Recaps

After Jin'ya Tsunayashiro's death, Mayuri Kurotsuchi discovered evidence pointing to Captain-Commander Yamamoto, while the Tsunayashiro Clan pressed for Dōsan Hanyū to be punished. As Hanyū's popularity rose and the Central 46 struggled with Yamamoto's silence, Yamamoto decided to abandon him to trial by the Central 46 and the Tsunayashiro Clan.

• The Tsunayashiro Clan examined Jin'ya's body, found no visible evidence of foul play, and privately prepared to exact revenge.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi detected something unusual in Jin'ya's remains and traced the information to Captain-Commander Yamamoto.
• The Tsunayashiro Clan appealed to the Central 46 to punish Dōsan Hanyū, while Yamamoto kept Hanyū confined in the Second Division without putting him on trial.
• Marechiyo Ōmaeda helped expand the San Fan Club as Soul Reapers rallied behind Hanyū and rumors of Jin'ya's crimes spread.
• Yamamoto told the Central 46 to abandon Dōsan Hanyū and leave him to be tried by the Central 46 and the Tsunayashiro Clan.

Dōsan Hanyū trained the Second Division while Central 46 accepted Yamamoto’s plan to let the Tsunayashiro Clan deal with Hanyū’s execution. The chapter ended when Ichidōbō Murashita returned from the World of the Living and reported that Soi Fon had been badly wounded.

• Central 46 agreed to Yamamoto’s request for an internal trial and stepped aside in the matter of Dōsan Hanyū’s execution.
• Dōsan Hanyū continued training the Second Division and impressed its members with a powerful Kidō and Hakuda technique.
• Ichidōbō Murashita rushed into the training hall, exhausted and bleeding, and knelt before Dōsan.
• Murashita told Dōsan that Soi Fon had been badly wounded in the World of the Living.

Dōsan Hanyū decided to disobey Yamamoto’s orders and go to the World of the Living to help the wounded Soi Fon. Sajin Komamura stopped him at the Senkaimon, and Dōsan prepared to fight rather than turn back.

• Ittōbō Murashita told Dōsan Hanyū that Tenzō Tenjō had wounded Soi Fon and was pursuing her in the World of the Living.
• Dōsan ordered Murashita to open the Senkaimon, rejected his suggestion to seek Yamamoto’s approval, and left Ōmaeda in charge of the Second Division.
• Sajin Komamura arrived and struck Dōsan as he entered the Senkaimon, but Dōsan caught the punch and remained unharmed.
• Komamura revealed that Yamamoto had placed Dōsan under house arrest and ordered him not to leave the barracks.
• Dōsan explained that Soi Fon needed help and that Yamamoto had rejected Murashita’s request for reinforcements, then gripped No Cause and told Komamura to get out of his way.

Sajin Komamura allowed Dōsan Hanyū and members of the Second Division to go aid the injured Soi Fon, despite Yamamoto’s orders, after their brief sword clash. Ichimonji Tsunayashiro confronted Komamura over letting Dōsan leave, and the chapter ended with Tsunayashiro gripping his Zanpakuto and showing his killing intent.

• Dōsan Hanyū drew his sword when Komamura moved to stop him, and the two exchanged a brief clash without trying to kill each other.
• Iba was nearly staggered by Dōsan’s sword pressure, while Komamura judged that Dōsan’s control was superior.
• Dōsan declared that he would go to Soi Fon’s aid, and the Second Division members stood with him.
• Komamura sheathed his sword and sent Iba with Dōsan, interpreting Yamamoto’s silence as tacit approval.
• Dōsan’s group passed through the Senkaimon, and Komamura told Tsunayashiro to leave Second Division territory.
• Tsunayashiro gripped the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley and displayed his killing intent toward Komamura.

Dōsan Hanyū arrived in the World of the Living with Iba and Murashita to find Captain Soi Fon, while several captains also headed there after sensing his Spiritual Pressure. He sensed Soi Fon was safe, then came face-to-face with Tenzō Tenjō.

• Gin Ichimaru opened a Senkaimon for Ichimonji, then left to pursue his own chance to kill Aizen.
• Kurotsuchi ordered Nemu to prepare equipment and experimental materials for Dōsan Hanyū's arrival in the World of the Living.
• Shunsui Kyōraku, Jūshirō Ukitake, and Kenpachi Zaraki headed toward the World of the Living, while the First Division announced a captains' meeting for the next morning.
• Dōsan Hanyū arrived in the World of the Living with Iba and Murashita and asked Murashita to lead him to Soi Fon.
• When Murashita feared Soi Fon had been captured, Dōsan sensed that she was unharmed, and Tenzō Tenjō appeared before them and asked if he was Dōsan Hanyū.

Dōsan Hanyū confronted the escaped prisoner Tenzō Tenjō, whose overwhelming strength wounded Dōsan and gravely injured Iba. To protect the nearby city and its inhabitants, Dōsan prepared to use Bakudō number eighty-nine: World Severing.

• Tenzō Tenjō appeared before Dōsan Hanyū and Murashita, and Dōsan recognized him as a worthy opponent.
• Tenzō fired an air bullet at Murashita, but Dōsan intercepted it with No Cause and injured his hands in the process.
• Tenzō struck Iba with another finger blast, leaving him gravely wounded beside his broken Zanpakuto.
• Murashita urged Dōsan to flee, but Dōsan told him to care for Iba and stood his ground against Tenzō.
• Dōsan sensed that their Spiritual Pressure was harming residents nearby and invoked Bakudō number eighty-nine: World Severing.

Dōsan Hanyū fought Tenzō Tenjō inside a Kidō-created space, using Mirror Reversal to counter Tenzō’s overwhelming strength. As Tenzō unleashed Azure Dragon, Dōsan prepared to draw No Cause and answer with his own power.

• Dōsan trapped Tenzō in a separate space with Bakudō number eighty-nine, but Tenzō’s bare arm withstood No Cause.
• Tenzō explained that he had named Hakuda and drove Dōsan back with a powerful punch.
• Tenzō attacked with White Dragon, but Dōsan used Mirror Reversal to analyze and replicate the technique, wounding Tenzō’s arm.
• Tenzō urged Dōsan to put down his sword, but Dōsan insisted that No Cause was necessary to defeat him.
• Tenzō unleashed Azure Dragon as Dōsan set his stance to draw No Cause, his eyes turning black with scarlet specks.

Dōsan Hanyū and Tenzō Tenjō’s battle intensified as Tenzō launched Azure Dragon, but he sensed danger and stopped his attack before it could land. With captains gathering outside the sealed space, Tenzō prepared to unleash Azure Dragon Battle Armor: Moon Form.

• Tenzō Tenjō’s Azure Dragon surpassed White Dragon, but he sensed Dōsan Hanyū’s faint killing intent and halted the strike, suffering its backlash.
• Ittōbō Murashita released a Hell Butterfly to alert Captain Soi Fon, while Tetsuzaemon Iba insisted Dōsan could stand against Tenzō.
• Kenpachi Zaraki arrived with Yachiru and declared he would fight whoever survived; Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake also appeared.
• Ichimonji Tsunayashiro tried to enter the separate space, but Kyōraku stopped him, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi prepared equipment to study the outcome.
• Tenzō praised Dōsan’s Kidō, then coated his fist in azure Spiritual Pressure armor and announced Azure Dragon Battle Armor: Moon Form.

Dōsan Hanyū overcame Tenzō Tenjō’s overwhelming Spiritual Pressure and severed his right arm, then fought him through a fierce sword clash. As his strength began to fail, Tenzō prepared to use a dangerous move, while Kyōraku, Ukitake, and Zaraki sensed the battle from outside the alternate space.

• Tenzō Tenjō charged Dōsan Hanyū, but Dōsan drew No Cause and cut through his armor, severing his right arm.
• Tenzō activated Black Dragon Armor: Night Form, but Dōsan’s blade pierced it and wounded his chest.
• Tenzō transformed his remaining arm into the White Dragon: Light Form: Emperor Sword and counterattacked Dōsan.
• Dōsan and Tenzō exchanged hundreds of attacks, while Tenzō’s Spiritual Pressure and strength steadily declined.
• Tenzō decided to use a move he had not used since leaving Muken, ignoring the possibility that Isshin Shiba and Soi Fon had surrounded the area.
• Kyōraku, Ukitake, and Zaraki sensed the battle’s Spiritual Pressure from outside the alternate space, and Kyōraku remarked on how much Dōsan had grown in three months.

Tenzō Tenjō pushed his body beyond its limits and overwhelmed Dōsan Hanyū with speed and power, but Dōsan adapted with Mirror Reversal and met his final charge. Their clash shattered the alternate space, and Tenzō fell with a massive wound across his chest, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Tenzō Tenjō transformed into his ironlike Dragon Emperor form, burning through his life to gain speed and strength beyond a Soul Reaper's limits.
• Tenzō struck Dōsan Hanyū repeatedly, while Dōsan's No Cause attacks caused damage that Tenzō's body could not easily withstand.
• Tenzō urged Dōsan to use Bankai and landed a devastating punch before Dōsan's blade cut his left hand.
• Dōsan used Mirror Reversal to stop Tenzō's next punch for an instant, then clashed his Zanpakuto against Tenzō's iron fist.
• The collision destroyed the alternate space and sent waves of Spiritual Pressure through the World of the Living, where the captains watched from a distance.
• Tenzō Tenjō fell naked from the blast with a huge diagonal scar across his chest, while the victor remained unclear.

Dōsan Hanyū defeated Tenzō Tenjō, though both fighters were badly weakened, and Soi Fon caught Dōsan as he fell. A Garganta opened above the battlefield, bringing three powerful Hollows whose leader Ukitake identified as Baraggan Louisenbairn, the King of Hueco Mundo.

• Tenzō Tenjō collapsed after his body gave out, and the Soul Reapers recognized that Dōsan Hanyū had won.
• Kyōraku and Ukitake moved to deal with the injured Tenzō, but Zaraki dismissed the fight and left with Yachiru.
• Soi Fon caught Dōsan Hanyū as he fell and checked whether he was badly injured.
• A Garganta opened, and three powerful Hollows emerged, drawing the Soul Reapers’ attention.
• Kyōraku identified the visitors as Vasto Lorde, and Ukitake recognized their leader as Baraggan Louisenbairn, the King of Hueco Mundo.

Kyōraku negotiated with Baraggan’s group to avoid a destructive battle in the World of the Living, allowing the Vasto Lordes to take Tenzō Tenjō. After the Soul Reapers returned, Chōjirō Sasakibe ordered Dōsan Hanyū to surrender his Zanpakuto and submit to detention.

• Kyōraku judged that a Captain-level battle in the World of the Living would cause too much damage and agreed to let Baraggan’s group take Tenzō Tenjō.
• An expressionless youth used Sonído to seize Tenzō Tenjō, then recognized Soi Fon’s rank and asked Dōsan Hanyū whether he had defeated Tenzō.
• Kyōraku confronted the youth, who withdrew through the Garganta, ending the standoff.
• Tsunayashiro Tokinada collected Tenzō Tenjō’s severed arm, while Kurotsuchi gathered the discarded flesh.
• The Soul Reapers returned through the Senkaimon, and Chōjirō Sasakibe ordered Dōsan Hanyū to put down his Zanpakuto and not resist.

After Dōsan Hanyū was imprisoned for Jin'ya Tsunayashiro's death and entering the World of the Living without permission, Yamamoto reconsidered his plans as resentment grew in Soul Society. Dōsan served his sentence, then accepted a teaching position at Shin'ō Academy, where Anki Tsunayashiro was among the students.

• Yamamoto questioned whether his plan to sacrifice Dōsan Hanyū to weaken the Tsunayashiro Clan was worth the risks after Dōsan's unexpected strength and the captains' sparse attendance at the meeting.
• Central 46 sentenced Dōsan Hanyū to three months in prison, prompting public criticism of the Tsunayashiro Clan and private dissatisfaction with Yamamoto.
• Tsunayashiro Clan elders debated how to deal with Dōsan, while Ichimonji warned against making him an enemy and said he had persuaded Kūkaku Shiba to join their side.
• During his imprisonment, Dōsan Hanyū discussed combining Kidō and Hakuda with Soi Fon, who considered adapting the approach herself.
• After three months, Sasakibe told Dōsan Hanyū that Yamamoto wanted him to teach at Shin'ō Academy, where Anki Tsunayashiro was a fourth-year student.

Dōsan Hanyū accepted an instructor post at the Shin'ō Academy of Spiritual Arts but asked to teach kendo instead of Kidō. Meanwhile, Sōji Sanjō continued training and remained loyal to Hanyū, then heard a rumor that Hanyū would return to the academy as a teacher.

• Sasakibe appointed Dōsan Hanyū as a fourth-year Kidō instructor, and Hanyū asked to teach a different subject.
• Sasakibe agreed when Hanyū proposed teaching kendo, despite Hanyū admitting he had little experience with it.
• Sōji Sanjō turned down a classmate's invitation to drink and continued training toward his goal of reaching the Second Division's 10th Seat within three years.
• Sōji Sanjō recalled how he had kept training and supported Hanyū after Hanyū's imprisonment, believing he would return as a legend.
• A student told a companion that Dōsan Hanyū was coming to teach at the Shin'ō Academy of Spiritual Arts, and the companion expressed disbelief.

Sōji Sanjō learned that Dōsan Hanyū was teaching at the Shin'ō Academy of Spiritual Arts and rushed to his classroom. There, 360 challenged Dōsan to a kendo match, and Sanjō stepped in to defend him.

• Jirō told Sōji Sanjō that Dōsan Hanyū had been sent to the academy as punishment for a crime, and Sanjō was delighted by the news.
• Sōji Sanjō applied to skip a grade so he could reach the fourth-year classroom where Dōsan Hanyū was teaching.
• Dōsan Hanyū introduced himself as the students' kendo teacher, and their disrespectful reactions prompted him to release a trace of Spiritual Pressure.
• 360 said her life was controlled by Ichimonji Tsunayashiro and challenged Dōsan Hanyū to a kendo match.
• Sōji Sanjō arrived and declared that anyone who wanted to challenge Dōsan Hanyū would have to get past him first.

At the Shin'ō Academy, Number 360 revealed that Yachiru's swordsmanship instincts had been edited into her soul, then challenged Dōsan Hanyū to prove his worth as a teacher. Dōsan disarmed Number 360 with a single strike, but a student objected that his physical strength made the match unfair.

• Number 360 defeated Sōji Sanjō in hakuda, Kidō, and swordsmanship, stunning the students who knew her as a troublemaker.
• Number 360 explained that she was a weakened copy of Yachiru, with Yachiru's swordsmanship instincts edited into her soul.
• Princess Anzuhime and other students demanded that Dōsan Hanyū defeat Number 360 in swordsmanship to earn their acceptance as his students' teacher.
• Dōsan and Number 360 fought with wooden swords, and Dōsan dodged her opening strike before knocking her sword from her hand.
• A student criticized Dōsan for relying on his superior strength, arguing that the match was meaningless against a former Captain.

Dōsan Hanyū defeated Number 360 in two swordsmanship exchanges, prompting her to realize he had copied her movements. Watching her technique gave Dōsan an insight into Shunkō: he and Soi Fon had focused too much on physical conditioning and spiritual-pressure control while overlooking physical technique.

• Number 360 used Flying Dragon One-Sword Style: Mumyō Shinryū, but Dōsan Hanyū disarmed her with a fast counter.
• After a student criticized Number 360, she challenged him to try fighting her and then asked Dōsan for another match.
• Number 360 and Dōsan performed identical sword-drawing slashes, but Dōsan won the exchange and knocked her sword away.
• Number 360 realized Dōsan had matched her movements and force, and Dōsan recognized that physical technique was a missing element in his and Soi Fon's Shunkō training.

Dōsan Hanyū developed a new direction for strengthening his spirit body, then escaped Kyōko Tsunayashiro’s unexpected marriage proposal. He met Byakuya Kuchiki after class and asked whether he knew medicine for the brain.

• Dōsan Hanyū realized he could imitate Tenzō Tenjō’s spirit-body abilities and develop a power that surpassed Shunkō.
• The students left after Kyōko Tsunayashiro dismissed them and asked Dōsan Hanyū to stay behind.
• Kyōko offered Dōsan another chance to marry into the Tsunayashiro family, but he fled when class ended.
• Byakuya Kuchiki met Dōsan and led him to a private room after finishing a calligraphy lesson.
• Dōsan asked Byakuya whether he knew of any medicine for the brain.

Byakuya Kuchiki visited Dōsan Hanyū after his release from prison, trained with him, and hesitated to warn him about a danger in Seireitei. Meanwhile, Gin Ichimaru and Tachikawa Magaki discussed a Hollow experiment and Aizen’s plan to use Miroku to copy Dōsan Hanyū.

• Byakuya Kuchiki met Dōsan Hanyū for tea and reflected on their friendship and the improvement he had gained from training with him.
• Byakuya Kuchiki asked Dōsan Hanyū whether he had considered leaving Seireitei, but Dōsan said his friends were there; Byakuya then challenged him to a fight while debating whether to warn him.
• Gin Ichimaru and Tachikawa Magaki discussed their Hollow test subject and how consuming Byakuya Kuchiki might affect its mutation.
• Gin Ichimaru told Tachikawa Magaki that Miroku had been passed from the Shiba Clan’s previous head to Kaien Shiba, and that its whereabouts were unknown.
• Tachikawa Magaki explained that Miroku could perform complete replication, and she and Gin identified Dōsan Hanyū as the person Aizen intended to copy.

Dōsan Hanyū and Byakuya Kuchiki trained in secret, where Byakuya successfully released Senbonzakura during their sparring but could not harm Dōsan. Byakuya asked how Dōsan had developed his extraordinary defense, while Honrō Useki followed them and prepared to publish a report.

• Honrō Useki detected Dōsan Hanyū and Byakuya Kuchiki training, then secretly followed them after losing Tachikawa Magaki’s trail.
• Honrō decided to make news about Dōsan Hanyū before exposing the Tsunayashiro Clan and Sōsuke Aizen’s conspiracy.
• Byakuya attacked Dōsan with Shunpo, but Dōsan caught Senbonzakura’s blade and held it fast.
• Byakuya successfully released Senbonzakura while Dōsan held the blade, then struck him with a storm of cherry-blossom blades.
• Dōsan’s body withstood the attack without injury, and Byakuya asked how he had achieved such a defense.

Byakuya Kuchiki tested his improved control of Senbonzakura against Dōsan Hanyū, then asked whether he could become a captain. He warned Dōsan that a major upheaval was coming and urged him to leave Seireitei for the World of the Living.

• Byakuya unleashed Bankai and controlled Senbonzakura's blades to attack Dōsan's Mirror Reversal, forcing Dōsan to use Dankū and Sōren Sōkatsui.
• Dōsan and Byakuya continued their training at close range for two hours, honing their sword strikes and Shunpo.
• Byakuya asked Dōsan whether he could become a captain, and Dōsan compared his current ability to Captain Soi Fon's.
• Byakuya said that an upheaval tied to a case from fifteen years earlier would threaten the Thirteenth Division, Central 46 Chambers, the Five Great Noble Clans, and Soul Society.
• Byakuya warned Dōsan that he stood at the center of the coming crisis and told him to leave Seireitei for the World of the Living.

Dōsan Hanyū faced Mud Hollow while it possessed Byakuya Kuchiki, and Byakuya demanded a dignified death before falling to Dōsan’s blade. Honrō Useki then confronted Kaname Tōsen over his apparent alliance with Tachikawa Magaki, and revealed his concealed Bankai as Tōsen drew his sword.

• Mud Hollow appeared through Byakuya Kuchiki and greeted Dōsan Hanyū, while Byakuya struggled to resist the possession.
• Byakuya tore away Mud Hollow’s mask, demanded that Dōsan kill him honorably, and ran onto Dōsan’s blade.
• Byakuya apologized to his grandfather, Lord Ginrei, before collapsing, while Dōsan worried about what would happen when he recovered.
• Honrō Useki watched Tachikawa Magaki meet Kaname Tōsen and became disillusioned when Tōsen let her leave without stopping her.
• Useki accused Tōsen of betrayal, and Tōsen challenged the justice of Soul Society and the Thirteenth Division before drawing his Zanpakuto.
• Blood sprayed from Tōsen as Useki revealed his permanently maintained Bankai, Spirited-Away Quiet Pavilion.

Honrō Useki fought Kaname Tōsen after awakening Bankai, but Aizen’s Kyōka Suigetsu had trapped him in an illusion from the start. Honrō died without revealing what he knew, and Aizen warned that Dōsan Hanyū had become more frightening as he recovered the power he had spent ten years earlier.

• Honrō Useki used his Bankai against Kaname Tōsen, who identified its line-of-sight attack and countered with Enma Kōrogi.
• Dōsan Hanyū sensed Honrō’s Spiritual Pressure and rushed to the battlefield, arriving as Honrō lay mortally wounded.
• Honrō thanked Dōsan and died without identifying his attackers, fearing that revealing the truth would put Dōsan in danger.
• Tōsen told Aizen that Honrō had said nothing and believed Dōsan’s ability had altered events to protect him.
• Aizen revealed that Honrō had been under Kyōka Suigetsu’s illusion and said Dōsan was becoming more frightening as he regained what he had expended ten years earlier.
• Tōsen asked Aizen what he had seen ten years ago.

Dōsan Hanyū faced a Sixth Division squad that tried to detain him as a criminal suspect, but he refused to submit to an arrest without proper authority. Soi Fon arrived and cut the squad’s wrists, leaving them wondering why she had attacked them instead of Dōsan.

• A Sixth Division Seated Officer accused Dōsan Hanyū of a crime and ordered him into custody.
• Dōsan cited regulations requiring an arrest order from a superior, then named Kūkaku Shiba as his direct superior at the Shin'ō Academy of Spiritual Arts.
• When the Seated Officer tried to stop him from leaving, Dōsan’s killing intent made the squad collapse in terror.
• Soi Fon arrived, cut open the Soul Reapers’ wrists, and reprimanded them for fighting in the Seireitei.
• The Sixth Division squad wondered why Soi Fon had attacked them when they considered themselves victims and Dōsan the suspect.

Soi Fon intervened when Sixth Division officers accused Dōsan Hanyū of murder, but Kuchiki Ginrei dismissed their suspicions and invited Dōsan to speak with him. As Soi Fon left, Chōjirō Sasakibe summoned her to an emergency meeting called by Yamamoto, making her fear the meeting concerned Dōsan.

• Soi Fon rushed to the Sixth Division after sensing killing intent and stopped its officers from accusing Dōsan Hanyū.
• A wounded Sixth Division officer told Soi Fon that Dōsan was their prime suspect, and she warned the officers that they would not have caught him if he were guilty.
• Kuchiki Ginrei arrived, heard the officer's account, and greeted Dōsan warmly, asking why he had not visited lately.
• Ginrei learned Dōsan had been detained by Central 46 for three months and told him to have Byakuya inform him if anything similar happened again.
• Ginrei dismissed the Sixth Division officers and asked Dōsan to stay and chat while Soi Fon departed.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe stopped Soi Fon and told her that Yamamoto had called an emergency meeting, leaving her worried it concerned Dōsan.