Bleach 424

*Only for use by Mangastream.

1)
yellow left: Diving into a new chapter!
white: Color cover!!
small orange text in the middle: It was too sudden a loss--Shinigami powers, precious friends.
left orange: And what came next was a sudden meeting--a meeting with a man who will once again send Ichigo's destiny forward!!

3)
1: Karakura Town 7:00 AM Monday
2: Brotherrrrrr!
3: It's morniiiiiing!!
4: Wake uuuuuuup!!
5: Kurosaki Ichigo / 17 Years Old
6: Hair Color / Orange
Eye Color / Brown
Occupation / High School Student
7: Sleepy...
8: He cannot see ghosts.
side yellow: --a day begins

4)
1: --a new path reflected in the eyes

5)
1: Diving into a new chapter!! Color cover!!

7)
1: Tadaaaaaaaaaa!!
2(2b): Yo. Oh yeah, today is your entrance ceremony, isn't it?
3(2b): Karin! Grab me the soy sauce.

8)
1(2b): Here! Soy sauce!!
2: What are you mad about, Yuzu?
3: I'm not mad!!
4(2b): I came allll this way not showing you how I look in my uniform until ceremony day, and now you're not even looking! Whatever! I don't care!
5: Because I'm not going to put any of the burned pieces of rice that you like in your bowl!
6: Your fastener's open.
7: Kyaaaaa!!

9)
1: So you really are looking.
2(2b): Stupid! You're so perverted, brother!!
3: My glasses!!
4: What's wrong, Karin?
5: Nothing.
6: Yuuuuuuuzuuuuuuuu!!!
7(2b): Hey, hey, look at me, Yuzu!! What goes with this suit?!
8: A normal necktie or a bowtie, which looks better?!

10)
1(2b): Um, fine, I guess.
2: Whichever.
3: Whichever?!
4: 17 months have passed since that battle. A little over one year.
5: I'm a senior now.
6: Apparently Chad, Inoue, told the others about my Shinigami powers when I was asleep.
7: They said they believed me immediately.
8: I guess, though,
9: after seeing something like that with your own eyes, no one would know what to believe.

11)
1: I was still happy they just accepted it without saying anything.
2: Morning!
3: But
4: now I have no Shinigami powers anymore.
5: Since my reiryoku disappeared, Karin's started getting stronger.
6: Brotherrrrr!!
7: Now the hi-spec spiritual medium disposition is all hers.
8: Come back safely!!

12)
1(2b): She acts like it's a pain in the ass, but she hasn't asked me anything about it. It looks like she's compromising well.
2: Let's go, Mizuiro!
3: OK.
4: Iiiiiiichiiiiiiii
5: goooooooooo!!!

13)
1: 'suuuuuuuup.
2(2b): I'm gonna go on ahead.
3(2b): Alright! See you at lunch then!
4(2b): Ichigooo! Ichigooo!! I'm tapping! I'm tapping here?!
5(2b): Ichigo! Did you bring Tekken?
6: The next one's coming out, so I'm gonna start getting angry if you don't give it back to me soon.
7: Yeah.
8: I brought it, I brought it.

14)
1(2b): What? You forgot it?
2(2b): Shuddap. I brought it, look!
3: That reminds me, I guess I forgot to give back my representative badge?
4(2b): It looks like the abilities of the badge have stopped since I lost my powers. The protective vision wall has vanished, and it doesn't ring out Hollow warnings anymore. It's nothing more than a useless slab now, so I forgot that I even put it in my bag.

15)
1(2b): Now, this is proof that I was a Shinigami.
2: The only remaining proof I have.
3(2b): Heeeyyy!! Ishida, where are you going?!
4: The health office!

16)
1: Now Ishida is taking care of the Hollow extermination that I used to do.
2: It seemed like leaving it to Imoyama-san (face) would be a good idea, but he's more unreliable than anyone could possibly imagine.
3: Hopefully he won't overdo it and get yelled at by Soul Society...
4: Ever since then,
5: Rukia hasn't come to Karakura Town even once.

17)
1: Have you decided, like, what you're going to do when you grow up
2: and stuff?
3: Like my career path?
4(2b): Yeah, like that! What else is there?
5: Isn't it still a little early for that?
6(2b): There's gonna be career guidance at the end of the semester. You gotta start thinking soon!
7: Your grades were great when you started here, Ichigo, but they sure did drop in the second half of your first year!
8(2b): Shut up. I was busy with a lotta stuff then, I had no choice. And I was still at the top of the middle.
9: ...I wonder what Rukia-chan's up to.

18)
1: Why does Rukia have to come into the discussion there?!
2(2b): Becauuuuse, don't you think it'd be nice for her to show her face around here every once in a while? Don't you think it's kinda cold that she hasn't come back even once?
3: No, it's not.
4: She isn't the representative of Karakura Town, to begin with. It's normal for her not to come.
5: ...aren't you lonely?
6: Like hell I'd be.

19)
1: This is the normal life I've worked 16 years to get.
2: I'm fine with peace until I die.
3(2b): ...I feel ya. I don't wanna have any more scary experiences like that either.
4: That's right.
5(2b): I've never once felt superior due to being able to see ghosts. And I never thought to make a living at it.
6: I also never thought to help anyone because of it.
7(2b): I just dreamed of having a life where I couldn't see them.
8: I've become what I've always dreamed of.

20)
1(2b): Ahh! Hey, you!
2: itt!
3: Wait, you!!
4: Give me back that bag!!
5: Mizuiro.
6: That reminds me.

21)
1: Hold on to this.
2: There's one other proof of my Shinigami powers that I still have.

23)
1: Reflexes and a body I honed and trained in order to win.
2: They're coming in handy in their own ways.
3(2b): Woahhhhhhh!! You're pretty good, kid!
4: Thanks!!
5(2b): Aren't you hungry?! How about I go buy you a ramen? You'll eat, right?
6: I'm fine.
7: It'll be a pain in the ass if I get yelled at later.
8: Keep it a secret that I punched someone, alright?
9(2b): Oh? Okay...
10: I see...that's too bad.
11: Geez...

24)
1: You're surprisingly wary...

25)
1: Kurosaki Ichigo.
2: Lost Shinigami Representative Arc