Chapter Summaries

Tokoyo Misao discovered that the X Power in his bloody arm was affecting his mind and advancing toward his heart, threatening to turn him into a beast. He sought Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s help to contain it, and Mayuri began attaching a restraining device to him.

• Tokoyo Misao attacked Unohana, then realized the X Power had impaired his judgment when he noticed it was surging toward his heart.
• Tokoyo Misao failed to cut off the bloody arm, and Unohana examined the power but could not stop its progress.
• Tokoyo Misao left Muken and asked Mayuri Kurotsuchi to make a device that would confine the X Power to his right arm.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi built a restraining device and began fastening it to Tokoyo Misao, using spinning needles and spirit-restraining nails to pierce his tough skin.

Tokoyo Misao went to the World of the Living to prepare for Aizen’s expected attack and returned to his trading company, where Tsukishima tried to use his Fullbring on him. Misao stopped the attack and realized Tsukishima had already influenced Lisa, while Tsukishima faced the failure of his plan to probe Misao through Orihime.

• After Kenpachi Zaraki’s Bankai repeatedly caused his body to self-destruct, Tokoyo Misao concluded that both he and Kenpachi Zaraki had to postpone fusing with X power.
• Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi reported that Aizen would likely attack Karakura Town in autumn, so Captain-Commander Yamamoto ordered Tokoyo Misao to guard the World of the Living and clear out spies.
• At the Heaven and Earth Trading Company, Tokoyo Misao sent Yasutora Sado back to school and praised Orihime Inoue for improving her test score.
• Lisa speculated that Tokoyo Misao’s bloody arm was cursed, then introduced Tsukishima as a regular customer when he entered the shop.
• Tsukishima tried to attack Tokoyo Misao during a handshake, but Misao held him fast and revealed that he knew about Tsukishima’s Fullbring ability.
• Tokoyo Misao recognized that Lisa had been influenced by Tsukishima, while Tsukishima recalled that he and Kūgo Ginjō had created Orihime’s Fullbring and waited until Misao left before making their move.

Tokoyo Misao exposed Tsukishima’s attempt to manipulate Lisa and confronted Kūgo Ginjō, who argued that Fullbringers should protect the World of the Living from the coming war. Ginjō proposed cooperation and challenged Misao to test his strength, while Misao’s interest turned to Tsukishima’s ability.

• Tokoyo Misao restrained Tsukishima and had Orihime use Sōten Kisshun to reject Tsukishima’s power from Lisa.
• Lisa recovered her clear judgment, recognized Tsukishima’s manipulation, and asked Tokoyo Misao whether she could kill him.
• Kūgo Ginjō arrived and offered to compensate Tokoyo Misao for Tsukishima’s actions, then explained that he had founded Xcution and wanted humans to defend the World of the Living.
• Kūgo Ginjō suggested that Tokoyo Misao shared his concern for humanity and proposed cooperation in the coming war.
• Tokoyo Misao warned that Ginjō was too weak for the coming conflict, and Ginjō challenged him to a fight in the shop’s secret training ground.
• Tokoyo Misao considered Tsukishima’s Book of the End and how it had once affected Yhwach.

Tokoyo Misao reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with Kūgo Ginjō and Xcution, while Shunsui Kyōraku sought Sōya Azashiro’s help in detecting a Wandenreich attack. Azashiro agreed to act if Kenpachi Zaraki died in battle, and the chapter ended with Misao buying up the shopping street’s meat for delivery to his shop.

• Kūgo Ginjō gathered Xcution at Tokoyo Misao’s shop, where Misao and Ginjō discussed cooperation upstairs.
• Ginjō warned Tsukishima to release the Visored and stop acting recklessly after his move exposed Xcution.
• Orihime Inoue welcomed Riruka and Yukio to the entertainment area while Giriko Kutsuzawa made himself at home at the bar.
• Shunsui Kyōraku visited Sōya Azashiro in Muken and asked him to watch for Quincy emerging into Soul Society.
• Azashiro agreed to help protect Soul Society if Kenpachi Zaraki died in battle, and Kyōraku left Muken.
• Tokoyo Misao bought nearly all the meat from the shopping street and arranged for it to be delivered to his shop.

Tokoyo Misao hosted a feast for his friends, where Rukia Kuchiki acted as hostess and openly kissed him. Months later, as the first snow fell, Misao and Kisuke Urahara discussed Aizen’s unexplained delay and the strain of Soul Society’s prolonged preparations, while Misao anticipated the Quincies’ arrival.

• Tokoyo Misao welcomed guests including Tessai Tsukabishi, Ururu, and Jinta Hanakari, then let Riruka and Yukio join the feast.
• Rukia Kuchiki arrived in formal dress, kissed Tokoyo Misao, and graciously hosted the guests while he prepared dinner with Kanae Katagiri, Orihime Inoue, and Masaki Kurosaki.
• Tokoyo Misao served a buffet, and the guests shared a meal and drinks together.
• Months later, Kisuke Urahara told Tokoyo Misao that the Hōgyoku should have finished fusing, but Aizen had still not attacked Karakura Town.
• Kisuke Urahara and Tokoyo Misao discussed Soul Society’s exhausted vigilance, the lack of information from Hueco Mundo, and failed research into Misao’s cells.
• Tokoyo Misao compared events with the future he remembered and expected the Quincies to appear soon.

Ryūken Ishida infiltrated the Wandenreich and reported that Tokoyo Misao, Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, and Kisuke Urahara had completed a device to transfer Karakura Town and people with high Reishi levels to Soul Society. Haschwalth heard his report while Yhwach remained asleep, and Ryūken’s next intelligence was left unspoken.

• Tokoyo Misao learned from Ryūken Ishida that Yhwach might awaken fully within a month, and Ryūken agreed to take greater risks in exchange for protection for Kanae Katagiri and their children.
• Ryūken Ishida met Cang Du outside Karakura Town and claimed he had important intelligence about Aizen and Tokoyo Misao.
• Cang Du used his shadow ability to take Ryūken into the Wandenreich, where Bazz-B challenged Ryūken’s usefulness and loyalty.
• Cang Du brought Ryūken to Haschwalth after finding Yhwach asleep, and Ryūken reported that four Special War Powers were in the World of the Living.
• Ryūken told Haschwalth that the Karakura Town replacement was complete and could transfer the city and people with high Reishi levels to Soul Society.

Ryūken Ishida helped Haschwalth and Cang Du plan to ambush Orihime Inoue and frame Hueco Mundo, while Bazz-B questioned the timing and Ryūken’s motives. At the Ishida home, Bazz-B stayed outside to guard the entrance as Ryūken and Cang Du went in to spring the trap.

• Ryūken told Haschwalth and Cang Du that Aizen might be holding back because the Wandenreich existed, then proposed inviting Orihime to his home and ambushing her.
• Haschwalth recruited Bazz-B for the mission and privately ordered Cang Du to kill Ryūken if he acted suspiciously.
• Bazz-B challenged Ryūken about the timing, but Ryūken argued that Aizen’s threat made this the best moment to strike.
• Cang Du proposed wounding Orihime and making the attack look like a Hollow’s work so Tokoyo Misao would turn against Hueco Mundo.
• Ryūken invited Orihime to dinner, and she accepted; Tokoyo Misao and Kisuke Urahara secretly followed her.
• At the Ishida home, Bazz-B stayed near the entrance while Ryūken and Cang Du went inside, ready to block Orihime if she escaped.

Cang Du tried to capture Orihime Inoue at the Ishida home, but Ryūken Ishida and Orihime had prepared a counterattack that sealed Cang Du’s spiritual energy and left him incapacitated. Outside, Bazz-B faced Tokoyo Misao and Kisuke Urahara, who discussed using Muken to deprive Quincy of Reishi, as Bazz-B activated his Vollständig and prepared to fight.

• Cang Du followed Ryūken Ishida into the living room and attacked Orihime Inoue with his Schrift, The Jail, as she greeted him.
• Orihime Inoue countered Cang Du’s prison with five Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō blasts, while Ryūken Ishida struck Cang Du with a steel needle that sealed his spiritual energy.
• Ryūken Ishida used additional needles to disable Cang Du’s hands and feet, and Cang Du called for Bazz-B to burn everyone in the house.
• Bazz-B revealed that Tokoyo Misao and Kisuke Urahara had intercepted him outside, preventing him from helping Cang Du.
• Tokoyo Misao explained that Quincy could be weakened in Muken by depriving them of external Reishi, and Kisuke Urahara recognized it as a possible plan against the Wandenreich.
• Bazz-B activated his Vollständig and challenged Tokoyo Misao and Kisuke Urahara, though his instincts warned him that Tokoyo was dangerous.

Bazz-B’s attack was defeated by Tokoyo Misao, and Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi took the captured Quincy away to study a way into the Wandenreich. As Yhwach led his army toward Las Noches, the Espada debated how to respond, and Sōsuke Aizen assured them that no enemy could stop their evolution.

• Bazz-B unleashed a massive fire tornado, but Tokoyo Misao extinguished it and overwhelmed him with a delayed blast of wind.
• Kisuke Urahara caught the unconscious Bazz-B, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi claimed Cang Du; Tokoyo Misao gave them half a day to find a way into the Wandenreich.
• Tokoyo Misao returned to the Ishida house for dinner with Kanae Katagiri and Orihime Inoue.
• Yhwach awakened and announced that the plan was moving forward, then led nearly a thousand Quincy toward Las Noches in Hueco Mundo.
• Grimmjow and Nnoitra urged the Espada to attack the Quincy, but Tier Harribel and Nelliel argued against needless casualties.
• Sōsuke Aizen arrived at the Espada meeting and declared that neither the Quincy nor the Soul Reapers could stop their evolution.

Yhwach’s Quincy army confronted Aizen and the Espada in Hueco Mundo, but Aizen rejected Yhwach’s plan to remake the worlds and Ulquiorra killed Cang Du with a Cero. Yhwach then challenged Ulquiorra himself, ordered the Sternritter not to interfere, and Aizen cleared the battlefield for their fight.

• Yhwach offered Aizen an alliance to attack Soul Society and create a world without death, but Aizen dismissed his vision as boring.
• Bambietta objected when Szayelaporro Granz laughed at Yhwach’s plan, while Haschwalth restrained the Sternritter from acting.
• Yhwach hurled a Heilig Pfeil at Aizen, and Ulquiorra caught and crushed it before asking permission to fight Yhwach.
• Cang Du attacked Ulquiorra with spiritual-energy claws, but Ulquiorra’s Cero engulfed him and reduced him to ash.
• Yhwach ordered Haschwalth and the Sternritter to stay out of the fight, focused on Ulquiorra, and Aizen withdrew to leave the battlefield open.

Yhwach challenged Ulquiorra to demonstrate the Wandenreich’s superiority, but Ulquiorra survived his devastating attack by using Resurrección. Yhwach then tested whether Bambietta’s Quincy Medallion could absorb that power, and the chapter ended with the test showing it could absorb only part of it.

• Ulquiorra refused Grimmjow’s request to switch opponents and explained that his strength made him the right choice to crush Yhwach.
• Yhwach trapped Ulquiorra in Sankt Zwinger and bombarded him with Heilig Pfeil, but Ulquiorra blocked the attacks with his Hierro.
• Yhwach’s enormous Heilig Pfeil overwhelmed Ulquiorra’s Gran Rey Cero and blasted him into a deep hole.
• Ulquiorra emerged in his Murciélago Resurrección, knelt briefly before Aizen, and formed a dark-green lance.
• Yhwach ordered Bambietta to use the Quincy Medallion on Ulquiorra’s lance, but the lance still attacked her and the medallion absorbed only part of its power.
• Yhwach called Bambietta back, and Candice concluded that the medallion could absorb Resurrección but not completely.

Ulquiorra revealed a second Resurrección form, Segunda Etapa, and his immense spiritual pressure forced the Quincies to withdraw their ordinary soldiers. Yhwach tried to recruit Ulquiorra, but Ulquiorra ignored him and began gathering dark-green spiritual energy.

• Ulquiorra released a vast wave of inky-black spiritual energy that dispersed Yhwach’s Reishi sword and covered Hueco Mundo with dark rain.
• The Espada were stunned by Ulquiorra’s Segunda Etapa, while Lilynette revealed that Starrk could use a similar form.
• Aizen said he had never seen Ulquiorra’s form before and explained that he had given Ulquiorra the order he requested without knowing what would happen.
• Haschwalth ordered two knights to evacuate the ordinary Quincy soldiers, and they returned them to the Wandenreich while the remaining Sternritter avoided the Hollow rain.
• Yhwach called Ulquiorra’s form an ancestral state and tried to persuade him to abandon Aizen, but Ulquiorra began forming dark-green spiritual energy between his hands.

Ulquiorra’s Segunda Etapa drove back the Sternritter, though the apparent Yhwach was revealed to be Loyd Lloyd, a Sternritter who could imitate others. After the Quincy retreated, Aizen promised the Espada a way to evolve and ordered an assault on Soul Society to gather Soul Reaper souls for Lesser Hōgyoku, leaving Ulquiorra and Yammy assigned to lead the frontal attack.

• Ulquiorra struck down the apparent Yhwach, and Haschwalth revealed that the fallen man was Loyd Lloyd, whose Schrift Y let him imitate others.
• Haschwalth and the Sternritter retreated through his shadow ability after Kaname Tōsen challenged them, while Ulquiorra could not track their route through multiple spatial passages.
• The Espada discussed Ulquiorra’s Segunda Etapa, and most knelt before Aizen to ask for the chance to become stronger; Starrk stayed standing because he had no desire to grow stronger.
• Aizen promised to use collected Soul King Fragments and Soul Reaper souls to make Lesser Hōgyoku with Szayelaporro, which would allow the Espada to evolve.
• Kaname Tōsen planned an attack on Soul Society to collect Soul Reaper souls, assigning Ulquiorra and Yammy to lead the frontal assault while Grimmjow and Nnoitra joined the operation.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi tortured Cang Du and injected him with a drug that stretched his perception of time before an alarm announced Aizen’s invasion of Soul Society. Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Shūhei Hisagi went to guard the Tenth Division, where Rangiku Matsumoto insisted on protecting the restrained Gin Ichimaru as Hitsugaya arrived.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi told Cang Du he was not seeking information, injected him with a massive dose of the Superhuman Drug, and left him perceiving time as nearly endless.
• An alarm alerted Mayuri and Akon that a Garganta had opened over North Junrinan and Hueco Mundo was attacking Soul Society.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya received orders to guard the Tenth Division and brought Shūhei Hisagi with him, while Hisagi hoped to confront his former captain, Kaname Tōsen.
• Rangiku Matsumoto refused Gin Ichimaru’s request to remove his handcuffs, saying she would protect him instead.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya entered the office and scolded Rangiku Matsumoto and Gin Ichimaru for acting romantic during the invasion.

Ulquiorra and Yammy attacked Soul Society, where Jidanbō tried to defend the gate before Shunsui, Ukitake, and Unohana arrived. As the captains fought the Arrancar, Ukitake reflected Yammy’s Bala and began absorbing his massive Cero.

• Ulquiorra and Yammy emerged from the Garganta, and Yammy devoured nearly a thousand wandering souls from Rukongai.
• Jidanbō stood guard at the Seireitei gate, but Yammy struck him down with a flicked projectile; Jidanbō rose again and refused to retreat.
• Shunsui blocked Yammy’s attack and cut his wrist, then Ukitake and Unohana joined him while Jidanbō entered the Seireitei.
• Unohana reported that only two enemies had appeared, and Ulquiorra and Yammy discussed capturing the veteran captains.
• Yammy unleashed a barrage of Bala, but Ukitake’s Sōgyo no Kotowari absorbed and reflected the attacks as a Cero.
• Yammy fired an enormous Cero, and Ukitake raised his blade to absorb it, which turned the blade scorching red.

Jūshirō Ukitake and Shunsui Kyōraku fought Yammy and Ulquiorra as the Arrancar tested the captains and delayed them. Ulquiorra revealed his Resurrección and Espada rank, then Senkaimon opened across the Seireitei, where Tōshirō Hitsugaya confronted an arriving enemy.

• Jūshirō Ukitake redirected the power of Yammy’s Cero into a massive blast, while Shunsui Kyōraku emerged from Yammy’s shadow and attacked him.
• Yammy charged Shunsui, but Shunsui dodged his rapid Sonído strike and Ukitake took over the fight.
• Shunsui cut Ulquiorra’s wrist, then demonstrated his Zanpakuto’s games; Ulquiorra deduced their rules and used Resurrección, releasing overwhelming Reiatsu.
• Ulquiorra explained that he was the fourth Espada and Yammy the tenth, while Shunsui tried to gather information and warned the other captains that Arrancar had infiltrated the Seireitei.
• Senkaimon appeared in the Tenth Division, the Second Division, and the noble district, and Tōshirō Hitsugaya recognized that the initial Garganta had concealed the invaders’ ability to travel through Senkaimon.

Tōsen attacked the Tenth Division barracks, where Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Shūhei Hisagi fought to stop him. Tōsen trapped Tōshirō in his Bankai’s sensory-deprivation barrier, leaving him to defend himself while reinforcements could still arrive.

• Tōsen demanded that Gin Ichimaru come out, and Shūhei Hisagi intercepted his attack on the captain’s office.
• Shūhei used Kazeshini and Hadō to fight his former captain, but Tōsen struck him with Suzumushi’s vibrations until Tōshirō intervened with Bankai.
• Tōshirō and Shūhei coordinated their attacks, but Tōsen countered them with Suzumushi and wounded both Soul Reapers.
• Tōshirō blocked Tōsen’s blade barrage with a modified Ice Dankū, combining Dankū with ice and compressed air.
• Tōsen activated Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi, enveloping the Tenth Division grounds and stripping Tōshirō of his senses.
• Tōshirō took a defensive stance inside the barrier after Tōsen cut his shoulder, while Tōsen noted that the Gotei 13 might send reinforcements.

Soi Fon unleashed her Bankai against Grimmjow, destroying the noble district but failing to kill him. Grimmjow transformed and attacked again, while Ōmaeda escaped with the exhausted captain.

• Grimmjow absorbed dozens of Soi Fon’s Punishment Force members, and Soi Fon fired her charged Bankai missile at him.
• Grimmjow survived the explosion with serious burns and transformed by releasing Pantera.
• Soi Fon explained that she had warned the surviving Punishment Force members to dig underground, then told Ōmaeda to summon the Fourth Division.
• Grimmjow reappeared and attacked Soi Fon and Ōmaeda, but Ōmaeda used Shunpo to carry Soi Fon a hundred meters away.

Byakuya Kuchiki and Kenpachi Zaraki fought the Arrancar Grimmjow and Nnoitra after they attacked Soul Society. Byakuya fell badly wounded as Grimmjow withdrew, while Kenpachi overpowered Nnoitra and left him gravely injured.

• Byakuya Kuchiki arrived in time to save Ōmaeda and Soi Fon from Grimmjow, then sent Ōmaeda to carry Soi Fon to the Fourth Division.
• Byakuya Kuchiki activated Bankai and Final Scene, White Imperial Sword, but Grimmjow wounded him severely in their clash.
• Grimmjow sensed someone approaching, spared Byakuya Kuchiki, and left; Yoruichi Shihōin transformed from a black cat and carried Byakuya away.
• Nnoitra collected the remaining Second Division members with his collector, but Kenpachi Zaraki arrived and cut him despite his Hierro.
• Nnoitra released Santa Teresa and attacked with six arms and a Gran Rey Cero, but Kenpachi Zaraki deflected the beam and severed Nnoitra's blades and two arms with a two-handed slash.

Arrancar attacks forced Soul Reapers to defend Seireitei, while Kenpachi Zaraki pursued Harribel into Hueco Mundo and Tōshirō defeated Kaname Tōsen before Ulquiorra and Yammy escaped with him. At an emergency captains' meeting, the Soul Reapers counted heavy losses and reported that Kenpachi's fate was unknown.

• Tier Harribel rescued Nnoitra and left through a Garganta, and Kenpachi Zaraki followed them into Hueco Mundo.
• Ulquiorra and Yammy escaped Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake, while Unohana organized healing for the wounded.
• Tōshirō shattered Kaname Tōsen's Enma Kōrogi and attacked him, but Ulquiorra and Yammy arrived and took Tōsen through a Garganta.
• Shunsui Kyōraku persuaded Tōshirō not to pursue the Arrancar, and the Soul Reapers convened an emergency captains' meeting.
• Sasakibe reported dozens of Seated Officers and hundreds of division members dead, while Kenpachi Zaraki remained missing in Hueco Mundo.