Recaps

After defeating Inorei Hikaru, Dōsan Hanyū lost and regained his Kidō ability while preparing for the Kidō Exchange Meeting. He killed Jin'ya Tsunayashiro in the arena, survived Ichimonji's challenge, and left hailed as the Kidō God.

• Dōsan Hanyū defeated Inorei Hikaru with the Law of Causality, but Gin Ichimaru stole Hikaru's head to keep him alive for Aizen.
• Dōsan reported Hikaru's transformation to Yamamoto, who ordered him to preside over the Kidō Exchange Meeting and assigned Nanao Ise to assist him.
• Dōsan discovered that the exchange's twelve participants were poorly prepared, then lost his ability to cast Kidō before a mysterious bone carving melted into his palm and restored a strange sensation.
• As the meeting approached, Dōsan chose to remain despite his concerns, while reports spread of Kenpachi Zaraki and Tenzō Tenjō being gravely injured elsewhere.
• Tsunayashiro Tokinada attacked the arena participants, and Dōsan intervened, disarmed him, survived his Black Coffin, and tore open his chest.
• Jin'ya Tsunayashiro challenged Dōsan after offering him a marriage into the clan, but Dōsan survived Jin'ya's powerful Kidō and trapped him in Black Coffin.
• Yamamoto secretly burned Jin'ya from within with Ryūjin Jakka, killing him as Dōsan's Black Coffin dissolved.
• Ichimonji Tsunayashiro attacked Dōsan, but Kaname Tōsen intervened and argued that Jin'ya had died in a fair duel, and Ichimonji withdrew, and the crowd hailed Dōsan as the Kidō God.

Dōsan Hanyū defied his confinement to save Soi Fon, defeated Tenzō Tenjō, and returned to Seireitei under a three-month sentence. After becoming a kendo teacher at Shin'ō Academy, he was drawn into a conspiracy involving Aizen and faced new danger as Soul Reapers began accusing him of a crime.

• Dōsan left Seireitei against Yamamoto’s orders to help Soi Fon, and Komamura allowed him to go with Iba and Murashita.
• Dōsan defeated Tenzō Tenjō in the World of the Living, but Baraggan’s group took the fallen Tenzō away before Sasakibe arrested Dōsan.
• Central 46 sentenced Dōsan to three months in prison, after which Sasakibe assigned him to teach kendo at Shin'ō Academy.
• Dōsan challenged Number 360 in a series of sword matches, matched her technique, and realized physical technique could advance his Shunkō training.
• Byakuya trained with Dōsan, warned him that a crisis tied to a case from fifteen years earlier was coming, and urged him to leave Seireitei.
• Mud Hollow possessed Byakuya, who ran onto Dōsan’s blade, while Honrō Useki died after confronting Tōsen and Aizen’s conspiracy.
• A Sixth Division squad tried to detain Dōsan, but Soi Fon and Ginrei intervened before Sasakibe summoned her to Yamamoto’s emergency meeting.

Dōsan Hanyū fought Jin'ya Tsunayashiro and Kuruyashiki Kenpachi as Hollows, Artificial Souls, and noble-clan schemes converged on South District 78. After Dōsan reset the world and the Tsunayashiro Clan was found dead, he accepted a position in the Shin'ō Noble Guard, while Soi Fon nominated him for the vacant Third Division captaincy.

• Yamamoto sent Soi Fon and Dōsan Hanyū to South District 78, where they encountered Renji and discovered a deadly trap and a huge Hollow presence.
• Jin'ya Tsunayashiro attacked Dōsan and Soi Fon, but Dōsan defeated him before Kuruyashiki Kenpachi arrived and challenged Dōsan to fight.
• Dōsan fought Kuruyashiki as Gagaku Kairō’s monsters devoured attacks and swallowed fighters, while Kaien battled Tenzō Tenjō and Grimmjow fought Inorei Hikaru.
• Kuruyashiki unleashed Bankai, and Dōsan used the Law of Causality: Heavenly Path to send the world back toward its starting point.
• The Tsunayashiro Clan was found dead, and Dōsan promised to help Shūhei Hisagi before the Third Sage asked him to succeed Ichimonji Tsunayashiro as captain of the Shin'ō Noble Guard.
• Dōsan accepted the Third Sage’s offer, which included a noble title and the Shiba Clan’s veto right, as Yamamoto gathered the captains for a meeting.
• Yamamoto tightened patrols, banned swords in Seireitei, and restricted the Twelfth Division’s experiments, while Soi Fon nominated Dōsan for the vacant Third Division captaincy.

Dōsan Hanyū gained noble status and became captain of the Shin'ō Noble Guard, then pursued the disappearances of Soul Reapers into a confrontation with Hirako and the Visored. As fighting erupted across Seireitei, Dōsan faced powerful opponents while Kūkaku sought Miroku and Gin declared his intent to kill Aizen.

• Yamamoto rejected Soi Fon’s recommendation of Dōsan for the Third Division captaincy, while several captains supported Dōsan and Mayuri called his promotion interesting.
• Dōsan trained Ganju to awaken his ability, met its manifestation Urozakuro, and later taught Shūhei Hisagi, Sōji Sanjō, and Number 360.
• Central 46 granted the Shiba Clan the Tsunayashiro veto power and named Dōsan Hanyū the head of a new noble clan, despite protests from noble representatives.
• Dōsan fought Tenjirō Kirinji, who tested his abilities and later investigated Muken, while Kūkaku thanked Dōsan for helping restore the Shiba Clan’s standing.
• Dōsan became captain of the Shin'ō Noble Guard and spent three years investigating disappearing souls before following evidence to the World of the Living.
• In Karakura Town, Hirako invited Dōsan to join forces against a Seireitei mastermind, but Dōsan refused and fought Kensei, Hirako, and the Visored.
• Dōsan rejected Urahara’s request for help and faced the Visored as Hiyori attacked, while Kenpachi joined the civil war in Seireitei seeking another fight with Dōsan.
• Dōsan struck Yoruichi while she was in cat form, and Kūkaku went to retrieve Miroku as Gin revealed himself and said he wanted to kill Aizen.