Knuckle Down

Giriko halts Ichigo's release, arguing that a genuine Fullbring should have satisfied the box's terms and reverted Mr. Pork, and the collapsed yakuza soon does return to human form. Riruka then frees the pair with an odd method, sneezing onto them through a wad of tissue so the heart-shaped marker on Ichigo's shirt flashes its hidden R and pops both back to full size. Ichigo, dripping and irritated, snaps at Kugo for staying silent about the trick. As the badge's dark energy ebbs, it suddenly murmurs a broken sentence, and Ichigo is baffled to recognize the voice as Rukia's.

In flashback, Shishigawara recalls being handed Orihime's photo and ordered to kill her. Eager to prove himself to Tsukishima, he lunges at her, only to recoil twice, floored by how pretty she is. Steeling himself, he boasts that he will finish her as he did the bespectacled boy, which tips Orihime off that he wounded Uryu. Before she can pry loose where he comes from, a calm voice cuts in, and a man materializes behind her, claiming Uryu's attack as his own doing. A stunned Shishigawara names him Tsukishima.

Riruka's sneeze switches off the Dollhouse and restores Ichigo and Mr. Pork to normal size. Ichigo hears Rukia's voice leak from the badge, an early sign of the power stirring within it. Meanwhile, Shukuro Tsukishima reveals himself to Orihime as the man who struck down Uryu.

The installment appears in volume fifty, The Six Fullbringers, and was adapted into Episode 349, Next Target, The Devil's Hand Aims at Orihime, the same episode covering the previous chapter.