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* SpannerInTheWorks: Kon takes Reigai Nemu's place and both prevents Yushima from stabilizing his fusion and gets Ichigo his full powers back.

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Kon takes Reigai Nemu's place and both prevents Yushima from stabilizing his fusion and gets Ichigo his full powers back.back.
** Earlier, Mayuri impersonates his Reigai and lands a solid hit on Inaba, which is what causes the fusion to be unstable in the first place.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Kon takes Reigai Nemu's place and both prevents Yushima from stabilizing his fusion and gets Ichigo his full powers back.
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* ImpersonationGambit: Mayuri gets a solid hit against Inaba by impersonating his own Reigai.
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* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, leaving the only way to tell whose a Reigai by the purple glow in regai eyes.

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* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, leaving the only way to tell whose a Reigai by the purple glow in regai reigai eyes.



* YouCantStopStageOne: Inaba succeeds in fusing with Nozomi, and the final fight is against their fused form, Yushima.

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* YouCantStopStageOne: YouCantThwartStageOne: Inaba succeeds in fusing with Nozomi, and the final fight is against their fused form, Yushima.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo's ability to fight, let alone win, is extremely restricted because his powers are slowly draining after his fight with Aizen.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo's ability to fight, let alone win, is extremely restricted because his powers are slowly draining after his fight with Aizen.Aizen.
* YouCantStopStageOne: Inaba succeeds in fusing with Nozomi, and the final fight is against their fused form, Yushima.
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* LogicalWeakness: Matsumoto manages to defeat Reigai!Kira this way, after he's able to use his upgraded version of Wabisuke to disable her zanpakuto before she can release it. She lets him hit a steel rod a couple times and then drops it on Wabisuke. Since the pole now weighs a thousand times what it originally did, it's too heavy for Reigai!Kira to move, allowing Rangiku to escape and release Haineko.

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In the living world, Nozomi [[DefrostingIceQueen slowly defrosts]]. She admits to Ichigo that she is actually a mod soul- the first mod soul, to be precise. She has shinigami powers, but they're dormant until she awakens them in a fight against a hollow. Unfortunately, this doesn't stop Inaba from finally succeeding in capturing Nozomi. Ichigo's powers have been depleted by the battle, preventing him from following. Urahara devises a plan to have Ichigo retrieve a sample of his shinigami power from the Dangai, incidentally saving his past self because of timey-wimey stuff. Urahara then creates a pill that will allow Ichigo to temporarily return to full strength, but his first attempts are incomplete and imbalanced.

While Ichigo rests to deal with his unstable powers, Urahara finds some backstory. Inaba and Nozomi were once the same shinigami- Oko Yushima. Yushima was a member of the 12th division, and the leader of Project Spearhead (the one behind the creation of mod souls). He's currently completely comatose, because he split his soul into two mod souls- Inaba got the darker half, while Nozomi got his restraint. While Yushima was quite weak originally, the purpose of splitting himself into mod souls was to overcome his limits. Inaba, having his memories, dedicated himself to fusing with Nozomi. When he succeeds, Yushima is reborn with both Inaba and Nozomi's powersets.

Ichigo (now hollowfied because of the imbalanced power restore) attacks the revived Yushima, but the power dissipates when he takes an attack meant for Rukia. Yushima's fusion is unstable, and he asks Reigai!Nemu for the stabilizing agent... only to realize that he's not the only one who can pull off the 'replace allies with imposters' trick. "Nemu" was actually Kon, and he both prevents Yushima from permanently stabilizing the fusion and gives Ichigo the complete pill, allowing him to temporarily be back at full strength.

Turns out, without the handicap on their biggest heavy hitter, Ichigo and friends are more than a match for even Yushima. Yushima tries to unleash a doomsday device, but finds that this is the last straw for his Reigai. The Reigai wanted to ''protect'' Soul Society in their own way, and sacrifice themselves to destroy it. The decisive blow comes when Nozomi takes control of the fusion and forces Yushima to stab himself, weakening him enough that the fusion splits soon after. Nozomi and Inaba fade away, the former grateful that she was able to save her friends. Ichigo's powers then disappear completely, with just enough time to say one final goodbye to Rukia before he can no longer see her.



* BishonenLine: Hilariously play with with Omaeda's reigai imposter. It utterly refused to take on his appearance and was modified to look more handsome much to Omaeda's chagrin.

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* BishonenLine: Hilariously play played with with Omaeda's reigai imposter. It utterly refused to take on his appearance and was modified to look more handsome handsome, much to Omaeda's chagrin.



* FusionDance: Once Nozomi and Inaba are merged together, Yushima regains his full body.

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* TheFightingNarcissist: Yumichika is unable to fight his Reigai because he finds his double too beautiful to hurt. The Reigai doesn't have the same problem, because he thinks Yumichika would look even more beautiful covered in blood.
* FusionDance: Once It's eventually revealed that Nozomi and Inaba are merged together, two halves of Yushima's soul, which he split into two mod souls in an attempt to increase his own power. When Inaba merges with Nozomi, Yushima regains his full body.is reborn.



%% * ManBehindTheMan: He turns out to be one half of Yushima, the true big bad of the arc.

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%% * ManBehindTheMan: He Inaba is the most obvious antagonist, but it turns out to be one half of that the real mastermind is Yushima, who created Inaba and Nozomi by splitting himself. Inaba retained most of his memories, and so was the true big bad of the arc.one carrying out his plan.
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After the fight with Aizen, Ichigo's powers have become unstable, and it's only a matter of time before they vanish completely. So of course, some inconsiderate megalomaniac picks ''now'' to try to take over Soul Society. This time, it's a strange scientist with influence over the Dangai, the passage between Soul Society and the World of the Living. He's capable of distorting the time difference so Shinigami passing through appear days after they left, and even shutting off passage to everyone except his allies (how unfair). This happens to a team led by Mayuri Kurotsuchi to investigate the strange occurrences, but they later show up in Soul Society with Ichigo's substitute badge, claiming that Ichigo was behind everything.

Ichigo, of course, only learns about this when he enters the Soul Society with Rukia (losing his substitute badge to the dangai train thingy in the process) and Renji and Ikkaku try to arrest him. Yoruichi bails him out and explains why his friends now have it out for him; they are not actually the real deal. The scientist, later revealed to be Kageroza Inaba, has created Reigai (like Gigai, but for the Soul Society; they're usually used for testing Soul Candy) in the shape of most of Seireitei's named characters, and put mod souls modeled after the originals in them. These Reigai are almost impossible to tell from the real deal, are more aggressive in nature, and are at least as powerful as their originals. They're the titular invading army, and many of them have infiltrated the Gotei 13 by replacing their counterparts. Ichigo and Rukia escape back to the Living World, but Yoruichi remains behind, fighting the Reigai guarding the gate.

Back in the real world, a female Shinigami has, once again, invaded Ichigo's room. Her name is Nozomi Kujo, and Kon found her in a parking lot, naked except for a rag. Unlike Rukia, however, Nozomi is quite anti-social and seems to want nothing more than to escape and run off on her own. Which is a problem, because Inaba desperately wants to capture her. The first time, he's foiled by Uryu, Chad, Ichigo, and the real Dangai investigation team (the ones who returned were actually the Reigai), but Nozomi remains determined to do her own thing, despite Kon's best attempts at befriending her. Her idea is that she'd escape through a natural Senkaimon that led to an empty world where Inaba couldn't follow, but given the number of Reigai ambushes she runs into on the way, you'd think she'd learn to stick to the buddy system.

Back in Seireitei, Ukitake and Kyoraku become suspicious of the goings-on, and investigate. Unohana joins them, and pinpoints Inaba as the mastermind. Unfortunately, they are confronted by their own Reigai, and Reigai!Kyoraku and Ukitake manage to trick and incapacitate their originals, before going on to attack Yamamoto. The real investigation team returns via Urahara's Senkaimon, and battles between the originals and the Reigai erupt all over Soul Society. Ichigo tries to help, but is trapped in the Dangai, before being returned to the Living World by a mysterious figure.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The end of the arc afterward sees Ichigo's power slowly fading. Thus Rukia and he spend one more day together hanging out before he has to say goodbye to her when he's unable to see her.



* BittersweetEnding: Soul Society is saved but Nozomi, in trying to help the heroes stop Yushmia, dies in the process. She does have a final goodbye with Kon however.

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* BittersweetEnding: Soul Society is saved but Nozomi, in trying to help the heroes stop Yushmia, dies in the process. She does have a final goodbye with Kon however. This arc also incorporates Ichigo saying goodbye to Rukia as the last of his power fades and he is unable to see her.



* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo's ability to fight, let alone win, is extremely restricted because his powers are slowly draining after his canon fight with Aizen.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo's ability to fight, let alone win, is extremely restricted because his powers are slowly draining after his canon fight with Aizen.
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* MacGuffinGirl: Nozomi Kujo home Inaba is trying to capture so as to merge with her and become Yushima again.
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* MirrorMatch: A few of the fights through the arc mixes up fakes against different members of the Gotei 13
* PsychoRangers: The Reigai who were made with the intend to replace the Gotei 13 and take their place. Naturally their personilites are much more aggressive then the real Shinigami's

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* MirrorMatch: A few of the fights through the arc mixes up fakes against different members of the Gotei 13
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* PsychoRangers: The Reigai who were made with the intend intent to replace the Gotei 13 and take their place. Naturally their personilites personalities are much more aggressive then the real Shinigami'sShinigami's.



* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, leaving the only way to to tell whose a Reigai by the purple glow in regai eyes.

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* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, leaving the only way to to tell whose a Reigai by the purple glow in regai eyes.
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%% * BigBad: Inaba

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%% * BigBad: InabaInaba initially but technically it's Yushima whom split his personalities into two with intent for them to join together again.



%% * MacGuffinGirl: Nozomi Kujo

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%% * MacGuffinGirl: Nozomi Kujo home Inaba is trying to capture so as to merge with her and become Yushima again.



%% * PsychoRangers: The Reigai

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%% * PsychoRangers: The ReigaiReigai who were made with the intend to replace the Gotei 13 and take their place. Naturally their personilites are much more aggressive then the real Shinigami's



* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, leaving the only sign of the reigai being flashback purple lightning glowing in regai eyes.

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* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, leaving the only sign of way to to tell whose a Reigai by the reigai being flashback purple lightning glowing glow in regai eyes.
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* BigBad: Inaba

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* BittersweetEnding: Soul Society is saved but Nozomi, in trying to help the heroes stop Yushmia, dies in the process. [[{{Tearjerker}} She does have a final goodbye with Kon however.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: Soul Society is saved but Nozomi, in trying to help the heroes stop Yushmia, dies in the process. [[{{Tearjerker}} She does have a final goodbye with Kon however.]]



* MacGuffinGirl: Nozomi Kujo
* ManBehindTheMan: He turns out to be one half of Yushima, the true big bad of the arc.

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%% * MacGuffinGirl: Nozomi Kujo
%% * ManBehindTheMan: He turns out to be one half of Yushima, the true big bad of the arc.



* PsychoRangers: The Reigai

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%% * PsychoRangers: The Reigai



* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, leaving the only sign of th reigai being flashback purple lightning glowing in regai eyes.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo, whose powers are slowly draining after his fight with Aizen in the ''Deicide arc''

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* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, leaving the only sign of th the reigai being flashback purple lightning glowing in regai eyes.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo, whose Ichigo's ability to fight, let alone win, is extremely restricted because his powers are slowly draining after his canon fight with Aizen in the ''Deicide arc''Aizen.

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** BiggerBad: Though he turns out to be one half of Yushima, the true big bad of the arc.


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* ManBehindTheMan: He turns out to be one half of Yushima, the true big bad of the arc.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo, whose powers are slowly draining away due to the anime team rewriting a canon event to allow it to happen.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo, whose powers are slowly draining away due to after his fight with Aizen in the anime team rewriting a canon event to allow it to happen.''Deicide arc''
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: Pretty much the reasons behind most of the battles in this arc.
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* BishonenLine: Hilariously play with with Omaeda's reigai imposter. It utterly refused to take on his appearance and was modified to look more handsome much to Omaeda's chagrin.
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The back story the anime rewrote was revealed early in the manga back when Kon was first introduced and isn\'t related to the identity projector\'s inventor. No creator names were mentioned, which is what the anime made up. Removed the comment about the manga \"changing\" the anime information. As the previous editor points out, the anime and manga are independent works.


* {{Retcon}}: The arc is based on the reason for why mod souls were created which was revealed in the manga as part of Kon's back story. Yushima was said to be the creator of the modsouls but in the manga this was change to Kirio having been the inventor. Of course this was at the time those characters were even created. So the anime staff had no way of knowing this.

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* {{Retcon}}: The arc is based on the reason for why mod souls were created which was revealed in the manga as part of Kon's back story. Yushima was said However, the anime team rewrite Kon's background to be create the plot line that lies behind the arc. The anime's decision to create a character who invented the project doesn't contradict the manga which never mentioned who that shinigami was. The manga eventually reveals the creator of the modsouls but in the manga this Gikon soul technology was change to Kirio having been the inventor. Of course this was at the time those characters were even created. So the anime staff had no way of knowing this.but doesn't explicitly name her as Project Spearhead's creator.

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Again do you not know what trope misuse means? I will repeat, the tropes are for the story arc. NOT the entire series.Also no, you can\'t blame the writing staff for somethiing they didn\'t know at the time. They work independently of the author unless he says otherwise. He didn\'t, so it\'s not their fault.


* BigBad: Inaba is driving the arc with his villainy, although there is someone working behind him.

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* BigBad: Inaba
** BiggerBad: Though he turns out to be one half of Yushima, the true big bad of the arc.
* BittersweetEnding: Soul Society is saved but Nozomi, in trying to help the heroes stop Yushmia, dies in the process. [[{{Tearjerker}} She does have a final goodbye with Kon however.]]
* FusionDance: Once Nozomi and
Inaba is driving are merged together, Yushima regains his full body.
* HeroicSacrifice / RedemptionEqualsDeath: The Reigai in
the arc with his villainy, although there is someone working behind him.climax as it's revealed they only wished to protect the Soul Society their way and do so by sacrificing their lives to stop Yushima's doomsday device.



* {{Retcon}}: The arc is based on the reason for why mod souls were created which was revealed in the manga as part of Kon's back story. Although the manga reveals the individual who created the mod souls after this arc is long over, the anime team still rewrote both the mod souls origin project and Kon's back story to justify the existence of this arc.

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* {{Retcon}}: The arc is based on the reason for why mod souls were created which was revealed in the manga as part of Kon's back story. Although Yushima was said to be the creator of the modsouls but in the manga reveals the individual who created the mod souls after this arc is long over, was change to Kirio having been the inventor. Of course this was at the time those characters were even created. So the anime team still rewrote both the mod souls origin project and Kon's back story to justify the existence staff had no way of this arc. knowing this.
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* BackFromTheDead: A few Reigai get taken down through the arc. But as long as the modsoul is intact. They can be brought back to life.
* BigBad: Inaba / [[spoiler: Yushima]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Soul Society is saved but Nozomi, in trying to help the heroes stop Yushmia, dies in the process. [[{{Tearjerker}} She does have a final goodbye with Kon however.]]]]
* FusionDance: [[spoiler: Once Nozomi and Inaba are merged together, Yushima regains is full body.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice / RedemptionEqualsDeath: The Reigai in the climax as it's revealed they only wished to protect the Soul Society their way and do so by sacrificing their lives to stop Yushima's doomsday device.]]

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* BackFromTheDead: A few Reigai get taken down through the arc. But as long as the modsoul is intact. They intact, they can be brought back to life.
* BigBad: Inaba / [[spoiler: Yushima]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Soul Society
is saved but Nozomi, in trying to help driving the heroes stop Yushmia, dies in the process. [[{{Tearjerker}} She does have a final goodbye arc with Kon however.]]]]
* FusionDance: [[spoiler: Once Nozomi and Inaba are merged together, Yushima regains
his villainy, although there is full body.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice / RedemptionEqualsDeath: The Reigai in the climax as it's revealed they only wished to protect the Soul Society their way and do so by sacrificing their lives to stop Yushima's doomsday device.]]
someone working behind him.



* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler: Yushima]] was said to be the creator of the modsouls but in the manga this was change to Kirio having been the inventor. Of course this was at the time those characters were even created. So the anime staff had no way of knowing this.
* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, making it much tougher for the originals to identify whose who.
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: Nozomi is the first modsoul ever created. What's more she's one half of her creator's, Yushima's, soul with Inaba being the other.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo whose powers are slowly draining after [[spoiler: using all of it to defeat Aizen in the last arc.]]

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* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler: Yushima]] The arc is based on the reason for why mod souls were created which was said to be the creator of the modsouls but revealed in the manga as part of Kon's back story. Although the manga reveals the individual who created the mod souls after this was change to Kirio having been the inventor. Of course this was at the time those characters were even created. So arc is long over, the anime staff had no way team still rewrote both the mod souls origin project and Kon's back story to justify the existence of knowing this.
this arc.
* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially had a bracelet on their arm to tell whose friend and foe. However they remove it midway through the arc, making it much tougher for leaving the originals to identify whose who.
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: Nozomi is the first modsoul ever created. What's more she's one half
only sign of her creator's, Yushima's, soul with Inaba th reigai being the other.]]
flashback purple lightning glowing in regai eyes.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo Ichigo, whose powers are slowly draining after [[spoiler: using all of away due to the anime team rewriting a canon event to allow it to defeat Aizen in the last arc.]] happen.
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* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially have a purple glow in their eyes to help distinguish from the originals. But that gets fixed halfway through the arc, making it much tougher for the originals to identify whose who.

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* BackFromTheDead: A few Reigai get taken down through the arc. But as long as the modsoul is intact. They can be brought back to life.



* BackFromTheDead: A few Reigai get taken down through the arc. But as long as the modsoul is intact. They can be brought back to life.

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* BackFromTheDead: A few Reigai get taken down through BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Soul Society is saved but Nozomi, in trying to help the arc. But as long as heroes stop Yushmia, dies in the modsoul is intact. They can be brought back to life.process. [[{{Tearjerker}} She does have a final goodbye with Kon however.]]]]
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: Pretty much the reasons behind most of the battles in this arc.
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Short Summary
A anime only filler arc that takes place after the ''[[Recap/BleachDeicideArc Deicide Arc]]''. As Ichigo and the Gotei 13 rest after the battle with Aizen. Imposters of the Squad members slip into the ranks of the Gotei 13 and attack their original counterparts. The originals find themselves on guard unable to tell friend from foe as they try to locate the mastermind. In the midst of this, Kon finds a strange girl who may have a connection with the attacks. While Ichigo, wanting to help, finds himself slowly losing his powers.


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''Gotei Invasion Army Arc'' has the following tropes:

* BigBad: Inaba / [[spoiler: Yushima]]
* BackFromTheDead: A few Reigai get taken down through the arc. But as long as the modsoul is intact. They can be brought back to life.
* FusionDance: [[spoiler: Once Nozomi and Inaba are merged together, Yushima regains is full body.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice / RedemptionEqualsDeath: The Reigai in the climax as it's revealed they only wished to protect the Soul Society their way and do so by sacrificing their lives to stop Yushima's doomsday device.]]
* MacGuffinGirl: Nozomi Kujo
* MirrorMatch: A few of the fights through the arc mixes up fakes against different members of the Gotei 13
* PsychoRangers: The Reigai
* SpotTheImposter: The Reigai initially have a purple glow in their eyes to help distinguish from the originals. But that gets fixed halfway through the arc, making it much tougher for the originals to identify whose who.
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: Nozomi is the first modsoul ever created. What's more she's one half of her creator's, Yushima's, soul with Inaba being the other.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Ichigo whose powers are slowly draining after [[spoiler: using all of it to defeat Aizen in the last arc.]]

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