

Ichigo is also horrified to learn that he played a role in Ukitake's damnation by slaying the Hell Hollows while carrying his Subsitute Soul Reaper badge. Oh, Crap!: When the Soul Reapers realize that the deceased Captains have been sent to Hell, Rukia in particular is devastated - as it means Ukitake, a close friend of hers, has been damned.Now that the gates of Hell can be opened from within, there's some sinister implications. Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Ichigo and the other Soul Reapers find out all too late that their funerary rites condemned three of the strongest Soul Reapers to Hell.Now that he's been sealed away, combined with the deaths of Yhwach and three captain-class Soul Reapers, the gates aren't as sturdy as they once were. The Ghost: Aizen is stated to be one of the reasons the gates of Hell were sealed for so long.Twin fish was a motif of Jushiro Ukitake's zanpakuto. Kazui also chases after some fish-shaped spirits that lead him to a dimensional gateway implied to lead to Hell. Foreshadowing: The opening narration has a pair of twin fish.Ukitake's zanpakuto is shown to have increased in size to the point where it's bigger than Szayelaporro. Call-Back: Isshin previously stated that if a captain-class Soul Reaper doesn't practice self-control, their zanpakuto would become large and unwieldy.After dying he reformed in Hell and bided his time planning revenge on Renji and Uryu. The Bus Came Back: Szayelaporro returns.Bookends: The one-shot chapter begins and ends with Kazui's night out adventure.Ukitake's zanpakuto dwarfs Szayaelaporro Granz in size when it impales him.and is powerful enough to effortlessly cut down the Hell Hollows and slice through the Chains of Hell. Ichigo's zanpakuto is still in the form of a single massive blade resembling his false Shikai, note Whether this is Tensa Zangetsu mode-locked after being broken by Yhwach or a new shikai is unclear.Howl From the Jaws of Hell has the following tropes: Now incapacitated, Szayaelaporro warns Ichigo one last time about the implications of his return before being dragged back into damnation. At that moment, the former Arrancar is impaled by an oversized version of Ukitake's shikai emerging from the gates of Hell. Szayaelaporro states that since Ichigo slaughtered one of the Hell Hollows while carrying the talisman Ukitake gave him, it's enough to damn Ukitake as well. With the rites for Yamamoto and Unohana completed, they've already been damned and the death of Yhwach coupled with the disappearance of Aizen means the gates of Hell can now be opened from within. The ritual is intended to help them pass on, but in truth it sends the deceased captains to Hell. It's established that Soul Reapers who become captains have spirit energy so dense that when they die they can't assimilate into Soul Society the same way a regular soul does.
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They were able to break free from Hell due to the true nature of the Soul Society's funeral rites. The former Espada explains that Hollows and Arrancar who are sent to Hell become a kind of Hellspawn.
