Recaps

Dōsan Hanyū left his life of unpaid labor and trained with the Shiba family, revealing exceptional skill in Spiritual Pressure, Kidō, and combat. He lost his match against Nemu Kurotsuchi by disqualification, while Aizen identified Dōsan’s ability as “Correctness of Revision.”

• Dōsan Hanyū’s nightmares and unusual Spiritual Pressure drew the Twelfth Division’s attention, and Rangiku Matsumoto stopped their experiment when a Hollow attacked him.
• Dōsan defeated the Hollow with a Spiritual Pressure-charged punch, and Rangiku invited him to become a Soul Reaper.
• After leaving Kobayashi Izakaya, Dōsan joined Isshin Shiba at the Shiba residence, where Kūkaku and Ganju trained him in combat and spiritual techniques.
• Dōsan rapidly developed powerful barriers, Shunpo, and Kidō, while Ganju trained with him and the Shiba family shared his cooking.
• Rangiku brought Dōsan to the match between the Tenth and Twelfth Divisions, where he faced Nemu Kurotsuchi as Jūzaburō Minamoto.
• Dōsan used Kidō and Hakuda against Nemu, but her injections impaired him and her soul-based attack threatened to end the fight before she collapsed.
• Nemu recovered, and Dōsan was humiliated by her and Rangiku before Tokinada challenged the match’s proceedings.
• Iji Yamada questioned Dōsan’s status, Unohana offered him a place in the Fourth Division, and Chōjirō Sasakibe declared Nemu the winner by disqualification.
• Gin reported Dōsan’s growth to Aizen, who identified his ability as “Correctness of Revision.”

As Soi Fon tried to recruit Dōsan, he became entangled in a deadly Second Division mission and used No Cause to save her. The arc left Dōsan beginning academy life while Aizen, Gin, and Magaki advanced their plans around him.

• Aizen rejected recruiting Dōsan and began his plan, while Soi Fon ordered him watched and pursued him through Rukongai.
• Dōsan fought Ryō Genshi and Kudō after they pursued him, and he killed Ryō Genshi with Byakurai when Ryō Genshi attacked Soi Fon.
• Soi Fon tried to recruit Dōsan through repeated sushi meals, and their subsequent fight became a Seireitei scandal that Aizen planned to use to obtain her Bankai.
• Soi Fon and Dōsan found dead Second Division Soul Reapers at an investigation site, where Gen Kiji and Gin attacked them and badly wounded Soi Fon.
• Dōsan released No Cause and transferred Soi Fon’s injuries to Gen Kiji, whose unstable transformation exploded before Dōsan could fight him.
• Dōsan carried Soi Fon to the Fourth Division, and Rangiku and Unohana prevented Central 46’s Enforcement Squad from taking him or her away.
• The captains debated Shin'ō Academy and Tokinada’s proposed Artificial Soul Noble Guard, while Dōsan took the entrance exam and was measured as seven years old.
• Aizen demonstrated Kyōka Suigetsu to students, while Dōsan joined the academy, warned classmates away from the Twelfth Division, and was examined by Rangiku, Isane, and Nemu.
• Magaki left the Twelfth Division for a post in the Thirteenth Division, Gin prepared to join the Artificial Soul Noble Guard, and Nemu’s attempt to operate on Dōsan ended with her injecting herself with a green reagent.

Dōsan Hanyū drew the attention of Soul Society’s leaders while an experiment in West District 49 put academy students and Modified Souls in danger. The mission descended into chaos as Dōsan confronted a regenerating Hollow that consumed U Genjō.

• Ōuna warned the academy students that fighting Hollows could be deadly, and Dōsan described defeating a Cero-using Hollow before the class received their Asauchi.
• Soi Fon sent Dōsan to challenge Ikkaku Madarame, while Dōsan trained with Inorei Hikaru and drew the attention of Yamamoto, who summoned him and arranged a fight with Kenpachi Zaraki.
• Dōsan fought Zaraki, cut through his defense, and impressed him before Mayuri Kurotsuchi began investigating an abnormal decline in souls reincarnated in West District 49.
• Ichimonji Tsunayashiro secured approval to give Artificial Soul Corps graduates Soul Reaper rights, while Dōsan’s classmates met five numbered girls and prepared for a Hollow-subjugation mission in District 49.
• Honrō Useki led Dōsan, Rizukihime, and Number 7 into the wilderness, where Garganta opened and Hollows attacked as Modified Souls were used as the students’ first defense.
• Rizukihime saved Number 7 from a Hollow, Dōsan used Mirror Reversal against another, and a Cero blasted Rizukihime into a crater as the Twelfth Division began the experiment’s next phase.
• Number 88 died after using Raikōhō to destroy a Hollow, while Dōsan later cleared Hollows with Byakurai and offered to teach Shūhei Hisagi basic techniques.
• Iji Yamada transformed into a Hollow and severed communications, while Dōsan found a white-coated man feeding on a fallen Shinigami and watched him survive Raikōhō before swallowing U Genjō.

Dōsan Hanyū became the Second Division’s lieutenant and pursued crimes tied to the Tsunayashiro Clan while taking on new duties and investigating Momo Hinamori’s disappearance. As he helped recruit early graduates, Soul Society faced growing threats, and Dōsan ended the arc confronting the strangely familiar Inorei Hikaru.

• Dōsan fought Mayuri Kurotsuchi over Hikaru, then refused Tsunayashiro’s offer of a seat and watched Tsunayashiro claim authority over Hikaru.
• After an escape from Muken and the deaths of students and Modified Souls, Soi Fon nominated Dōsan as her lieutenant, and Yamamoto appointed him vice-captain of the Second Division.
• Dōsan’s banquet with Second Division members turned into a fight, and Soi Fon subdued him before appointing him lieutenant, captain of the Correction Corps, and vice commander of the Punishment Force.
• Dōsan investigated Momo Hinamori’s disappearance with Tōshirō, uncovered Gin’s underground laboratory, and arrested Gin and its researchers after finding Hinamori bound there.
• Dōsan killed a researcher who resisted arrest, while Gin revealed the experiments were tied to Tsunayashiro, and Tsunayashiro later chose Kenpachi Zaraki as a target for his plans.
• After Tenzō Tenjō wounded Aizen and several Soul Reapers, Yamamoto refused Dōsan’s request to join the mission and sent Kaien to kill Tenzō with the ill-omened sword.
• Dōsan helped assess academy students for early recruitment, selecting Mitsu, Kōiku, and Kōji among the recruits, while Honrō revealed he was investigating links between Gin, the Tsunayashiro Clan, and Aizen.
• Dōsan answered an emergency call to support the 11th Division, tracked a foe with mixed Soul Reaper and Hollow Spiritual Pressure, and found Inorei Hikaru as Gin watched.