Bleach Episode 7 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Greetings from a Stuffed Lion

Urahara's team retrieves the Mod-Soul, who had escaped from the warehouse. He fights a Hollow at Karakura Elementary School, Ichigo intervenes and purifies the Hollow, and Urahara extracts the Mod-Soul's pill. Ichigo then inserts the pill into a lion plushie, turning the Mod-Soul into a stuffed animal; the Mod-Soul is named Kon. The next morning Ichigo reveals to Rukia that the day is the anniversary of his mother's death, which she was killed in, and Saidō is shown receiving a rebuke from an Onmitsukidō member about Rukia.

• Mod-Soul retrieval and Hollow fight

  Urahara's team arrives to retrieve the Mod-Soul, which fights a Hollow at the school. Ichigo and the Mod-Soul purify the Hollow together, and Urahara extracts the Mod-Soul's pill.

• Mod-Soul becomes a plushie

  Ichigo inserts the Mod-Soul's pill into a lion plushie, and the Mod-Soul comes to life as a small stuffed animal who is later named Kon.

• Ichigo's mother anniversary

  Ichigo reveals that the next day is the anniversary of his mother's death and that she was killed, and he recalls the day in a dream.

• Saidō and Onmitsukidō

  Saidō is tasked by an Onmitsukidō member to find out what lies behind a targeting of Rukia Kuchiki in the Human World.

Recent Timeline

• I-beam falls on construction site (Episode 4)

  A large I-beam falls from the top of a Karakura Town construction site toward Gitano, Harutoki and Sado. Sado shields them with his body and is injured. Yūichi thanks him and reveals his name, after which Sado's injuries are completely healed.

• Sado collapses at Kurosaki Clinic (Episode 4)

  Isshin finds a large claw-shaped wound on Sado's back that looks like a burn. Sado tries to leave despite the blood loss and collapses, and the Kurosaki family prepares a bed for him.

• Shrieker destroyed by the Gates of Hell (Episode 5)

  Ichigo cuts out Shrieker's tongue and slashes his mask, after which the Gates of Hell open beneath him and an arm impales Shrieker from behind, ending his existence. Rukia explains the gates are reserved for Souls and Hollows who sinned in life, while the Zanpakutō only washes away sins committed after death.

  Yūichi's Chain of Fate is severed, so Rukia cannot return him to his body. Ichigo points out he will be able to see his mother again by crossing over, and Yūichi departs after thanking Sado.

• Hollow purified and Mod-Soul pill extracted (Episode 7)

  Ichigo and the Mod-Soul cut and kick the Hollow's mask in unison, and it disintegrates after being purified. The Mod-Soul falls toward the ground until Ichigo catches him by the leg.

  Urahara pushes the Mod-Soul out of Ichigo's body and collects the pill, ending the Mod-Soul's use of Ichigo's body. Urahara declares the collection complete.

• Mod-Soul sealed into lion plushie (Episode 7)

  Ichigo puts the pill into a lion plushie on Rukia's instruction, and the plushie comes to life, so the Mod-Soul is now stuck in this body. Rukia then erases the memories of Ichigo's classmates about the previous day's events, and Ichigo agrees they should not remember it.

Character Graph

Fishbone D

Hollow

Hollow that pursues the dead girl and then turns on Ichigo's family, seeking a soul with high Reiryoku. He is destroyed when Ichigo cuts through his mask.

• Target

  Was drawn by Ichigo's suppressed power, which had been leaking through the dead girl.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Other, Hostility)

  The Human whose power he hunts; he is destroyed by Ichigo.

• Rukia Kuchiki (Other, Hostility)

  Shinigami who wounds him and is wounded in return.

• Karin Kurosaki (Other, Hostility)

  Girl he seizes and threatens to devour.

Ichigo Kurosaki

Human · Shinigami

Fifteen-year-old tenth grader from Karakura Town whose family runs a clinic. He has been able to see ghosts since childhood and ends the episode with Shinigami powers he took from Rukia.

• Shinigami powers

  Gained Shinigami powers by taking in Rukia's Zanpakutō and power, and now wields a large Zanpakutō of his own.

• Rukia Kuchiki (Pact, Mixed)

  The Shinigami who forced him into becoming one; they clash constantly yet cooperate against Fishbone D.

• Isshin Kurosaki (Family, Mixed)

  Father who fights and bickers with him yet shares the household.

• Yuzu Kurosaki (Family, Affinity)

  Younger sister who worries over him.

• Karin Kurosaki (Family, Mixed)

  Younger sister who is dismissive of him and whom he rescues from Fishbone D.

• Fishbone D (Other, Hostility)

  Hollow that hunts him for his Reiryoku and has attacked his sisters.

Isshin Kurosaki

Human

Father of the Kurosaki household who runs the clinic with his children. He is mourning his late wife and is at odds with his children.

• Household

  Enforces dinner at 7:00 pm and quarrels physically with Ichigo.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Family, Mixed)

  Son he spars and fights with, though he cannot see ghosts.

• Yuzu Kurosaki (Family, Affinity)

  Daughter who cares for him and the household.

• Karin Kurosaki (Family, Mixed)

  Daughter who is cold toward him.

Karin Kurosaki

Human

Younger Kurosaki sister who is skeptical of ghosts and does not believe in them. She is calm and blunt at home.

• Disbelief

  Claims ghosts do not exist to her as long as she does not believe in them.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Family, Mixed)

  Older brother she dismisses, and who rescues her from Fishbone D.

• Yuzu Kurosaki (Family, Mixed)

  Younger twin sister who worries about her lack of reaction.

Yuzu Kurosaki

Human

Younger Kurosaki sister who can see ghosts but cannot interact with them. She tries to keep peace at dinner and is jealous of Ichigo's spirit attention.

• Spirit sight

  Can see spirits but cannot speak to or touch them.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Family, Affinity)

  Older brother she worries over.

• Karin Kurosaki (Family, Mixed)

  Older twin sister who is unconcerned by the family conflict.

Rukia Kuchiki (Rukia)

Shinigami

Shinigami sent from Soul Society to exorcise Hollows and send Pluses on. She first appears by purifying a Hollow in town and later forces her powers into Ichigo.

Now in the Human World after losing most of her powers; she transferred into Ichigo's class and is stuck in a Gigai.

• Role

  Explains Shinigami duties to Ichigo: sending Pluses to Soul Society with Konsō and purifying Hollows.

• Current state

  Stuck in a Gigai after Ichigo took most of her Shinigami powers.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Pact, Colleague, Mixed)

  Partner forced by circumstance; she gave him her power to save his family and bickers with him throughout.

  Shinigami who demands that Ichigo perform Shinigami duties until her powers return.

• Fishbone D (Other, Hostility)

  Hollow she fights and wounds, and who threatens Ichigo's family.

Tatsuki Arisawa (Tatsuki)

Karakura High School

Orihime's close friend at Karakura High School who is blunt and teasing with Ichigo.

• Role

  Brings Orihime food and comments on her habits.

• Orihime Inoue (Friend, Affinity)

  Close friend who looks after her and brings her food.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Colleague, Hostility)

  Classmate who she scolds and teases.

Yasutora Sado (Sado)

Karakura High School

Ichigo's classmate who offers to help the Kurosaki family clean up.

• Role

  Offers help to the Kurosaki family after the house was damaged.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Colleague, Affinity)

  Classmate who offers help.

Orihime Inoue

Karakura High School · Human

Ichigo's classmate who is close to Tatsuki and whose only family, her brother, died after a car accident three years ago.

Ichigo's classmate who can see spirits; now protected by Ichigo and Rukia after her brother Acidwire attacks her.

• Family loss

  Her only brother died at the Kurosaki Clinic three years ago after being badly injured in a car accident.

• Brother bond

  Recognized her Hollow brother Acidwire and sacrificed herself to intercept his bite out of guilt over her past neglect of him.

• Tatsuki Arisawa (Friend, Affinity)

  Close friend who brings her food and walks with her through the school halls.

  Friend who stands by her at school and backs up her story after the attack.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Colleague, Neutral)

  Classmate whom she has not spoken to much; she was the girl crying at the Kurosaki Clinic years ago.

• Sora Inoue (Family, Affinity)

  Brother who died and became a Hollow; she mourns him and wears the hairpins he gave her.

Sora Inoue (Acidwire)

Deceased · Plus · Hollow

Orihime's deceased brother who was seized by Hollows and transformed into a Hollow.

Orihime's brother Sora Inoue, a Plus taken over by a Hollow; in Hollow form he is called Acidwire, claims Orihime as his own and targets Ichigo. When his mask shatters, Sora's face is revealed and he purifies himself with Ichigo's Zanpakutō.

• Fate

  Gave Orihime the hairpins on the day he died; they had fought that day, and she never saw him alive again.

• Sibling bond

  Raised and protected Orihime after their parents abandoned them when she was three; his Hollow form resents her forgetting him.

• Orihime Inoue (Family, Mixed)

  Her only family, who she loved and who died three years ago.

  Younger sister he raised; as a Hollow he claims her as his own, and when his mask breaks she sees Sora's face.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Other, Hostility)

  Hollow who attacks Ichigo as his target, and Ichigo fights him to protect Orihime.

Mod-Soul

Mod-Soul

An artificial soul created for combat that was placed into Ichigo's body after Rukia used a Gikongan to force Ichigo's soul out; he takes Ichigo's form and acts as a fighter with an excitable, flippant personality.

• Origin

  Created under a Soul Society combat program called Project Spearhead; Rukia says such Mod-Souls were slated for destruction under Soul Society law.

• Relation to Ichigo

  Inhabits Ichigo's body while Ichigo's true soul is outside it; Rukia is pursuing him to destroy him and return Ichigo's body.

• Ichigo Kurosaki (Other, Hostility)

  The Mod-Soul wears Ichigo's body and is the artificial soul Ichigo must fight to reclaim his body.

• Rukia Kuchiki (Other, Hostility)

  Rukia created the Mod-Soul's situation by using a Gikongan and is pursuing him to destroy him under Soul Society law.

Eikichirō Saidō (Saidō)

Soul Society

A Soul Society figure who plays spinning tops with children and is approached in an alley by an Onmitsukidō member about his next target, Rukia Kuchiki.

• Assignment

  Receives an assignment from an Onmitsukidō member to find out what else lies behind Rukia Kuchiki's offense in the Human World.

World Memo

• Hollow origin from unguided souls

  Hollows are fallen souls that were not guided to Soul Society by a Shinigami or protected from Hollows, and they become Hollows themselves.

• Chain of Fate keeps soul tied to body

  The Chain of Fate connects a soul to its body, and while it remains intact the soul is prevented from dying.

  Once a soul's Chain of Fate is completely severed, the soul cannot be returned to its body.

• Project Spearhead cancelled in Soul Society

  Soul Society once ran a program called Project Spearhead that placed artificial combat souls into dead human bodies to fight Hollows; it was cancelled because it would force corpses to fight, and all Mod-Souls in development were slated for destruction.

• Mod-Souls must be destroyed by law

  Under Soul Society's law, Mod-Souls must be destroyed; these laws exist to protect Humans.

  Soul Society issued the destruction order soon after each Mod-Soul was created, so its death date was fixed the day after creation.

• Mod-Soul pill needs soulless body

  A Mod-Soul pill is inserted into a body without a soul, which would be a corpse.

Clue Board

• Dead girl vanishes (Episode 1)

  After the monster is destroyed, the dead girl disappears from the scene, and Ichigo looks ahead in shock. The reason is not explained.

• Suppressed Reiryoku origin (Episode 1)

  Rukia conjectures that Ichigo's power was almost completely suppressed until just now, which is why she sensed nothing from him and why no Hollow attacked him before. The cause of the suppression is unexplained.

• Why Hollows seek Ichigo (Episode 3)

  Rukia suspects Ichigo's power began pouring out through contact with the dead girl and that the Hollows sensed his power through her, making him their real target. Rukia admits this is only conjecture and unconfirmed.

  Rukia explains that the Hollow that took over Sora was the one after Ichigo, but that powerful Hollow remains unidentified.

• Shrieker's reason for pursuing the child (Episode 4)

  Shrieker has devoured two Shinigami who tried to perform Konsō on the child and relentlessly pursues the soul, but he refuses to explain why unless Rukia lets him devour her soul.

• Revival promise is a lie (Episode 5)

  Shrieker promised to revive Yūichi's mother if he evaded him for three months, but Ichigo notes Shrieker has no actual way of doing it.

• Rukia's weakening Gigai connection (Episode 6)

  Rukia's hand fails to move properly and her connection with her Gigai has weakened lately, making her body hard to move. Urahara warns she cannot keep faking this forever. The cause is not yet explained.

• Defective Gikongan effect (Episode 6)

  The Gikongan sold as new item is labelled Defective Merchandise, and Tessai warns it will be trouble. Urahara says they must act quickly because they do not know what it will do.

• Mod-Soul identity (Episode 6)

  Rukia names the substitute soul a Mod-Soul, an artificial combat soul originally meant to be placed in human corpses under a cancelled program.

• Mod-Soul survival (Episode 7)

  Rukia is surprised some Mod-Souls still exist despite the order to destroy all those in development, and Ichigo wonders how this one survived being created and discarded.

  Urahara intends to destroy the pill, but Rukia takes it and hands it to Ichigo. The Mod-Soul then lives on inside a plushie body.

• Urahara's group identity (Episode 7)

  Urahara and his employees can see and hear Ichigo, which surprises him. Ichigo asks who they are, and Urahara hesitates without giving an answer.

• Ichigo's mother's killing (Episode 7)

  Ichigo's mother died on June 17 and was killed, not simply dead. He recalls as a child seeing a girl by the river, trying to save her, his mother calling after him, and finding his mother dead in a pool of blood. Who killed his mother is not yet known.

• Rukia's hidden offense (Episode 7)

  An Onmitsukidō member targets Rukia Kuchiki for staying too long in the Human World, but insists something else lies behind the order. Saidō is tasked to find out what it is.

Battle Record

The Mod-Soul fights a Hollow that attacks the schoolboys; Ichigo joins and the Hollow is purified, ending the clash.

Acidwire attack at Orihime's apartment

Acidwire's assault on Orihime · Episode 3

Location: Orihime's apartment and the street outside

Trigger: Acidwire, Orihime's brother, targets Ichigo and then turns on Orihime and Tatsuki

Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki vs Acidwire

• Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki — defenders: Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki
• Acidwire — attacker: Acidwire

Outcome: Acidwire's mask shatters and Sora Inoue purifies himself by impaling himself on Ichigo's Zanpakutō

Aftermath

• Orihime is left grieving and tearful beside Rukia
• Tatsuki is left unable to see or hear the spirits and is later made to forget the night's events

Rukia Kuchiki vs Shrieker street battle

Shrieker's final defeat · Episodes 4–5

Location: town street

Trigger: Shrieker hunting Rukia Kuchiki and holding Yūichi Shibata hostage

Sides

• Shinigami side — fighters: Rukia Kuchiki, Yasutora Sado, Ichigo Kurosaki
• Shrieker side — hollow: Shrieker / summoned units: Targets

Outcome: Shrieker is destroyed; the Gates of Hell claim him

Aftermath

• Yūichi Shibata's Chain of Fate is severed and he is set to cross over to Soul Society

Mod-Soul vs Hollow at the school

Hollow ambush on the schoolyard · Episodes 6–7

Location: Karakura Elementary School

Trigger: A large millipede-like Hollow attacks the schoolboys and the Mod-Soul intervenes

Sides

• Mod-Soul and Ichigo Kurosaki — fighters: Mod-Soul, Ichigo Kurosaki
• Hollow — attacker: Hollow

Outcome: The Hollow is purified and disintegrates; the Mod-Soul is injured in the shoulder

Aftermath

• Urahara removes the Mod-Soul's pill from Ichigo's body
• The Mod-Soul is placed into a plushie body

Ability Table

Music Releases

• *~Asterisk~ (OP)
• Life is Like a Boat (ED)