Recaps

Tokoyo Misao used his Zanpakuto, World-Crossing Principle, to regain his senses inside Kaname Tōsen’s Bankai and strike him with unseen attacks. Kaname Tōsen began moving rapidly to evade further hits, while Misao’s ability to blend with Reishi let him perceive and attack within the barrier.

• Sōsuke Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tōsen discussed their Hollowfication experiments and planned to take Shinji Hirako to the World of the Living.
• Tokoyo Misao and Isshin Shiba patrolled Naruki City in the rain after hearing that the stationed Soul Reapers had died on rainy nights.
• A Garganta appeared above Misao, and Kaname Tōsen trapped him in his Bankai, Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi.
• Misao used his Eternal Eyes to see Kaname Tōsen and the spirit threads of Aizen and Gin despite the Bankai blocking his senses.
• Misao released World-Crossing Principle, which blended into the Bankai and allowed him to regain his senses and cut Kaname Tōsen twice.
• Kaname Tōsen retreated and used rapid Shunpo to avoid further attacks, while Misao explained how World-Crossing Principle worked.

Tokoyo Misao used his information-gathering ability and the Eternal Eyes to anticipate Kaname Tōsen’s attacks, while Sōsuke Aizen and Gin Ichimaru watched from above. On another battlefield, a Quincy absorbed the modified Blade Hollow into her body, leaving Aizen visibly exhilarated.

• Tokoyo Misao inscribed the information he had gathered and wounded Kaname Tōsen by predicting where he would appear.
• Sōsuke Aizen explained to Gin Ichimaru that Misao combined gathered information with quick judgment to anticipate Tōsen’s attacks.
• Aizen ordered Gin to wound Isshin Shiba and stop him from using Bankai, then prevented Gin from intervening against Tōsen.
• A Quincy woman arrived to save the gravely injured Isshin Shiba and let the Blade Hollow bite her shoulder.
• The Quincy used Reishi Manipulation to absorb the Blade Hollow’s Reishi and the modified Hollow vanished into her body.
• Aizen watched the Quincy absorb the Hollow and broke into an unrestrained grin.

Aizen let Tokoyo Misao return to rescue Masaki Kurosaki so he could observe what Tokoyo would report to Soul Society. Tokoyo brought the rapidly hollowfying Masaki to Kisuke Urahara’s shop, where her condition worsened as Urahara prepared to help.

• Aizen recalled Kaname Tōsen and explained that Tokoyo Misao’s report would be distorted by Kyōka Suigetsu, then chose to see whether Tokoyo would report or conceal the incident.
• Tokoyo Misao returned to Isshin Shiba and Masaki Kurosaki, closed their wounds with Reishi threads, and discovered that Hollow Reishi was consuming Masaki’s body.
• Masaki Kurosaki fainted, and Tokoyo called Kisuke Urahara out of hiding to help save her.
• Kisuke Urahara led Tokoyo, Isshin, and Masaki to the hidden Urahara Shop, where they saw that a deep wound in Masaki’s chest was close to becoming a Hollow Hole.
• As Isshin urgently asked Urahara to save Masaki, Tokoyo sat down to eat snacks, and Tessai Tsukabishi asked him to pay 30 yen.

Kisuke Urahara explained that Masaki Kurosaki could survive Hollowfication only if a Shinigami continuously suppressed it, and Isshin Shiba chose to stay with her despite the risks. Tokoyo Misao returned to Soul Society, where Sōsuke Aizen intervened when the Stealth Force tried to arrest him and learned that Isshin had gone missing.

• Kisuke Urahara explained Hollowfication and said Isshin Shiba would have to remain with Masaki Kurosaki and suppress her condition until death.
• Ryūken Ishida protested, but Kisuke Urahara revealed a special Gigai that would let Isshin stay in the World of the Living.
• Tokoyo Misao warned Isshin that he would lose his powers and might never become a Shinigami again, but Isshin asked Misao how he would return and chose to stay.
• Tokoyo Misao contacted Soul Society and returned through a Senkaimon, where the Stealth Force surrounded him for leaving without authorization.
• Sōsuke Aizen challenged the Stealth Force's authority, causing them to withdraw, and Tokoyo Misao told Aizen that Isshin had gone missing.

Tokoyo Misao reported to the captains that he had gone to the World of the Living with Isshin Shiba, encountered Kisuke Urahara, and escaped with a piece of his clothing. Mayuri Kurotsuchi accused Tokoyo Misao of being Urahara’s inside man, but Shunsui Kyōraku defended him and argued that his strength explained why Isshin had brought him along.

• Kenpachi Zaraki reluctantly followed Yachiru Kusajishi’s Hell Butterfly to the emergency captains’ meeting.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto questioned Tokoyo Misao about his unauthorized trip to the World of the Living with Isshin Shiba.
• Tokoyo Misao explained that he had fought an enemy in a dark space, then found evidence of Isshin’s battle and a scrap of the enemy’s clothing.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi identified the scrap’s Reishi as Kisuke Urahara’s and accused Tokoyo Misao of being Urahara’s inside man.
• Soi Fon demanded to interrogate Tokoyo Misao, but Shunsui Kyōraku stopped her from taking him away.
• Shunsui Kyōraku defended Tokoyo Misao before Yamamoto, saying his proven combat ability made him a suitable companion for Isshin.

Tokoyo Misao was ordered to prove his strength after the captains questioned his report, but Kenpachi Zaraki took the place of Vice-Captain Sasakibe for the demonstration. As Kenpachi gathered his golden Reiatsu, Tokoyo Misao faced him without drawing his Zanpakuto.

• Captain-Commander Yamamoto ordered Tokoyo Misao to fight Vice-Captain Sasakibe to substantiate his report or face the Second Division dungeon.
• Kenpachi Zaraki arrived and demanded to fight Tokoyo Misao, while Yachiru Kusajishi pleaded with him to accept.
• Tokoyo Misao and other captains objected to making a Third Seat face Kenpachi, but Yamamoto allowed the fight to proceed.
• Tokoyo Misao went to the center of the training grounds and considered using Shikai as Kenpachi began releasing his Reiatsu.
• Kenpachi's golden gaze stirred Tokoyo Misao's blood and heartbeat, while Tokoyo Misao left his hand open on his Zanpakuto's hilt.

Tokoyo Misao used Reishi beads and his released Zanpakuto to raise his spiritual pressure to match Kenpachi Zaraki’s, and the two began an exhilarating duel. The chapter ended with Tokoyo Misao exploiting Kenpachi Zaraki’s sword movement to thrust his crowbar toward Kenpachi Zaraki’s chest.

• Tokoyo Misao shattered the Reishi beads hidden in his sleeve and raised his spiritual pressure to captain-level.
• Kenpachi Zaraki increased his own spiritual pressure to the peak of the second class, and Tokoyo Misao released World-Crossing Principle to match him.
• The captains sensed the duel’s spiritual pressure, and Aizen assured them that Tokoyo Misao had not attacked Captain Shiba.
• Tokoyo Misao and Kenpachi Zaraki laughed, then clashed their weapons in the First Division training ground.
• Tokoyo Misao redirected Kenpachi Zaraki’s blade and thrust the crowbar toward his chest.

Tokoyo Misao and Kenpachi Zaraki pushed their duel to the limit, trading devastating blows until both were badly injured. As Kenpachi struggled to remain standing, the watching captains—especially Soi Fon—were stunned by the strength both fighters had displayed.

• Tokoyo and Kenpachi exchanged heavy blows, destroying the training ground's Reishi formation and injuring each other.
• Tokoyo grew disappointed after adapting to Kenpachi's chaotic swordsmanship, so Kenpachi switched to a two-handed grip and forced Tokoyo to dodge as his crowbar flew away.
• Tokoyo formed burning gauntlets with modified Hadō #31 and attacked Kenpachi with his Twin Heaven and Earth Supreme Radiance Fists.
• The collision left Tokoyo with shredded sleeves and a deep sword wound, while Kenpachi's chest and abdomen caved in and he struggled to stay upright.
• Soi Fon watched the duel in shock as both fighters displayed exceptional strength and Second-Class Spiritual Pressure.

Kenpachi Zaraki and Tokoyo Misao unleashed their full strength in a duel that left both gravely wounded. After Unohana took them for treatment, Yamamoto ordered Misao to join the search for Isshin Shiba and serve as acting captain of the Tenth Division.

• Unohana’s killing intent alarmed Soi Fon, but Yamamoto’s arrival made her stand down as Yachiru said Ken-chan had not had enough fun.
• Kenpachi’s spiritual pressure surged to first-class strength, and Yamamoto prepared to intervene before his strike could kill Tokoyo Misao.
• Tokoyo summoned a red-black blade with World-Crossing Principle and used Tsubame Gaeshi to meet Kenpachi’s golden strike.
• Tokoyo fell with a deep chest wound, while Kenpachi collapsed unconscious with a severe wound in his back.
• Unohana used Minazuki to carry both wounded fighters away for treatment, with Shunsui and Yachiru accompanying her.
• Yamamoto ordered Tokoyo to join the search party in the World of the Living and serve as acting captain of the Tenth Division until Isshin Shiba was found.

Tokoyo Misao woke after seven days of recovery to learn he had been appointed acting captain of the Tenth Division, then returned to find the division running smoothly. He told Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto that Captain Shiba was likely staying in the World of the Living for love and probably would not return.

• After witnessing Tokoyo Misao's battle with Kenpachi Zaraki, Soi Fon declared that she had no objections to Misao serving as acting captain.
• Tokoyo Misao woke in the Fourth Division and learned from Hanatarō Yamada that Captain-Commander Yamamoto had appointed him acting captain of the Tenth Division while Captain Shiba was missing.
• Tokoyo Misao recovered, thanked Hanatarō Yamada, and returned to the Tenth Division after eating ten steamed buns.
• Tokoyo Misao found Tōshirō Hitsugaya handling reports and Rangiku Matsumoto leading patrols, and he told them Captain Shiba was enjoying life in the World of the Living.
• Tokoyo Misao explained that Captain Shiba had stayed in the World of the Living for love and was unlikely to come back soon.

Tokoyo Misao and Rukia Kuchiki arrived in Karakura Town to search for Captain Shiba and Kisuke Urahara, but Misao led them through a hidden barrier into the wrong place. They discovered Shinji Hirako and other former Gotei 13 officers wanted by Soul Society, and Hirako demanded to know what they wanted.

• Rukia joined Tokoyo Misao's mission to the World of the Living after Lieutenant Shiba was seriously injured.
• Tokoyo Misao and Rukia arrived in Karakura Town, where Misao explained how to exchange Soul Society currency for human-world money.
• Tokoyo Misao followed a hidden Reishi formation to a ruined factory and opened a passage through its barrier.
• Rukia and Tokoyo Misao entered the wrong location and were surrounded by powerful figures.
• Tokoyo Misao identified Shinji Hirako and the other former officers, then reassured Rukia enough for her to sheath her Zanpakuto.
• Shinji Hirako asked Tokoyo Misao and Rukia why they had entered the group's territory.

Rukia Kuchiki fought Hiyori Sarugaki and revealed the Visored’s Hollow powers, while Tokoyo Misao remained beside her without joining the battle. After Shinji Hirako identified the group as the Visored, several former captains unleashed their Reiatsu on Tokoyo, but he remained unaffected, prompting Shinji to wonder why his limiter seal had not restrained him.

• Hiyori Sarugaki attacked Tokoyo Misao after he asked whether the Visored wanted revenge on Aizen, but Rukia Kuchiki froze her with Sode no Shirayuki.
• Hiyori broke out of the ice and fired a Cero at Rukia, who evaded it and struck at Hiyori before Mashiro Kuna intervened.
• Shinji Hirako stopped Hiyori and identified the group as the Visored, while Rukia returned to Tokoyo Misao and asked whether they should leave or fight.
• Shinji Hirako and the former captains Kensei Muguruma, Love Aikawa, and Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi pressed their Reiatsu against Tokoyo Misao, but he stood unharmed.
• Shinji Hirako questioned how Tokoyo Misao could be unaffected by their Reiatsu despite wearing a Captain’s Haori that should have carried a limiter seal.

Tokoyo Misao explained that the Visored’s defeat came from lacking strength and insight, while Aizen had manipulated Soul Society through Kyōka Suigetsu. He hinted that a third, most important reason remained as Rukia realized she could not safely reveal the truth after returning.

• Tokoyo Misao revealed that he could control all his Reishi, making the Gentei Reiin ineffective, and the Visored withdrew their spiritual pressure.
• Tokoyo Misao told Rukia Kuchiki that the Visored’s first failure was being too weak to defeat Aizen, who had repeatedly appeared in the World of the Living.
• Tokoyo Misao said Aizen had reached the limits of a Soul Reaper’s power and had created the Visored through his experiments.
• Tokoyo Misao blamed the Visored’s lack of insight, then explained that Aizen had altered the Great Spirit Book Gallery and used Kyōka Suigetsu to hypnotize everyone in Soul Society.
• Rukia understood that Soul Society was under Aizen’s hypnosis and that telling anyone would expose her, while Tokoyo Misao introduced a third reason for the Visored’s failure.

Tokoyo Misao entered the Visoreds’ hidden training space and agreed to spar with Hachigen Ushōda in Kidō. He effortlessly countered Hachigen’s spells, including a high-level Bakudō, leaving the Visored stunned.

• Tokoyo Misao teased the Visored about their looks, and Shinji Hirako challenged him to prove who was stronger, smarter, and more handsome.
• Hachigen Ushōda explained that the hidden space was reached through a Kidō door and challenged Tokoyo Misao to a Kidō spar.
• Hachigen fired Byakurai, Sōkatsui, and Raikōhō, but Tokoyo Misao erased each spell with ease.
• Hachigen put on his Hollow mask and used Bakudō #75: Gochūtekkan to pin Tokoyo Misao beneath five iron pillars.
• Tokoyo Misao said “Break,” shattering the pillars into Reishi and shocking Lisa Yadōmaru and the other Visored.

Hachigen Ushōda's Kidō failed against Tokoyo Misao's Reishi manipulation, and Kensei Muguruma challenged him with Bankai. Misao turned Kensei's accumulated wind power back on him, leaving Mashiro Kuna to step in as Shinji Hirako approached her.

• Hachigen Ushōda trapped Tokoyo Misao in Four-Beast Gate, but Misao shattered the barriers and defeated him.
• Kensei Muguruma activated Bankai and attacked Misao with repeated wind-powered punches.
• Shinji Hirako explained that Kensei's punches were building up explosive power inside Misao, while Rukia Kuchiki remained confident in Misao.
• Tokoyo Misao revealed that Kensei's wind power had accumulated in a Reishi barrier between their hands, then directed the explosion back at Kensei.
• Mashiro Kuna caught the unconscious Kensei, put on her Hollow mask, and attacked Shinji Hirako before a strange fragrance reached her.

Tokoyo Misao fought Shinji Hirako without being affected by his Shikai and explained that he wanted to make the Visored stronger. He left them with a plan to change the future so Aizen’s evolution would not lead to a predictable defeat for the Gotei 13.

• Tokoyo Misao blocked Shinji Hirako’s attacks despite the disorienting effect of his Shikai, leaving the Visored astonished.
• After ten minutes, Shinji Hirako stopped fighting and asked whether Tokoyo Misao was an enemy or a friend.
• Tokoyo Misao said Aizen had not harmed him, so he considered Aizen neither an enemy nor a friend.
• Tokoyo Misao told the Visored that he wanted to make them stronger, prompting Lisa Yadōmaru to interpret his explanation through an example from a doujinshi.
• Tokoyo Misao warned that the Gotei 13 and Visored would not be able to defeat Aizen after his evolution, and said he intended to change that future.

Tokoyo Misao explained that the Visored could grow stronger by balancing their Hollow and Soul Reaper powers, then brought Rukia Kuchiki to Urahara Shop. There they found Masaki Kurosaki gravely ill with a Hollow-like hole, while Rukia discovered Isshin Shiba had become human and Misao entered a Gigai.

• Tokoyo Misao told the Visored that their masks only released suppressed power and urged them to strengthen and fuse their Hollow and Soul Reaper powers.
• Misao explained the Hōgyoku and the risks of breaking through the soul to Rukia Kuchiki as they left the Visored.
• Misao led Rukia to Urahara Shop, where they found Masaki Kurosaki sweating and gravely ill with a black hole forming beneath her neck.
• Rukia recognized Isshin Shiba and was shocked to discover that he had become human and lost his Soul Reaper powers.
• Misao asked Kisuke Urahara for a Gigai and entered it, transforming the doll into a copy of himself.

Isshin Shiba had to decide whether to let Kisuke Urahara use the Hōgyoku to save Masaki Kurosaki, despite the danger to her and the risk of Aizen discovering it. He chose to proceed, and Urahara turned to Tokoyo Misao with a warning about Aizen’s ambitions toward the Soul King.

• Tokoyo Misao and Kisuke Urahara explained that the Hollow power inside Masaki Kurosaki was overpowering her Quincy and Soul Reaper powers, leaving her unlikely to survive the night.
• Rukia asked why they could not add more Soul Reaper power, and Urahara explained that only the Shiba Clan’s bloodline technique could transfer it.
• Misao suggested using the Hōgyoku, and Urahara warned that it was incomplete, beyond his control, and could attract Aizen.
• Isshin Shiba heard the risks, saw Masaki Kurosaki squeeze his hand, and chose to trust Urahara to save her.
• Urahara took hold of the box containing the Hōgyoku and told Misao that he believed Aizen would eventually make a move against the Soul King.

Tokoyo Misao allowed Kisuke Urahara to use the Hōgyoku to stabilize Masaki Kurosaki, then accepted Isshin Shiba’s payment for taking responsibility for the Tenth Division. He planned to build a trade route between Soul Society and the World of the Living to restore the Tokoyo Clan’s influence.

• Tokoyo Misao rejected Urahara’s attempt to learn his position through Masaki Kurosaki, saying that he was his own position.
• Urahara placed the Hōgyoku inside Masaki Kurosaki, and it separated her Quincy, Hollow, and Soul Reaper powers, stabilizing her condition.
• Tokoyo Misao accepted half of Isshin Shiba’s assets in exchange for taking over the Tenth Division and concealing what happened in the World of the Living.
• Tokoyo Misao proposed using the Tokoyo and Kuchiki clans’ authority to establish trade between Soul Society and the World of the Living.
• Tokoyo Misao told Rukia that the trade venture could help rebuild the Tokoyo Clan’s business power.

Tokoyo Misao went to the Tsunayashiro residence to seek noble cooperation and information about the Tokoyo Clan, where he discovered Aizen and confronted Kaname Tōsen. Tōsen’s attack failed to move Misao, while Aizen and Gin Ichimaru watched.

• Tokoyo Misao used his Eternal Eyes to look into the Tsunayashiro residence and recognized Aizen’s Spirit Ribbon.
• Aizen reviewed a report stating Masaki Kurosaki’s condition had improved and Isshin Shiba had become human after giving her his Soul Reaper powers.
• Aizen sensed Tokoyo Misao approaching and told Kaname Tōsen and Gin Ichimaru to welcome their guest.
• Kaname Tōsen attacked Misao with his Zanpakuto and Hadō #54: Haien, but Misao stopped the strike with one finger and extinguished the flames.
• Tōsen poured out his Reiatsu and pressed harder against Misao’s finger, while Gin offered to intervene and Aizen refused.

Tokoyo Misao questioned Aizen about the erased Tokoyo Clan and revealed information about the Soul King and Masaki Kurosaki while seeking support for a merchant association. Aizen declared that he wanted to surpass the Soul King rather than replace him, and wondered whether Misao wanted his help completing Masaki’s powers.

• Tōsen refused to retreat as Misao crushed his hand and pierced his chest, then Gin carried him away after the darkness domain vanished.
• Aizen welcomed Misao to the former Tsunayashiro residence, and explained that the clan’s records said the Tokoyo Clan had been erased from history and exiled for being dangerous.
• Misao connected the accounts of the Tokoyo Clan’s exile and guardianship of Hell, then told Aizen that Kisuke Urahara’s Hōgyoku had suppressed the powers threatening Masaki Kurosaki’s life.
• Misao asked Aizen to support a merchant association and revealed that the Soul King was human; Tōsen accused him of misleading Aizen into seeking humanity.
• Aizen said he had no desire to become the Soul King and instead wanted to surpass him through the evolution of the soul.
• Misao revealed that Masaki lacked only a Soul King Fragment or Fullbringer power, and Aizen asked if Misao wanted him to help complete her.

Aizen took the Soul King Fragment to the World of the Living to test whether a human Quincy could become another Soul King. After Masaki Kurosaki unknowingly ate golden cotton candy containing the Hōgyoku, Aizen discussed with Gin how humans create gods and left him considering Aizen’s plans for Masaki.

• Aizen let Tokoyo Misao leave after making a deal, then took the Soul King Fragment from the laboratory and told Gin he wanted to test whether a human Quincy could become a Soul King.
• Masaki Kurosaki went shopping with Ryūken Ishida and Isshin Shiba, who promised Ryūken he would protect her.
• A cotton candy vendor offered Masaki golden cotton candy, which she ate without knowing it contained the Hōgyoku.
• Aizen and Gin discussed why Aizen had not removed the Hōgyoku from Masaki and whether it could combine with Aizen’s orb.
• Aizen explained that humans create gods, and Gin concluded that their creators might be the least likely to worship them.

Gin Ichimaru followed Aizen as Aizen pursued his plan to make a god, while Masaki Kurosaki discovered she could use a strange new power during a Menos Grande attack. Tokoyo Misao destroyed the Hollow and brought Masaki and Ryūken Ishida to the Urahara Shop, where he recognized that her powers had begun transforming.

• Gin Ichimaru released his Zanpakuto and followed Aizen, saying he was curious about Aizen’s plan.
• Masaki Kurosaki reunited with Isshin Shiba and Ryūken Ishida on the shopping street, where a Menos Grande began emerging from a Garganta in the sky.
• Ryūken Ishida’s arrow failed to harm the Menos Grande, but Masaki Kurosaki fired a red arrow that erased its head.
• Tokoyo Misao arrived and shattered the Menos Grande’s remaining body, then told Masaki Kurosaki and Ryūken Ishida to leave before they attracted more attention.
• At the Urahara Shop, Tokoyo Misao saw that a golden power was combining Masaki Kurosaki’s Hollow, Soul Reaper, and Quincy powers around the Hōgyoku.

At the Urahara Shop, Kisuke Urahara examined Masaki Kurosaki and discovered that her powers were merging under the Hōgyoku’s influence, risking Aizen’s discovery. He also realized that an unknown power inside her had changed the Hōgyoku’s behavior and questioned where it came from.

• Ryūken Ishida asked Kisuke Urahara to examine Masaki Kurosaki’s power, and Urahara led everyone to the shop’s training room.
• Masaki Kurosaki fired a Cero that carved a trench more than a thousand meters through the ground.
• Kisuke Urahara tested Masaki Kurosaki with a wristband and found that her powers were beginning to merge.
• Kisuke Urahara warned that the merging could expose the Hōgyoku inside Masaki Kurosaki to Aizen.
• Kisuke Urahara realized an unknown power had altered the Hōgyoku and asked Masaki Kurosaki where it had come from.

Tokoyo Misao rejected Kisuke Urahara’s plan to remove the Hōgyoku from Masaki Kurosaki, then revealed that the King of the Quincy would kill her in the future. He began training his Bankai with the Tenshintai while Kisuke considered the threat of a Quincy return.

• Kisuke Urahara argued that removing the Hōgyoku would protect Masaki Kurosaki from Aizen, but Tokoyo Misao knocked Masaki unconscious and said Kisuke had withheld important information.
• Tokoyo Misao offered to trade information for a chance to train his Bankai, and Kisuke Urahara lent him the Tenshintai.
• Tokoyo Misao warned Isshin Shiba that the King of the Quincy would kill Masaki in the future and sent Isshin and Ryūken Ishida away.
• Tokoyo Misao used the Tenshintai to materialize World-Crossing Principle, whose modern clothes and radio calisthenics surprised Kisuke Urahara.
• Tokoyo Misao told Kisuke Urahara that the Quincy king survived the war a thousand years ago and that the Quincy were probably hiding in Soul Society.
• Kisuke Urahara told Yoruichi Shihōin about the warning, and she confirmed that her grandfather had fought in the ancient war.