Chapter Summaries

Dōsan dominated Nemu with Kidō and Hakuda, but she rose after his lightning attack and left his right arm numb through an unseen technique. As Dōsan used Kaidō to treat his arm, Kurotsuchi realized Isshin’s supposedly ordinary Soul Reaper had far more skills than advertised.

• Dōsan struck Nemu with Byakurai, then overwhelmed her with Kidō and a Hakuda kick that broke her ribs.
• Dōsan bound Nemu with Geki and hit her with Tsuzuri Raiden, while the observers believed the fight was decided.
• Nemu stood up from the dust, and Dōsan discovered that his right arm had lost all sensation.
• Isshin guessed that contact with Nemu had caused Dōsan’s numbness, while Unohana urged Kurotsuchi to watch the arena.
• Dōsan used Shunpo to retreat and applied Kaidō to his right arm, prompting Kurotsuchi to question Isshin’s claim that he was ordinary.

Dōsan’s Kidō barrage failed to bring down Nemu, and he was forced to trust a strange voice and gray mist while dodging her attacks. The captains recognized the aura as the voice of his Zanpakuto rather than Bankai, but Nemu’s injections left Dōsan impaired as she closed in and declared the fight over.

• Dōsan kept Nemu at a distance with Shunpo and Kidō until his Spiritual Pressure began to run low, then rushed in to try to end the fight with Shakkahō.
• When Nemu attacked with syringes and her palm, a familiar voice warned Dōsan of danger, and he evaded her hand but took an injection in his right arm and another in his right leg.
• Soi Fon mistook Dōsan’s sudden Spiritual Pressure change for Bankai, but Shunsui Kyōraku explained that he had heard his Zanpakuto’s voice.
• Unohana identified Nemu’s final strike as an attack that cut away part of her soul and drove it into her opponent, while Isshin tried to conceal Dōsan’s identity from the captains.
• After the injections slowed Dōsan’s perception, Nemu explained that she could recover as long as more than half her cellular tissue survived, then pressed her hand against his chest and said the fight was over.

Dōsan woke after his fight with Nemu and learned that she had collapsed just before defeating him. As Mayuri Kurotsuchi discarded Nemu and called her useless, Dōsan confronted him over her devotion, ending in disbelief at Mayuri’s cruelty.

• Rangiku considered intervening to save Dōsan, but Isshin stopped her as Nemu and Dōsan continued fighting.
• Nemu collapsed before she could reach Dōsan’s chest, and Unohana speculated that paralysis from Dōsan’s earlier attack had caused her heart to stop.
• Dōsan woke and saw Nemu dying, while she pleaded with Mayuri Kurotsuchi for the Flesh Supplement.
• Mayuri called Nemu pathetic, kicked through her body, and tossed her corpse aside as if it were garbage.
• Dōsan accused Mayuri of ignoring Nemu’s devotion, but Mayuri called her useless and compared her to trash.

Nemu survived Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s attack and embarrassed Dōsan by repeating his own words, while Rangiku joined in the teasing. After the battle, Ichimonji Tokinada confronted Mayuri over their agreement, but an urgent report interrupted him, and Dōsan recognized the Soul Reaper who had tried to arrest him earlier.

• Nemu woke up unharmed, and Mayuri explained that she could survive as long as 0.8 percent of her living tissue remained.
• Nemu and Rangiku mocked Dōsan with his earlier words, leaving him humiliated and vowing to hate the Twelfth Division.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe returned to announce the battle’s result, but Ichimonji Tokinada confronted Mayuri over their agreement.
• A Soul Reaper interrupted with an urgent report, and Dōsan recognized him as the man who had tried to arrest him earlier.

Yamada exposed Dōsan Hanyū as an unqualified commoner, and Sasakibe invalidated his victory over Nemu Kurotsuchi, giving the win to the Twelfth Division. Gin then reported the outcome to Aizen, who revealed the name of Dōsan’s ability while Tōsen reacted strongly to Tokinada’s involvement.

• Iji Yamada accused Dōsan Hanyū of being neither a Soul Reaper nor a Shin'ō Academy student, prompting the gathered Soul Reapers and captains to discuss him.
• Unohana offered Dōsan a place in the Fourth Division, but he declined and said he wanted to remain with Isshin’s division.
• Ichimonji Tokinada demanded that Dōsan be disqualified, and Chōjirō Sasakibe declared Nemu Kurotsuchi the winner.
• Tokinada anticipated that the Artificial Soul Corps would be formed under his command, while Unohana and Mayuri Kurotsuchi reacted to him.
• Gin returned to Aizen and reported Dōsan’s growth; Tōsen lost control of his Spiritual Pressure when Gin mentioned Tokinada.
• Aizen told Tōsen that Dōsan’s ability was called “Correctness of Revision.”

Aizen explained that Dōsan Hanyū’s ability made his actions resolve into the optimal choice, then set his plan in motion. Soi Fon ordered Dōsan placed under surveillance and resolved to recruit him, while Dōsan returned to a teasing welcome at the Shiba residence.

• Aizen described Dōsan Hanyū’s ability to Gin and Kaname Tōsen, rejected the idea of recruiting him, and announced that the plan could begin.
• Soi Fon learned that Ichimonji Tokinada had asked Central 46 to remove the Stealth Force from the Thirteen Divisions and give the Second Division’s duties to the Artificial Soul Corps.
• Soi Fon ordered guards to investigate and watch Dōsan Hanyū in West District 1 of Rukongai, deciding she could not give up on his talent.
• Captain Unohana healed Dōsan Hanyū before he returned to the Shiba residence, where Kūkaku, Ganju, Koganehiko, and Shiroganehiko staged a noisy celebration.
• Kūkaku and Ganju teased Dōsan by asking whether he had a heart, and Dōsan decided to serve large intestine sashimi for dinner.

Dōsan Hanyū trained at the Shiba residence while his reputation spread through Soul Society, unaware that Soi Fon was searching for him. When he finally went out to buy vegetables, Soi Fon detected him, and Dōsan fled after sensing he was being watched.

• Dōsan made rapid progress in Hakuda, Shunpo, and Kidō while preparing for the Shin'ō Academy entrance exams.
• Soi Fon concluded that the Shiba Clan might be holding Dōsan and ordered a search for him.
• After hearing that Dōsan's Spiritual Pressure had been detected in Rukongai, Soi Fon set out to find him in person.
• Dōsan went out to buy vegetables and passed the alley where he had once been experimented on by the Twelfth Division.
• Dōsan sensed a Soul Reaper watching him, dropped his bags of ingredients, and escaped at full speed using Shunpo.

Dōsan Hanyū was pursued by Second Division members Ryō Genshi and Kudō, who changed their surveillance mission to an execution after he escaped their attempts to stop him. As Dōsan prepared to fight, Captain Soi Fon left the Seireitei and reflected on the noble clans’ role in a past injustice.

• Ryō Genshi spotted Dōsan Hanyū in Rukongai, but Dōsan vanished from his senses and fled using Shunpo.
• Dōsan unleashed his Spiritual Pressure and raced through Rukongai as Ryō Genshi pursued him.
• Dōsan bound Ryō Genshi with Bakudō #4: Hainawa, but Kudō arrived and slashed at Dōsan.
• Kudō declared a mission change to execution, and Ryō Genshi broke free as Dōsan’s eyes turned black and he prepared to fight.
• Soi Fon completed the procedures to leave the Seireitei and traveled toward Rukongai while receiving reports about Dōsan.
• Soi Fon recalled Central 46’s past death sentence against Soul Reaper captains and blamed the Five Great Noble Clans.

Dōsan Hanyū defeated the Second Division Soul Reapers who had followed him and confronted Ryō Genshi over his threats. He accepted Ryō Genshi’s challenge and struck him with Byakurai, leaving his fate unclear.

• Dōsan Hanyū left Kudō and Ryō Genshi badly injured, while Ryō Genshi lost his right arm.
• Dōsan questioned Ryō Genshi about why the Second Division Soul Reapers had been following him.
• Ryō Genshi threatened that Dōsan’s friends would be punished, then dared Dōsan to kill him.
• Dōsan clarified that he had meant to kill Ryō Genshi and raised a finger to his forehead.
• Dōsan cast Hadō #4: Byakurai at Ryō Genshi.

Soi Fon intervened when Dōsan Hanyū fought the Punishment Force, then struggled to introduce herself and recruit him into the Second Division. She finally ordered him to follow her, while a hidden Soul Reaper observed Dōsan and questioned Aizen's judgment of his ability.

• Soi Fon arrived in time to save Ryō Genshi from Dōsan's Byakurai and demanded that Ryō Genshi and Kudō explain their failed surveillance mission.
• Ryō Genshi attacked Soi Fon, and Dōsan killed him with Byakurai before the Punishment Force guards arrived and withdrew with Ryō Genshi and Kudō.
• Soi Fon considered apologizing to Dōsan and inviting him to join the Second Division, while Dōsan worried about explaining his actions.
• Soi Fon turned toward Dōsan but lost her prepared introduction and ordered him to follow her.
• A hidden Soul Reaper watched Dōsan leave and wondered whether Aizen took an ability called Correctness of Revision seriously.

Soi Fon took Dōsan to a sushi shop, where his cautious attempts to guess what she wanted led him to order two servings of every kind of sushi. She revealed she had brought him there to eat, but left him to consume the enormous spread as the shop turned it into an eating contest.

• Soi Fon questioned Dōsan about his diet and training, mistaking his answers for evidence that the Shiba Clan was mistreating him.
• Soi Fon led Dōsan into the Millennium Sushi Shop and told him to order sushi.
• Dōsan ordered more than a dozen dishes as Soi Fon repeatedly urged him to order more, then ordered two servings of every kind.
• Kūkaku and Ganju waited at home for Dōsan to return with groceries while Kūkaku insisted food would arrive soon.
• Soi Fon told Dōsan she was not hungry and made him eat the sushi, while the shop owner turned the meal into a contest.
• Dōsan ate hundreds of pieces and wondered whether he could resist Soi Fon.

Soi Fon made Dōsan Hanyū eat more than a thousand pieces of sushi, then arranged to meet him again the next day. Kūkaku and Ganju waited at home, convinced Dōsan would never return, until he came back.

• Soi Fon urged Dōsan to keep eating while Kūkaku and Ganju waited at home for him to return.
• Dōsan reached 1,760 pieces of sushi but stopped five short of the challenge when he gave the final pieces to Soi Fon.
• Soi Fon left money and told Dōsan to meet her at the same place at one o’clock the next afternoon.
• Kūkaku and Ganju lamented Dōsan’s absence and asked Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko to bury them with their favorite belongings.
• Koganehiko announced that Dōsan had returned, surprising Kūkaku and Ganju.

Dōsan returned home after eating with Soi Fon, leaving Kūkaku convinced he had a girlfriend and prompting her to prepare the Shiba Clan for a romantic battle. Soi Fon borrowed money to keep feeding him, while Ōmaeda claimed he had a plan to recruit him; three weeks later, Rangiku encountered Ōmaeda in Tenth Division territory.

• Dōsan told Kūkaku and Ganju that he had eaten with a girl, then hurried inside because his stomach was upset.
• Kūkaku and Ganju assumed Dōsan was courting someone, and Kūkaku ordered Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko to make him sushi.
• Soi Fon borrowed 100,000 kan from Ōmaeda to pay for Dōsan's meals.
• Ōmaeda questioned whether feeding Dōsan would make him join the Second Division, then said he had a plan to recruit him.
• Three weeks later, Rangiku, now the Tenth Division's lieutenant, confronted Third Seat Ōmaeda after smelling his sake.

Ōmaeda tricked Rangiku into revealing that sake was Dōsan Hanyū’s weakness, then Soi Fon used the tip to arrange a drinking session during Dōsan’s sushi meal. Soi Fon mistook Dōsan’s efforts to refill her cup for a sign of loyalty and was shaken by his behavior.

• Ōmaeda offered Rangiku Sangō Sake and coaxed her into saying that sake was probably Dōsan Hanyū’s weakness.
• Dōsan dressed in expensive Shiba Clan clothes and met Soi Fon at the sushi shop, where his noble attire made her suspect the clan was flaunting its power.
• Soi Fon ordered two of everything on the menu and a flask of sake, while Dōsan worried about facing another enormous sushi meal.
• Dōsan poured Soi Fon a cup of sake, and she interpreted the gesture as thanks for the meal before drinking it quickly.
• Dōsan refilled Soi Fon’s cup before she could raise her head, leaving her astonished and shaken.

Soi Fon drank with Dōsan Hanyū, broke her rule against sharing a third cup, and was caught in a sudden fight when he became delirious and attacked her. A Ninth Division reporter photographed them in the aftermath, giving the Seireitei Communication a sensational story.

• Soi Fon drank the third cup Dōsan poured for her and began crying as old memories resurfaced.
• Dōsan’s Spiritual Pressure surged, and his killing strike made Soi Fon sober up enough to block him.
• Soi Fon briefly faltered from the alcohol, then avoided striking Dōsan directly as he carried her through a wall.
• Soi Fon blasted Dōsan away with wind-attribute Spiritual Pressure and announced the fight had begun.
• A Ninth Division reporter photographed Soi Fon and Dōsan amid the rubble, capturing a scene for the Seireitei Communication.

After Dōsan returned to the Shiba residence bruised and battered, Kūkaku and Ganju misunderstood his injuries as romantic rejection, while Soi Fon tried to recruit him and was publicly mocked in Seireitei Communication. Aizen later revealed that his plot against Soi Fon aimed to take her one-hit-kill ability for a Hollow that could devour abilities.

• A reporter spread a photograph of Dōsan pinning Soi Fon down, and the image sparked rumors throughout the Seireitei.
• Dōsan returned to the Shiba residence with torn clothes and bruises, telling Kūkaku and Ganju that he had walked into a table and refusing to name the young captain.
• Dōsan said he might go out again the next day and offered to pickle vegetables, leaving Kūkaku and Ganju astonished.
• Soi Fon beat Marechiyo Ōmaeda over the scandalous newspaper and stopped only after he promised to lend the Second Division more money and offered another plan to recruit Dōsan.
• Gin questioned why Aizen and Tōsen had made such an elaborate plan involving Soi Fon, and Aizen explained that they wanted her Bankai for a Hollow that devoured its victims’ abilities.

Aizen welcomed Tachikawa Magaki into his group while Gin and Kaname Tōsen traded barbs with her. Soi Fon took Dōsan Hanyū to Junrinan to teach him her fighting style, as a black butterfly flew out of Seireitei.

• Tōsen asked whether they should issue Soi Fon orders in Central 46’s name, but Aizen said there was no need to rush and that her meeting with Dōsan would be the right time.
• Tachikawa Magaki appeared and revealed she had been helping Aizen with his experiments, then traded insults with Tōsen and Gin.
• Aizen praised Magaki as a scientific genius, and Gin mocked her for being knocked unconscious by a young boy.
• Soi Fon recalled confronting Tōsen and the Captain-Commander over false gossip in Seireitei Communication, and reluctantly letting the matter go after Yamamoto offered the Second Division a larger share of the proceeds.
• Soi Fon led Dōsan to the outskirts of Junrinan and offered to teach him her way of fighting.
• A black butterfly flew out through Hakutōmon.

Soi Fon trained Dōsan in Shunpo before receiving an unusual order to investigate abnormal Spiritual Pressure in West Rukongai. They found her Second Division subordinates dead, and a wounded Soul Reaper was blasted apart before he could reach her.

• Soi Fon demonstrated advanced Shunpo and taught Dōsan how to control his Spiritual Pressure while moving.
• A Hell Butterfly delivered an order for Soi Fon to investigate abnormal Spiritual Pressure at nearby coordinates in West Rukongai.
• Dōsan offered to accompany Soi Fon, and he improved his Shunpo by observing her as they traveled.
• Soi Fon and Dōsan arrived at the coordinates and found more than a dozen dead Second Division members, including her Fourth Seat, Sixth Seat, and 10th Seat.
• Soi Fon approached a twitching survivor, who tried to reach her and called her C-Commander before she blasted him apart with Shakkahō.

Dōsan Hanyū and Soi Fon fought the resurrected Gen Kiji while Aizen ordered Gin to attack a test subject created by Tachikawa Magaki. Soi Fon was gravely wounded, and Gen Kiji trapped Dōsan with her by demanding that she kill herself in exchange for Dōsan’s life.

• Dōsan Hanyū blasted a Soul Reaper, whose remains gathered into the form of Gen Kiji with powerful Spiritual Pressure.
• Tachikawa Magaki explained how she had developed Kisuke Urahara’s unfinished brain, and Aizen ordered Gin to attack the test subject.
• Soi Fon fought Gen Kiji and marked him with Hōmonka, but a hidden attacker struck her from behind and tore open her chest.
• Dōsan blocked a further attack with a broken Asauchi and treated Soi Fon with Kaidō, while she urged him to run.
• Gen Kiji offered to spare Dōsan if Soi Fon killed herself.

Dōsan tried to protect the unconscious Soi Fon while fighting Ryō Genshi, whose released Zanpakuto inflicted damage through vibrations. As Ryō Genshi prepared a third strike, Dōsan’s Spiritual Pressure began spreading as gray mist.

• Soi Fon smiled at Dōsan before passing out in his arms, while Dōsan listened to the breath and heartbeat of his sword.
• Gin Ichimaru’s strike was deflected by Dōsan, and Gin recognized that Dōsan had a special ability.
• Gen Kiji released his Zanpakuto, Heavy Kill, and attacked Dōsan while threatening Soi Fon.
• Dōsan cut Gen Kiji’s arm, but Gen Kiji’s vibrations worsened Soi Fon’s injuries even without his blade touching her.
• Dōsan blocked Ryō Genshi’s second vibrating strike with his back and suffered severe wounds as Ryō Genshi charged for a third attack.
• Gray mist spread from Dōsan as he prepared to face Ryō Genshi’s third strike.