Episode 344 - Bleach

Adapts chapters 426, 427, and portions of 428 and 429.

Uryū Ishida confronts the gang first. Ichigo eventually joins him, and the two fight back-to-back, reminiscent of their early series teamwork. Bleach Episode 344

is the 344th episode of the Bleach anime. It serves as the second episode of The Lost Substitute Shinigami arc . Episode Overview Adapts chapters 426, 427, and portions of 428 and 429

The fight is interrupted by Ichigo’s boss, Ikumi, who "kidnaps" him in her van to take him to work at the Unagiya Shop . Adapts chapters 426

A gang led by a delinquent named Obuta arrives at Karakura High looking for Ichigo after he stopped a thief the day before.