Episode
Bleach: Kill the Shadow
Overview
The Wandenreich mobilizes its elite force, the Stern Ritter, to annihilate the Soul Society. Creating massive flaming pillars of Reishi as a distraction, the Stern Ritter easily enter the Soul Society to bring carnage to the Soul Reapers.
Details
- Series
- Bleach
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2022-11-01
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Kill the Shadow is Episode 4 in Thousand-Year Blood War of Bleach. It aired on 2022-11-01. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 3: March of the Starcross
Ichigo and his friends arrive in Hueco Mundo to confront Quilge Opie and learn that their latest enemy are Quincies.
Episode 5: Wrath as a Lightning
Quilge Opie uses his power to imprison Ichigo inside the Garganta. As he tries to break free, Ichigo begins to hear, through his Soul Phone, the screams of the Soul Reapers falling to the enemy's onslaught.
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Episode 1: The Blood Warfare
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Episode 7: Born in the Dark
Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto learns that the Yhwach he defeated was an impostor. The real Yhwach then reveals himself and easily kills Genryusai, sending a wave of shock and devastation across the Soul Reapers.
Episode 8: The Shooting Star Project [Zero Mix]
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Episode 9: The Drop
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Episode 10: The Battle
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Episode 11: Everything but the Rain
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Episode 12: Everything but the Rain: June Truth
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