Chapter Summaries

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.