Bleach: Burîchi (2004–2012): Season 3, Episode 16 - Senbonzakura, funsai! Ten wo tsuku Zangetsu - full transcript

Fueled by anger and feelings of abandonment and betrayal, Soi Fong persists in her attempt to destroy her former master Yoruichi Shihôin, but her abilities may be hampered by her cocksure attitude.

ICHIGO:
Ever since the powers
of the Soul Reaper

were thrust upon me,

my whole world
has changed.

Now I'm Ichigo Kuroski,

substitute Soul Reaper.

And I'm combining
my powerful spirit energy

with this blade in order
to protect my friends!

[♪♪♪]

[WOMAN SINGING IN JAPANESE]

You've never seen such
a fighting technique before,

have you? It's unique because
it combines elements



of both Hakudo and Kido.

It's something
I created myself.

You should feel
privileged, actually.

This technique has only
been perfected recently,

so you're the first victim of
it in actual combat conditions.

It doesn't even
have a name yet.

Wrong.

It has a name.

What did you just say?

It's called Shunko.

[GASPS]

The fact is,

I really didn't want
to have to resort

to using this technique
against you.



You better be careful,
Sui-Feng,

because to tell you
the truth,

even I can't control
this technique very well.

[CHUCKLING]

I guess you're wondering why
I never showed you

this technique before,
Sui-Feng.

Is that it?

I didn't want
to tell you

because I knew it
was too dangerous.

[GRUNTS]

Ah!

YORUICHI:
Stop.

You are not ready to use
this technique yet, Sui-Feng.

She...

She used a Hanki Sosai
against me.

She canceled mine out by
crushing it with

Kido of the same quality
and strength,

but with opposite spin.

And yet she did it so
quickly and effortlessly.

It shouldn't
have been so easy,

not against my Kido speed
and pressure.

Tell me why.

I should have surpassed
you by now!

I'm stronger than you!

[GRUNTS]

Why are you
still standing?

I should have
the power by now.

A century of isolation should
have made you weaker than me.

How can you be dominating me?
It's not right.

Why are you standing
there in front of me

as if you were
my master?

How can it be that you
still prevail over me?

Tell me the answer,
Yoruichi!

INSTRUCTOR:
Look up there, Shaolin.

Do you see her?

There, the Princess
of the Shihoin Clan.

She's the one who
will someday become

the Commander of
the Punishment Force.

You will serve her,

as all of us in the
Feng Clan do.

We devote everything
of ourselves to her.

Everything?

Everything.

That is our fate
and our obligation,

and it is now
yours as well.

From this day on,

you have a new name,
Sui-Feng.

You will live only
to serve that lady.

SUI-FENG:
I remember the first time
I met her.

It was like meeting
a goddess.

For generations, the Feng Clan
has been a low-ranking house,

its members making their living
as executioners and assassins.

For us,
strength is everything.

Any clan member
who cannot make it

into the Punishment Force

is cast out
by the family.

[GRUNTING]

[YELLING]

[GRUNTING]

I give up!

[GRUNTING]

You should go back
to doing drudge work.

SUI-FENG:
Ah!

[GRUNTING]

SUI-FENG:
I just knew I wanted
to become stronger,

stronger than anyone.

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

Force leader.

You there.
What's your name?

My-my name is Sui-Feng,
Commander.

Not bad.

SUI-FENG:
From that day on,

she was my idol.

I worshipped her.

She was everything
I wanted to be.

Then...

seven years after
I joined the Force

came the day
I was named to

the Commander's
personal guard squad.

Sui-Feng reporting for duty,
Commander.

Ah, you've already heard
about your promotion, I see.

Yes.

And I assure you,
Commander, that am ready.

I won't hesitate to lay down
my life for you

if the occasion should--
YORUICHI: Don't be so formal.

Stop with
the Commander stuff.

Just address me with
something simple.

How about Miss Yoruichi?

[GASPS]
Commander, that's impossible!

I could never show
such disrespect for you.

So, instead of that,

would it be acceptable

if I just call you
Lady Yoruichi instead?

Ah!

How'd you get to be
so uptight?

It doesn't matter.

Call me whatever
you want.

I didn't have you transferred
over here for your manners.

I wanted you
for your skill.

What we call each other
isn't very important.

Are you prepared to work
hard here, Sui-Feng?

Ah! Yes!

INSTRUCTOR:
You will give your life
for her, Sui-Feng.

You live only to serve
the Commander.

Yes, sir.

I live only to serve
Lady Yoruichi.

SUI-FENG:
I accepted that
without hesitation.

I was happy.

How have you been doing,
Sui-Feng?

Are you getting used to
your role here with the Force?

Uh, yes, Commander.
I am.

Hmm.

What is that buzzing sound
I'm hearing?

Buzz, buzz.

Buzz, buzz.

Buzz...
A-ha!

Oh, I thought
it was a bee,

but it was just all those
thoughts inside of your head.

I-I suppose.

And I thought we were through
with that Commander stuff.

Yes.
I forgot.

Hmm?

Uh, Lady Yoruichi,
I meant.

[LAUGHS]

See?
That was easy.

Come on, follow me!
What?

Hey,
wait a minute!

[SIGHS]

When I tell you
to come with me,

I expect you to run, and run
fast.

Yes, ma'am.

[PANTING]

Hmm.

You're gonna be fine.

SUI-FENG:
I was happy to serve her.

[PANTING]

[WAILING]

[YELLS]

[WAILING]

Ah!

SUI-FENG:
Even in the middle
of battle,

I was filled
with happiness.

Okay,
let's pull out.

SUI-FENG:
Please forgive me,
Lady Yoruichi.

Hmm?

I'm here
to protect you.

It's not supposed to be
the other way around.

Ha!

We work together.

It's not about
who did what.

But I wasn't
strong enough.

Look, if I say it's okay,
then it's okay.

Do you understand?

Yes,
but Commander--

Hmm?

I mean, yes,
I understand.

Thank you...

Lady Yoruichi.

Well, good.

Ugh.

How can I protect Lady Yoruichi
when I can't even defend myself?

I must do better!

[GRUNTING]

Sui-Feng,
listen to me.

I'll teach you the way
to wield a sword.

When you're ready,
you'll step in, like this.

[GRUNTS]

You're just thinking
too much.

Relax, Sui-Feng.
You're doing fine.

No, I'm not. I'm not good
enough, and I'll never be.

I don't have anywhere
near enough skill or strength

to protect you,
Lady Yoruichi.

I-I'm lacking in
every single way.

That's enough for now.

Lady Yoruichi?

You know what?

You're just like I was.

I've even caught myself
thinking of you

as my little sister
sometimes.

That's such a beautiful
thing for you to tell me,

Lady, Yoruichi,
but I don't deserve it.

That's enough
of such talk.

Hey, did you notice there's
a full moon out tonight?

SUI-FENG:
Yes.

[♪♪♪]

I swear I will always be by
your side to protect you.

You can count on it.

So it's a promise then?

[GASPS]

SUI-FENG:
I was so happy.

I couldn't have guessed
what was about to happen.

[PANTING]

[GASPS]

SUI-FENG:
It happened so suddenly.

You disappeared
without a trace,

without any warning
at all.

YORUICHI:
So it's a promise, then?

SUI-FENG:
It was such a betrayal

from a person
I had devoted myself to,

someone I had worshipped
like a goddess.

You lied.

Ah!
You lied to me!

You promised me we would
always be together!

I was so hurt and angry
I came to hate and curse you!

I vowed to make myself
stronger than you

so I could catch you and
defeat you with my own hands!

I can never forgive
what you did, Yoruichi.

There could be no forgiveness
for the way you betrayed

my trust and devotion.
Not ever!

[GASPS]

[BOOMING]

[♪♪♪]

Tell me why.

Help me understand.

Why didn't you
take me with you?

I would have gone
anywhere with you.

You must have known that.

[CRYING]

Oh,
Lady Yoruichi.

YORUICHI:
You have gotten
much stronger

since the last time
I saw you, Sui-Feng.

[CRYING]

IKKAKU:
That was some wild lighting
just now, wasn't it?

Good thing we weren't holding
our swords up in the air.

We probably would have been
struck dead by it, huh?

You idiot.

That wasn't any ordinary
lightning. That was Kido.

It's fired at
specific targets.

It doesn't just strike
random objects.

[GULPING]

Ah.

Do you mean to tell me you
still can't use Kido at all?

Shut up!

I don't have any interest
in that Kido crap. I never have.

I'm not like you.

I wasn't born a
jack of all trades

with all those built-in
talents like Kido.

As usual, you're wrong
because I wasn't born

a jack of all trades,
either.

Everybody knows that you're more
likely to be made a lieutenant

if you're well-balanced
and not limited

to excelling in
just one skill.

That's why I worked hard and
became a jack of all trades,

so that I could be made
a lieutenant.

I gotta say, it doesn't sound
like much fun, if you ask me.

Lazy fool.

A real man always
strives to improve

and to rise through
the ranks.

Don't give me
that old line.

You're really only doing it to
please your mother, aren't you?

Shut up!

Why would I go to all
the trouble of making lieutenant

just to please
that old hag?

Huh?

Oh, no!
We're all out of sake!

Ah! What the hell do you mean
we're all out of sake?

We wouldn't be if you didn't
always hog more than your share!

Take it easy.

It's only natural that
sake should disappear.

Don't make it sound
like it just evaporated.

It's gone because you drank it
all, you big pig.

Now we'll just have to settle
this the usual way.

Fine.

Rock, paper, scissors!
Rock, paper, scissors!

And again!
And again!

And again!
And again!

And again!
And again!

And again!
And again!

Ugh.

Ha-ha!
I win again!

I'll take
the high ground.

Again?
That's not fair!

Hey, it's not my fault you
suck at rock, paper, scissors.

[BOOMING]

I thought I felt
something unusual.

Who do you suppose that is
fighting with Captain Kuchiki

up with at Sokyoku?

Strange spiritual pressure.

That's Ichigo,
no doubt.

Ichigo?

Ichigo,
the Ryoka.

I fought him too,

and I'd know that
spiritual pressure anywhere.

Ryoka?
Is that right?

Impressive.
He's that strong?

Forget him.
It's just you and me.

Huh?

Take your stance and
let's settle this thing now.

[GRUNTING]

You understand
what's at stake?

The loser has to go get more
sake!

And the winner gets to
stay here and do nothing.

Bring it on,
chrome dome!

Fine,
mama's boy!

[♪♪♪]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

I see you have mastered the
Flash Step,

but don't think it
will change anything.

It won't.

What's all this casual analysis
of my powers?

You said talk was useless,
but now here you are

taking it easy on me.

I thought you were gonna
kill me.

Didn't you say you intended
to cut me down?

You haven't even put a scratch
on me yet, Byakuya.

Does your silence mean that
this is all you've got?

Huh.
I don't believe it.

Show your Bankai,
Byakuya!

Come on!
I heard what you said.

You told me you were
going to kill me first

and then execute Rukia
with your own hands.

So I did.

I will not allow that!

I'm gonna defeat you,
Byakuya.

I'm willing to risk
everything,

and I'm gonna crush you
until there's nothing left.

You act as if there's some
reason it has to be this way.

You say I wouldn't
understand.

Well,
you got that right.

I can't even imagine
what kind of monster

would actually threaten
to murder his own sister.

But I promise you,
you'll never say such a thing

in front
of Rukia again.

Release your Bankai now,

or I'll kill you where
you stand, Byakuya!

What an empty threat.

All your boasting and bragging
will not change my mind,

and it will not change
Rukia's fate,

nor your own.

You want my Bankai?

Careful what you ask for,
fool.

You will die,
but it's a thousand years

too soon for you
to die by my Bankai.

Scatter.

[♪♪♪]

Senbonzakura.

[GRUNTING]

What is that light
that I saw?

Is this the true power
of your Zanpakuto...

Ichigo Kurosaki?

That's right.

When I swing my sword,

all of my spiritual pressure
is absorbed by Zanpakuto.

Then it gets released again
in a super high density beam

that gives it an incredibly
amplified swing.

That's Zangetsu's power.

You know, the funny
thing is I never actually

aimed it
at anything before.

Until just now, I wasn't
really sure how to fire it.

Kisuke Urahara told me,

"I can only teach you
the stances."

Now I finally know
what he meant.

He was telling me that there
was only one who could really

teach me how
to use Zangetsu,

and that was
Zangetsu himself!

ZANGETSU:
At last you are able to fire
a shot at will,

Ichigo,
so I shall tell you.

The destructive power
of an attack

is a thousand times
greater when you

know its name than
when you do not.

Hear this and
remember well, Ichigo.

The name of
that attack is...

Is Getsuga Tensho.

ICHIGO:
I'll say it once more.

Byakuya Kuchiki!

Attack with your
Bankai now!

I'm gonna destroy you completely
this time!

[WOMAN SINGING IN JAPANESE]

TETSUZAEMON:
All right!

Now that the fight between
the women is finally over,

we'll show you an even better
fight between some cool guys.

IKKAKU: Here I come.
TETSUZAEMON: Yeah!

IKKAKU:
Sorry to interrupt when
you were excited,

but we don't want to see
your grungy battle.

We're moving onto
the next one!

TETSUZAEMON & IKKAKU [IN
UNISON]:
What did you say?

Big brother finally came home
from his trip.

But there's something
strange about him.

[GRUNTING]

He seems to be afraid of me
for some reason.

And why does he look
so strange?

[WHIMPERING]

Ah!

Maybe he has a lot
on his mind.

Hm. What's this?

[GASPS]
[YELLS EXCITEDLY]