Bleach: Brave Souls story · Side story, Zanpakuto: The Alternate Tale, Part 1
2-1 Muramasa's Aim
Zanpakuto: The Alternate Tale, Part 1. Muramasa appears before Ichigo and begins to explain why he has released the Zanpakuto from their Soul Reapers and helped them manifest.
1 scenes, 41 lines
1. Before the battle
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Rukia Kuchiki!
You really intended to die begging like this?
That was quite a spectacle.
Sode No Shirayuki, you'd best make yourself scarce for the moment and leave this to me.
Thank you.
Hold it!
Going somewhere, Ichigo Kurosaki?
How do you know my name?
That is not important right now.
My goal is quite simple. Release all of the Zanpakuto from the Soul Reapers. That is all I wish.
I see, so you're the one who's behind all of this!
You know how Rukia can get her Zanpakuto back. Start talkin' now!
Tell me Ichigo. What is a Zanpakuto?
What?
Soul Reapers must reach deep into their own selves to find the power hidden within. They commune with their Zanpakuto, bond together, and harness their power by learning their names.
What's more, by manifesting an incarnation of their Zanpakuto and controlling it, they wield the mighty Bankai.
But living alongside Soul Reapers is not the only way for a Zanpakuto to exist.
What are you talking about?
I'm saying that every Zanpakuto has free will, just like you do.
Zanpakuto are not dependent on Soul Reapers. We are separate entities.
Two distinct beings, no one greater than the other.
............
Is that so hard to believe? More proof of how arrogant you Soul Reapers are.
You've got it wrong.
Your blindness is why I'm here.
I understand how the Zanpakuto thinks. I can see into their souls. And I can grant physical form to those who choose to join me.
Any Zanpakuto who answers my call will become liberated from their Soul Reaper and manifest in the world as their true form.
That power is the gift that I alone possess.
Why the hell would the Zanpakuto listen to you?
Simple. Because ignorant people like you have oppressed them for so very long.
What you're saying just isn't the truth. I have never looked down on Sode No Shirayuki as my inferior.
Your Zanpakuto does not share your opinion. Clearly, Sode No Shirayuki has confirmed what I'm saying.
Grh...
There's no need to push yourself. You have served your purpose well.
What do you mean?
Did you honestly believe you were able to escape to the world of the living on your own?
My objective is to free all the Zanpakuto from their Soul Reapers. No exceptions.
And in order to do that, I needed you, Ichigo Kurosaki, to find your way here.
You're saying you used Rukia?
Welcome to my world.
There's no way in hell you're going to get away with this!