Chapter Summaries

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.

Tokoyo Misao and World-Crossing Principle tested their powers in a lively training session, trading gunfire and dramatic attacks before Tokoyo Misao unleashed Amaterasu. As the flames faded, World-Crossing Principle took the form of Tokoyo Misao’s younger self and began flowing into his palm as Reishi.

• Kisuke Urahara worried about the Quincy army’s return and resolved to keep preparing backup plans.
• World-Crossing Principle created a variety of Reishi weapons, and he and Tokoyo Misao tested their firearms in combat.
• Tokoyo Misao and World-Crossing Principle collided a Kamehameha with Orochinagi, canceling both attacks.
• Tokoyo Misao unleashed Amaterasu, which wrapped around World-Crossing Principle’s lightning and spread across the clouds.
• Tokoyo Misao remembered imagining such abilities in his youth, then saw World-Crossing Principle take his younger form and begin dissolving into Reishi that flowed into his palm.

Shunsui Kyōraku investigated the report that the Quincy King and his army had survived by hiding in Soul Society, following clues to a meeting with Sōsuke Aizen at Tokoyo Misao’s shop. The chapter ended with Kyōraku speaking with Aizen as he bought office supplies.

• Tokoyo Misao used his Bankai, Tokoyo Crossing, Causal Principle, to weave the training ground’s causal chains into weapons, then dismissed them and left for the Urahara Shop.
• Yushiro Shihōin told Soi Fon that the Quincy King might have survived and hidden his army in Soul Society, and Soi Fon went to inform Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
• Yamamoto ordered Chōjirō Sasakibe to have Mayuri Kurotsuchi investigate Soul Society and Shunsui Kyōraku assist, while they searched for the source of the rumor.
• Kyōraku left the Eighth Division, received information from his intelligence unit, and changed his destination to Junrinan’s shopping street.
• Kyōraku found Sōsuke Aizen buying office supplies at Tokoyo Misao’s shop, Heaven and Earth Connection, and spoke with him.

Isshin Shiba, Masaki Kurosaki, and Ryūken Ishida rushed to Heaven and Earth Department Store to speak with Tokoyo Misao, while Kisuke Urahara joined them to learn what was happening. Their conversation had only begun when Rukia Kuchiki explained why Sora Inoue was helping at the store.

• Shunsui Kyōraku asked Aizen to look for Quincy in Soul Society, and Aizen agreed while concealing his interest.
• Kaname Tōsen reported that his search had uncovered no Quincy, so Aizen assigned him to investigate and Gin Ichimaru to watch the World of the Living.
• Shunsui Kyōraku reviewed a detailed report on Aizen’s movements and reflected on his suspicions about Aizen and Lisa’s defection.
• Isshin Shiba, Masaki Kurosaki, and Ryūken Ishida arrived at Heaven and Earth Department Store to speak with Tokoyo Misao, and Kisuke Urahara joined them.
• Rukia Kuchiki explained that Sora Inoue helped at the store for food and pay because his family neglected him, while he insisted on accepting only half the usual wage.

Tokoyo Misao explained that the King of the Quincy could reclaim Quincy powers and potentially kill those who possessed them, then proposed ways to protect Masaki Kurosaki. Yoruichi Shihōin arrived and asked where the King was hiding, learning that he was in Soul Society, though his name could not be perceived.

• Ryūken Ishida and Masaki Kurosaki told Tokoyo Misao about the Quincy rhyme foretelling the King's return, and Misao explained that Quincy powers came from the King and could be fatal to lose.
• Kisuke Urahara questioned whether the King could reclaim Masaki's altered powers, then noted that her power fusion had stalled.
• Isshin Shiba agreed that Masaki should become stronger, and Tokoyo Misao proposed placing the Hōgyoku inside Isshin while Masaki trained.
• Yoruichi Shihōin appeared as a black cat, and Tokoyo Misao revealed her identity to the others.
• Yoruichi asked for the King's name and location, and Tokoyo Misao said his name could not be perceived and that he was hiding in Soul Society.
• Tokoyo Misao caught Yoruichi by the scruff and held her on his lap, while Masaki asked Isshin whether Yoruichi was really not a cat.

Tokoyo Misao revealed that the Quincy were hiding in Soul Society’s shadow, and Yoruichi agreed to seek approval for a Tokoyo Clan residence in exchange for the information. Later, Shinji Hirako visited Misao and asked whether he could help the Visored improve their Hollowfication abilities so they could defeat Aizen themselves.

• Yoruichi questioned Misao about the Quincy, and he agreed to share their location in exchange for land for the Tokoyo Clan and a favor to Isshin Shiba.
• Misao told Kisuke Urahara that the Quincy were hiding in Soul Society’s shadow, and Urahara recognized that they could conceal themselves by controlling Reishi.
• Urahara prepared to remove the Hōgyoku and place it inside Isshin, explaining that its effects would make Masaki train to survive.
• Shinji Hirako visited Misao’s shop and asked him for a way to improve the Visored’s Hollowfication abilities.