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Episode 1: A Shinigami Is Born! (s01e01)

Plot Summary: Ichigo Kurosaki, a 15 year old teenage boy who can see ghosts, helps a young girl ghost when some skateboarders knock over a vase offering for her. The next day Ichigo sees the young girl being chased by a big monster called a Hollow. Ichigo goes to help the girl but when the girl is just about to be eaten, a female Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki, appears and saves them. That night Rukia visits Ichigo's room and is surprised when she realizes she is visible to him. While they are conversing a Hollow appears and terrorizes Ichigo's family and household. After receiving a terrible injury from the Hollow, Rukia makes a final attempt to save her life, as well as that of the Kurosaki family and transfers her powers to Ichigo so he can save his family.
Originally aired on: 9/9/2006
Fan Rating: 9.4

Episode 2: Pay or Play (s01e02)

Plot Summary: After the previous night's attack, Ichigo decides to check up on his family and finds that they do not remember anything that happened. In school, Ichigo meets the Soul Reaper from the night before, Rukia Kuchiki; she is posing as an exchange student until her powers return. Rukia tells Ichigo that he must take her place as a substitute Soul Reaper, for now. Later, when attacking a Hollow, Ichigo recognizes the Hollow as Orihime Inoue�s older brother.
Originally aired on: 9/15/2006
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 3: Sibling Rivalry (s01e03)

Plot Summary: Orihime and her friend Tatsuki are being attacked by a Hollow who was once Orihime's brother. Ichigo shows up and begins fighting with him. Orihime's brother is also struggling to gain control. Orihime is almost killed but her soul remains attached to her chain. Finally Orihime's brother gains control long enough to say one last goodbye to his sister before Ichigo sends his soul off to the Soul Society.
Originally aired on: 9/23/2006
Fan Rating: 9.4

Episode 4: And Your Bird Can Speak (s01e04)

Plot Summary: Ichigo�s friend Chad finds a bird that is rumored to bring bad luck. Chad takes the bird in anyway because he has a soft spot for animals. Ichigo�s sister Karin finds out that the bird is really the soul of a young boy whose mother was killed. The boy is now being hunted by a Hollow. Karin makes Ichigo promise that he will save the boy.
Originally aired on: 9/30/2006
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 5: Beat the invisible enemy! (s01e05)

Plot Summary: Rukia and Chad are fighting the Hollow who was hunting the young boy's soul. Chad cannot see the Hollow but he can sense it and attacks it. Rukia can see the Hollow, but since she still has none of her Soul Reaper powers her attacks have no effect. A little while into the fight Ichigo appears and starts fighting the Hollow. When Ichigo defeats this Hollow it is sent to Hell and not the Soul Society because the soul slayer can only cleanse sins after death not ones during life.
Originally aired on: 10/7/2006
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 6: Fight to the death! Ichigo vs. Ichigo (s01e06)

Plot Summary: Rukia purchases a temporary soul at Urahara�s store for Ichigo to use when she is not around and he needs to fight a Hollow. What Rukia does not realize is that what she purchased isn�t a normal temporary soul; it is a modified soul with special powers created by the Soul Society. When this modified soul takes Ichigo�s place it decides to have a little fun in Ichigo�s body and refuses to give it back to Ichigo.
Originally aired on: 10/14/2006
Fan Rating: 9.4

Episode 7: Greetings from a stuffed toy (s01e07)

Plot Summary: While Ichigo is fighting with the modified soul Rukia gets a message on her spirit phone about a nearby Hollow. Ichigo and the mod soul then defeat the Hollow together. Shortly after this happens Urahara removes the mod soul from Ichigo�s body. Instead of getting the mod soul destroyed Ichigo places it in a stuffed animal and gives it the name Kon.
Originally aired on: 10/21/2006
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 8: June 17, a memory of rain (s01e08)

Plot Summary: On the anniversary of his mother's death Ichigo and his family visit her grave. While he is there Ichigo remembers the day his mother died. Rukia is found by a Shinigami who asks her why she hasn't returned to the Soul Society. Ichigo accidentally tells him that he is her substitute Soul Reaper; which happens to be a felony. Meanwhile Ichigo's sisters are being attacked by a Hollow.
Originally aired on: 10/28/2006
Fan Rating: 9.4

Episode 9: Unbeatable enemy (s01e09)

Plot Summary: Ichigo finds out that the Hollow attacking his sisters is the same Hollow that killed his mother 6 years earlier. This Hollow is called the Grand Fisher and it has evaded the Soul Reapers for over 50 years. Enraged that this Hollow tricked him and killed his mother, Ichigo steps forward alone to defend his pride.
Originally aired on: 11/4/2006
Fan Rating: 9.5

Episode 10: Assault on trip at sacred ground! (s01e10)

Plot Summary: Don Kanonji, the star of a show that specializes in spirit exorcism, comes to Ichigo�s town to do a live show. Kanonji thinks he is exorcising an earth bound spirit but instead he turns it in to a Hollow. Now he must rely on Ichigo's help to defeat it.
Originally aired on: 11/11/2006
Fan Rating: 9.2

Episode 11: The legendary Quincy (s01e11)

Plot Summary: Rukia gets a message on her pager about a nearby Hollow. When Rukia and Ichigo arrive at the place the where Hollow was supposed to be they find out that it had already been defeated. This happens once again but this time shortly afterwards a man who calls himself a Quincy confronts them. Rukia goes to the Urahara shop to learn more about what a Quincy is. She learns that a Quincy is a person that kills Hollows. But the way a Quincy defeats a Hollow is different; they totally destroy a Hollow while a Shinigami only "cleanses" its soul.
Originally aired on: 11/18/2006
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 12: A gentle right arm (s01e12)

Plot Summary: Uryū and Ichigo have a contest to see who can destroy the most Hollows after Uryū releases his Hollow bait. Meanwhile Chad is being pursued by a Hollow because he has higher than average spiritual energy. He runs into Ichigo�s sister Karin and must protect her and her friends from the Hollow with his powerful right arm.
Originally aired on: 11/25/2006
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 13: Flower and Hollow (s01e13)

Plot Summary: Orihime and her friends are being attacked by a hollow who can shoot seeds that control people from its head. Orihime unlocks her hidden spiritual power where she can control six small fairy like beings. She uses this power to defeat the hollow. Later Orihime and Chad are taken to Urahara's store where they are told about Shinigami and Hollows. Meanwhile Uryū is starting to believe that something larger is going on because too many Hollows are showing up.
Originally aired on: 12/2/2006
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 14: Back to back, a fight to the death! (s01e14)

Plot Summary: Rukia tells Ichigo why the Soul Reapers defeated the Quincy 200 years earlier. Ichigo confronts Uryū with this knowledge but Uryū tells how his Sensei died and why he hates the Soul Reapers. Still surrounded by Hollows, Ichigo says they must now work together to survive. While they are fighting, a giant Menos Grande,a Hollow formed from hundreds of Hollows, pulls open the rift in the sky. Urahara and his group show up to kill the smaller Hollows just in time. Can Ichigo and Uryū find a way to destroy the greatest challenge yet: a Menos Grande?
Originally aired on: 12/9/2006
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 15: Kon's great plan (s01e15)

Plot Summary: Kon's on a mission. And this mission involves getting love from the ladies. Too bad for this stuffed lion, as everything he hopes for gets flipped upside down and around. Also, Urahara gets a strange visit from an even stranger black cat. One that knows him well enough to see through his faux attitude.
Originally aired on: 12/16/2006
Fan Rating: 8.9

Episode 16: Encounter: Abarai Renji! (s01e16)

Plot Summary: The feelings Rukia have been experiencing of late drives her to run away. But she doesn't get far, as two familiar Shinigami come forth to kill her. Just in time, Uryu steps in to save her followed by a worried Ichigo. But can they take on the powerful duo?
Originally aired on: 1/6/2007
Fan Rating: 9.4

Episode 17: Ichigo dies! (s01e17)

Plot Summary: Ichigo continues his duel with Renji. He has underestimated this Shinigami one too many times. When overwhelmed he is driven into a corner. And as the killing blow is about to be met, the calm Byakuya steps in. Only problem is... he's too swift for you to notice before you're impaled.
Originally aired on: 1/13/2007
Fan Rating: 9.6

Episode 18: Reclaim! The power of the shinigami (s01e18)

Plot Summary: With Rukia's leaving, everyone's memory seems to have vanished as well. Only those who will be key players later have been able to remember. Ichigo needs training and luckily with school out, Urahara Kisuke will put him through some hardships.
Originally aired on: 1/20/2007
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 19: Ichigo becomes a Hollow! (s01e19)

Plot Summary: Ichigo trains with Urahara. He is underground trapped in the hole with 72 hours left until his life chain will come to its end. Held by a binding spell, he waits while Jinta and Ururu tease him. When his chain is no more, he goes though the process of becoming a Hollow. In his mind Ichigo has to find a box containing his Soul Reaper powers or he will become a Hollow. After he finds the box he comes out of the hole a half-hollow, half-Soul Reaper. He breaks the mask and Urahara moves on to the third lesson: defeat Urahara.
Originally aired on: 1/27/2007
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 20: Ichimaru the silver shadow (s01e20)

Plot Summary: Ichigo finishes his training with Urahara and learns how to control his Soul Slayer. Seven days after his training is complete Ichigo, Orihime, Chad and Uryū prepare to leave for the Soul Society with Yoruichi-san as their guide.
Originally aired on: 2/3/2007
Fan Rating: 9.4

Episode 21: Enter! The world of the shinigami (s01e21)

Plot Summary: Ichigo and the others enter the Soul Society after making it past the Capturing Thrust. Now they must find a way to enter the Seireitei (Court of Pure Souls) where the Soul Reapers reside. One way to enter is to pass through the Gate of Pure Spirits. One problem though; Jidanbō, a man of Herculean strength, is guarding the entrance.
Originally aired on: 2/10/2007
Fan Rating: 9.3

Episode 22: The man who hates Shinigamis (s01e22)

Plot Summary: After 3rd squad captain Gin Ichimaru prevents Ichigo and his friends from getting past the gate, they must find another way into the Seireitei. In the meantime, Orihime uses her powers to heal the injured Jidanbō and Chad meets up with the young boy called Yuuichi who he and Ichigo previously saved from a Hollow.

Later Yoruichi suggests they find her old friend, Kūkaku Shiba and ask her for help. Then Ganju, a strange man who rides a boar, shows up and picks a fight with Ichigo.
Originally aired on: 2/17/2007
Fan Rating: 9.2

Episode 23: The sentence of Rukia, before the 14th day (s01e23)

Plot Summary: Rukia is told there are 14 more days left until her execution and is moved into the Shrine of Penitence. Meanwhile Ichigo and the others enter the strange house of Shiba Kūkaku. After Yoruichi tells Kūkaku where they need to go she decides to help them. Kūkaku then calls on her younger brother to watch over them and when he enters the room Ichigo recognizes him as Ganju from the night before.
Originally aired on: 2/24/2007
Fan Rating: 9.2

Episode 24: Assemble! The 13 divisions (s01e24)

Plot Summary: Ichigo and gang learn that the only way to infiltrate Soul Society is to burst into the top of the barrier with a spirit powered cannonball. Meanwhile, in soul society, all the death god divisions prepare to assemble for some urgent news. Anyways, everyone in the group but Ichigo learns to concentrate their spirit power to create the spirit cannonball. But, Ichigo doesn't give up on trying.
Originally aired on: 3/3/2007
Fan Rating: 9.2

Episode 25: Penetrate the centre with an enormous bombshell? (s01e25)

Plot Summary: Ichigo finally learns to concentrate his spirit energy. The group learns that Ganju will be going with them since he has to chant a spell to help them break through the Seireitei barrier. He also reveals to them the secret about his brother. They then blast off towards the barrier and prepare for impact. But when the group's arguing causes Ganju to mess up the incantation, things are a lot more complicated than they were before.
Originally aired on: 3/10/2007
Fan Rating: 9.3

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