Chapter Summaries

Kyōsuke Kuchiki and Kenpachi Zaraki continued their devastating battle, with Kenpachi breaking free of Kyōsuke’s Kidō and both captains witnessing the fight realizing how far beyond ordinary Soul Reapers the two were. The chapter left the fight unresolved, as Kenpachi’s body and weapon were badly damaged but he continued fighting.

• Kyōsuke Kuchiki trapped Kenpachi Zaraki with Six Rods Prison of Light, but Kenpachi blasted through the spell and charged back at him.
• Kyōsuke cast Dankū to protect himself, while Yoruichi Shihōin realized Kenpachi had survived and escaped the restraint.
• Kensei Muguruma arrived with Ninth Division Soul Reapers and watched Kyōsuke and Kenpachi’s battle devastate the surrounding area.
• Kensei Muguruma recognized Kyōsuke’s extraordinary strength, while he and Yoruichi admitted they could do nothing but watch the two monsters fight.
• Kenpachi Zaraki kept fighting despite his battered body, and the ordinary weapon he had picked up shattered while his Asauchi grew shorter and less threatening.

Kyōsuke Kuchiki and Kenpachi Zaraki continued their battle as Zaraki’s Reiatsu and combat ability surged under the pressure. Kyōsuke stopped holding back, prompting Yoruichi Shihōin and Kensei Muguruma to evacuate everyone from the battlefield.

• Kyōsuke Kuchiki struck Kenpachi Zaraki with a tenfold-boosted Sōren Sōkatsui, but Zaraki’s materialized Reiatsu shield protected him from the flames.
• Kenpachi Zaraki’s fighting spirit and strength increased, and his Zanpakuto recovered as he kept attacking Kyōsuke.
• Kyōsuke Kuchiki used Dankū to block Zaraki’s strike, then Dijiang pierced and weakened Zaraki’s golden Reiatsu defense.
• Kyōsuke Kuchiki decided to fight seriously, and the change in his aura made Yoruichi Shihōin and Kensei Muguruma sense the danger.
• Yoruichi Shihōin retreated, while Kensei Muguruma ordered his squad members to evacuate beyond sight of the battle.

Kyōsuke Kuchiki unleashed a tenfold surge of Reiatsu and used a series of Kidō spells to trap Kenpachi Zaraki before striking with Dijiang. He defeated Kenpachi by erasing most of his blade and piercing his left eye, then calmly declared victory.

• Kensei Muguruma rescued the Ninth Division Soul Reapers as Kenpachi's Reiatsu overwhelmed those who had not retreated far enough.
• Kyōsuke unleashed a tenfold Reiatsu surge that shook the land and reached the Ninth Division squad.
• Kyōsuke used Gochūtekkan, Kuyō Shibari, and Dankū to restrict Kenpachi, then concealed himself with Senka and Six Treasury Immortal Thief to attack from behind.
• Kenpachi sensed Kyōsuke's approach and counterattacked with his battered Asauchi, which showed signs of responding to him.
• Kyōsuke clashed Dijiang against Kenpachi's blade, erased most of it, and stabbed Kenpachi in the left eye.
• Kyōsuke withdrew Dijiang, sheathed it, and told Kenpachi that he had won.

Kyōsuke Kuchiki defeated Kenpachi Zaraki but used up nearly all his Spiritual Power, then explained that Zaraki survived because he had spared him to inherit the Kenpachi title. Kyōsuke asked Yoruichi to help carry Zaraki back to Seireitei.

• Kenpachi Zaraki collapsed after Dijiang erased his left eye, and Kyōsuke Kuchiki relaxed as Yoruichi Shihōin arrived.
• Kyōsuke used Kaidō to heal Zaraki's recoverable wounds, while Kensei Muguruma arrived and learned that Zaraki was still alive.
• Kyōsuke told Kensei that Zaraki needed to survive and inherit the Kenpachi title, and explained to Yoruichi that the fight had pushed both combatants to their limits.
• Kyōsuke asked Yoruichi to help take Zaraki back to Seireitei because his Spiritual Power was depleted, and she reluctantly agreed.

Kyōsuke Kuchiki defeated Kenpachi Zaraki and brought the unconscious warrior and Yachiru Kusajishi back to the Seireitei for treatment. After Retsu Unohana recognized Zaraki and reacted with intense, complicated feelings, Kyōsuke rested in the Fourth Division and slept until noon.

• Yachiru Kusajishi appeared and asked where Yoruichi and Kyōsuke were taking Kenpachi Zaraki, then introduced herself as his companion.
• Kyōsuke told Yachiru he would take Zaraki to the Seireitei so he could recover and grow stronger, and agreed to bring her along.
• Kyōsuke, Yoruichi, and Yachiru returned to the Seireitei with the still-unconscious Zaraki and took him to the Fourth Division for treatment.
• Retsu Unohana recognized Zaraki, questioned Kyōsuke about defeating him, and called him a suitable candidate for the next Kenpachi.
• Yoruichi asked Retsu to treat Zaraki and look after Yachiru, then Kyōsuke requested that she tell the Captain-Commander he had found a Kenpachi candidate.
• Kyōsuke went to sleep in the Fourth Division and woke at high noon.

After waking from a daylong sleep, Kyōsuke Kuchiki persuaded Kenpachi Zaraki to pursue the 11th Division captaincy and then headed to the Kidō Corps headquarters. There, Grand Kidō Chief Tsukabishi greeted him, saying he had been about to look for him.

• Retsu Unohana told Kyōsuke Kuchiki he had slept for a whole day and night and that several people, including Kenpachi Zaraki, had come to see him.
• Kenpachi Zaraki demanded another fight, but Kyōsuke Kuchiki urged him to inherit the name Kenpachi and become captain of the 11th Division instead.
• Kyōsuke Kuchiki explained that the position would bring Zaraki strong challengers and dangerous battles, and promised he could challenge Captain-Commander Yamamoto.
• Zaraki and Yachiru Kusajishi left to find the Captain-Commander, then returned and Zaraki asked when he could fight Kyōsuke again.
• Kyōsuke Kuchiki hurriedly escaped to the Kidō Corps headquarters, where Tessai Tsukabishi welcomed him and said he had been about to look for him.

Kyōsuke Kuchiki unlocked Feng Hou Qimen and began mastering its ability to control everything within its formation. While he trained, Kenpachi Zaraki became the 11th Division captain, fought Captain-Commander Yamamoto, and publicly confirmed that Kyōsuke had defeated him, raising Kyōsuke’s standing across the Seireitei.

• Kyōsuke Kuchiki completed his Kidō Corps handover, met Hachigen Ushōda, and returned to the Kuchiki estate after recovering from his battle with Kenpachi Zaraki.
• Kyōsuke assessed his growth and combat experience, then settled into the Kidō Corps while training his Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and taking Hollow-purification missions.
• Kyōsuke perfected the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, unlocked Feng Hou Qimen, and began practicing its control over space and everything inside its formation.
• Kenpachi Zaraki succeeded Kiganjō as the 11th Kenpachi and challenged Captain-Commander Yamamoto, who forced him to face Ryūjin Jakka’s Shikai.
• Kenpachi Zaraki admitted that Kyōsuke had defeated him, silencing boastful 11th Division members and earning the Kidō Corps greater respect.

Ten years after Kyōsuke Kuchiki rose to prominence, he learned from Gin Ichimaru that Aizen planned to target Shinji Hirako and his group, but chose not to interfere because he wanted Kisuke Urahara to reveal the Hōgyoku. Days later, Kensei Muguruma and his Ninth Division team investigated disappearances in Rukongai, where Kaname Tōsen sensed something approaching.

• Kyōsuke Kuchiki spent ten years building his strength, mastered Feng Hou Qimen, and developed Grand Luo Insight enough to see through Kyōka Suigetsu.
• Gin Ichimaru told Kyōsuke Kuchiki that Aizen was preparing to make his move against Shinji Hirako and his group.
• Kyōsuke Kuchiki told Gin Ichimaru not to stop Aizen, hoping the Hollowfication Incident would lead Kisuke Urahara to reveal the Hōgyoku.
• Kyōsuke Kuchiki reflected on the two incomplete Hōgyoku and his plan to obtain the perfected one.
• Kensei Muguruma led Mashiro Kuna and other Ninth Division members to investigate disappearances in Rukongai, and Kaname Tōsen warned that something was approaching.

Kensei Muguruma investigated the disappearances in Rukongai after rescuing Shūhei Hisagi from a Hollow and finding the advance team's uniforms abandoned. That night, Tōdō was found beside slain squad members, and Kensei became unable to move.

• Kensei Muguruma killed the Menos Grande that had attacked Rukongai and learned the rescued child was Shūhei Hisagi.
• Mashiro Kuna found Soul Reaper uniforms abandoned in the bushes, and Kensei realized the entire advance team had disappeared.
• Kensei ordered Okishima to contact Central, sent Tōdō to contact the Twelfth Division, and arranged for the squad to camp overnight.
• Tōdō returned with word that Lieutenant Hiyori would investigate, while Kensei rested and Mashiro Kuna slept in the tent.
• Kensei found Tōdō standing over two dead Ninth Division members, then watched an invisible blade kill Tōdō.
• Kensei tried to retreat and call Mashiro Kuna, but discovered he could no longer move.

Kensei Muguruma and Mashiro Kuna’s Reiatsu signatures vanished, prompting Genryūsai to assemble the captains and send a team to investigate. Kyōsuke Kuchiki recognized Aizen’s attack from the story he knew and planned to wait for Urahara to intervene before taking the Hōgyoku himself.

• Kensei Muguruma was run through by a Zanpakuto and reacted with shock at his attacker.
• Kyōsuke Kuchiki was summoned to the First Division Barracks after the Ninth Division reported that Kensei Muguruma and Mashiro Kuna had vanished.
• Kisuke Urahara learned that Hiyori had gone to investigate the Rukongai and hurried to the emergency meeting, where Genryūsai stopped him from joining the search.
• Genryūsai sent Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi, Shinji Hirako, Love Aikawa, and Tessai Tsukabishi to the scene, while assigning other captains to guard the Seireitei or prepare for casualties.
• Kyōsuke Kuchiki chose not to volunteer, planning to let Urahara reach the scene before Aizen and take the Hōgyoku.