TV.com

Bleach

Breaking Up of the Substitute Team? The Betrayal of Rukia

Season 4, Episode 21, Aired Oct 18, 2008

Next
Episode Previous
Episode

Episode Summary

EDIT

8.8

EPISODE RATING: Great

33 votes

Your Rating: 10

"Perfect"
Your Rating: 9.5

"Superb"
Your Rating: 9

"Superb"
Your Rating: 8.5

"Great"
Your Rating: 8

"Great"
Your Rating: 7.5

"Good"
Your Rating: 7

"Good"
Your Rating: 6.5

"Fair"
Your Rating: 6

"Fair"
Your Rating: 5.5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 4.5

"Poor"
Your Rating: 4

"Poor"
Your Rating: 3.5

"Bad"
Your Rating: 3

"Bad"
Your Rating: 2.5

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 2

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 1.5

"Abysmal"
Your Rating: 1

"Abysmal"

Rate Now!

The battle between Koga and Ichigo continues. Kira arrives and aids Ichigo by taking on Darlk while Ichigo tries to finish off Koga. Yoshi conitunes her battle with Rukia, Orihime and Cloud that is until Mabashi also joins the battle.

WRITE A REVIEW

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

Masakazu Morita

Kurosaki Ichigo
Fumiko Orikasa

Kuchiki Rukia
Yuki Matsuoka

Inoue Orihime
Noriaki Sugiyama

Ishida Uryuu
Hiroki Yasumoto

Sado
Kentarou Itou

Abarai Renji

Watch Online

Fan Episode Reviews (4)

See All

Fight scenes are still a little bit dull but whatever.

7.0

"Good"

By ZaleIsBackAgain, Oct 16, 2009

Although I've complained about the lack of intensity in the fights before, this episode was pretty decent. The whole Mabashi intruding in the fight part was kind of interesting, and his doll even more. Though it's a shame that Rukia's fight with Yoshi couldn't continue, because that's where all the entertaining bits were at. Kira's fight with the doll was the best part; some nice aesthetic value there but suffers a little from dull moments like the episodes in the past have. What really brought the whole episode down though was when Koga decides to have a personal philosophical moment during the middle of the fight questioning his own existence. It's just so convenient when things like these happen in the heat of battle.moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
0 0

Flag
Share Hide
I got bored watching this.

5.5

"Mediocre"

By jumanjiii, Oct 19, 2008

Not my favorite episode. Everyone's battle continues, but nothing great happened. I could've skipped watching this, but oh well. I think the best part of the episode was probably when we got to see what Mabashi's doll's abilities are. Once again, we get to see how weak Orihime is. Yeah, she tries to fight, but to me, it seems like she's always got to be saved the minutes she tries to act on someting. I was a little surprised to see Mabashi actually attack Yoshi- i wonder where that will go. From the last episode, we saw a bit of Koga's past. This episode, his past comes back to him when he's about to kill Ichigo, but he stops himself. this shows he at least has some compassion. I really hope the next episode is better than this.moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
0 0

Flag
Share Hide
So in this episode the battle between Ichigo/Kira and Koga/dalk is about to end.While a new battle ensues between Rukia,Orihime,and Claude and another bountou

8.5

"Great"

By Every1luvsme, Jun 13, 2007

With Ichigo barely able to move,becuase of his battle with Dalk ,it's not looking too good.Then like a fairytale, Kira appears.While Kira is battling Dalk,Ichigo is doing the same with Koga.Kira is winning against Dalk and Ichigo is on his last leg until Koga remembers Cain,the young Bountou he took in years ago.Before leaving he gives Ichigo and Kira a word of advice,then dissapears into the darkness.Meanwhile,Rukia, Orihime,and Cluade are fighting Yoshi until Mabashi comes in and suddenly attacks Yoshi.Yoshi bails,leaving Rukia,Orihime,and Cluade to fight Mabashi.We finaly get to see what Mabashi's doll looks like and what her powers are.In my opinion,Rizu(Mabashi's doll)looks like a cross between a gopher and a flower.What I find funny is when Rizu is attacking Yoshi she sounds like an elavator operator.This is funny ,but also disturbing.Then Rizu takes control of Rukia's body,who then starts to attack Orihime.Hince the title.This was an o.k. episode ,nothing extraordinarymoreless
DO YOU AGREE?
0 0

Flag
Share Hide
Kira joins Ichigo in his fight against Koga Gowa and his doll, Daruku, and Rukia, Orihime and Claudes encounter with Yoshi is interrupted by Mabashi, who decides to take the female Bounts place. Meanwhile, Hanatarou assists a seriously wounded Renji.moreless

7.0

"Good"

By Yumichika, Jul 01, 2006

Compared to lasts week attempt of episode, anything would be better. Thank God, this one is a lot more entertaining. Kira and Ichigo together is kind of cool, first, because Kira rules, and second, because we hadnt seen them together before, neither in the anime nor in the manga. Also, Kiras zanpakutoh, Wabisuke, turns out to be quite effective against Daruku (unlike the time he fought Rangiku), but I think it is quite silly that Ichigo is having so much trouble to defeat Gowa. With his background explained and all, I expected him to die in this episode, but it seems that well have to wait for that.

As for the chicks battle, I dont really understand the purpuse of Mabashi interrupting Yoshi and even attacking her so that she leaves him alone; maybe the writers couldnt find a way for Rukia, Orihime and Claude to actually beat Yoshi, so they brought Mabashi, and left Yoshi for another character (I think Renji vs. Yoshi could be a good fight). I really like Mabashis doll, even though hes quite annoying, more than I expected from the previous episodes. However, the whole Rukia getting possesed thing is quite cheesy, but well leave that for next episode, which focuses on evil Rukia (whatever).

Lastly, Hanatarou finally steps in for some action (well, 4th-division-style action), which is good, because he rocks.moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
0 0

Flag
Share Hide

WRITE A REVIEW

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

FILTER BY TYPE

TRIVIA (1)
ADD TRIVIA
- The opening features Hitsugaya Toshiro 10th squad captain.
  EDIT SHARE
QUOTES (0)
ADD QUOTES
- ADD QUOTES from this episode.
NOTES (3)
ADD NOTES
- Aired on YTV: May 9th, 2009.
  EDIT SHARE
- Japanese Title: 代行チーム分裂？裏切ったルキア Romaji Title: Daikou chiimu bunretsu? Uragitta Rukia
  EDIT SHARE
- This episode was an hour long speical.
  EDIT SHARE
ALLUSIONS (0)
ADD ALLUSIONS
- ADD ALLUSIONS from this episode.