Bleach 330 - Crossing Swords

Hitsugaya and Halibel both draw their blades and start to fight. Meanwhile, Halibel's three fraccions face off against Rangiku. Rangiku riles up two of the arrancars by insulting them, while the other arrancar Sun-sun teases her companions further. As the three arrancars have a discussion, Rangiku releases her zanpukto "Hai Neko" and surrounds her opponents with the ash that makes up her blade. The three arrancars are caught by surprise and Rangiku cuts one of them in the arm. Rangiku pushes on with her attacksmanipulates the ash into a whirlwind , but the three arrancars break out with a combined triple-cero attack.

Elsewhere, Omaeda is getting beaten by Barragan's fat fraccion, while Soifon continues to fight with the smaller one. While fighting, the arrancar asks Soifon if she's okay with her lieutenant getting his ass handed to him, and Soifon coldly answers that it's time for Omaeda to get a taste of the real world. The arrancar kicks at Soifon's head, but Soifon blocks and then kicks the arrancar in the head instead. The Squad 2 Captain follows up with a kido spell and pins her opponent against a building. Soifon then releases her zanpukto "Suzumebachi" and prepares to finish the arrancar.


As expected, Omaeda is getting his ass kicked, and Soifon is kicking ass. Soifon's opponent probably still has a least one more trick up his sleeve (releasing his true form), but I don't Soifon will have much trouble dealing with that either, especially if she has a bankai. Meanwhile, Rangiku is having a tough fight as expected, and unfortunately her shikai doesn't seem to be that impressive. The big-bosomed one will probably have to rely on some strategy and luck if she wants to beat all three of Halibel's fraccions. As for Hitsugaya and Halibel, the only things they did in the chapter was draw their swords and cross swords for the first time, so not much to say about that. Hitsugaya will be at a disadvantage once Halibel shows her true powers though.