ahh!
Nozomi! (I've gotta make a move!)
Bankai!
3. After the battle
18 lines*Pant* *Pant*
Looks like your spirit energy has dropped again. If you're going to attack someone, you need to understand your opponent's power. Otherwise, you're just going to waste a perfectly good offensive.
Gh...
Oh, no! This is bad! Real bad!
Will you calm down?
How can I stay calm?! Both Nozomi and Ichigo are in big trouble!
The worst part is I can't do a darned thing to help out.
I'll go help 'em.
I'll go with you.
You can't do this! Neither one of you can do anything in your condition! You need to stand down!
You heard the old geezer. In your condition, you'll just get in the way.
Even so, sometimes you have to put yourself out there.
Rukia's right about that. If we can get a single hit...
This can't be!
Why the surprised look? You should already know. A Bakudo like that isn't strong enough. It would do nothing more than slow him down for a moment.
What are you talking about?
I have a feeling you made a critical error. You misjudged the power of Genryusai Yamamoto. After all, it isn't by accident that he's been the Head Captain of the 13 Court Guard Squads for a millennium.
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