Chapter Summaries

Dōsan Hanyū released No Cause and used its power against Gen Kiji, whose Hollow transformation ended in an abrupt explosion. Aizen and his companions discussed Dōsan’s ability and decided to continue their plan, while Kūkaku concluded Dōsan was dead after finding his tattered clothes.

• Dōsan Hanyū released No Cause and stabbed the unconscious Soi Fon, transferring the damage Gen Kiji had dealt to her back onto Gen Kiji.
• Gen Kiji transformed into a Captain-level Menos Grande, then exploded before Dōsan could fight it.
• Tachikawa Magaki explained that the Hollow’s explosion resulted from genetic collapse, while Aizen insisted Dōsan’s ability was Correctness of Revision and chose to continue the plan.
• Kūkaku worried that Dōsan had not returned, and Ganju brought back his tattered clothes for her to bury as his remains.

Dōsan carried the badly injured Soi Fon into Seireitei and brought her to the Fourth Division for treatment. By morning, Chōjirō Sasakibe arrived with orders to investigate Soi Fon and place her under supervision.

• Jidanbō recognized Dōsan as the Commander of the Punishment Force, then lifted the Hakutōmon after Dōsan insisted on entering to save the injured captain.
• Dōsan carried the young captain into Seireitei, got lost after Jidanbō shut the gate, and used Shunpo to search for the Fourth Division.
• Dōsan met Rangiku, who led him to the Fourth Division Barracks, where Unohana recognized the injured captain as Soi Fon and ordered Isane to notify the Captain-Commander.
• Unohana treated Soi Fon while Isane accidentally struck her head on a steel pipe and received emergency care.
• At dawn, Chōjirō Sasakibe delivered the Captain-Commander's order to investigate Soi Fon for acting without authorization and causing the deaths of seventeen Second Division Soul Reapers, and his squad placed her sickbed under supervision.

Central 46’s attempt to arrest Dōsan Hanyū was thwarted, while Soi Fon’s investigation ended without severe punishment and exposed growing tensions between Central 46 and the Gotei 13. As the captains gathered to discuss Shin'ō Academy enrollment, Soi Fon confronted Sōsuke Aizen with her released Zanpakuto.

• Central 46’s Enforcement Squad tried to take Soi Fon for questioning and arrest Dōsan, but Rangiku and Unohana invoked their authority and the Shiba Clan crest to make the squad withdraw.
• Rangiku took Dōsan out of Seireitei, then he returned with her to the Shiba residence, where Kūkaku and Ganju were mourning beside a grave.
• Soi Fon’s investigation ended without severe punishment, but the captains recognized that relations between the Gotei 13 and Central 46 had begun to cool.
• Ōmaeda brought Soi Fon a list of Second Division candidates and proposed recruiting Dōsan, while Soi Fon reacted with unease.
• Yamamoto called a captains’ meeting to discuss Shin'ō Academy enrollment, and Soi Fon confronted Sōsuke Aizen with Suzumebachi released.

Soi Fon confronted Gin Ichimaru over the attack that nearly killed her, but other captains stopped their clash. At the captains’ meeting, they chose instructors for the Shin'ō Academy before Aizen opposed Ichimonji Tokinada’s proposal for an artificial-soul guard.

• Soi Fon accused Gin Ichimaru of attacking her, but Gin denied it and suggested her boyfriend was responsible.
• Soi Fon attacked Gin, but Retsu Unohana, Sajin Komamura, Kaname Tōsen, and Isshin Shiba intervened; Ichimonji Tsunayashiro then provoked Aizen and Tōsen.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto asked for three captains to teach at the Shin'ō Academy, and Sōsuke Aizen, Kuchiki Ginrei, and Soi Fon volunteered to teach calligraphy, etiquette, and flower arranging.
• Ichimonji Tokinada presented the proposal for the “Shin'ō Artificial Soul Noble Guard,” and Aizen declared that he would never support it.
• Tokinada dismissed Aizen as a coward who could not imagine him standing in the heavens.

Dōsan Hanyū went to the Shin'ō Academy of Spiritual Arts admissions exam, where he tried to pass as an ordinary wandering soul and befriended Shūhei Hisagi. His sixth-grade reiatsu impressed the staff, but the final test revealed that his soul was only seven years old, leaving Mr. Mitsui stunned.

• Kūkaku, Ganju, Koganehiko, and Shiroganehiko prepared Dōsan for school, and Kūkaku launched the Shiba Clan house into the air with the Kakaku Cannon after he left.
• Dōsan met Shūhei Hisagi while waiting in the commoners' admissions line, and they chatted about school, talent, and Dōsan's sword.
• Mr. Mitsui recognized Dōsan from a picture and took him to the examinations, while Dōsan insisted on following the normal process.
• The examiners recorded Dōsan's reiatsu as sixth grade, but the final test twice showed his soul age as seven.

Rizukihime Kasumiōji learned that the highly favored transfer student Dōsan Hanyū would join her third-year class, while Dōsan’s age caused concern about whether he could safely attend the captains’ lessons. As Sōsuke Aizen prepared to reveal Kyōka Suigetsu, Dōsan was still delayed and the vice principal had not arrived.

• Rizukihime Kasumiōji and Inorei Hikaru discussed Dōsan Hanyū’s connections, talent, and rumored reserved position in the Tenth Division.
• Sōsuke Aizen told the third-year students that Dōsan would join their class and asked them to look after him.
• Mitsui-san worried that Dōsan, measured as only seven years old, could be harmed by intensive exposure to Spiritual Pressure and was not ready to attend the captains’ lessons.
• Sōsuke Aizen ended his lesson by announcing that he would demonstrate his Shikai and calling, “Shatter, Kyōka Suigetsu!”

Dōsan Hanyū’s unusually high Spiritual Pressure prompted the academy to arrange medical care, while Shūhei Hisagi was admitted after Mitsui intervened. Dōsan arrived late to Soi Fon’s class, where her reaction to a newspaper rumor left him confused.

• Aizen excused his lateness to Kuchiki Ginrei, who felt a sudden chill after reflecting on Aizen’s apparent perfection.
• Ōunabara Gen'ogorō discovered that seven-year-old Dōsan Hanyū had Spiritual Pressure at least as strong as a 10th Seat’s and arranged for him to avoid using it until the Thirteenth Division could examine him.
• Mitsui stopped the rejected Shūhei Hisagi and directed a staff member to take him to the new students’ classroom.
• Soi Fon assessed the students’ abilities during her flower-arranging class and recognized several with promising potential.
• Dōsan arrived late to class, and Soi Fon blushed and insisted that she barely knew him.

On his first day at the Shin'ō Academy of Spiritual Arts, Dōsan Hanyū mistook his classmates’ curiosity for bullying and told them about Nemu Number Seven. Meanwhile, Kūkaku and Ganju pressured Ōunabara Gen'ogorō into arranging special roles and accommodations for Dōsan, then pushed their luck by asking to renovate the academy.

• Dōsan avoided sitting beside Soi Fon and watched her flower-arranging lesson until she lost her composure and left the classroom.
• After Soi Fon departed, Dōsan mistook his classmates’ attention for an impending attack, but they crowded around him to ask about his connections and Nemu Number Seven.
• Dōsan described Nemu Number Seven as ugly, foul-mouthed, and a soul-eater, captivating the students with the story.
• Kūkaku demanded that Ōunabara Gen'ogorō make her academy head and let her move the Shiba Hut onto the grounds, while Ganju asked to teach a fireworks class.
• Ōunabara allowed Kūkaku and Ganju to teach sixth-years pending Captain-Commander Yamamoto’s approval, and Kūkaku agreed Dōsan would attend only one class a day.
• Kūkaku offered to renovate the academy, and Ōunabara split his desk with a punch as he refused.

Dōsan turned his classmates against the Twelfth Division with an embellished account of Nemu Number Seven, then clashed with Nemu Kurotsuchi during a school examination. Tachikawa Magaki left the Twelfth Division for the Thirteenth, while Aizen told Gin that his plan had succeeded despite appearances.

• Dōsan persuaded his classmates, including Rizukihime, to avoid joining the Twelfth Division by recounting Nemu Number Seven’s death.
• Rangiku, Isane, and Nemu Kurotsuchi arrived to examine the students, and Nemu identified Dōsan as having a heart and ordered him to come with them.
• Tachikawa Magaki dismantled experimental machines, left her Zanpakuto modification records with Kurotsuchi, and departed the Twelfth Division.
• Central 46 and First Division headquarters appointed Tachikawa Magaki second lieutenant of the Thirteenth Division, where Kaien Shiba was serving as lieutenant.
• Gin told Aizen that his attempt to plant Kyōka Suigetsu had failed, but Aizen said he had succeeded.

Gin asked Aizen how to avoid Complete Hypnosis before leaving to serve as vice-captain of the Shin'ō Artificial Soul Noble Guard, and Aizen agreed to explain. Meanwhile, Nemu tried to carry out Mayuri's orders on Dōsan during his examination, but a mishap left her injured and asking to return to the Twelfth Division.

• Gin told Aizen he was leaving to become vice-captain of the Shin'ō Artificial Soul Noble Guard and asked how to avoid Complete Hypnosis.
• Aizen agreed to tell Gin how to avoid his Complete Hypnosis.
• Isane finished examining Dōsan and assured him that nothing was wrong with his body.
• Nemu tied Dōsan to an operating table and tried to use a scalpel on him while Rangiku was drunk and Isane was distracted.
• Isane accidentally struck Nemu, leaving the scalpel embedded near her Saketsu, and Nemu then injected herself with a green reagent.
• Nemu asked to return to the Twelfth Division, while Isane panicked and called for a doctor.

Vice Principal Ōuna warned the third-years that their limited experience made them vulnerable to Hollows, and students shared painful encounters that proved the danger. He called on Dōsan Hanyū to describe the Hollow he had faced, leaving Dōsan unsure what to say.

• Ōuna reprimanded Rizukihime for her clothes and explained that Dōsan could wear his own because he would attend the academy for only one year.
• Rizukihime offered to pay for Dōsan's academy uniforms, and he thanked her, making her hair puff up.
• Ōuna warned that third-years faced a high risk of death because they lacked the experience and strength to fight Hollows.
• Sōji Sanjō admitted he thought the strongest third-years could defeat weaker Hollows, but Ōuna challenged his confidence.
• Inorei Hikaru revealed that a weak Hollow had nearly killed him and left a lasting injury that stunted his Spiritual Pressure.
• Rizukihime said a Hollow had killed her mother, and Ōuna asked Dōsan to tell the class about the Hollow he had encountered.

Dōsan Hanyū recounted how he had defeated a Cero-using Hollow before beginning cultivation, surprising his classmates and unsettling their teacher, Ōuna. The class celebrated receiving Asauchi early because of Dōsan’s Shikai, while Soi Fon returned to the Second Division barracks and learned that six of her men had been beaten by the 11th Division.

• Ōuna asked Dōsan to describe his first encounter with a Hollow, and Dōsan said he had dodged its attacks before defeating it with one Hakuda strike.
• Dōsan revealed that the Hollow could use Cero, prompting Ōuna to warn the students that engaging Hollows could lead to suspension or expulsion.
• Ōuna announced that the students would receive Asauchi and explained that Dōsan’s already-released Zanpakuto had shortened their wait.
• The students cheered and thanked Dōsan for helping them receive their Asauchi early.
• Soi Fon returned to the Second Division barracks, where Ōmaeda reported that six of their men had been beaten by the 11th Division.

Soi Fon ordered Ōmaeda to arrange a hundred matches with the Eleventh Division and sent him to challenge Ikkaku Madarame, while Dōsan Hanyū met Inorei Hikaru training at the academy. Hikaru proposed a Kidō spar, leaving Dōsan worried the contest might damage their friendship.

• Soi Fon ordered Ōmaeda to arrange a hundred matches between the Second and Eleventh Divisions and told Dōsan to challenge Ikkaku Madarame.
• Ōmaeda left to prepare for his challenge and considered making a will before going to the Eleventh Division.
• Dōsan entered a sekkiseki-enclosed practice room and watched Inorei Hikaru train in Shunpo.
• Hikaru touched Dōsan's shoulder with Shunpo, then asked about his late-night training and heard he practiced until about two in the morning.
• Hikaru challenged Dōsan to a spar and chose to compete by bombarding each other with Kidō, making Dōsan worry Hikaru might resent him afterward.

Inorei Hikaru challenged Dōsan Hanyū to an unrestricted spar, but Dōsan overwhelmed him with Kidō, Spiritual Pressure, and a defensive technique called Mirror Reversal. After Hikaru was exhausted, he offered to teach Dōsan better Spiritual Pressure control, then mentioned having read Seireitei Communication, leaving Dōsan confused.

• Dōsan struck Hikaru with Byakurai and Shakkahō, showing that his Kidō was far faster than Hikaru could react to.
• Hikaru attacked Dōsan with Hakuda and a sword strike, but Dōsan blocked him with Mirror Reversal, a Kidō he had created with a friend.
• Dōsan trained Hikaru in Hakuda and Shunpo until Hikaru ran out of stamina and Spiritual Pressure.
• Hikaru suggested that Dōsan could reflect attacks by matching their Spiritual Pressure, then offered to help him improve his control.
• Hikaru praised Dōsan for listening to him and said he had thought Dōsan had slept his way to the top after reading Seireitei Communication, prompting Dōsan to ask what it was.

Dōsan Hanyū drew a crowd of classmates at the academy, where Ōunabara Gen'ogorō arranged for staff to monitor his training. Meanwhile, Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Nemu discovered that far fewer souls than expected had reincarnated in West Rukongai's District 49, where Dōsan had arrived.

• Dōsan Hanyū was greeted by classmates who crowded around him, while Rizukihime Kasumiōji grew jealous and demanded to know why he was not wearing his academy uniform.
• During Ōunabara Gen'ogorō's lesson, Dōsan explained that he had slept at the training ground, and Ōunabara warned him about the risks of intense training before offering to send academy staff to supervise him.
• In West Rukongai's District 49, Nemu Kurotsuchi reported that the readings and local conditions seemed ordinary compared with data from ten years earlier.
• Nemu discovered that the number of souls reincarnated in District 49 over the past decade may have been less than one-tenth of normal, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi took her to investigate.

Dōsan Hanyū struggled with the unsettling power of his Zanpakuto, No Cause, and left class to seek answers. Meanwhile, Mayuri Kurotsuchi learned that Dōsan had arrived in Soul Society ten years earlier, raising the question of why his spiritual body was only seven years old.

• Dōsan’s classmates admired No Cause, but he became distracted by the blade’s strange attraction and the emptiness he felt when wielding it.
• Dōsan startled his teacher, apologized, and left class to rest; Rizukihime was refused permission to leave because she was over a hundred years old.
• Dōsan wondered what No Cause was and encountered Rangiku Matsumoto, who pretended to be distraught until he offered her chrysanthemum sake.
• In District 49 of West Rukongai, Mayuri Kurotsuchi found no abnormalities in his examination of wandering souls.
• Nemu Kurotsuchi told Mayuri that Dōsan had arrived in Soul Society ten years earlier, and Mayuri questioned why Dōsan’s spiritual body was only seven years old.

Dōsan helped Rangiku with the Tenth Division’s paperwork while Isshin and Soi Fon pursued separate schemes to shape his future. Yamamoto, convinced Dōsan’s talent was extraordinary, ordered Sasakibe to bring him to his quarters that night.

• Rangiku explained that the 11th Division’s repeated fights with the Second Division had burdened the Tenth Division with incident reports, and Dōsan agreed to help her review them.
• Rangiku handed Dōsan the table of contents for the regulations and urged him to rise through the Tenth Division until he became captain.
• Isshin lured Rangiku into a training room after she asked him to spar, then activated his Bankai.
• Ōmaeda told Soi Fon that Rangiku had fallen for their plan, but Soi Fon hesitated to deceive Dōsan further until Ōmaeda argued that joining Isshin and Rangiku would harm him.
• Yamamoto questioned whether Dōsan’s talent justified his attention, then told Sasakibe to bring Dōsan to his quarters that night.

Dōsan Hanyū met with classmates for training, where Hikaru suggested using weights to improve fine control and Sōji Sanjō tried to curry favor by backing Dōsan. The chapter then shifted to Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru getting lost while searching for Yamamoto’s barracks.

• Mitsui-san examined Dōsan Hanyū after he felt unwell, but found no problems.
• A firework exploded nearby, and the group saw someone fall from its burst.
• Hikaru offered Dōsan a ton of training weights to help him practice fine control for Mirror Reversal.
• Sōji Sanjō mocked Hikaru’s suggestion, then accepted Dōsan’s invitation to try the weights himself.
• Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru searched for Yamamoto’s barracks, but Yachiru pointed them back in the direction they had come from.

Dōsan Hanyū continued training his classmates until Chōjirō Sasakibe arrived with orders from the Captain-Commander. Sasakibe summoned Dōsan to a night meeting and revealed that his opponent in an upcoming battle would be Kenpachi Zaraki.

• Rizukihime and the other trainees struggled through Dōsan's training, while Sōji Sanjō pushed himself especially hard.
• The exhausted classmates left, but Dōsan continued training with Sanjō and the others.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe arrived and warned Dōsan not to train his spiritual pressure too intensely before speaking with Sanjō.
• Sasakibe told Dōsan that the Captain-Commander wished to see him.
• Sasakibe revealed that Dōsan's opponent would be the captain of the 11th Division, Kenpachi Zaraki.

Dōsan Hanyū met Captain-Commander Yamamoto, who recognized his sword-induced emptiness and tried to recruit him for swordsmanship, but Dōsan refused to change his plan to join the Tenth Division. Yamamoto brought him to face Kenpachi Zaraki, where Dōsan’s immense killing intent emerged and Zaraki challenged him as a fellow monster.

• Dōsan Hanyū greeted Yamamoto and endured the pressure of his Spiritual Pressure.
• Yamamoto offered to teach Dōsan swordsmanship and identified the emptiness and killing intent he felt when holding a sword.
• Dōsan refused to reconsider joining the Tenth Division, despite Yamamoto’s offer.
• Kenpachi Zaraki arrived demanding an opponent, and Yamamoto led him and Dōsan to a training ground.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe sensed the immense killing intent surrounding Dōsan and Zaraki.
• Zaraki called Dōsan a fellow monster, and Dōsan raised his head with pitch-black eyes.