Recaps

Kisuke Urahara explained that blanks were souls who had lost their memories and that those memories formed the Shinenju, which Senna was. Senna’s memories became confused after she recalled different families, and Tokoyo Misao rescued her from armored exiles before taking her back to rest as Soul Society’s group arrived.

• Kisuke Urahara explained that blanks were souls without memories and that their memories gathered into a Shinenju, identifying Senna as one.
• Senna remembered different families, wandered into a cemetery, and was confronted by armored men who tried to take her away.
• Tokoyo Misao arrived in time to stop an armored man from knocking Senna out, and the men recognized the Tokoyo Clan crest before escaping through spatial rifts.
• Senna asked who she was and why she remembered different parents, so Tokoyo Misao brought her back to the trading company to rest.
• Kisuke Urahara said communication with Soul Society had been cut off and prepared to leave with Hachigen as a group arrived at the trading company.

Soul Society’s group demanded that Tokoyo Misao hand over Senna, whom he revealed to be an aggregate of memories and the key to the Shinenju. Misao moved the group to a training ground and began arranging fights, leaving Ichigo to face Renji and Rangiku to stop Kaien from intervening.

• Rukia explained that Senna had no official Soul Society records and that her Zanpakuto, Mirokumaru, had been lost in the Dangai a century earlier; Senna struggled to recall her past.
• Kaien said Ganryū Ryōdōji planned to expand the Valley of Screams Space and that Senna, as the Shinenju’s key, had been ordered brought back and protected.
• Misao accused Soul Society of concealing its plan to destroy the Shinenju, then transported everyone from his backyard to a training ground.
• Misao assigned Ichigo to fight Renji, who released Zabimaru after Ichigo blocked its extension with his chain.
• Renji fired Shakkahō at Ichigo, prompting Kaien to move to intervene, but Rangiku engaged Kaien and kept him from interfering.

Ichigo Kurosaki overwhelmed Renji Abarai by combining his Soul Reaper and Quincy powers, while Orihime Inoue began sparring with Soi Fon and trapped her with a powerful Reishi technique. The chapter ended with Soi Fon trying to break free from Orihime’s flower-shaped barrier.

• Ichigo combined Tensa and his moon blade bow, then used Reishi to overpower Renji’s Reiatsu and send him flying.
• Renji introduced himself as the Sixth Division lieutenant and asked Ichigo’s name, so Ichigo announced that he had mastered Quincy, Soul Reaper, and Hollow powers.
• Jūshirō Ukitake questioned Tokoyo Misao about Ichigo, but Misao denied that Ichigo was his disciple and directed Orihime to spar with Soi Fon.
• Orihime revealed herself behind Soi Fon, introduced herself as Misao’s only disciple, and blasted Soi Fon away with three wide-area Shō attacks.
• Soi Fon charged Orihime with Hakuda, but Orihime used the Shield of Six Flowers to trap her inside a Reishi barrier.
• Soi Fon punched the barrier with concentrated Reishi, but the flower remained intact.

Tokoyo Misao continued to resist Soul Society’s attempt to reclaim the Shinenju while Soi Fon watched from inside Orihime’s Shield of Six Flowers. After the fighters converged in the training ground, Misao left with Rukia and Senna to investigate uninvited guests in the chamber of commerce’s backyard, leaving Soi Fon trapped.

• Soi Fon realized Tokoyo Misao’s Reishi manipulation had trapped her, while Rukia Kuchiki clung to Misao and tried to stop him.
• Jūshirō Ukitake urged Tōshirō Hitsugaya to obey Soul Society’s orders, but Tōshirō released his Bankai and chased Ukitake when he ran.
• Soi Fon watched Misao with Rukia and suspected he might be connected to the Valley of Screams incident, which she had secretly been sent to investigate.
• Senna insisted she was a Soul Reaper, and Misao used a spirit array to take her and Rukia to the chamber of commerce’s backyard after sensing intruders.
• Soi Fon tried to persuade Orihime to release her by suggesting Misao was caught in a romantic rivalry, but Orihime refused to help.

Soi Fon’s feelings for Tokoyo Misao were exposed, while Misao confronted Ganryū Ryōdōji about the Ryudoji Clan’s plan to collapse the Valley of Screams and merge Soul Society with the World of the Living. Ganryū revealed that he wanted Misao’s Eternal Eyes to protect his scheme from Hell, leaving the two sides facing off over the power of the Tokoyo Clan.

• Little Orihime blurted out that Soi Fon liked Misao, and the others teased Soi Fon until she fled the secret training ground in shame and anger.
• Ganryū Ryōdōji recognized the Tokoyo Clan crest on Misao’s haori and proposed an alliance after explaining his family’s history of exile.
• Misao rejected Ganryū’s account of the Ryudoji Clan’s motives and dismissed his forces as too weak to rule Soul Society.
• Ganryū explained that placing Senna, the Shinenju, at the center of a Valley of Screams Space would make the Blanks gather, causing the space to collapse and the World of the Living to collide with Soul Society.
• Ganryū revealed that he wanted Misao to join his plan because he believed the Tokoyo Clan’s Eternal Eyes could control Hell and prevent it from interfering.

Tokoyo Misao defeated Ganryū and his companions, then brought Senna back to Soul Society and declared her a member of the Tenth Division. On the outskirts of Junrinan, Mayuri Kurotsuchi demanded Senna for investigation, but Misao refused and challenged Mayuri’s authority to question the Tokoyo Clan.

• Tokoyo Misao learned Ganryū did not know of the Wandenreich, then ended their confrontation by using his Zanpakuto to dissolve the Blanks and kill Ganryū and his companions.
• Soi Fon arrived with Soul Society’s order to bring back the Shinenju, and Tokoyo Misao agreed to escort Senna back for her report.
• After arriving near Junrinan, Tokoyo Misao said Senna would join the Tenth Division as his subordinate, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi demanded to investigate her.
• Tokoyo Misao told Mayuri that Ganryū had likely been bait and revealed he had mixed Adjuchas power into the Quincy King’s reclaimed power.
• When Mayuri pressed him about the Tokoyo Clan’s power, Tokoyo Misao rebuked him and said only the Royal Guard could question a great noble.

Tokoyo Misao settled Senna into the Tenth Division and agreed to help Shunsui Kyōraku contact Kisuke Urahara about finding the Wandenreich. The next day, Misao set out for a walk before his planned fight with Retsu Unohana and noticed changes in Junrinan.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi told Tokoyo Misao that dissections of the Quincy corpses revealed nothing unusual, and Shunsui Kyōraku quietly confirmed the same.
• Rangiku Matsumoto took Senna to join the Tenth Division while Soi Fon assigned two squads to watch her.
• Renji Abarai revealed that Soi Fon had seemed anxious around Misao, but Misao said she had only been trying to escape Orihime's shield.
• Shunsui Kyōraku asked Misao to find Kisuke Urahara and offer to clear his fugitive status if he helped locate the Wandenreich, and Misao agreed to put him in touch with Kyōraku.
• Senna worried she could not remain a Soul Reaper, but Tōshirō Hitsugaya encouraged her to make new memories, and she thanked him.
• Misao told Tōshirō that he planned to fight Retsu Unohana in Muken, then walked through Junrinan and saw how the Heaven and Earth Trading Company had brought goods from the World of the Living.

Tokoyo Misao patrolled Rukongai with Rukia, supported her plan to improve conditions there, then fought Unohana in Muken and won. He later helped Uryū Ishida reclaim his Quincy powers, ending by giving him two Quincy Seeds.

• Tokoyo Misao met Rukia, who wore her Kenseikan and asked him to teach her Bankai.
• Tokoyo Misao and Rukia patrolled Rukongai, where she urged him to support her effort to pressure the Central 46 Chambers to develop it.
• Tokoyo Misao promised to support Rukia and later fought Unohana in Muken until the following morning, winning their battle.
• Tokoyo Misao spoke with Kisuke Urahara about Soul Society and asked him to contact Captain Kyōraku.
• Uryū Ishida told Tokoyo Misao he wanted to regain his Quincy powers, and Tokoyo Misao gave him Quincy Seeds containing his and Kanae Katagiri's powers.

After more than two years in seclusion, Tokoyo Misao returned to the Tenth Division and learned that Sōsuke Aizen had exposed Isshin Shiba’s life in the World of the Living. The captains ordered Isshin’s arrest, while Tokoyo challenged Yamamoto’s assumptions about how the great nobles could use Soul Society’s rules against lesser nobles.

• Uryū Ishida absorbed Reishi from a vast area of land, but said he could not yet control his power or awaken his Schrift.
• Tokoyo Misao absorbed Reishi from the Blanks until his power surpassed the Soul Reaper limit, then discovered more than two years had passed.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya told Tokoyo that a captains’ meeting was underway and that Orihime had grown up and missed him; Senna thanked Tokoyo for helping her make new memories.
• At the meeting, Sōsuke Aizen revealed that Isshin Shiba was living as a human in the World of the Living and had transferred his Soul Reaper powers to his wife.
• Yamamoto presented Central 46’s ruling ordering Isshin’s arrest, and assigned Byakuya Kuchiki to carry it out.
• Tokoyo questioned whether the great nobles would dare sentence Isshin to death and explained that they could ruin lesser nobles through legal and economic power.

Tokoyo Misao and Kenpachi Zaraki entered the Valley of Screams Space in the Dangai to spar, and Zaraki began showing off the swordsmanship he had learned from Yamamoto. Their first exchanges revealed that Zaraki had improved his technique, but Misao warned him not to let swordsmanship become a shackle.

• Yamamoto sent Tokoyo Misao and Kenpachi Zaraki to fight in the Valley of Screams Space, with Yachiru staying behind.
• Tokoyo Misao and Kenpachi Zaraki arrived in the Valley of Screams Space and prepared to spar.
• Kenpachi Zaraki attacked with a powerful two-handed slash, and Tokoyo Misao blocked it.
• Kenpachi Zaraki followed with another controlled strike, which Tokoyo Misao blocked as he recognized Zaraki's improved kendo.
• Tokoyo Misao told Kenpachi Zaraki that swordsmanship should not become his shackle, then kicked forward.

Tokoyo Misao defeated Kenpachi Zaraki in the Valley of Screams Space and began absorbing the space into darkness. Yachiru Kusajishi tried to reach Ken-chan, but Chōjirō Sasakibe stopped her while Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto examined the strange power behind her Shikai and decided she could not be allowed to leave.

• Tokoyo Misao drove Kenpachi Zaraki into the ground, then overwhelmed Zaraki’s controlled sword strike and left him unable to fight.
• Tokoyo Misao explained that swordsmanship had improved Zaraki’s control but restrained his fighting instincts, then began spreading black information through the Valley of Screams Space.
• Yachiru Kusajishi sensed that Kenpachi Zaraki was unhappy and demanded permission to go to him, but Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto refused.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe blocked Yachiru Kusajishi as she attacked with her Shikai, Three-Step Sword Beast, and its three Hollow-masked figures.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto sensed that the figures’ power was neither Soul Reaper, Hollow, nor Quincy, and concluded that Yachiru Kusajishi could not be allowed to join Zaraki.

Yachiru Kusajishi battled Chōjirō Sasakibe in the First Division while the Ryoka arrived in Soul Society amid the clash. Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends landed near Junrinan and prepared to rescue Isshin Kurosaki, as Orihime Inoue sensed something familiar in Yasutora Sado’s new power.

• Yachiru Kusajishi used Tokoyo Misao’s sword-drawing technique against Chōjirō Sasakibe, who answered with his Bankai, Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū.
• The clash between Yachiru Kusajishi and Chōjirō Sasakibe destroyed the reception room and sent powerful Reiatsu across Soul Society, while Yamamoto remained seated.
• Sōsuke Aizen told Gin Ichimaru to collect the unusual black Reiatsu and noted that the Ryoka’s arrival would begin his plan.
• Orihime Inoue, Ichigo Kurosaki, Uryū Ishida, and Yasutora Sado fell through a fissure into Rukongai and landed safely near Junrinan with Yoruichi.
• Yasutora Sado revealed armored power over his right arm, and Orihime Inoue said it felt familiar.

Orihime Inoue entered Seireitei while Ichigo Kurosaki and the others were stopped at Hakutōmon, where Gin Ichimaru drove Ichigo back. Orihime headed toward the Tenth Division, walking sideways as she believed her teacher had instructed, and encountered suspicious Soul Reapers after an alarm sounded.

• Orihime Inoue entered Seireitei, while Ichigo Kurosaki, Yasutora Sado, and Yoruichi faced Jidanbō Ikkanzaka at Hakutōmon.
• Ichigo Kurosaki knocked Jidanbō Ikkanzaka down, but Gin Ichimaru used Shinsō to strike Ichigo and force him away from the gate.
• Gin Ichimaru wondered what Captain Aizen would do about Tokoyo Misao's only disciple, Orihime Inoue.
• Orihime Inoue walked sideways through Seireitei toward the Tenth Division as patrolling Soul Reapers stared at her.
• After an alarm sounded, Little Mustache and two Soul Reapers confronted Orihime Inoue, who explained that her teacher had told her she could walk sideways through Soul Society.

Orihime Inoue fought Mayuri Kurotsuchi after he tried to capture her, defeating him with powerful Kidō Engraving and continuing to search for the Tenth Division. Meanwhile, Yachiru Kusajishi was stopped at the First Division and erupted with killing intent as she felt Kenpachi Zaraki’s frustration.

• Little Mustache and two Soul Reapers tried to arrest Orihime Inoue, but she blasted them into the sky with Shō.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi attempted to capture Orihime Inoue with poison, but her Reishi barrier protected her and she struck him with engraved Kidō.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi released Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, but Orihime Inoue destroyed it with Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō and trapped him in Black Coffin.
• Orihime Inoue bombarded Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s remains with Senju Kōten Taihō and repeated Shakkahō blasts before continuing toward the Tenth Division.
• Shunsui Kyōraku learned from Soi Fon that Mayuri Kurotsuchi had attacked Orihime Inoue and asked Soi Fon to guide her discreetly.
• Yachiru Kusajishi was stopped at the First Division and released immense killing intent as she felt Kenpachi Zaraki’s frustration and disappointment.

Yachiru Kusajishi transformed into a demonic form and attacked Chōjirō Sasakibe before Retsu Unohana subdued her and reported intruders in Soul Society. Tokoyo Misao defeated the transformed Kenpachi Zaraki, brought him to the captains’ meeting for treatment, and the story left Yamamoto questioning Gin Ichimaru about the intruders.

• Yachiru Kusajishi devoured her sword beasts, transformed into a demonic form, and nearly killed Chōjirō Sasakibe before Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto intervened.
• Retsu Unohana subdued Yachiru Kusajishi and told Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto that intruders had entered Soul Society.
• Kenpachi Zaraki rose in an incomplete Bankai-like form, and Tokoyo Misao discovered that Zaraki’s transformed body had become physical.
• Tokoyo Misao struck Kenpachi Zaraki with his Heaven and Earth Supreme Emperor Fist, severely injuring him and breaking apart the Valley of Screams Space.
• Tokoyo Misao carried Kenpachi Zaraki to the captains’ meeting, where Retsu Unohana began treating him.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto questioned Gin Ichimaru about the intruders, and Gin said he had intercepted them at the Hakutōmon and sent them back out.

Tokoyo Misao learned that Isshin Shiba had been sentenced to execution and volunteered to question the Central 46 Chambers, while Aizen prepared a trap around his visit. The captains dispersed to hunt the Ryoka and guard against hidden threats, leaving Tokoyo Misao to decide his next move under Aizen’s watch.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi identified Ichigo Kurosaki and his companions, and Tokoyo Misao threatened him over Orihime Inoue before Ukitake confirmed she was safe.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe reported that the Central 46 Chambers had sentenced Isshin Shiba to death on Sōkyoku Hill two days later.
• Tokoyo Misao questioned why the Central 46 Chambers had chosen such an extreme sentence and offered to visit them in person.
• Yamamoto allowed Tokoyo Misao to question the Central 46 Chambers but ordered preparations for Isshin Shiba’s execution to continue.
• Aizen decided to set a trap for Tokoyo Misao, while Yamamoto ordered the captains to pursue the Ryoka and guard the Seireitei against threats in the shadows.
• Aizen questioned Tokoyo Misao about his plans and emphasized his ties to Isshin Shiba and the Ryoka, while Tokoyo Misao told the captains not to take the intruders too seriously.

Tokoyo Misao entered the Central 46 Chambers and found all forty-six councilors dead, where he spoke with Gin Ichimaru before Gin vanished. When Unohana and Byakuya arrived, Rukia stood between them and Tokoyo, insisting there had to be a misunderstanding.

• Aizen left to pursue his plans involving Orihime, while Tokoyo Misao headed for the Central 46 Chambers and Soi Fon warned Byakuya that Tokoyo might attack the councilors.
• Yamamoto ordered Byakuya and Unohana to observe Tokoyo and stop him if he attacked, while Rukia learned of the plan through her hair ornament and hurried to the Chambers.
• Tokoyo crossed the bridge unchallenged and found the councilors dead inside, where Gin Ichimaru claimed he had not been seen and discussed his resolve to kill Aizen.
• Gin disappeared into the darkness as Byakuya, Unohana, and Rukia entered and found the dead councilors surrounding Tokoyo.
• Unohana prepared to fight, but Rukia leaped in front of Tokoyo and pleaded that the scene was a misunderstanding.

Tokoyo Misao exposed Sōsuke Aizen’s role in the killings, but Aizen manipulated the report to make Misao and Tōshirō Hitsugaya look guilty. Misao sent Rukia Kuchiki away to help Orihime as the Stealth Force arrived, while Hitsugaya faced suspicion back at the Tenth Division.

• Vice-Captain Sasakibe announced that Aizen had been killed by Hitsugaya and that Misao had murdered the Central 46 councilors, then relayed orders to arrest them both.
• Byakuya Kuchiki and Unohana noticed Sasakibe’s message was suspicious, and Misao explained that Aizen had killed the councilors and that the Wandenreich and a Royal Guard monk were enemies.
• Misao spotted Aizen concealed by Tosesato and shattered the bridge with an air cannon, but Aizen escaped.
• Rukia Kuchiki activated Bankai, but Misao kissed her until the ice broke and asked her to look after Orihime before blasting her out of the Chambers toward the Tenth Division.
• At the Tenth Division, Rangiku Matsumoto questioned Hitsugaya about Aizen’s death, while Hitsugaya denied knowing how Aizen had died.

Aizen disguised as Tokoyo Misao rescued the Tenth Division from the Detention Unit and led Orihime Inoue toward the Shrine of Penitence after learning Isshin Kurosaki faced immediate execution. He claimed a Hōgyoku hidden inside Isshin was the reason and asked Orihime to erase it once he extracted it.

• Rangiku Matsumoto left Tōshirō Hitsugaya with the Tenth Division while she went to find Orihime Inoue, and the division members prepared to defend him from the Detention Unit.
• Aizen found Orihime Inoue, gained her trust, and led her to the Tenth Division, where he used Kyōka Suigetsu to make everyone see him as Tokoyo Misao.
• Aizen incapacitated the Detention Unit members with Tosesato, and the Tenth Division welcomed him as Captain while Orihime reunited with Tōshirō.
• Aizen told Orihime and Tōshirō that the Noble Council was demanding Isshin Kurosaki's immediate execution, then sent Tōshirō toward Sōkyoku Hill and took Orihime to the Shrine of Penitence.
• Aizen claimed a Hōgyoku was hidden inside Isshin, said he could extract it with his Spirit-Penetrating Glove, and asked Orihime to erase it using her awakened power.

Aizen tricked Orihime Inoue into using her power to accelerate the fusion of two unfinished Hōgyoku, then revealed his betrayal. Tokoyo Misao arrived and took the unconscious Orihime away while Aizen prepared to use Isshin to expose Soul Society’s secrets.

• Aizen explained Orihime Inoue’s Fullbring and led her to Isshin’s cell, where she freed him.
• Aizen removed the Hōgyoku from Isshin and deceived Orihime into using Shun Shun Rikka on it.
• Orihime’s power accelerated the Hōgyoku’s fusion, but Isshin warned her, and she stopped and attacked Aizen with Kidō.
• Aizen blocked Orihime’s spells, revealed his plan, and incapacitated her as Tokoyo Misao arrived and caught her.
• Tokoyo Misao recognized Aizen’s deception, agreed to let him use Isshin, and left with Orihime.

Tokoyo Misao slaughtered nobles on his way to Sōkyoku Hill, where Isshin Kurosaki faced execution and Tōshirō Hitsugaya denied killing Aizen. Sōsuke Aizen appeared, stabbed Momo Hinamori, and left Tōshirō charging at him before a strange pain stopped him.

• Tokoyo Misao left Orihime Inoue in Rukia Kuchiki’s care, kissed Rukia, and headed for the noble district.
• Tokoyo Misao killed the nobles on his list, including the final upper noble who pleaded that he had done nothing to offend him.
• At Sōkyoku Hill, Isshin Kurosaki begged Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto to spare him, while Yamamoto used the execution to draw out hidden threats.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya arrived with Rangiku Matsumoto and told Yamamoto he had not killed Aizen; Momo Hinamori then attacked Tōshirō, but Rangiku blocked her.
• Sōsuke Aizen appeared and stabbed Momo Hinamori after she embraced him, then Tōshirō unleashed his Bankai and charged at Aizen before pain froze him and forced him to retreat.

Aizen revealed his betrayal at Sōkyoku Hill and fought the captains while Ichigo rescued Isshin. Yamamoto blocked Ichigo’s escape to draw out Tokoyo Misao, and Aizen challenged Yamamoto’s rule over Soul Society as the battle escalated.

• Aizen defeated Sajin Komamura with Black Coffin and wounded Tōshirō, while Yamamoto held back and Chōjirō Sasakibe fell to Aizen’s attack.
• Ichigo Kurosaki broke Isshin Kurosaki free, and Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake arrived to confront Aizen.
• Kaname Tōsen attacked Ukitake and Gin Ichimaru joined Aizen, revealing that both had been working with him.
• Yamamoto blocked Ichigo from leaving with Isshin, hoping to force Tokoyo Misao to reveal his allegiance.
• Unohana took the injured captains to treat them as Aizen confronted Yamamoto and criticized Soul Society’s stagnation and its reliance on Rukongai.

Aizen revealed Soul Society’s exploitation of Rukongai souls, but Ichigo chose to fight him first to prevent the destruction of the three worlds. As the battle escalated, Aizen demonstrated copied ice powers and deceived the captains with an illusion, leaving him below the execution platform with Kaname Tōsen and Gin Ichimaru.

• Aizen told Ichigo that Soul Society used Rukongai souls as reserve Reishi, and Isshin silently confirmed that Aizen’s claims were true.
• Ichigo attacked Aizen, explaining that stopping his plan to destroy the balance of the three worlds came before confronting Soul Society over its treatment of souls.
• Aizen wounded Ichigo with a second Zanpakuto, identified as Enrakyōten, then used it to imitate Tōshirō Hitsugaya’s Daiguren Hyōrinmaru.
• Ichigo struck Aizen with a powerful Getsuga Tenshō, but Aizen countered and wounded him again while declaring that only Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto could stop him.
• Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake attacked what they believed was Aizen, but Ichigo warned them that they were striking Tōshirō Hitsugaya instead.
• Ichigo revealed that Aizen had been standing below the execution platform all along, with Kaname Tōsen and Gin Ichimaru behind him.

Tokoyo Misao revealed his pursuit of supremacy in a human body and explained that Soul Society itself was not the enemy, but its rulers were. As Yamamoto and the others struggled to counter Aizen’s Complete Hypnosis, Tokoyo Misao stepped forward to face him, while Shunsui and Ukitake sought a way to identify what they were seeing.

• Tokoyo Misao showed Aizen his blood-red arm and declared that he intended to attain supremacy in a human body.
• Tokoyo Misao explained to Ichigo Kurosaki that Soul Society was not inherently wrong, but its rulers were responsible for its problems.
• Aizen explained that Kyōka Suigetsu permanently hypnotized the five senses of anyone who had seen its Shikai, and Yamamoto attacked him with Ryūjin Jakka.
• Ichigo Kurosaki blocked Yamamoto’s flames with Getsuga Tenshō, but Yamamoto realized that Aizen’s hypnosis had made him mistake Tokoyo Misao for Aizen.
• Yamamoto promised to discuss Rukongai’s reform if Ichigo captured or killed Aizen, but Tokoyo Misao stopped Ichigo and sent him to protect Isshin.
• Tokoyo Misao and Aizen faced each other as Shunsui and Ukitake tried to work out how to identify them, while Ichigo could not even tell whether he was himself or Isshin.

As Aizen escaped to Hueco Mundo through a Negación, Rangiku Matsumoto begged Tokoyo Misao to save Gin Ichimaru. Tokoyo tore open the Negación and pulled Gin back into Soul Society, while Aizen escaped and Soi Fon challenged Misao over why he had not stopped him.

• Rangiku Matsumoto saw Gin Ichimaru rising inside the Negación and begged Tokoyo Misao to keep him from leaving Soul Society.
• Ichigo Kurosaki struck the Negación with Getsuga Tenshō, but the attack had no effect, and Yamamoto explained that nothing could interfere with those inside its light.
• Tokoyo Misao promised to help Rangiku, tore open Gin's Negación, and dragged him back into Soul Society.
• Aizen entered Hueco Mundo as the Garganta closed, while Gin loosened his grip on his Zanpakuto and let Tokoyo Misao rescue him.
• Rangiku touched Gin's face, then sobbed and struck his chest as he apologized for failing to do what he had intended.
• Soi Fon asked Tokoyo Misao why he had not pulled Aizen down too, and he replied by asking whether she would have fought Aizen.