Ashido then kills the Adjuchas and the Gillians soon afterwards, Rukia commenting that his current strength was on par with a Bankai. However, Ashido uses his Mask Shield to block the blasts, surprising the Adjuchas.
The Adjuchas then summons a group of Gillians and orders them to use Cero. Rukia is soon ambushed by an Adjuchas, but Ashido attacks him, wounding him severely. They successfully locate the area where Ichigo and his group were fighting, but find out that they have already moved on. They both leave afterwards to track down Ichigo and his group. Ashido asks her for her name, and she tells him that she is Rukia Kuchiki. The Shinigami decides to come as well, as she came into Hueco Mundo with Ichigo and his group. Realizing that their fighting will draw more Menos towards them, Ashido decides to find them. Ashido senses someone fighting somewhere in the forest, and the Shinigami tells him it is Ichigo Kurosaki. The Shinigami asks why Ashido attacked her, and Ashido explains that he was testing her strength, as the weak cannot survive in the Forest of Menos. Īshido is able to use his speed and swordsmanship to corner the Shinigami and ceases attacking her. Without another word, Ashido grabs his Zanpakutō and engages the Shinigami in combat. She attempts to get information out of Ashido, but Ashido only gives her his name and explains that they are in the Forest of Menos, which is a forest where many Menos reside. Once they arrive, Ashido lets the Shinigami go, and she follows him inside his cave. Although she is grateful for his help, the Shinigami attempts to leave Ashido as he carries her, but Ashido recaptures her and informs her that they are nearing his hideout. Ashido retrieves her before the Cero blasts can hit her and kills both Gillians, leaving the area soon afterward. He finds a Shinigami facing two Gillians, but she loses her footing as the Gillians fire their Ceros. Īs Ashido leaves his cave, he senses the arrival of Shinigami Reiatsu and leaves to investigate. Ashido decided to stay in the Forest of Menos and kill as many Hollows as he could in order to protect the Human World. Enraged by his comrade's death, Ashido grabbed the mask of the slain Hollow and killed the remaining Hollows himself. Ashido's friend managed to kill the Hollow, but died soon afterwards. As Ashido went to face the group of Hollows alone, he left his friend to rest, but a Hollow attacked and fatally wounded his friend. The Hollows eventually overwhelmed Ashido's unit and killed all but Ashido and one of his comrades. The Menos Grande attacked and fired Cero blasts, killing several of Ashido's comrades. Ashido and his unit knew where they were and continued fighting the Hollows despite this, but the fighting eventually attracted several Menos Grande. Ashido and his unit followed the Hollows through the Garganta and ended up in the Forest of Menos. As Ashido's unit pursued the Hollows, they began to retreat through a Garganta into Hueco Mundo. Hundreds of years ago, Ashido and his unit fought against a large number of Hollows. HistoryĪshido and his comrades several hundred years ago. He later brings Rukia to this same spot, claiming that it would be nice if his deceased friends could hear the voice of another Shinigami. Even after several centuries of living alone in Hueco Mundo, Ashido still harbors a sense of sorrow at having lost his companions and visits the site of their death from time to time to pay his respects. He met Rukia and saved her on several occasions, and would have left the Forest with her group if he had not been forced to save them from the Menos. The very reason Ashido stayed in Hueco Mundo so long was to avenge the deaths of his friends and protect the Human World by killing as many Hollows as he possibly could. PersonalityĪshido is rather serious most of the time, having carried the mental scars created by the deaths of his teammates for many centuries. Ashido regularly wears a mask resembling a gazelle's skull over his face, which belonged to the Hollow that killed his best friend. The coat has five Hollow masks adorning the back of it, which he utilizes in a variety of ways. He wears the white kimono undergarment underneath his standard Shinigami uniform, in ragged condition and without any footwear, with a brown fur coat draped over himself. Ashido has peach skin, thin red-brownish eyebrows, red-brownish spiky hair and dark-black irises.