Recaps

Aizen confronted a Kyōka Suigetsu materialization and defeated it with Kurohitsugi, then warned Shinji Hirako that the apparent Kaien Shiba was an impostor. Meanwhile, a covert group finished looting and slaughtering nobles while the Gotei 13 remained distracted by the Zanpakuto rebellion.

• Aizen materialized Kyōka Suigetsu, rejected its suggestion to help with his research, and clashed with it using Kurohitsugi.
• Aizen shattered Kyōka Suigetsu’s illusion and trapped its water-shaped body in a true Kurohitsugi.
• Aizen appeared in the barracks and told Shinji Hirako that the Kaien Shiba before him was a fake.
• Shinji Hirako recognized that something felt wrong, while Aizen confirmed the impostor was not his friend.
• A group of more than thirty black-robed figures gathered after silently killing nobles and stealing valuables and intelligence.

Assassins attacked the Tsunayashiro Clan, but Tenma Fushizuku’s assault ended with Tokinada stabbing Terukatsu Tsunayashiro from behind. Meanwhile, Mashiro Kuna subdued the materialized Zanpakuto in the Ninth Division and helped Kensei, while events at the Eighth Division were left unresolved.

• Bakkōtō-wielding assassins slaughtered the wounded Tsunayashiro Clan guards and reached the main hall.
• Terukatsu Tsunayashiro confronted Tenma Fushizuku, who had led the attack and appeared to seek the Tsunayashiro Clan’s position.
• Terukatsu Tsunayashiro accused Tenma Fushizuku of ordering Kuchiki Hine’s death and interfering behind the scenes.
• Tokinada emerged from the flames and stabbed Terukatsu Tsunayashiro through the heart.
• Mashiro Kuna defeated the materialized Zanpakuto in the Ninth Division and knocked out Kensei’s Tachikaze.
• Mashiro Kuna helped Kensei and the Ninth Division survive the rampaging Zanpakuto; the chapter then shifted to the Eighth Division captain’s office.

Muramasa’s Bankai stirred conflict across several divisions, but the Eighth Division’s Shunsui Kyōraku and other Soul Reapers found ways to resist or contain the threat. In the Twelfth Division, Kirio Hikifune traced the commands controlling the Reigai to a mysterious thirtieth basement level of the Seireitei Research Institute.

• Lisa Yadōmaru faced her materialized Zanpakuto while Shunsui Kyōraku confronted Reigai Shinji Hirako, Love Aikawa, and Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, with Katen Kyōkotsu unaffected by Muramasa’s ability.
• Ayaka, Nanao, and Yayahara Yuyu subdued Ayaka’s Zanpakuto, Makeup, after it suppressed Nanao’s Reiatsu.
• Isshin Shiba suppressed the Zanpakuto rebellion in the Tenth Division, while members of the 11th Division recovered and Kenpachi Kuruyashiki fought his Zanpakuto.
• Kirio Hikifune’s Kidō barrier blocked Muramasa’s influence, and she used her laboratory screens to investigate the Reigai.
• Kirio Hikifune discovered that the commands controlling the Reigai came from the Seireitei Research Institute’s thirtieth basement level.

Sae decided to investigate the institute’s problem involving Yushima Oko while Haruto intervened in the battle against the materialized Zanpakuto at Ugendo. At the First Division barracks, Shusuke Amagai and Funakiri prepared to face the Captain-Commander’s flames, with Amagai releasing Raika and its Bakkōtō.

• Sae recognized that the researchers needed to produce results and considered visiting Dangai Research Department head Yushima Oko.
• Kaien Shiba and Shiba Miyako struggled against Ukitake’s materialized Sōgyo no Kotowari and Nejibana while unable to use their own Zanpakuto or Kidō.
• Haruto arrived using Shunkō, knocked the Zanpakuto unconscious, and bound Sōgyo no Kotowari with golden locks before leaving the couple to continue.
• Kaien and Miyako decided to return the captured Zanpakuto to Ukitake and then help elsewhere.
• At the First Division barracks, Shusuke Amagai asked Funakiri about his motives, and Funakiri said he had followed Amagai for power.
• Amagai released Raika, whose Bakkōtō opened its maw as the pair faced the Captain-Commander’s wall of flames.

Shusuke Amagai confronted Captain-Commander Yamamoto over his father’s death and unleashed his Bankai, while Funakiri stayed behind to fight Genshirō Okikiba. Elsewhere, Haruto assessed Byakuya’s battle against Love Aikawa and headed with him to the Golden Seal Noble Assembly.

• Shusuke Amagai used his Bakkōtō’s Zanpakuto-nullifying power to clear a path to the First Division barracks.
• Genshirō Okikiba let Shusuke Amagai pass to meet the Captain-Commander, while Funakiri remained behind to face him.
• Shusuke Amagai confronted Shigekuni Yamamoto about killing his father’s mentor, Shin'etsu Kisaragi, then activated Raika: Gōenkaku.
• Byakuya returned after fighting Love Aikawa, and Haruto explained that the battle had shown him the difficulty of facing captains.
• Haruto and Byakuya set off for the Golden Seal Noble Assembly.

Haruto and Byakuya split up to confront the noble clans suspected of backing Kōga’s attack, with Haruto going to the Kasumioji Clan. He demanded evidence of their Bakkōtō operation and left Kumoi Gyokaku facing one last chance to cooperate.

• Haruto told Byakuya that he would visit the Kasumioji Clan while Byakuya went to the Fushizuku Clan, suspecting both clans had helped target Kōga.
• Rurichiyo Kasumioji learned that Haruto had arrived and assembled the clan’s members, including Kumoi Gyokaku and Enryū, at the council hall.
• Haruto demanded the location of the Bakkōtō factory and ordered those responsible to take their subordinates to Shigekuni Yamamoto for punishment.
• Haruto showed Kumoi the Bakkōtō core taken from Kitahara Kenshin and demanded the swords and the experiment and transaction records.

Haruto exposed Kumoi Gyokaku’s role in protecting the Kasumioji Clan’s Bakkōtō operation and had Naa Ichihara arrest those involved. After learning Byakuya had wiped out the Fushizuku Clan, Haruto headed to find Kōga when a pillar of fire erupted from the First Division.

• Haruto captured Hanza Nukui with Shiryū and revealed that the Kasumioji Clan had relied on a Bakkōtō-enhanced suicide soldier.
• Naa Ichihara reported that she had secured the Kasumioji armory, and Haruto gave her the evidence and ordered her to arrest the people on her list.
• Haruto judged that Gyōkaku Kumoi had knowingly played along with his father’s scheme and left the question of the Kasumioji Clan’s leadership to others.
• Byakuya told Haruto that he had killed the Fushizuku Clan after its members attacked him, while Yoruichi went to investigate the apparent mastermind.
• A pillar of fire rose from the First Division, and Haruto decided to go find Kōga rather than rush to Yamamoto’s aid.

Genshirō Okikiba defeated Funakiri and revealed that his lack of teamwork and use of classmates as bait had kept him from becoming a Seated Officer. Shigekuni Yamamoto overpowered Shusuke Amagai, and Genshirō explained that Amagai’s father had been framed and driven mad while investigating the Bakkōtō; the chapter left the reason Yamamoto had to uphold the nobility’s extraterritorial rights unfinished.

• Genshirō Okikiba bound Funakiri’s Reppū with Kidō and confronted him about using classmates as bait and relying on the Bakkōtō.
• Funakiri tried to attack Genshirō with Hadō, but he was too slow after neglecting Kidō.
• Shigekuni Yamamoto caught Amagai’s Bankai-powered Raika and forced him to abandon it and retreat.
• Amagai demanded to know why Yamamoto had killed his father, and Genshirō arrived to explain that Kisaragi had volunteered to investigate the Kasumioji Clan’s Bakkōtō research.
• Genshirō revealed that Kisaragi had been captured, used as a test subject, and driven mad before killing the First Division members with him, after which Yamamoto killed him himself.
• Amagai asked why Yamamoto had not avenged his men, and Genshirō answered that the Captain-Commander alone had to uphold the nobility’s extraterritorial rights.

Haruto and Byakuya fought their way through waves of Reigai in the Seireitei while searching for the mastermind. At the Tsunayashiro Clan, Tenma Fushizuku tried to seize Enrakyōten from Tsunayashiro Tokinada, but Tokinada revealed a lethal power that wiped out the surrounding assassins.

• Haruto and Byakuya defeated Reigai across the Seireitei and noted that Shusuke Amagai's Reiatsu had disappeared, likely because he had killed himself.
• Seven Captain-level Reigai converged on Haruto and Byakuya, so Haruto used Hadō #99, Sangō Tenmetsu, to attack them while Byakuya moved ahead.
• Tenma Fushizuku confronted Tsunayashiro Tokinada after killing the Tsunayashiro Clan head and demanded the clan's Zanpakuto, Enrakyōten.
• Tokinada revealed that Enrakyōten was the key to the Great Spirit Book Gallery and that he had stolen it during the chaos caused by Kōga Kuchiki.
• Tenma ordered his deathsworn to kill Tokinada, but Tokinada invoked Miss Michibane and the approaching assassins were instantly turned into blood-red paint.

Tenma Fushizuku learned that Tsunayashiro Tokinada had orchestrated the night’s schemes, but Aura Michibane wiped out the Tsunayashiro Clan before Tenma could act. Meanwhile, Kirio Hikifune confronted Yushima Oko at the Research Institute and uncovered his role in the Reigai attack, then asked who had helped him create the Captain-level Reigai.

• Tokinada revealed that Tenma’s plan depended on Kōga Kuchiki’s rebellion, which had followed Kuchiki Hine’s death, and asked how Tenma’s brother Tsukinori had taken the medicine unaware.
• Aura Michibane broke down the Tsunayashiro Clan’s buildings and killed its remaining members, while Tokinada decided to postpone his plans rather than face Shigekuni Yamamoto.
• Kirio Hikifune broke into the Seireitei Research Institute and identified Yushima Oko, who admitted that he had reunited with the half of himself known as Kagerōza Inaba after returning from Hueco Mundo.
• Oko confirmed that he had used Modified Soul technology to split his soul, evaded Central 46, and created Reigai as revenge against Soul Society for rejecting his talent.
• Kirio asked Oko who had supplied the Reiatsu reserves needed to create Captain-level Reigai.

Haruto and Byakuya confronted Kōga Kuchiki atop the ice flower created by Muramasa’s Bankai, after the disaster had erased the Reiatsu of more than three thousand people in the Seireitei. Haruto chose to keep his promise to test Kōga’s Kidō training while arranging for Byakuya to face Muramasa.

• Kirio Hikifune questioned Yushima Oko, who opened a space gate and escaped after sharing information about the Seireitei’s trouble.
• Byakuya climbed the frozen tower and found Kōga Kuchiki seated beside Muramasa in his Bankai form.
• Haruto arrived and told Kōga that more than three thousand Soul Reapers and nobles had vanished, and that they had come to keep a promise rather than take him to Ginrei or kill him.
• Haruto explained that Muramasa had to be broken before Kōga could be killed, because an unrestrained Muramasa would threaten Soul Society.
• Kōga agreed to practice with Haruto and ordered Muramasa to fight Byakuya, while Haruto urged Byakuya to show his Bankai.

Haruto and Kōga Kuchiki fought a destructive Kidō battle above the ice flower, using increasingly powerful attacks and defenses. Their strongest techniques shattered the ice stage and left both fighters battered, while the outcome remained unresolved.

• Byakuya unleashed Senbonzakura Kageyoshi against Muramasa as Haruto and Kōga Kuchiki climbed toward the moon.
• Haruto fired an enhanced Senju Kōten Taihō, while Kōga used his numbered Hyōga Seiran to send an immense ice tsunami at him.
• Haruto countered the ice tsunami with Thunder Branch Kirin, but Kōga transformed its falling fragments into swarms of deadly ice birds.
• Haruto burned away the ice birds with Fire-Burned Castle Walls and attacked Kōga with Flame Dragon Destruction.
• Kōga defended with Silver World as Haruto used seven Water Heaven Kyōmon barriers, but their opposing attacks shattered the ice formation and left both fighters battered.

Haruto Shihoin survived Kōga Kuchiki’s overwhelming ice attack by activating his Hollow-powered form and protecting Byakuya. Kōga still intended to visit Lady Hine, and Haruto stood in his way as the two prepared to continue their confrontation.

• Kōga praised Haruto’s use of Five Dragon Destruction and learned that Haruto could summon up to four dragons, though he struggled to omit the incantation.
• Kōga retrieved Muramasa and unleashed a complete-Bankai Hyōga Seiran that created a second ice flower above the Seireitei and nearly froze everything around them.
• Kōga and Muramasa set out for the Kuchiki Clan, but a crack opened between the ice flowers and Haruto emerged in his Hollow God Form.
• Kōga recognized Haruto’s Shunkō and Hollow powers, then challenged him by asking whether he would still try to stop him.
• Haruto told Kōga he could not go see Lady Hine and revealed that he had used the Heat Haze Edict to protect Byakuya from the attack.

Haruto used the Heat Haze Edict to survive Kōga Kuchiki’s attack, then confronted him over his plan to go to the Kuchiki Clan. When Muramasa stripped Seisen of its abilities, Haruto revealed a second Zanpakuto, Other Shore Vast Expanse, and the chapter ended with the swords facing off.

• Haruto explained that he had used the Heat Haze Edict, a tool he had received from Satō Tsunayashiro, to counter Hyōga Seiran and survive Kōga Kuchiki’s attack.
• Haruto told Kōga he was acting out of relationships and obligations, and drew Seisen to fight him.
• Kōga used a new Bankai technique to steal Seisen’s abilities and warned Haruto that he could not afford to explain the power.
• Haruto refused Kōga’s offer to take Byakuya and leave Soul Society, then manifested a second Zanpakuto and released Other Shore Vast Expanse.
• Kōga questioned the strange second sword but prepared to face it, while Haruto admitted it had not been his original trump card.

Haruto defeated Kōga Kuchiki by sealing Muramasa and destroying it, then imprisoned Kōga and struck him with Shiryū Tenmetsu. He left Byakuya in Naa Ichihara’s care and sent her to the Kuchiki Clan while he stayed behind.

• Haruto used Far Shore to seal Muramasa and its Bankai, then broke Muramasa’s blade with Seisen’s restored Flow ability.
• Haruto bound Kōga with Bakudō #99 and destroyed the prison with Hadō #99, Shiryū Tenmetsu.
• Haruto handed the unconscious Byakuya to Naa Ichihara among the ruins.
• Haruto told Naa Ichihara to check on the Kuchiki Clan and Yoruichi, while he chose not to go with her.

Haruto investigated the Tsunayashiro Clan’s ruined estate and concluded that Tokinada had orchestrated the night’s tragedy. With Kirio Hikifune’s help, he pursued Yushima Oko into the World of the Living, where five Reigai ambushed him as he released Seisen.

• Haruto found Fullbring traces at the Tsunayashiro Clan’s former estate and identified Aura Michibane as their likely source.
• Haruto saw that the Tsunayashiro Clan had been destroyed and concluded that Tsunayashiro Tokinada had achieved his goal and was unlikely to survive long.
• Kirio Hikifune gave Haruto information about Yushima Oko and revealed that she had set a trap to track him to the World of the Living.
• Haruto opened a Garganta and pursued Yushima Oko, using a Menos Grande-like mask and Sonído to close in on him.
• Haruto found Kensei Muguruma, Shinji Hirako, Love Aikawa, Lisa Yadōmaru, and Mashiro Kuna’s Reigai waiting in ambush, then released Seisen.

Haruto tracked down Kagerōza Inaba by using Far Shore to release Muramasa’s power, which exposed the hidden connection between Inaba and Nozomi Kujō. After defeating Inaba’s attempt to restrain him with Bakudō, Haruto left him unable to reunite with Nozomi.

• Haruto defeated the Reigai copies of Kensei, Mashiro Kuna, Lisa Yadōmaru, Shinji Hirako, and Love Aikawa, then used Kakushitsuijaku to search for Yushima Oko.
• After finding more than ten Reigai decoys, Haruto used Far Shore to release Muramasa and detected a Reiatsu fluctuation beneath the city.
• Haruto arrived in an underground parking lot and found Kagerōza Inaba wounded, with Nozomi Kujō holding a Zanpakuto against him.
• Haruto used Muramasa’s memories to learn how Yushima Oko, Kagerōza Inaba, and Nozomi Kujō were connected and how Nozomi had inherited part of Inaba’s power.
• Kagerōza Inaba and Haruto began chanting Bakudō #99, but Haruto’s Reiatsu destroyed Inaba’s bindings and prevented him from reuniting with Nozomi.

Haruto killed Kagerōza Inaba and spared Nozomi Kujō, deciding the Gotei 13 needed her help. The next morning, the captains and lieutenants gathered at the First Division after the Seireitei attack, where survivors compared their losses before the meeting began.

• Haruto severed Kagerōza Inaba's head and sealed Raikū, then told Nozomi Kujō that the Gotei 13 would not arrest her for her actions as a coerced member of the Expeditionary Force.
• The captains and lieutenants arrived at the First Division for a meeting after Shusuke Amagai's attack had killed Soul Reapers across the Seireitei.
• Shinji Hirako and Sōsuke Aizen waited at the First Division gate, where Hirako complained about being called to meetings.
• Kirio Hikifune and Hiyori Sarugaki joined Hirako and Aizen, and Hiyori reluctantly apologized after Kirio calmed her.
• Love Aikawa and Jin'emon Kotsubaki arrived with damage from the previous night's fighting: Tengumaru had burned Love's haori, and Kotsubaki had cut his Zanpakuto in half.
• Kenpachi Kuruyashiki arrived with Maki Ichinose, followed by Shunsui Kyōraku, Jūshirō Ukitake, Lisa Yadōmaru, and Kaien Shiba.

Kirio Hikifune discussed the expected arrival of the Zero Division as the captains gathered after the Seireitei’s losses. At a First Division meeting, Chōjirō Sasakibe announced a series of appointments that reshaped the Gotei 13 and shifted power among the noble clans.

• Kirio Hikifune said the Zero Division’s visit was prompted mainly by the previous night’s disturbance, while Yoruichi Shihōin brought Haruto Shihoin to the First Division meeting.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe announced Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi’s appointment as Third Division Captain and Kiyōnosuke Yamada’s transfer to the Shin'ō Medical Institute, with Isane Kotetsu becoming Fourth Division lieutenant.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe announced Ginrei Kuchiki’s resignation, Kuchiki Sōjun’s succession as Sixth Division Captain, and Byakuya Kuchiki’s appointment as lieutenant.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe named Isshin Shiba Tenth Division Captain and Kisuke Urahara Twelfth Division Captain, both on Yoruichi Shihōin’s recommendation.
• The Kuchiki and Tsunayashiro Clans’ losses left the Shihoin Clan as the leading noble clan, while Tsunayashiro Tokinada became head of his clan.