Recaps

Ten Unohana returned to the World of the Living, reclaimed his preserved Gigai, and reunited with the Uten Group’s Jūichirō Takeda. Meanwhile, Aizen’s plan advanced as Kensei Muguruma and Mashiro Kuna disappeared, and the investigating Soul Reapers encountered a Hollow-like Kensei.

• Ten Unohana went to Karakura Town, broke into the Uten Group’s underground chamber, and freed his well-preserved Gigai from the ice.
• Jūichirō Takeda welcomed Ten Unohana, who remembered him as Pangpang and accepted a bank card before setting out to explore the modern world.
• Old Man Yamamoto summoned the captains after Kensei Muguruma and Mashiro Kuna’s Reiatsu vanished, then dispatched Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi, Shinji Hirako, Love Aikawa, Tessai Tsukabishi, Hachigen Ushōda, and Lisa Yadōmaru to investigate.
• Kisuke Urahara arrived too late to join the investigation, while Hiyori Sarugaki struggled against the attackers alone.
• Shinji Hirako and the other Soul Reapers found Hiyori with a Hollow-like Kensei, and Hiyori urged them not to attack him.

Ten Unohana reunited with Yoruichi in Karakura Town after she rescued Kisuke Urahara, then learned that Kisuke and Aizen had researched his Soul Reaper–Hollow condition. The chapter ended with Ten inspecting Kisuke’s Hōgyoku and Yoruichi revealing that its creation involved Reiatsu Mama Hana had preserved from Ten.

• Yoruichi left the Second Division barracks to rescue Kisuke Urahara, while Retsu Unohana worried that Kisuke’s research would be delayed without the Shihōin Clan’s support.
• Ten Unohana found Yoruichi at a Senkaimon in Karakura Town, kissed her, and helped her carry Hiyori Sarugaki, Lisa Yadōmaru, and Mashiro Kuna while Kisuke carried the others.
• At the villa, Ten Unohana damaged his Gigai, which briefly leaked Reiatsu and brought out a Hollow mask; he dismissed the mask, surprising Kisuke with his control.
• Yoruichi explained to Kisuke that Ten Unohana’s body combined Soul Reaper and Hollow qualities, and she told Ten that Aizen and Kisuke had both researched the condition.
• Ten Unohana asked Kisuke to show him the Hōgyoku, and Yoruichi said its creation had involved Reiatsu Mama Hana had preserved from Ten.

Ten Unohana treated the Hollowfication of Hiyori Sarugaki, Lisa Yadōmaru, and Mashiro Kuna while planning to retrieve his sealed Soul Reaper powers from Soul Society. The three women reached Captain-level strength, and Retsu Unohana prepared to visit the World of the Living as Yamamoto strengthened the guard at Ten’s seal.

• Ten refused Kisuke Urahara’s request to destroy the Hōgyoku and announced that he would go to Soul Society to reclaim his sealed powers.
• Ten began treating Hiyori Sarugaki, Lisa Yadōmaru, and Mashiro Kuna, using his Zanpakuto to balance their Soul Reaper and Hollow energies.
• Ten’s treatment helped Hiyori Sarugaki and Lisa Yadōmaru recover, while Mashiro Kuna remained unconscious as her Hollowfication took longer.
• Ten altered Mashiro Kuna’s Hollowfication with a thread of his Reiatsu, strengthening her and changing her mask before calming her.
• Yoruichi told Ten that Retsu Unohana would come to the World of the Living in a few days, while Yamamoto ordered extra Captain-level guards posted at Ten’s seal.
• Ten finished treating all three women, who reached at least Captain-level strength and could fight Captain-level opponents.

Retsu Unohana arrived in the World of the Living and reunited with Ten, who confided his plans and loneliness to her. Later, Ten went shopping with Retsu and the others, where he met Masaki Kurosaki and learned she was engaged.

• Ten welcomed Retsu and Rangiku after they arrived through a Senkaimon, then returned with them to his residence.
• Ten explained to Retsu that he planned to regain his Soul Reaper powers and use his Zanpakuto's chain to protect himself from Soul Society.
• Ten told Retsu how lonely he had been in Hueco Mundo, and she comforted him as he fell asleep in her arms.
• Ten woke up embarrassed after drooling on Retsu, then took her shopping with Yoruichi, Lisa, Mashiro, and Hiyori Sarugaki.
• Ten approached Masaki Kurosaki at the mall, but her maid interrupted to say that Masaki was already engaged.

Ten Unohana abducted Masaki Kurosaki and Katagiri, then drove off the Ishida Family when they came to confront him. He returned to Soul Society with Retsu Unohana to recover his Soul Reaper powers, but a mysterious figure blocked his path to the seal.

• Ten Unohana declared Masaki Kurosaki and Katagiri his, and brought them to his residence despite their protests.
• Sōken Ishida led the Ishida Family to confront Ten Unohana, who repelled their attacks and prepared to kill them until Masaki asked him to stop.
• Masaki told Ten Unohana that harming the Ishida Family would cost him any chance of winning her heart, and he spared them.
• Ten Unohana told Retsu Unohana he would travel to Soul Society to regain his Soul Reaper powers, then said farewell to the women at his residence.
• Ten Unohana and Retsu Unohana arrived in Rukongai through a Senkaimon, and Retsu returned while Ten continued toward the seal.
• A figure blocked Ten Unohana and warned him not to go to the seal, prompting his surprised reaction.

Ten Unohana learned that nearly every active captain had gathered to guard the place where he was sealed, but he attacked anyway to clear a path to the seal. As Shasha and Ginhime began breaking it, the captains’ attempts to stop them were dispelled by a blood-red light.

• Hisana warned Ten Unohana that the sealed place was guarded by at least two Captain-level Soul Reapers and that nearly every active captain had arrived.
• Ten Unohana decided not to wait, Hollowfied, and charged the captains, injuring several while his High-Speed Regeneration absorbed their attacks.
• Shunsui Kyōraku ordered Aizen, Gin, Komamura, Tōsen, and Kurotsuchi to withdraw, then fought Ten Unohana alongside Jūshirō Ukitake and Byakuya Kuchiki.
• Ten Unohana occupied Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake while Shasha and Ginhime appeared beside Blade of Slaughter and moved to break the seal.
• Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake tried to stop Shasha and Ginhime, but the blood moon’s crimson light dissipated their restraining attacks.

Ten Unohana fought Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai while Shasha and Ginhime worked to break the seal, using a blood moon to absorb his opponents' spiritual attacks. He then summoned a rising Blood Sea that healed him and nullified physical attacks, leaving the captains unable to stop him.

• Ten Unohana stalled Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai while Shasha and Ginhime began breaking the seal, and his blood moon suppressed Ryūjin Jakka by absorbing Reiatsu.
• Gin Ichimaru wounded Ten Unohana with Shinsō, but Ten Unohana immediately regenerated.
• Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai used bursts of Reiatsu and Zanka no Tachi to inflict a wound that resisted regeneration and damage Satan's Curse.
• Ten Unohana bombarded Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai with Ceros and released absorbed energy through a Blood Moon Cero, forcing him to evade.
• Ten Unohana summoned a Blood Sea, dissolved into blood to evade the captains' coordinated attacks, and healed his remaining wound.
• Byakuya Kuchiki and Sajin Komamura failed to damage Ten Unohana as the Blood Sea rose and the blood moon accumulated more energy.

Ten Unohana destroyed the Blood Moon, recovered his sealed original body, and fought the captains as they tried to stop him. Hisana rushed into the sealing attack and was enveloped with Ten Unohana, leaving them sealed together.

• Yamamoto ordered the captains to attack the Blood Moon, and their Bankai shattered it, stripping Ten Unohana of most of his abilities.
• Ten Unohana’s Gran Rey Cero was reflected by Jūshirō Ukitake’s Sōgyo no Kotowari, wounding Ten Unohana and giving Yamamoto time to identify his weakness.
• Shasha gave Ten Unohana the Blade of Slaughter, and he ended his Hollowfication before merging with his sealed original self.
• The captains attacked the unconscious Ten Unohana, and Soi Fon struck him twice with Suzumebachi, but he began regenerating after crumbling apart.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi threw a seal at Ten Unohana, but Hisana rushed in and was caught by it; Ten Unohana embraced her as the blue Reiatsu sealed them both.

Ten Unohana returned to the World of the Living with his Soul Reaper and Hollow powers sealed, and promised Masaki he would not kill Quincy unless they provoked him. After taking the women shopping and meeting the orphaned Ikumi Unagiya, he faced the arrival of Ishida Family Quincy demanding that he hand Masaki over.

• Ten Unohana returned with his power greatly reduced and resolved to break the seal sooner to save Hisana.
• Ten Unohana promised Masaki he would not kill Quincy unless they came looking for trouble, then took the women out for a stroll.
• Ten Unohana stopped Hiyori after she rushed in and attacked him with a slipper, then accepted her changed hairstyle and footwear.
• Ten Unohana found Ikumi Unagiya alone in her shop after her mother's death and offered to take her in with the women.
• Katagiri went to inform the Ishida Family, and Ten Unohana warned Masaki he would show the Quincy no mercy when they arrived.
• Ishida Family Quincy shouted outside for Ten Unohana to hand over Masaki, and he went out to confront them.

Ten Unohana defeated the Quincy who attacked him, learned to counter Seele Schneider, and let Sōken Ishida escape with Ryūken Ishida’s corpse at Masaki’s request. In Hueco Mundo, Harribel and Starrk agreed to join Aizen’s future Espada, while Aizen and Gin wondered how Ten Unohana knew about them and commanded such powerful Hollows.

• Katagiri asked the Ishida Family to let Masaki marry Ryūken Ishida, but the family stayed silent after discovering Ryūken had impregnated Katagiri.
• Ten Unohana absorbed the Quincy arrows and returned them in a devastating attack, killing many Quincy before Sōken Ishida ordered a retreat.
• Ryūken Ishida charged Ten Unohana and was killed, while Ten Unohana learned how Seele Schneider worked and developed a cutting Cero using its principle.
• Sōken Ishida fled with Ryūken’s corpse after Ten Unohana demonstrated his Soul-Cutting Cero, and Ten Unohana spared the fleeing Quincy at Masaki’s request.
• Ten Unohana told Masaki and Katagiri that they belonged to him in life and death after Katagiri offered herself in exchange for Masaki’s freedom.
• In Hueco Mundo, Harribel and Starrk agreed to join Aizen’s future Espada, and Aizen and Gin discussed Ten Unohana’s influence over them.

Ten Unohana took Yoruichi and Masaki shopping, then witnessed Sora Inoue’s fatal accident and promised to care for Orihime. After arranging for Orihime’s schooling, he also assigned Ikumi a school and told Masaki she would become principal of Karakura First High School.

• Aizen discussed avoiding conflict with Starrk and Harribel while searching for the other Hōgyoku, while Kisuke Urahara kept his Hōgyoku sealed in the World of the Living.
• Ten Unohana went shopping with Yoruichi and Masaki, who tried on revealing outfits and secretly bought lingerie.
• A car struck Sora Inoue, and Ten Unohana recognized Orihime by her Shun Shun Rikka hairpins; he promised the dying Sora that he would look after her.
• That night, Ten Unohana let Orihime speak with Sora’s soul, then performed Sora’s Soul Burial and carried Orihime back to her body.
• Ten Unohana arranged for Orihime to attend an elementary school affiliated with Karakura First High School and reassured Ikumi that she would attend middle school.
• Ten Unohana told Masaki she would become principal of Karakura First High School and asked her to prepare for the future students.

After more than ten years, Ten Unohana was still frustrated that the women in his life argued over who would be with him first. While teaching at Karakura First High School, he watched over Orihime Inoue and Ichigo Kurosaki, then welcomed Rukia, who had come to the World of the Living to see him.

• Ten Unohana left his villa to find Orihime after the women teased him, while Hiyori Sarugaki worried that they were provoking him too much.
• At Karakura First High School, Ten Unohana reassured Orihime after her innocent remark drew everyone's attention, and Masaki Kurosaki asked why he had become a teacher.
• Ten Unohana told Masaki that he was watching Ichigo Kurosaki because of Ichigo's complicated family background, Quincy genes, and connection to Soul Society.
• A Senkaimon opened above Karakura Town, and Rukia arrived; Yoruichi brought her into the villa after she hesitated outside, and the women welcomed her while Ten Unohana invited her to stay.
• Orihime returned home late, and Ten Unohana warned her about the danger of Hollows before asking her to sleep with him; she innocently agreed.

Ten Unohana discovered that Kisuke Urahara had placed the Hōgyoku inside Rukia’s Gigai, then took Rukia and Masaki to Hueco Mundo to deal with the problem. Nelliel was defeated by Nnoitra and Szayelaporro and reverted to a child, while Ten Unohana settled into his palace and comforted Masaki.

• Ten Unohana sensed something wrong with Rukia’s Gigai and learned that Kisuke Urahara had put the Hōgyoku inside her body.
• Ten Unohana left to prepare a solution while Yoruichi explained the Hōgyoku to Rukia.
• Nnoitra and Szayelaporro attacked Nelliel, used her Fracciones against her, and struck her mask, turning her into a child with no memories.
• Pesche and Dondochakka decided to seek out the person who had warned Nelliel so they could entrust her to him.
• Ten Unohana took Masaki and Rukia through a Garganta to his Hueco Mundo palace, where Harribel greeted them and agreed to tell Aizen to keep away.
• Masaki confessed her love to Ten Unohana and asked him for a child.

Ten rescued Nel and brought her back to his palace, where he learned Masaki was almost certain to be pregnant. After carefully activating the Hōgyoku inside Rukia, Ten decided to take Masaki and Rukia back to the World of the Living, unaware that their passage through the Dangai would bring him into mortal danger.

• Ten found Nel with the nearly dead Pesche and Dondochakka, and the two Hollows and Bawabawa turned to ash after he took them away.
• Ten asked Rukia to heal Nel with Kidō and use up her Reiatsu, then returned to Masaki and learned she was ninety-nine percent certain she was pregnant.
• Ten celebrated becoming a father before making Rukia pass out and carefully activating the Hōgyoku sealed inside her.
• Ten decided they should leave Hueco Mundo for Karakura Town, warned Tier Harribel to avoid Aizen's released Zanpakuto, and entered a Garganta with Masaki and Rukia.
• Ten, Masaki, and Rukia approached the most perilous moment of Ten's life as they traveled through the Dangai.

Ten Unohana and Masaki became trapped in the Dangai’s disordered flow of time after escaping the Kōryū and Kōtotsu, while Rukia reached the World of the Living for help. Ten and Masaki ended up in the Valley of Screams awaiting the birth of their twins, as Aizen began plotting Rukia’s execution and Yoruichi’s group feared Ten might emerge at an unknown time.

• Ten used his silver chain to halt the time flow around himself, Masaki, and Rukia, then sent Rukia to the World of the Living to find Yoruichi.
• Kagerōza Inaba watched Ten in the Dangai and revealed that his Zanpakuto Raikū had absorbed the silver chain’s ability; Ten and Masaki vanished after the Kōryū and Kōtotsu passed.
• Ten and Masaki reached the Valley of Screams, where Ten made a comfortable shelter and Masaki revealed that she was carrying twins she wanted to name Yuzu and Karin.
• Aizen discussed obtaining the Hōgyoku and began plotting Rukia’s execution to force Ten into conflict with Soul Society.
• Rukia told Yoruichi and the others what had happened, and Lisa Yadōmaru warned that the Dangai’s disordered time could make Ten’s return unpredictable.

Ichigo Kurosaki sought the power to protect souls, while Isshin and Urahara arranged to help him train. In the Valley of Screams, Masaki gave birth to Yuzu and Karin, then prepared to become a Soul Reaper before Hollow energy could consume her.

• Ichigo confronted Rukia after seeing her fight Hollows, but she kicked him away when he tried to stop her.
• Isshin and Urahara discussed protecting Rukia and agreed to put Ichigo through dangerous Soul Reaper training.
• Ichigo found the Urahara Shop and asked Urahara to teach him how to gain Soul Reaper powers.
• Masaki went into labor in the Valley of Screams, and Ten urged her to become a Soul Reaper when her strength failed.
• Masaki gave birth to Yuzu and Karin, then listened as Ten explained how to pull out a Zanpakuto and warned her about Hollow energy.

Masaki completed her Hollowfication training, awakened her Shikai, and discovered that Gold could immobilize anything struck by one of its arrows. Meanwhile, Ichigo became a Soul Reaper and began training with Rukia and Yoruichi, while Ten Unohana planned to leave the Dangai once Masaki and their daughters were ready.

• Ten Unohana tried to sever Masaki's Chain of Fate, but Masaki could not sense the faint Soul Reaper Reiraku before her body had recovered.
• Ichigo endured Kisuke Urahara's Hollowfication training, found the right box in his collapsing Zanpakuto world, and emerged as a Soul Reaper with a Hollow mask.
• Masaki entered her Zanpakuto world, seized the red Reiraku, and awakened her bow-shaped Shikai, Gold, whose arrows could fix targets in place.
• Kisuke Urahara asked Rukia to take Ichigo along to fight Hollows, and Yoruichi brought him to Rukia's villa and ordered him to return each morning.
• Ten Unohana watched Masaki with Yuzu and Karin in the Dangai and planned to reach the World of the Living once Masaki recovered and the girls could endure the journey.
• Ichigo returned to Rukia's villa, remembered Kisuke's warning, and quickly looked away from the women behind Rukia.

Ten Unohana left the Dangai with Masaki, Yuzu, and Karin, who had begun showing abilities tied to space and time. They reached the World of the Living aboard a Gillian just as Ichigo faced it, and Ten Unohana announced his return after Ichigo drove it back toward the Dangai.

• Ten Unohana told Yuzu and Karin they would leave the Dangai, and Masaki agreed to go with him.
• In the World of the Living, the Hōgyoku's influence awakened powers in Yasutora Sado, Orihime Inoue, and Tatsuki Arisawa as Ichigo and Uryū Ishida fought Hollows summoned by Uryū's Hollow Bait.
• Ten Unohana and his family encountered the Hollows in the Dangai, but he avoided alerting Soul Society's Twelfth Division and rode a Gillian toward the World of the Living.
• Rukia left Ten Unohana's villa to help Ichigo, while Kisuke Urahara also went to the battlefield and Ichigo charged the Gillian.
• Ichigo broke through the Gillian's Cero with a blade of light, and Ten Unohana dodged the attack with Masaki, Yuzu, and Karin before proclaiming his return.

Ten Unohana returned to the World of the Living, helped Ichigo Kurosaki recover, and prepared for Soul Society’s response while training several allies. The chapter ended with Ichigo completing Shikai and three captains setting out to investigate Ten Unohana.

• Ten Unohana reunited with Rukia, forgave Kisuke Urahara, and absorbed Ichigo Kurosaki’s reiatsu to save him after Ichigo collapsed from overusing his power.
• Soul Society learned of Rukia’s contact with Ten Unohana and assembled a force to retrieve her and capture or kill him; Ten Unohana learned of the operation and postponed his plans with the women.
• Isshin and Kisuke Urahara arranged Shikai training for Ichigo, while Yasutora Sado also trained with Urahara; Ten Unohana agreed to train Tatsuki Arisawa and brought Orihime Inoue to Hachigen Ushōda for barrier lessons.
• Ichigo Kurosaki completed his Shikai under Zangetsu’s guidance, while Orihime Inoue continued studying barriers with Ten Unohana.
• Byakuya Kuchiki, Shunsui Kyōraku, and Jūshirō Ukitake prepared to enter the World of the Living and assess Ten Unohana’s strength under Yamamoto’s orders.