reaper 9

Kurosaki Ichigo

Tosen... I didn't want it to come to this.

Kurosaki Ichigo

After Ukitake, Mayuri, Zaraki, and Toushirou... I'm so tired of this.

Kaname Tosen

Kurosaki... you don't understand the burden you carry.

Kaname Tosen

My hollowfication... it was meant to bring justice. But now I can't even control myself.

Kurosaki Ichigo

I never wanted to be a killer, Tosen. I just wanted to protect everyone.

Kurosaki Ichigo

(But all I've done is take lives. What kind of protector does that make me?)

Kaname Tosen

This form... I can't maintain it. The hollow is consuming me, but something is wrong.

Kaname Tosen

I can see, Kurosaki! For the first time, I can actually see! But what I see... is my own monstrosity.

Kurosaki Ichigo

Then let me free you from this, Tosen. It's the only mercy I have left to offer.

Kaname Tosen

Do it, Kurosaki. But know this - your blade brings not death, but salvation.

Kaname Tosen

The impossible situation... it's not mine. It's yours. To carry on after all this.

Kurosaki Ichigo

I know... that's the cruelest part. You all get to rest... while I have to live with what I've done.

Kurosaki Ichigo

(Maybe the hollow inside me isn't my enemy after all... maybe it's been me all along.)