Bleach: Brave Souls story · Main story, Part 20: Thousand-Year Blood War VII
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Part 20: Thousand-Year Blood War VII. Understanding Ichigo's situation, Isshin quietly begins to tell him about his own past, the incident that set Ichigo on his current path, and the truth about Ichigo's mother, Masaki.
2 scenes, 42 lines
1. Before the battle
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The fact that you came for me wearing that outfit means you know, don't you?
Urahara told me what happened in the Soul Society... That your Zanpakuto was broken, and that Squad Zero came for you. They've kicked you out, haven't they?
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Well, I think I can see why. There's no way you could fix your broken Bankai, not in your current state.
After all, you don't know the first thing about yourself, or where you came from.
Huh?
Remember how you once said that I could wait till I felt the time was right to tell you the whole story?
I think that time is now. Listen carefully. You're not a Soul Reaper, but you're not an ordinary human, either.
There's something you need to know about your mother, Ichigo.
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My name's Masaki Kurosaki. I'm a Quincy.
2. After the battle
31 linesThe Past The Soul Society
Sir, do you remember the incident report from two months ago?
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It came in to us from a city called Naruki. One of the Soul Reapers stationed there died in an accident.
Yeah, that does ring a bell. They're still investigating it, right?
Correct. Now take a look at last month's incident report...
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Two more Soul Reapers died.
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Captain, wait! Where are you going?
To Naruki! I'm leaving you guys in charge here!
Wait, you're going off all by yourself?
Yep! I shouldn't be more than a couple of days. Try not to burn the place down, alright.
But sir! Shouldn't we report this to the Head Captain?
Ugh. We'd better go with him!
No, we'd better not.
Huh? Why the hell not?
The captain wanted to go alone because he figures it could be dangerous.
Of course it could be dangerous! That's exactly why we should...
That's exactly why!
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We should stay here, like he says.
We're not strong enough yet to do anything else. We wouldn't be any help to him. We'd just get in his way.
Any progress?
No, can't say that there has been, really.
We've been successful in equipping some Hollows with the ability to Hollowfy a target, but unfortunately none of them has survived the process so far.
I see.
No matter. We're narrowing in on the location of Shinji Hirako and the others.
We'll continue the Hollowfication experiments while we smoke them out. Killing two birds with one stone.
Take your time, Gin, Kaname.
Everything is working out just fine.