Chapter Summaries

At the Kidō Exchange Meeting, Jin'ya Tsunayashiro attacked Dōsan Hanyū with a powerful, sustained Hadō, but Dōsan emerged unharmed. Kūkaku Shiba intervened when Jin'ya seemed to have defeated him, and the confrontation resumed with Dōsan ready to continue.

• Dōsan Hanyū rejected Jin'ya Tsunayashiro's proposal, prompting Jin'ya to unleash his Spiritual Pressure and send spectators fleeing.
• Jin'ya fired Hadō #88: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō, and Dōsan used Mirror Reversal to absorb and cancel the lightning.
• Jin'ya vanished with Shunpo and fired the same attack at close range, sustaining it until Dōsan's Mirror Reversal faltered and the lightning struck him.
• Kūkaku Shiba grabbed Jin'ya and flung him to the edge of the stands before he could follow up.
• Dōsan stepped out of the fading lightning without damage, told Kūkaku to wait, and invited Jin'ya to continue.

Dōsan Hanyū survived Jin'ya Tsunayashiro's strongest Kidō attack, Five Dragon Destruction, and countered with Hadō #90: Black Coffin. Jin'ya left the arena believing Dōsan was defeated, then heard the counterspell behind him.

• Dōsan reassured Kūkaku, who left the battlefield, and told Jin'ya he could defeat him alone.
• Jin'ya unleashed Hadō #99: Five Dragon Destruction, devastating the arena and injuring Dōsan.
• Jin'ya acknowledged Dōsan as a strong man and walked toward the arena passage, believing the fight was over.
• Dōsan's Spiritual Pressure erupted behind Jin'ya, and he cast Hadō #90: Black Coffin.

Dōsan Hanyū survived Jin'ya Tsunayashiro's strongest attack and trapped him in Black Coffin, while Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto secretly released Ryūjin Jakka. Jin'ya was burned from within and died, leaving Dōsan standing over the fallen heir of the Tsunayashiro Clan.

• Dōsan Hanyū emerged from Jin'ya Tsunayashiro's Hadō number ninety-nine with only minor injuries and trapped Jin'ya in Black Coffin.
• Dōsan sensed a hidden plot and identified Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto as the source of the malice.
• Yamamoto secretly released Ryūjin Jakka, then left with Chōjirō Sasakibe and declared that they would change the world.
• Jin'ya's secret defensive barrier resisted Black Coffin, and he admitted that Dōsan had beaten him in Kidō.
• Jin'ya suddenly felt his Spiritual Pressure vanish as Yamamoto's released Zanpakuto burned him from within.
• Black Coffin dissolved, and Jin'ya collapsed dead at Dōsan's feet as the surviving Soul Reapers and nobles watched.

After Dōsan Hanyū killed Jin'ya Tsunayashiro, Ichimonji Tsunayashiro attacked him and Kūkaku with the inherited Zanpakuto Nine Heavens Mirror Valley. Dōsan and Kūkaku fought back, and as Ichimonji released the sword again, someone threw Dōsan's Zanpakuto to him.

• Dōsan Hanyū defeated and killed Jin'ya Tsunayashiro, leaving the bystanders fearing the Tsunayashiro Clan's retaliation.
• Kūkaku took Dōsan's hand to help him leave, but Ichimonji Tsunayashiro attacked and demanded that Dōsan stay.
• Dōsan fired Byakurai at Ichimonji, who blocked the bolts with Nine Heavens Mirror Valley's white shield.
• Dōsan shattered the shield with Hadō #88, but Ichimonji reappeared behind him and wounded him with an extending Zanpakuto.
• Kūkaku fought Ichimonji and identified the straw figure Dōsan had destroyed as a substitute, while Dōsan recognized the sword's extending ability.
• Ichimonji released Nine Heavens Mirror Valley again as Dōsan and Kūkaku stood back-to-back, and a familiar voice tossed Dōsan his Zanpakuto.

Dōsan Hanyū’s clash with Ichimonji Tsunayashiro was stopped by Kaname Tōsen, who declared Jin'ya Tsunayashiro’s death a fair duel. Dōsan left safely, and the nobles began calling him the Kidō God.

• Dōsan Hanyū took up No Cause as Ichimonji Tsunayashiro faced him with the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley.
• Ichimonji interrupted Dōsan’s Kidō with a fiery attack, and Dōsan prepared to draw his Zanpakuto.
• Kaname Tōsen stepped between them and said Jin'ya Tsunayashiro had died in a fair duel, leaving Ichimonji no grounds to hold Dōsan accountable.
• Ichimonji threatened the Tsunayashiro Clan’s revenge, then withdrew rather than face Dōsan and Tōsen together.
• The nobles saw Dōsan as a hero for killing Jin'ya, and the Soul Reapers and nobles began calling him the Kidō God.

After Jin'ya Tsunayashiro's death, Mayuri Kurotsuchi discovered evidence pointing to Captain-Commander Yamamoto, while the Tsunayashiro Clan pressed for Dōsan Hanyū to be punished. As Hanyū's popularity rose and the Central 46 struggled with Yamamoto's silence, Yamamoto decided to abandon him to trial by the Central 46 and the Tsunayashiro Clan.

• The Tsunayashiro Clan examined Jin'ya's body, found no visible evidence of foul play, and privately prepared to exact revenge.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi detected something unusual in Jin'ya's remains and traced the information to Captain-Commander Yamamoto.
• The Tsunayashiro Clan appealed to the Central 46 to punish Dōsan Hanyū, while Yamamoto kept Hanyū confined in the Second Division without putting him on trial.
• Marechiyo Ōmaeda helped expand the San Fan Club as Soul Reapers rallied behind Hanyū and rumors of Jin'ya's crimes spread.
• Yamamoto told the Central 46 to abandon Dōsan Hanyū and leave him to be tried by the Central 46 and the Tsunayashiro Clan.

Dōsan Hanyū trained the Second Division while Central 46 accepted Yamamoto’s plan to let the Tsunayashiro Clan deal with Hanyū’s execution. The chapter ended when Ichidōbō Murashita returned from the World of the Living and reported that Soi Fon had been badly wounded.

• Central 46 agreed to Yamamoto’s request for an internal trial and stepped aside in the matter of Dōsan Hanyū’s execution.
• Dōsan Hanyū continued training the Second Division and impressed its members with a powerful Kidō and Hakuda technique.
• Ichidōbō Murashita rushed into the training hall, exhausted and bleeding, and knelt before Dōsan.
• Murashita told Dōsan that Soi Fon had been badly wounded in the World of the Living.

Dōsan Hanyū decided to disobey Yamamoto’s orders and go to the World of the Living to help the wounded Soi Fon. Sajin Komamura stopped him at the Senkaimon, and Dōsan prepared to fight rather than turn back.

• Ittōbō Murashita told Dōsan Hanyū that Tenzō Tenjō had wounded Soi Fon and was pursuing her in the World of the Living.
• Dōsan ordered Murashita to open the Senkaimon, rejected his suggestion to seek Yamamoto’s approval, and left Ōmaeda in charge of the Second Division.
• Sajin Komamura arrived and struck Dōsan as he entered the Senkaimon, but Dōsan caught the punch and remained unharmed.
• Komamura revealed that Yamamoto had placed Dōsan under house arrest and ordered him not to leave the barracks.
• Dōsan explained that Soi Fon needed help and that Yamamoto had rejected Murashita’s request for reinforcements, then gripped No Cause and told Komamura to get out of his way.

Sajin Komamura allowed Dōsan Hanyū and members of the Second Division to go aid the injured Soi Fon, despite Yamamoto’s orders, after their brief sword clash. Ichimonji Tsunayashiro confronted Komamura over letting Dōsan leave, and the chapter ended with Tsunayashiro gripping his Zanpakuto and showing his killing intent.

• Dōsan Hanyū drew his sword when Komamura moved to stop him, and the two exchanged a brief clash without trying to kill each other.
• Iba was nearly staggered by Dōsan’s sword pressure, while Komamura judged that Dōsan’s control was superior.
• Dōsan declared that he would go to Soi Fon’s aid, and the Second Division members stood with him.
• Komamura sheathed his sword and sent Iba with Dōsan, interpreting Yamamoto’s silence as tacit approval.
• Dōsan’s group passed through the Senkaimon, and Komamura told Tsunayashiro to leave Second Division territory.
• Tsunayashiro gripped the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley and displayed his killing intent toward Komamura.

Dōsan Hanyū arrived in the World of the Living with Iba and Murashita to find Captain Soi Fon, while several captains also headed there after sensing his Spiritual Pressure. He sensed Soi Fon was safe, then came face-to-face with Tenzō Tenjō.

• Gin Ichimaru opened a Senkaimon for Ichimonji, then left to pursue his own chance to kill Aizen.
• Kurotsuchi ordered Nemu to prepare equipment and experimental materials for Dōsan Hanyū's arrival in the World of the Living.
• Shunsui Kyōraku, Jūshirō Ukitake, and Kenpachi Zaraki headed toward the World of the Living, while the First Division announced a captains' meeting for the next morning.
• Dōsan Hanyū arrived in the World of the Living with Iba and Murashita and asked Murashita to lead him to Soi Fon.
• When Murashita feared Soi Fon had been captured, Dōsan sensed that she was unharmed, and Tenzō Tenjō appeared before them and asked if he was Dōsan Hanyū.

Dōsan Hanyū confronted the escaped prisoner Tenzō Tenjō, whose overwhelming strength wounded Dōsan and gravely injured Iba. To protect the nearby city and its inhabitants, Dōsan prepared to use Bakudō number eighty-nine: World Severing.

• Tenzō Tenjō appeared before Dōsan Hanyū and Murashita, and Dōsan recognized him as a worthy opponent.
• Tenzō fired an air bullet at Murashita, but Dōsan intercepted it with No Cause and injured his hands in the process.
• Tenzō struck Iba with another finger blast, leaving him gravely wounded beside his broken Zanpakuto.
• Murashita urged Dōsan to flee, but Dōsan told him to care for Iba and stood his ground against Tenzō.
• Dōsan sensed that their Spiritual Pressure was harming residents nearby and invoked Bakudō number eighty-nine: World Severing.

Dōsan Hanyū fought Tenzō Tenjō inside a Kidō-created space, using Mirror Reversal to counter Tenzō’s overwhelming strength. As Tenzō unleashed Azure Dragon, Dōsan prepared to draw No Cause and answer with his own power.

• Dōsan trapped Tenzō in a separate space with Bakudō number eighty-nine, but Tenzō’s bare arm withstood No Cause.
• Tenzō explained that he had named Hakuda and drove Dōsan back with a powerful punch.
• Tenzō attacked with White Dragon, but Dōsan used Mirror Reversal to analyze and replicate the technique, wounding Tenzō’s arm.
• Tenzō urged Dōsan to put down his sword, but Dōsan insisted that No Cause was necessary to defeat him.
• Tenzō unleashed Azure Dragon as Dōsan set his stance to draw No Cause, his eyes turning black with scarlet specks.

Dōsan Hanyū and Tenzō Tenjō’s battle intensified as Tenzō launched Azure Dragon, but he sensed danger and stopped his attack before it could land. With captains gathering outside the sealed space, Tenzō prepared to unleash Azure Dragon Battle Armor: Moon Form.

• Tenzō Tenjō’s Azure Dragon surpassed White Dragon, but he sensed Dōsan Hanyū’s faint killing intent and halted the strike, suffering its backlash.
• Ittōbō Murashita released a Hell Butterfly to alert Captain Soi Fon, while Tetsuzaemon Iba insisted Dōsan could stand against Tenzō.
• Kenpachi Zaraki arrived with Yachiru and declared he would fight whoever survived; Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake also appeared.
• Ichimonji Tsunayashiro tried to enter the separate space, but Kyōraku stopped him, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi prepared equipment to study the outcome.
• Tenzō praised Dōsan’s Kidō, then coated his fist in azure Spiritual Pressure armor and announced Azure Dragon Battle Armor: Moon Form.

Dōsan Hanyū overcame Tenzō Tenjō’s overwhelming Spiritual Pressure and severed his right arm, then fought him through a fierce sword clash. As his strength began to fail, Tenzō prepared to use a dangerous move, while Kyōraku, Ukitake, and Zaraki sensed the battle from outside the alternate space.

• Tenzō Tenjō charged Dōsan Hanyū, but Dōsan drew No Cause and cut through his armor, severing his right arm.
• Tenzō activated Black Dragon Armor: Night Form, but Dōsan’s blade pierced it and wounded his chest.
• Tenzō transformed his remaining arm into the White Dragon: Light Form: Emperor Sword and counterattacked Dōsan.
• Dōsan and Tenzō exchanged hundreds of attacks, while Tenzō’s Spiritual Pressure and strength steadily declined.
• Tenzō decided to use a move he had not used since leaving Muken, ignoring the possibility that Isshin Shiba and Soi Fon had surrounded the area.
• Kyōraku, Ukitake, and Zaraki sensed the battle’s Spiritual Pressure from outside the alternate space, and Kyōraku remarked on how much Dōsan had grown in three months.

Tenzō Tenjō pushed his body beyond its limits and overwhelmed Dōsan Hanyū with speed and power, but Dōsan adapted with Mirror Reversal and met his final charge. Their clash shattered the alternate space, and Tenzō fell with a massive wound across his chest, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Tenzō Tenjō transformed into his ironlike Dragon Emperor form, burning through his life to gain speed and strength beyond a Soul Reaper's limits.
• Tenzō struck Dōsan Hanyū repeatedly, while Dōsan's No Cause attacks caused damage that Tenzō's body could not easily withstand.
• Tenzō urged Dōsan to use Bankai and landed a devastating punch before Dōsan's blade cut his left hand.
• Dōsan used Mirror Reversal to stop Tenzō's next punch for an instant, then clashed his Zanpakuto against Tenzō's iron fist.
• The collision destroyed the alternate space and sent waves of Spiritual Pressure through the World of the Living, where the captains watched from a distance.
• Tenzō Tenjō fell naked from the blast with a huge diagonal scar across his chest, while the victor remained unclear.

Dōsan Hanyū defeated Tenzō Tenjō, though both fighters were badly weakened, and Soi Fon caught Dōsan as he fell. A Garganta opened above the battlefield, bringing three powerful Hollows whose leader Ukitake identified as Baraggan Louisenbairn, the King of Hueco Mundo.

• Tenzō Tenjō collapsed after his body gave out, and the Soul Reapers recognized that Dōsan Hanyū had won.
• Kyōraku and Ukitake moved to deal with the injured Tenzō, but Zaraki dismissed the fight and left with Yachiru.
• Soi Fon caught Dōsan Hanyū as he fell and checked whether he was badly injured.
• A Garganta opened, and three powerful Hollows emerged, drawing the Soul Reapers’ attention.
• Kyōraku identified the visitors as Vasto Lorde, and Ukitake recognized their leader as Baraggan Louisenbairn, the King of Hueco Mundo.

Kyōraku negotiated with Baraggan’s group to avoid a destructive battle in the World of the Living, allowing the Vasto Lordes to take Tenzō Tenjō. After the Soul Reapers returned, Chōjirō Sasakibe ordered Dōsan Hanyū to surrender his Zanpakuto and submit to detention.

• Kyōraku judged that a Captain-level battle in the World of the Living would cause too much damage and agreed to let Baraggan’s group take Tenzō Tenjō.
• An expressionless youth used Sonído to seize Tenzō Tenjō, then recognized Soi Fon’s rank and asked Dōsan Hanyū whether he had defeated Tenzō.
• Kyōraku confronted the youth, who withdrew through the Garganta, ending the standoff.
• Tsunayashiro Tokinada collected Tenzō Tenjō’s severed arm, while Kurotsuchi gathered the discarded flesh.
• The Soul Reapers returned through the Senkaimon, and Chōjirō Sasakibe ordered Dōsan Hanyū to put down his Zanpakuto and not resist.

After Dōsan Hanyū was imprisoned for Jin'ya Tsunayashiro's death and entering the World of the Living without permission, Yamamoto reconsidered his plans as resentment grew in Soul Society. Dōsan served his sentence, then accepted a teaching position at Shin'ō Academy, where Anki Tsunayashiro was among the students.

• Yamamoto questioned whether his plan to sacrifice Dōsan Hanyū to weaken the Tsunayashiro Clan was worth the risks after Dōsan's unexpected strength and the captains' sparse attendance at the meeting.
• Central 46 sentenced Dōsan Hanyū to three months in prison, prompting public criticism of the Tsunayashiro Clan and private dissatisfaction with Yamamoto.
• Tsunayashiro Clan elders debated how to deal with Dōsan, while Ichimonji warned against making him an enemy and said he had persuaded Kūkaku Shiba to join their side.
• During his imprisonment, Dōsan Hanyū discussed combining Kidō and Hakuda with Soi Fon, who considered adapting the approach herself.
• After three months, Sasakibe told Dōsan Hanyū that Yamamoto wanted him to teach at Shin'ō Academy, where Anki Tsunayashiro was a fourth-year student.

Dōsan Hanyū accepted an instructor post at the Shin'ō Academy of Spiritual Arts but asked to teach kendo instead of Kidō. Meanwhile, Sōji Sanjō continued training and remained loyal to Hanyū, then heard a rumor that Hanyū would return to the academy as a teacher.

• Sasakibe appointed Dōsan Hanyū as a fourth-year Kidō instructor, and Hanyū asked to teach a different subject.
• Sasakibe agreed when Hanyū proposed teaching kendo, despite Hanyū admitting he had little experience with it.
• Sōji Sanjō turned down a classmate's invitation to drink and continued training toward his goal of reaching the Second Division's 10th Seat within three years.
• Sōji Sanjō recalled how he had kept training and supported Hanyū after Hanyū's imprisonment, believing he would return as a legend.
• A student told a companion that Dōsan Hanyū was coming to teach at the Shin'ō Academy of Spiritual Arts, and the companion expressed disbelief.

Sōji Sanjō learned that Dōsan Hanyū was teaching at the Shin'ō Academy of Spiritual Arts and rushed to his classroom. There, 360 challenged Dōsan to a kendo match, and Sanjō stepped in to defend him.

• Jirō told Sōji Sanjō that Dōsan Hanyū had been sent to the academy as punishment for a crime, and Sanjō was delighted by the news.
• Sōji Sanjō applied to skip a grade so he could reach the fourth-year classroom where Dōsan Hanyū was teaching.
• Dōsan Hanyū introduced himself as the students' kendo teacher, and their disrespectful reactions prompted him to release a trace of Spiritual Pressure.
• 360 said her life was controlled by Ichimonji Tsunayashiro and challenged Dōsan Hanyū to a kendo match.
• Sōji Sanjō arrived and declared that anyone who wanted to challenge Dōsan Hanyū would have to get past him first.