Recaps

Captain Soi Fon secured Dōsan Hanyū’s help for a dangerous mission in South Rukongai, while Number 360 introduced a lifelike Soi Fon doll in Dōsan’s kendo class. The chapter ended with Soi Fon and the Second Division’s expeditionary force waiting to recruit him after class.

• Captain-Commander Yamamoto assigned Soi Fon to deal with an Intermediate Menos Grande preparing to build a node in South District 78, and appointed Marechiyo Ōmaeda to handle the Second Division during her absence.
• Soi Fon asked Yamamoto to let Dōsan Hanyū accompany her, and Yamamoto agreed.
• After Soi Fon left, Sasakibe warned Yamamoto that the Tsunayashiro Clan was growing bolder and that Ichimonji could mass-produce Captain-level Artificial Souls.
• Number 360 brought a life-size doll resembling Captain Soi Fon to Dōsan Hanyū’s kendo lesson and threatened to share recordings of the students’ embarrassing requests with the captains.
• Soi Fon and the Second Division’s expeditionary force waited along Dōsan Hanyū’s route back to his office after class.

Soi Fon waited with a Second Division team to ask Dōsan Hanyū to join a mission, while Dōsan spent class bargaining with Number 360 for dolls. The chapter ended with Soi Fon seeing someone carrying a doll of her own face.

• Rizukihime Kasumiōji joined the Second Division and became its Fifth Seat after Dōsan Hanyū's rise to prominence.
• Soi Fon and her team waited for Dōsan Hanyū to finish class so they could set out on a mission she had arranged without his consent.
• Number 360 offered Dōsan dolls in exchange for killing Ichimonji Tsunayashiro, and Dōsan demanded the entire Tsunayashiro Clan as part of the deal.
• Dōsan left class carrying a Soi Fon doll, and Soi Fon froze when she saw its face appear around the corner.

Soi Fon took Dōsan Hanyū to South Rukongai's 78th district on an ordered mission, while Kurotsuchi and Ichimonji Tsunayashiro prepared their own schemes around his arrival. In Hueco Mundo, Tenzō Tenjō and a group of powerful Hollows gathered before a Garganta to Soul Society.

• Soi Fon caught Dōsan Hanyū holding a body pillow of her, berated him, and ordered him to accompany her to South Rukongai's 78th district.
• Kurotsuchi waited until Dōsan Hanyū and Soi Fon entered the world-crossing passage, then used Ashisogi Jizō to travel ahead and prepare an experiment.
• Ichimonji Tsunayashiro learned that Dōsan Hanyū was headed to South 78th and ordered Number 360 to lead a squad of Captain-level Artificial Souls there.
• At Las Noches, Tenzō Tenjō stood with ten powerful Hollows before a Garganta leading to Soul Society.

Baraggan’s former subordinates and Tenzō Tenjō joined Aizen’s Adjuchas force as it headed for South District 78 to confront Dōsan Hanyū. Dōsan’s group arrived in the district, where his sword and No Cause warned him of danger as they made for the settlement.

• Tenzō Tenjō argued with Baraggan and the Adjuchas, then killed a mantis Hollow who challenged him.
• Grimmjow led the Adjuchas through a Garganta toward South District 78.
• Kaien and Ikkaku received the Captain-Commander’s order to assist Soi Fon and Dōsan Hanyū.
• Dōsan Hanyū’s group arrived in South District 78, and Soi Fon ordered Ittōbō Murashita and Rizukihime Kasumiōji to scout.
• Dōsan sensed Hollow Spiritual Pressure and warned that there might be danger, so the group stayed together and continued toward the settlement.

Dōsan Hanyū and Soi Fon investigated the Hollow attacks in South District 78, where they met the young Renji Abarai. Renji revealed that he knew a place with unusually strong Spiritual Pressure, giving them a lead to follow.

• Dōsan sensed that Hollows had devoured at least five hundred souls in District 78 over the past three days.
• Renji Abarai ran into Dōsan while fleeing a man, and Dōsan caught Renji’s bowl of water with a newly created Kidō spell.
• Dōsan used his sword to clear the Hollow Spiritual Pressure clinging to Renji and warned him not to go out at night.
• Soi Fon told Renji that his Spiritual Pressure could earn him a place at the Shin'ō Academy and advised him to mention her name.
• Renji demonstrated his Spiritual Pressure and offered to take Dōsan and Soi Fon to a place where it was unusually strong.

Dōsan Hanyū discovered and destroyed the nearly activated Ipponkan trap, but his sword warned that the danger had not passed. Grimmjow and the other Menos Grande prepared to attack him as Tenzō Tenjō left to pursue a familiar Spiritual Pressure.

• Soi Fon led Dōsan Hanyū and the Second Division into the forest after Renji showed them the location.
• Dōsan identified a concealed Bakudō Number 95, Ipponkan, and warned that it would destroy all living beings in the area at the Reishi level.
• Dōsan told Renji to return to safety, then continued with Soi Fon and the others toward the blue Spiritual Pressure sphere at the heart of the forest.
• Dōsan used Mirror Reversal to disperse the sphere, but his sword continued to cry out, signaling that the crisis was not over.
• Grimmjow and the Menos Grande discussed attacking Dōsan, while Tenzō Tenjō left to pursue a familiar Spiritual Pressure to the east.
• A Menos Grande noticed that a Soul Reaper was approaching and wondered whether Soul Society had sent reinforcements.

The Arrancar and the Artificial Soul Corps prepared to fight while Mayuri Kurotsuchi theorized that Dōsan Hanyū’s ability revised dangers in his favor. Aizen challenged Tachikawa Magaki’s claim that he had never explained the ability, leaving her and Tōsen unsettled.

• Rudbornn persuaded Grimmjow to attack the arriving Artificial Soul Corps before confronting Dōsan Hanyū, and Grimmjow agreed.
• Inorei Hikaru faced the leopard Menos Grande as Number 360 challenged Rudbornn and his Hollows, setting both sides for battle.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi used experimental equipment to monitor his brain waves as he reasoned that Dōsan Hanyū’s ability revised threats and made his attacks succeed.
• Aizen told Tōsen that Dōsan Hanyū’s ability could prevent people from recognizing it, then warned him that what seemed right or wrong might be reversed.
• Tachikawa Magaki asked Aizen to explain Dōsan Hanyū’s ability, and Aizen asked whether she was sure he had never told her.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi revived Jin'ya Tsunayashiro and another powerful dead Soul Reaper to test them against Dōsan Hanyū. Jin'ya agreed to fight Dōsan and Soi Fon for a chance at true resurrection, while fearing the other zombie would awaken.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi reviewed Nemu's notes and found that she had deliberately omitted information about Dōsan Hanyū's ability.
• Mayuri ordered Nemu to bring test subjects six and seven, whom he had revived during Dōsan's thirty days in custody.
• Jin'ya Tsunayashiro awakened as a zombie and recognized that Mayuri could control him.
• Mayuri promised Jin'ya true resurrection if he killed Dōsan Hanyū, and Jin'ya eagerly accepted despite being limited to eighty percent of his strength.
• Jin'ya saw the other sleeping zombie and feared his power, while Mayuri explained that the man's strength could recover only to seventy percent and sent Jin'ya to fight first.

Dōsan Hanyū and Soi Fon were ambushed by the supposedly dead Jin'ya Tsunayashiro, who attacked Dōsan with an enhanced Black Coffin. Dōsan emerged unharmed, and Jin'ya challenged him while counting on a helper who was returning to life.

• Soi Fon asked whether the mission was over, and Dōsan Hanyū said it was too late to leave.
• Jin'ya Tsunayashiro cast an enhanced Hadō #90: Black Coffin at Dōsan and Soi Fon.
• Soi Fon escaped the attack, while Rizukihime Kasumiōji urged her to flee as the Black Coffin engulfed Dōsan.
• Dōsan Hanyū dispersed the Black Coffin with a single motion and faced Jin'ya Tsunayashiro, whom the others recognized as having been dead for more than three months.
• Jin'ya realized Dōsan had grown stronger during the years since his death, then challenged him while relying on a helper who was coming back to life.

Jin'ya Tsunayashiro confronted Dōsan Hanyū, and their battle escalated from a Kidō exchange to close combat. After realizing he was outmatched, Jin'ya grabbed Dōsan and began casting Hadō #96: Ittō Kasō.

• Jin'ya and Dōsan clashed with Spiritual Pressure, while Soi Fon sent the Second Division members away to watch the surrounding area.
• Jin'ya's Shakkahō and Dōsan's Byakurai and Mirror Reversal demonstrated Dōsan's growing Kidō skill, though Jin'ya's Dankū countered the lightning.
• Jin'ya switched to Hakuda and struck Dōsan, but Dōsan's gray mist and enhanced defense injured Jin'ya's hand and arm.
• Jin'ya mistook Dōsan's gray-mist technique for Shunkō and became more cautious in close combat.
• Jin'ya took Dōsan's punch to the chest, seized his arm, and began casting Hadō #96: Ittō Kasō as his body burned and cracked.

Dōsan Hanyū’s Ittō Kasō engulfed Jin'ya Tsunayashiro and devastated the forest, while Soi Fon fought Jin'ya after he survived the flames. As Jin'ya tried to cut off Soi Fon’s arm, Dōsan returned unharmed and severed Jin'ya’s hand with No Cause.

• Dōsan Hanyū used Ittō Kasō, engulfing Jin'ya Tsunayashiro in flames and laying waste to the forest.
• Rizukihime Kasumiōji escaped the forest, while Ichidōbō Murashita died in the flames.
• Soi Fon attacked the injured Jin'ya with Suzumebachi, landing repeated blows as he healed and waited for an opening.
• Jin'ya used a hidden Kidō technique to attack Soi Fon’s wrist, but she pressed her finger blade toward his chest.
• Jin'ya vanished into Soi Fon’s blind spot and tried to sever her arm, but Dōsan reappeared and cut off Jin'ya’s hand with No Cause.

Kaien confronted Tenzō Tenjō while Ikkaku and Yumichika went to support Dōsan Hanyū. Meanwhile, Kuruyashiki Kenpachi awakened and headed to the battlefield to face Dōsan, leaving Mayuri Kurotsuchi hoping he would reveal more of his abilities.

• Kaien, Ikkaku, and Yumichika sensed powerful Spiritual Pressure as they hurried toward District 78, where Dōsan Hanyū and Captain Soi Fon were fighting.
• Tenzō Tenjō blocked their path and taunted Ikkaku and Yumichika before Kaien sent them to help Dōsan.
• Kaien released Nejibana and refused Tenzō Tenjō's demand to hand over the Zanpakuto, so the two prepared to fight.
• Kuruyashiki Kenpachi awakened in Mayuri Kurotsuchi's laboratory and asked what had happened to Soul Society and the man who defeated him.
• Kuruyashiki Kenpachi set off to confront Dōsan Hanyū, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi hoped the fight would reveal more about Dōsan's abilities.

Jin'ya Tsunayashiro was overwhelmed by Dōsan Hanyū and Soi Fon until Kuruyashiki Kenpachi intervened. Kuruyashiki confronted the fighters and prepared to begin, leaving Dōsan facing the former captain of the 11th Division.

• Jin'ya lost confidence as Dōsan and Soi Fon steadily pressured him, and his punch failed to hurt Dōsan.
• Soi Fon struck Jin'ya with Shunkō, badly injuring him and leaving him unable to defend himself.
• As Soi Fon moved to finish Jin'ya, Dōsan pulled her aside to avoid a sword strike from the approaching Kuruyashiki Kenpachi.
• Soi Fon recognized Kuruyashiki as the former captain of the 11th Division, renowned as the strongest Kenpachi in history.
• Kuruyashiki criticized Jin'ya for letting fear ruin his chances, then raised his tree branch and prepared to fight Dōsan.

Dōsan Hanyū and Soi Fon faced Kuruyashiki Kenpachi and Jin'ya Tsunayashiro, while Soi Fon insisted on holding Jin'ya back so Dōsan could fight. Kuruyashiki recovered his fighting spirit and invited Dōsan to strike him after Dōsan released No Cause.

• Jin'ya warned that underestimating Dōsan had cost him his life, while Kuruyashiki prepared to fight Dōsan with a branch.
• Dōsan asked Soi Fon to hold off Jin'ya, and she agreed, insisting that Dōsan return to the Seireitei if the battle went badly.
• Soi Fon charged Jin'ya with Shunkō, then stopped and stood tearfully before him; Jin'ya lashed out with a punch.
• Seeing Soi Fon's resolve reminded Kuruyashiki of his subordinates, easing his anger and restoring his fighting spirit.
• Kuruyashiki tore off his shihakushō and invited Dōsan to cut him, and Dōsan released No Cause as he approached.

Kuruyashiki Kenpachi and Dōsan Hanyū traded cuts, but Kuruyashiki’s branch shattered when he tried to wound Dōsan. Elsewhere, Grimmjow revealed a stronger form against Inorei Hikaru, while the clash ended with Kuruyashiki demanding that Dōsan unleash Gagaku Kairō.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi told Nemu to return to the Twelfth Division with his instruments and prepare his resurrection equipment as he watched Kuruyashiki fight Dōsan.
• Dōsan Hanyū cut Kuruyashiki’s chest, and Kuruyashiki, stirred by the battle, offered to leave an identical wound on Dōsan.
• Kuruyashiki struck Dōsan’s shoulder with his branch, but the branch snapped, leaving the battlefield silent.
• Inorei Hikaru and Grimmjow continued their fierce fight, and Grimmjow transformed into a human-faced form after saying he had been holding back.
• Rizukihime Kasumiōji sensed Grimmjow’s terrifying Spiritual Pressure and felt drawn toward its familiar quality.
• Kuruyashiki acknowledged that Dōsan could still use his Zanpakuto’s ability and demanded that he unleash Gagaku Kairō.

Kaien Shiba fought Tenzō Tenjō, who wanted the Shiba Clan’s cursed Soul King Blade, Miroku, to copy Dōsan Hanyū’s power. After Dōsan Hanyū emerged unharmed from Kuruyashiki Kenpachi’s attack, Kuruyashiki recognized his crude spiritual-body training as Ancient Martial Arts and learned that Tenzō Tenjō had taught it.

• Kaien Shiba fought Tenzō Tenjō at the northern boundary of South District 78 and held his own despite his exhaustion.
• Tenzō Tenjō asked Kaien Shiba for Miroku so he could copy Dōsan Hanyū’s abilities and gain power to claim the throne.
• Tenzō Tenjō said Dōsan Hanyū had defeated him without using his true power and was stronger than Kaien imagined.
• Dōsan Hanyū stood unharmed after Kuruyashiki Kenpachi’s attack, prompting Kuruyashiki to recognize his spiritual-body training as Ancient Martial Arts.
• Kuruyashiki Kenpachi asked who had taught Dōsan Hanyū, and Dōsan named Tenzō Tenjō.

Kuruyashiki Kenpachi learned that Dōsan Hanyū had defeated Tenzō Tenjō before Tenjō escaped to Hueco Mundo, then chose to fight Dōsan in earnest. Their battle began with Kuruyashiki’s greater Spiritual Pressure giving him the advantage, while Dōsan’s blade left a wound that continued to spread gray mist through Kuruyashiki’s body.

• Dōsan told Kuruyashiki that he had defeated Tenzō Tenjō, who later escaped to Hueco Mundo with help from three Vasto Lordes.
• Kuruyashiki assessed Jin'ya Tsunayashiro’s strength as Soi Fon and Jin'ya continued fighting nearby.
• Kuruyashiki picked up a branch and attacked Dōsan with his Spiritual Pressure released.
• Dōsan blocked Kuruyashiki’s strike with No Cause and countered with a series of slashes.
• Kuruyashiki’s Spiritual Pressure overwhelmed Dōsan’s attacks, but Dōsan hit him with an enhanced Byakurai.
• Kuruyashiki’s wound from No Cause continued to release an invisible gray mist as he raised his Spiritual Pressure.

Dōsan Hanyū gained the upper hand over Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, but Kuruyashiki activated Gagaku Kairō, whose monsters devoured Dōsan’s Spiritual Pressure and even destroyed his Black Coffin. Dōsan realized the force of the Kenpachi he was facing as Kuruyashiki’s ability overwhelmed his attacks.

• Dōsan Hanyū used Mirror Reversal to break Kuruyashiki Kenpachi’s branch, then closed in and repeatedly slashed him with No Cause.
• Jin'ya Tsunayashiro tried to escape Soi Fon, but she attacked and forced him to keep fighting alongside her.
• Kuruyashiki summoned Gagaku Kairō, releasing thirty enormous white monsters that surrounded Dōsan.
• The monsters devoured Dōsan’s Mirror Reversal and drained his Spiritual Pressure whenever he used Shunpo to evade them.
• Dōsan cast Hadō #90: Black Coffin over Kuruyashiki and some of the monsters, but they devoured the spell and escaped it.

Kaien Shiba fought Tenzō Tenjō while Aizen and his allies watched the battle unfold across Soul Society. Dōsan Hanyū invoked Gagaku Kairō’s Bankai against Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, whose restored life began to slip away.

• Kaien Shiba fought the transformed Tenzō Tenjō with Miroku’s twin halberds as his hands began to rot.
• Aizen refused Tachikawa Magaki’s suggestion to seize Miroku and told Kaname Tōsen that Kuruyashiki Kenpachi was only a stumbling block in the battle.
• Inorei Hikaru defeated Grimmjow, then faced Ikkaku and his companion as Ikkaku considered using Bankai.
• The Tsunayashiro clan head learned that Kuruyashiki Kenpachi had returned and ordered his assassination force to prepare an ambush for Dōsan Hanyū.
• Kuruyashiki Kenpachi realized Dōsan Hanyū’s cuts had affected him and used Law of Causality to drain his restored life, prompting him to release Bankai.

Kuruyashiki Kenpachi unleashed his forbidden Bankai, Gagaku Kairō, and its massive maw began devouring the battlefield as Dōsan Hanyū struggled to escape. As the maw closed in on Dōsan, Soi Fon revealed her Bankai.

• The Tsunayashiro clan head led his party toward Dōsan Hanyū and Soi Fon to assassinate them, but Gagaku Kairō devoured the party before they could act.
• Dōsan Hanyū used Bakudō number eighty-nine, World Severing, to create a separate space, but Gagaku Kairō bit through it and trapped him again.
• Kaien Shiba, overwhelmed by Miroku's curse and misfortune, fell into Gagaku Kairō, while Tenzō Tenjō arrogantly refused to flee.
• Yumichika used Ruri'iro Kujaku to absorb the Spiritual Pressure pulling him and Ikkaku toward the maw.
• Kuruyashiki Kenpachi drove Gagaku Kairō into a frenzy to devour Dōsan Hanyū before his revived body decayed, and Soi Fon called out Bankai: Suzumebachi Raikōben.

Soi Fon and Jin'ya Tsunayashiro were swallowed by Kuruyashiki Kenpachi’s Gagaku Kairō, but Dōsan Hanyū invoked the Law of Causality: Heavenly Path and reset the world. As events returned to their starting point, Aizen confronted Tachikawa Magaki about her killing intent and hinted that he might not be alive.

• Jin'ya Tsunayashiro was swallowed by Gagaku Kairō after realizing too late how dangerous Kuruyashiki Kenpachi’s ability was.
• Soi Fon fired Suzumebachi Raikōben, freeing Dōsan Hanyū briefly, then faced the devouring maw and was swallowed.
• Dōsan Hanyū declared that he was done playing and used the Law of Causality: Heavenly Path, sending the world back toward its starting point.
• Kaien Shiba awoke with no memory of Gagaku Kairō and returned to thinking about sealing Miroku and writing Kaien Says.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Tachikawa Magaki sensed that something had changed, while Aizen warned Magaki that her killing intent was obvious and suggested he was no longer alive.

After the Tsunayashiro Clan was wiped out, Seireitei focused on the resulting political upheaval rather than the recent battle in South District 78. Dōsan Hanyū agreed to help Shūhei Hisagi appeal his possible expulsion, then encountered the Third Sage of Central 46.

• The Tsunayashiro Clan was found entirely dead, and Seireitei speculated about who had destroyed it while the Gotei 13 and Central 46 offered no explanation.
• The Shihoin Clan began visiting other noble families as tensions rose among the Four Great Noble Clans.
• Shūhei Hisagi finished training but worried that his Spiritual Pressure had barely grown and that the academy would expel him.
• Dōsan Hanyū met Shūhei, heard about his predicament, and promised to appeal to Kūkaku and the academy on his behalf.
• A lean old man stopped Dōsan on the snowy path and introduced himself as the Third Sage of Central 46.

The Third Sage offered Dōsan Hanyū the captaincy of the Shin'ō Noble Guard, then tempted him with a veto seat for the Shiba Clan, a noble title, and custody of the Great Spirit Book Gallery. Dōsan accepted the offer, while the Thirteenth Division captains received an invitation from Yamamoto to their first Captain-level meeting since the Tsunayashiro Clan's destruction.

• The Third Sage asked Dōsan Hanyū to succeed the late Ichimonji Tsunayashiro as captain of the Shin'ō Noble Guard, but Dōsan initially refused because he wanted to remain an academy instructor and feared the cost of using his Law of Causality again.
• The Third Sage offered to grant the Five Great Noble Clans' veto seat to the Shiba Clan, Kaien Shiba, or Kūkaku Shiba, and Dōsan stopped to consider how the power might ease Kūkaku's burden and help avenge her father.
• The Third Sage promised Dōsan a noble title and entrusted the Great Spirit Book Gallery to the Hanyū Clan, hoping to separate Dōsan from the Thirteenth Division and the Shiba Clan.
• Dōsan agreed to the Third Sage's proposal.
• Yamamoto invited the Thirteenth Division captains to their first Captain-level meeting since the Tsunayashiro Clan's destruction.

Soi Fon received notice of a captain-level meeting while Ōmaeda offered her a plan, and the Third Sage secured Dōsan Hanyū’s agreement to become captain of the Shin'ō Noble Guard. The chapter ended as Soi Fon arrived at the historic meeting, with the Seireitei’s nobles and Central 46 watching the captains of the Thirteenth Division as suspects in the Tsunayashiro Clan’s extermination.

• Soi Fon dismissed a First Division messenger and scolded Ōmaeda for eating near her.
• Ōmaeda told Soi Fon he had a plan, leaving her alarmed by his advice.
• The Third Sage met Dōsan Hanyū in Central 46 and discussed his appointment as captain of the Shin'ō Noble Guard.
• The Third Sage said Central 46 would grant Dōsan Hanyū a noble title and the Shiba Clan’s veto right, while urging him to avoid conflict with Yamamoto and the Thirteenth Division.
• Dōsan Hanyū agreed to keep a low profile as the Third Sage set the plan for three months later.
• Unohana welcomed Soi Fon to the captain-level meeting, where the nobles and Central 46 watched the Thirteenth Division captains.

At a captains’ meeting, Yamamoto imposed new patrol and sword rules and ordered the Twelfth Division to disclose its research to Central 46. Soi Fon unexpectedly nominated Dōsan Hanyū for the vacant Third Division captaincy, just as Gin Ichimaru moved nearby.

• Soi Fon recognized Gin Ichimaru’s Spiritual Pressure beside the conference hall and realized Yamamoto might be considering him for the vacant Third Division captaincy.
• The captains assembled, including acting captains Byakuya Kuchiki and Kaien Shiba, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi arrived late.
• Yamamoto ordered every division to increase patrols and banned everyone in Seireitei from carrying swords.
• Yamamoto prohibited the Twelfth Division from experimenting on souls or Artificial Souls and required it to report its laboratory equipment and experiments to Central 46 within three days.
• As Gin Ichimaru moved next door, Soi Fon nominated Dōsan Hanyū for the vacant Third Division captaincy.