Bleach Episode 288: The Final Trump Card! Ichigo, Towards the Decisive Battle is the continuation of the Bleach series from the last episode Bleach Episode 287 : Side Story! Ichigo and the Magic Lamp.
The battle between Yammy Riyalgo and Kenpachi Zaraki continues as the latter seems to have the upper hand. Meanwhile, Ichigo and Retsu Unohana head for the Real World through the Garganta opened by Mayuri Kurotsuchi who discusses the after war period with Byakuya Kuchiki. Retsu Unohana seeing Ichigo's reatsu to be half and since the path they are running to seems to be broken so Retsu Unohana ask Ichigo if she can run in front then the path becomes solid this shows that Retsu Unohana has a stable reatsu then she reveals to Ichigo that he is the only person who can defeat Sosuke Aizen, since he is the only one did not witness his Shikai Sword Release which giving someone a total illusion to a person that is seeing it when it was released. Ichigo, realizing his great responsibility, resolves to defeat Sosuke Aizen. Retsu Unohana ask Ichigo to run in front so that she can repair his reatsu while they were running towards the real world inside the Garganta. Back in Hueco Mundo, Kenpachi Zaraki is still dominating Yammy Riyalgo, seemingly defeating him and prompting Byakuya Kuchiki to finish him off, he refuses to do so as Yammy Riyalgo suddenly lunches a Cero at both captains.
