The Star and the Stray Dog
Renji kicks himself for losing to Ichigo and flashes back to his memories of Rukia. They met about 10 years before when they both lived in one of the poorer neighborhoods surrounding the Seireitei. They were part of a gang of friends that hung out together and scavenged for food together. Things stayed that way but eventually their friends were killed.
Rukia and Renji decided at that point to enter the Soul Reaper Academy. They were accepted and remained friends but there was some tension between them. Things changed for them once again when Rukia was adopted by the Kuchiki family.
Ichigo is in this episode but not very much. Rukia only appears in the flashback sequences and not in the present. Chad, Orihime, Ishida, Ganju, and Yoruichi do not appear in this episode except in the opening credits.
It is pretty clear that the tension between Rukia and Renji was of the romantic variety.
I like this sort of dive into the past to fill in details that were previously unrevealed.
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