Recaps

Kyōsuke Kuchiki entered Shin'ō Academy, displayed extraordinary Kidō and combat abilities, and helped Gin Ichimaru pursue revenge against Sōsuke Aizen. After Kyōsuke defeated an Adjuchas and dozens of Gillians during a Hollow attack, the captains recognized his strength, and he reached graduation with his choice of division still ahead.

• Kyōsuke Kuchiki enrolled at Shin'ō Academy, where his Third-Class Rei'i stunned the observers and earned him a place in Special Class 1 alongside Gin Ichimaru.
• Kyōsuke demonstrated powerful, unfamiliar Kidō and awakened Dijiang's Shikai, while declining Sōsuke Aizen's invitation to join the Fifth Division and agreeing to help Gin gather information on Aizen.
• Kyōsuke won the seated officer competition with his golden barriers and Tenfold Thunder Path, taking First Seat as Gin took Second Seat.
• During Konsō training in Karakura Town, Kyōsuke killed a Gillian and protected the trainees as more Gillians and an Adjuchas emerged from black rifts.
• Kyōsuke battled the Adjuchas and its Gillian reinforcements, then killed them with a twofold Kidō attack as Gin led the surviving trainees to safety.
• Kyōsuke destroyed the Adjuchas's remains before Sōsuke Aizen could study them, and Kisuke Urahara later concluded that Kyōsuke had defeated dozens of Gillians and possessed Captain-level strength.
• The captains discussed recruiting Kyōsuke, while Kyōsuke earned top marks, advised Gin to target the Fifth Division's fraudulent Third Seat, and planned to build his own force.
• Byakuya Kuchiki assured Kyōsuke that the Kuchiki Clan would support his division choice, and Kyōsuke arrived at graduation where Sōsuke Aizen congratulated him and Shinji Hirako recognized him.

Kyōsuke Kuchiki joined the Kidō Corps, defeated Kiganjō, and found Kenpachi Zaraki to inherit the Kenpachi name and 11th Division captaincy. After ten years of preparation, Kyōsuke let Aizen’s plan against Shinji Hirako’s group proceed, hoping to obtain the perfected Hōgyoku as the Hollowfication Incident began.

• Genryūsai Shigekuni rewarded Kyōsuke Kuchiki, but Kyōsuke chose Tessai Tsukabishi’s offer to join the Kidō Corps as its deputy chief.
• At the recruitment gathering, Kenpachi Kiganjō insulted Kyōsuke and challenged him, but Kyōsuke defeated and killed him after sealing his Reiatsu with a Kidō technique.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni offered Kyōsuke the 11th Division captaincy and Kenpachi title, but Kyōsuke stayed with the Kidō Corps and agreed to find a successor.
• Kyōsuke and Yoruichi Shihōin traveled to Zaraki, where Kyōsuke fought and defeated Kenpachi Zaraki, then took him back to the Seireitei to recover.
• Kyōsuke persuaded Zaraki to inherit the Kenpachi title and lead the 11th Division, while Yachiru Kusajishi accompanied him.
• Kyōsuke settled into the Kidō Corps, perfected Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, and unlocked Feng Hou Qimen as Zaraki became the 11th Kenpachi and challenged Yamamoto.
• After ten years, Kyōsuke mastered Feng Hou Qimen and developed Grand Luo Insight enough to see through Kyōka Suigetsu, while Gin Ichimaru warned him that Aizen was preparing to move against Shinji Hirako and his group.
• Kensei Muguruma’s investigation in Rukongai ended with him and Mashiro Kuna vanishing, and Kyōsuke chose not to join the search, intending to let Urahara reach the scene before Aizen and take the Hōgyoku.