During the 17-month time skip, the Soul Reapers of the Soul Society celebrate the New Year told within 2 stories. The first deals with Izuru Kira organizing a special event given to him by Shuhei Hisagi. At first he is reluctant to participate, but changes his mind after Momo Hinamori's interest in it. The event he comes up with is friendly kite flying which slowly turns into a fight between women & men and Squad 2 & 11. Kira attempts to stop the chaos fail and he falls into Squad 1's barracks, angering Head Captain Yamamoto. The second deals with Rukia as she prepares for an upcoming ceremonial dance her sister had been in many years ago, but is unimpressed with her dancing abilities. Renji Abarai decides to help her out, but Rukia is unable to deiscern what he is trying to do to actually help and when Renji accidently spills ink on the ceremonial kimono, Rukia angrily tells him to leave. However, after Byakuya gives Rukia her sister's kimono instead, she realizes that Renji was trying to make sure Rukia had some fun which would allow her to enjoy dancing instead of worrying about it. Rukia apologizes to Renji through a letter and he is able to come to the dance which turns out tio be a huge success.

Bleach Season 16 Episodes...

• s16e01 - 3rd Year High School Student! Dressed up, and a New Chapter Begins!
• s16e02 - A Dispute in School?! Ichigo and Uryuu, Fight Together!
• s16e03 - Uryuu is Attacked, A Threat Draws Near the Friends!
• s16e04 - The Fullbring User - Kugo Ginjo
• s16e05 - A Creeping Danger in the Kurosaki Family?! Ichigo's Confusion!
• s16e06 - Power of the Substitute Badge, Ichigo's 'Pride'!
• s16e07 - Next Target, The Devil's Hand Aims at Orihime!
• s16e08 - The Man Who Killed A Shinigami Substitute?! Tsukishima Makes His Move
• s16e09 - Fullbring, The Detested Power!
• s16e10 - Tsukishima Attacks! The Training Has Been Thwarted!
• s16e11 - Ichigo, Mastering the Fullbring!
• s16e12 - Ichigo vs. Ginjo! To the Game's Space
• s16e13 - The Shinigami Enter Battle! Seireitei Also Has a New Year Special!
• s16e14 - Foe or Friend?! Ginjo's Unseen Heart!
• s16e15 - Creeping Menace... Tsukishima's Ability!
• s16e16 - Clash?! Xcution Attacks Ginjo
• s16e17 - The Sorrowful Battle! Ichigo vs. Sado & Orihime!
• s16e18 - Ichigo vs Uryu?! Who is the Traitor?!
• s16e19 - A New Appearance! Meet the Gotei 13!
• s16e20 - Revival! Substitute Shinigami - Ichigo Kurosaki!
• s16e21 - Fierce Fight! Shinigami vs. Xcution
• s16e22 - Desperate Struggle!? Byakuya's Troubled Memories
• s16e23 - Ichigo vs. Ginjo! Secret of the Substitute Badge
• s16e24 - Changing History, Unchanging Heart

Bleach Show Summary

From creator Tite Kubo, comes the story of a world where passing lurks impalpable to an everyday human's eyes. Ichigo Kurosaki helps run a local clinic with his family but Ichigo has the unusual ability to see poltergeists but rather than react with surprise he merely sees it as an annoyance. Ichigo helps those when he cares but can't bring himself to care enough... until one fateful day. A small, mysterious woman appears on duty inside his room, a Soul Reaper known as Rukia. Soon enough Ichigo and Rukia get formal in the oddest of ways and in such an untimely matter the losses begin. The Kurosaki family is soon attacked. This leads Ichigo on his first step to accepting the roles and responsibility's a Soul Reaper must uphold.