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Bleach/Assault on Trip at Sacred Ground!
| Assault on Trip at Sacred Ground! | |
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| Season 1, Episode 10 | |
| Airdate | December 7, 2004 |
| Production Number | 10 |
| Written by | — |
| Directed by | Noriyuki Abe |
| ADR Writer(s) | Carl Macek Liam O'Brien Mark Ryan Michael Sorich |
| ADR Director(s) | Michael Sorich |
| ← 1x09 Unbeatable Enemy |
1x11 → The Legendary Quincy |
| Bleach — Season One | |
Assault on Trip at Sacred Ground! is the tenth episode of the first season of Bleach. Television star Don Kanonji comes to town to exorcise a spirit, but when he only exacerbates the spirit's condition, he and Ichigo are forced to team up against the hollow.
Co-Stars: Michael Sorich (Don Kanonji, Hospital Hollow, Tessai Tsukabishi), Yuri Lowenthal (Keigo Asano), Tom Fahn (Mizuiro Kojima), Jamieson Price (Sado "Chad" Yasutora), Darrel Guilbeau (Chief AD/Light Operator), Michael Lindsay (Kisuke Urahara)
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Plot Overview
Spirit Hunter, a popular television program where a deranged maniac named Don Kanonji tracks down and purifies bad spirits, has come to Ichigo's hometown. Everyone in school, as well as Ichigo's father and Yuzu, are out of their minds with excitement for the show and Ichigo winds up along for the ride even though he hates the show. Rukia tries to get Ichigo to lighten up but tells him that a certain type of spirit may be dwelling inside the abandoned hospital where the show is being taped. The spirit is something of a demihollow, on the brink of crossing over, which only appears when its territory is invaded by humans.
The spirit in question is the former owner of the hospital and has still attached himself because he believes that there's money to be made in it. Rukia assures him that unless someone were foolish enough to mess with the hole in its chest, it still has another six months to become a hollow. Of course, Don Kanonji jabs the hole with his cane and accelerates the process exponentially. Ichigo tries to stop him, but he's taken down by security. Luckily for him, Urahara is nearby and ejects Ichigo's soul from his body. But, by the time Ichigo makes it to the stage, the soul reforms into a hollow at the top of the hospital.
Ichigo pulls Don Kanonji inside the hospital to keep him out of the way of the hollow. Kanonji tells Ichigo that he needs to stay, or else he'll disappoint the kids watching his show at home. Ichigo explains to Kanonji that the hollow will seek them out away from the crowd because of their energy and, sure enough, they're attacked. Ichigo gets stuck against a wall, but Kanonji destroys the goo that's holding Ichigo and allows him to kill the hollow. Kanonji realizes that he's been causing monsters this whole time but still gladly soaks up the applause from the crowd. Afterwards, he names Ichigo his "number one pupil."
