

In _Bleach_ , while Ichigo and the gang invading Hueco Mundo, they keep
cutting away to Rurichiyo Kasumioji and her story:

> they save her, kill the guys with the Hollow Swords, and save the head
> captain.

When did that really happen? Did they help her before or after going there?


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When did the event related to Rurichiyo Kasumioji really happen?


It's a filler arc, that does not contain canon material. The anime creators
were forced to insert this new arc randomly in the middle of the Hueco Mundo
arc as the anime was catching up too fast with the manga.

However, I think it's safe to say that it occurs in the tiny window between
Ichigo's training and Orihime's kidnapping, as Ichigo uses his hollow
abilites, and Orihime hasn't been kidnapped yet.


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I believe it occurs after Hueco Mundo because Chad gains his other arm's
ability there and he uses it in the filer arc when he is helping to protect
Rurichiyo.

This tells me that it either occurred after the Hueco Mundo arc, or it
happened parallel with it and was not canon.

I choose to believe it is canon despite what other people say because
Rurichiyo and Kenryu are some of my favorite characters from Bleach.


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This arc is what is called "filler." It is, as the name states, an arc or
story line created by the animation team to "fill" time whilst waiting for the
manga to progress further into the story so that the animation team can
continue to produce the story. It is not canon.

However, to answer the question that you posed, the arc takes place,
chronologically speaking, after the Sousuke Aisen arc, but before the
Fullbringer arc.

Additionally, the "replacements" arc, in which a treasonous member of the
research and development squad (12) creates mod-soul copies of the shinigami,
is also a filler arc, and is non-canon.


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It has to happen while they are in Hueco Mundo because Chad can use del Diablo
and Ichigo still has his soul reaper powers. Thinking on that, it’s impossible
for this to be after Hueco Mundo because Aizen is done with.


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