Ichigo felt his spiritual pressure flickering. The hollowization was a heavy weight, a ticking clock in his chest. Across the courtyard, he saw Rukia and Renji struggling against clones that possessed every memory and maneuver they had ever learned. The Reigai didn't just fight like them; they were them, without the burden of exhaustion.
"Is that all, Ichigo?" the clone sneered, its voice a hollow vibration of his own. It held its blade with a casual, terrifying familiarity. Bleach Episode 337
"You're fighting a mirror," Inaba’s voice echoed throughout the district. "And the mirror never tires." Ichigo felt his spiritual pressure flickering
Ichigo let out a guttural roar, the black energy of Getsuga Tensho swirling around his blade. He didn't have the luxury of strategy or a long-term plan. He threw himself forward, a streak of black and crimson. The blades collided with a sound like a mountain splitting open. The Reigai didn't just fight like them; they
"I’m not a mirror," Ichigo hissed, his eyes narrowing as he pushed his blade against his clone’s. "I'm the one who breaks them."
The battle was far from over, but as the dust settled on Episode 337, the resolve of the real Gotei 13 began to burn brighter than the cold, calculated efficiency of their shadows.