Recaps

Haruto immobilized Tsuchigumo with Seisen’s newly revealed stillness ability, then crushed it with Kurohitsugi. He stopped Sakai Shukugo’s escape, sealed his Soul Reaper powers, and trapped him in Tōzanshō.

• Sakai Shukugo recognized that Haruto’s captain-level techniques overwhelmed Tsuchigumo and planned to flee after answering Haruto’s question.
• Haruto used Seisen to freeze Tsuchigumo and prepared a new Kidō while the blade’s stillness began to falter.
• Haruto cast Kurohitsugi, grinding Tsuchigumo and Sakai Shukugo inside its black shell.
• Sakai Shukugo escaped the shattered coffin with Shunpo, but Haruto struck him with Shisō Kekkai and drove a second blood spear into his Saketsu.
• Haruto sealed Sakai Shukugo’s powers and confined him inside a miniature Tōzanshō.

Haruto defeated Sakai Shukugo, saving the people of Yoshiwara District, and negotiated with Naa Ichihara over how to protect the district. Naa Ichihara offered something connected to Ura Hadō and revealed that her origins matched Haruto’s suspicions, leaving Haruto eager to learn what she could provide.

• Haruto told Naa Ichihara that Sakai Shukugo’s tsuchigumo had been barely Third-Class Reii and accepted her thanks as a matter of business.
• Haruto agreed that Sakai Shukugo could serve as a witness against the Twelfth Division, but warned Naa Ichihara that other powerful groups might target her operation.
• Naa Ichihara offered Haruto the Yoshiwara District, women, information, and herself, but Haruto demanded more in exchange for Thirteenth Division support.
• Naa Ichihara raised Ura Hadō as a possible offer, and Haruto challenged her to prove she could use it.
• Haruto pressed Naa Ichihara about her origins, and she confirmed they were the same place he suspected before promising an offer that would satisfy him.

Haruto helped Naa Ichihara reach a hidden chamber in Yoshiwara, where she revealed her family’s descent from Soul King Palace guardians and the secret they had protected for generations. The chamber held the Soul King’s Hakusui, leaving Haruto stunned by the significance of the relic.

• Haruto lit a signal rocket to summon nearby Thirteenth Division Soul Reapers, concealed Sakai Shukugo, and went with Naa Ichihara to her family’s hidden sanctuary.
• Naa Ichihara opened a concealed door protected by complex Kidō and led Haruto into a chamber filled with sealed spiritual tools.
• Naa Ichihara explained that her ancestor had been among the Soul King Divine Soldiers who failed to stop Ikomikidomoe and Baraggan, leading the royal family to banish the clan to Soul Society.
• Naa Ichihara told Haruto that she was the last member of her clan and had decided to use its guarded heirloom as a way to survive.
• Haruto opened the hemp-bound box and saw the Soul King’s Hakusui, a living organ kept on a square tray.

Haruto took possession of the Soul King’s Hakusui but could not determine whether he could use it, and chose to bring it to the Twelfth Division rather than trust Aizen or Kisuke Urahara with it. At the Seireitei Research Institute, he got directions to Kirio Hikifune’s laboratory and prepared to meet her.

• Haruto learned that Naa Ichihara could not fuse the Soul King’s Hakusui with her soul and accepted the sealed organ and the responsibility for it.
• Haruto decided not to entrust the Hakusui to Aizen or Kisuke Urahara, concealed it, and chose to visit the Twelfth Division to consult Sakai Shukugo.
• Haruto told Naa Ichihara that the Thirteenth Division would take responsibility for the Yoshiwara District and left without accepting her invitation to stay.
• Haruto visited the Seireitei Research Institute and asked Hikifune Sae to see Captain Hikifune in his capacity as a seated officer.
• Hikifune Sae gave Haruto a card and directions to Kirio Hikifune’s laboratory, warning him to swipe it and ring the bell to avoid a trap.

Haruto consulted Kirio Hikifune about the Heavenly Bedding Pill and learned that its Vasto Lorde ingredient came from Ikomikidomoe. Kirio Hikifune discovered that the pill was still releasing an abnormally strong effect in his body and grew eager to investigate further.

• Haruto entered Kirio Hikifune's laboratory, where she recognized the Heavenly Bedding Pill's influence in his Reiatsu.
• Kirio Hikifune fed Haruto an enormous meal while he reported the pill's effects and the peculiarities that appeared after he learned Bone Strike.
• Kirio Hikifune confirmed that the pill's Vasto Lorde ingredient came from the creature later made into the Zanpakuto Ikomikidomoe.
• Kirio Hikifune explained that the Seireitei Research Institute preserved knowledge dating back to Shutara's time and warned Haruto against spreading what he knew.
• Haruto admitted that he had taken the pill without Captain-level Reiatsu to purge the Hollow's residual instincts.
• Kirio Hikifune revealed that the pill was still releasing power comparable to its initial dose inside Haruto, contrary to its intended gradual nourishing effect.

Haruto learned that fragments of Hollow Reiatsu within his soul had caused his body to age, and Kirio Hikifune advised him to develop the power rather than fear it. He revealed Soul King Hakusui and asked Kirio to fuse it into his soul, and she prepared to begin the procedure.

• Kirio Hikifune explained that Haruto's aging had resulted from his inability to control Hollow Reiatsu already fused with his soul.
• Haruto declined Kirio Hikifune's offer to examine him and wondered whether he had been a Fullbringer before he died.
• Kirio Hikifune noticed the cuff Haruto had concealed and criticized his Bakudō for failing to hide it.
• Haruto showed Kirio Hikifune Soul King Hakusui and asked her to fuse it into his soul.
• Kirio Hikifune warned Haruto that others might forcibly take Hakusui and injure or kill him, but Haruto accepted the risk.
• Kirio Hikifune told Haruto to bring out the soul inside the Tōzanshō, which he had kept fresh with Shisō Kekkai.

Kirio Hikifune removed a surviving fragment of Tsuchigumo and turned it into a meatball intended to help Haruto fuse with the Soul King Hakusui. After explaining the risks and agreeing to replenish his Reiatsu in exchange for two conditions, she asked him to support Hiyori and the Twelfth Division while she was away, then began stating her second condition.

• Haruto told Kirio Hikifune that the Twelfth Division had been left without anyone managing it, and she panicked upon learning Hiyori was still in the World of the Living.
• Kirio Hikifune pulled a miniature surviving fragment of Tsuchigumo from Sakai Shukugo and explained that Kidō could not truly destroy the souls that formed it.
• Kirio Hikifune spent half an hour using her Zanpakuto to turn the fragment into a meatball that could help Haruto fuse with the Soul King Hakusui.
• Kirio Hikifune warned Haruto that fusion would greatly increase his reproductive urges and that the sealed organ needed a large amount of Reiatsu to reactivate.
• Haruto asked Kirio Hikifune to replenish his Reiatsu, and she agreed on the condition that he help Hiyori and the Twelfth Division while she was away; she then began to state her second condition.

Haruto ate the Soul King Hakusui Kirio Hikifune had prepared, enduring its intense hunger as it merged with his soul and raised his spiritual pressure. He demonstrated its strange abilities to Kirio by firing Kidō from his eyes and mouth, leaving her eager to learn more.

• Haruto agreed to do his best to help Kirio Hikifune return to Soul Society if she disliked her new research environment, and she said the agreement would be engraved into his soul.
• Kirio presented the Soul King Hakusui, and Haruto consumed it, causing it to merge with his soul and trigger overwhelming hunger.
• Haruto devoured the feast, then learned that the Reiatsu he had absorbed equaled the reserve of an ordinary person with Second-Class Spiritual Pressure.
• Kirio asked Haruto to demonstrate the Soul King Hakusui's abilities, and he agreed, using a candy puppet as a target.
• Haruto cut the candy puppet in half by firing Byakurai from his eyes, then destroyed it with Shakkahō fired from his mouth.

Haruto demonstrated how the Soul King's Hakusui let him release Kidō from anywhere on his body and absorb Reishi, then Kirio Hikifune assessed the abilities’ potential. The chapter left Haruto asking whether their conversation was protected from the Great Spiritual Arts Corridor as he considered investigating the Soul King's Saketsu and Soul Society's current affairs.

• Haruto explained that the Soul King's Hakusui let him release Reiatsu from parts of his body such as his mouth and eyes, surprising Kirio Hikifune with its combat potential.
• Haruto absorbed the Reishi from half of Kirio Hikifune's candy puppet in seconds, but explained that his Saketsu still limited how much of it he could convert into Reiatsu.
• Haruto revealed that the Hakusui could compress his Reiatsu to third-class concentration and that, with enough time to prepare, he could build reserves that would make him formidable in a prolonged fight.
• Haruto said he could replenish his compressed Reiatsu to his previous quantity in about seven days, while Kirio Hikifune noted that the Hakusui's capacity could allow him to grow further.
• Haruto considered seeking the Soul King's Saketsu and checking records about Ginjo and the Tsunayashiro Clan, then asked Kirio Hikifune whether the Great Spiritual Arts Corridor had encrypted their conversation.

Haruto left Kirio Hikifune’s laboratory after she took most of his belongings as payment, but he gained powerful abilities from the Soul King’s Hakusui and confirmed that his new Zanpakuto power was Fullbring. Half a month later, he found that the Tsunayashiro Clan had already hunted down Kūgo Ginjō’s Fullbringer companions, while Aura Michibane might be under Tsunayashiro Tokinada’s influence.

• Kirio Hikifune reassured Haruto that searching the Great Spirit Book Gallery for her laboratory’s work would take a long time, then charged him for her services and kept most of his possessions as collateral.
• Haruto returned to Hikifune Sae’s counter shirtless, gave her a dubious explanation for his condition, and learned that his Heat Haze Edict had originally been made by Kirio Hikifune for Ginrei Kuchiki.
• Haruto reflected that the Soul King’s Hakusui had greatly increased his strength, but rejected gaining power by hunting humans or Pluses.
• Haruto manifested a faint image of a second Zanpakuto and concluded that its power was Fullbring, forged from a soul from another world rather than through Ōetsu.
• Half a month later, Haruto’s research in the Thirteenth Division library revealed that the Tsunayashiro Clan had hunted Kūgo Ginjō’s Fullbringer companions and that Aura Michibane might already be in Tsunayashiro Tokinada’s care.
• Haruto concluded that Tokinada had little influence within the Tsunayashiro Clan because he was a disgraced, distant branch-family member.

Haruto attended Chōjirō Sasakibe’s English class and built a rapport with the First Division lieutenant by discussing Western culture. He asked for uncommon flowers for a female friend, and Sasakibe offered him some varieties from the World of the Living.

• Haruto reflected on his exhausting work and training, his lack of money, and the Kotetsu Clan’s help restoring his appearance.
• Haruto spoke with Chōjirō Sasakibe after the English lesson and explained Akihabara’s themed service culture.
• Sasakibe considered adopting the Western name Chōjirō Sasakibe Sebastian Tadaoki, but Haruto warned him it might attract Shigekuni Yamamoto’s attention.
• Sasakibe offered to help Haruto with lightning-type Kidō, but Haruto declined and explained he had come to ask about Sasakibe’s flower seeds.
• Haruto said the flowers were for a female friend in his harem, and Sasakibe offered him uncommon varieties he had brought back from the World of the Living.

Haruto learned that a Quincy attack had devastated the 11th Division’s contingent in the World of the Living and accepted a mission to assist there. He was sent to Karakura Town, where an unseen Senkaimon opened.

• Chōjirō Sasakibe agreed to deliver the flowers to Fourth Seat Kotetsu’s eldest daughter after Haruto was summoned away.
• Jūshirō Ukitake told Haruto that six senior Seated Officers of the 11th Division had fallen and their vice-captain was gravely injured in the World of the Living.
• Ukitake explained that three Vice-Captain-level Quincy had attacked the 11th Division, while a Captain-level Quincy had wounded its vice-captain.
• Haruto accepted the mission to assist Lieutenant Sarugaki in the World of the Living, and Ukitake named Karakura Town as his destination.
• Haruto arrived in Karakura Town as a Senkaimon opened in midair, invisible to humans.

Haruto arrived in Karakura Town and found the Soul Reapers gathered around the injured Kanmuri Yasu. As the group discussed the Quincy attack and its unanswered questions, six Hell Butterflies arrived carrying new information.

• Haruto used a talisman to detect Karakura Town’s protective barrier, then Shunpoed to the Soul Reapers’ camp by the riverbank.
• Haruto met Kiyōnosuke Yamada, who had stabilized Kanmuri Yasu and said he would return to Soul Society once his work was done.
• Ayaka told Haruto that she, Yayahara Yuyu, and her family were safe, while Hiyori Sarugaki said the Quincy’s Reiatsu had vanished after the battle.
• Haruto questioned why the Quincy had spared Kanmuri Yasu and not attacked Hiyori or himself, but Ayaka had no further information.
• Six Hell Butterflies arrived beside everyone, including the unconscious Kanmuri Yasu, prompting the group to recognize that new information had arrived.

After Kanmuri Yasu woke, Haruto questioned him about the Quincy ambush, and Yasu suspected an unknown person had intervened to save him. In a separate scene, Haruto woke beside Ayaka as she prepared to return to the Soul Society, leaving him to wonder about the Eighth Division’s lavish temporary apartment.

• Yayahara Yuyu agreed to return with Lieutenant Yamada and encouraged Ayaka to stay in the World of the Living until morning.
• Hiyori kicked Kanmuri Yasu awake, and he thanked her and Lieutenant Yamada for saving him.
• Kanmuri Yasu described his attacker as a black-haired Quincy in a white military-style uniform who defeated him before he could use Shikai.
• Kanmuri Yasu speculated that someone had saved him after the ambush, though Hiyori denied being responsible.
• Haruto woke beside Ayaka, who dressed and prepared to return to the Eighth Division, reminding him to return the apartment key when the lease expired.

Haruto began his undercover assignment at Seitō Academy in Karakura Town, where he unexpectedly found a young exorcist and the powerful Quincy Sōken Ishida among the transfer students. Sōken noticed something about Haruto, and the two silently sized each other up as Haruto took the chalk.

• Ayaka left for the vice-captains' undercover mission after explaining that Captain Kyōraku provided allowances for female members on missions.
• Haruto learned that his assignment was to pose as a student at Seitō Academy and prepared a memory eraser and school uniform.
• Haruto arrived at Seitō Academy as the homeroom teacher introduced three transfer students to the third-year class.
• Lily Spuncol introduced herself as a student from London, and Haruto sensed her exorcist equipment, spiritual energy, and trace of Hollow Reiatsu.
• Sōken Ishida introduced himself, and Haruto recognized Uryū Ishida's grandfather as a powerful Pure-Blood Quincy.
• Sōken detected something despite Haruto suppressing his Reiatsu, then passed him the chalk while the two silently assessed each other.

Haruto and Sōken Ishida began classes at Seitō Academy alongside Lily, but a canine Giant Hollow appeared near the school and drew Lily outside. Haruto followed her, and the chapter ended as he forced open the locked door to the staircase leading to the roof.

• Haruto introduced himself to Sōken Ishida and Lily under the false name Kotetsu Haruto, and the three moved desks to the back of the classroom.
• Haruto sensed a canine Giant Hollow approaching the school and realized it was targeting someone behind him.
• Lily announced that she needed to use the bathroom and rushed out of the classroom.
• Haruto also requested to leave, corrected the teacher's English pronunciation, and headed after Lily.
• Haruto found the locked staircase beside the girls' bathroom and forcibly dismantled its door.

Lily Spuncol used Wing Bind and numbered magic to lure and fight a Giant Hollow while Haruto identified her as a trained witch from WB. Haruto suspected an Adjuchas was manipulating Hollows to target Sōken Ishida and headed toward the river to help Lily.

• Lily summoned her broom dragon, Marshall Wozworth, and flew toward the dog Hollow, but it ignored her until she struck it with Stun Ball.
• Haruto recognized Lily’s numbered magic and concluded she was a witch from the West Branch Bureau, then decided to follow her toward the river.
• Haruto reasoned that the Giant Hollow may have been manipulated by an Adjuchas and suspected the Quincy were targeting Sōken Ishida.
• Haruto left the rooftop using Shunpo, hoping Sōken Ishida would become an ally.
• Lily used Magic #44, Flash Bumper, to trap the dog Hollow as it lunged toward her.

Lily defeated a dog Hollow with her Magic Circle Squad techniques, while Haruto watched and finished it after it survived her attack. After school, Lily invited Haruto and Sōken Ishida to eat together, and Sōken stunned their classmates by saying he was married.

• Lily used her Magic Circle Squad techniques to attack and seemingly dissolve the dog Hollow, then flew away on Marshall.
• Haruto appeared after Lily left, killed the surviving Hollow with Byakurai, and sensed its resentment and how it had died.
• After school, Lily invited Haruto and Sōken Ishida to go out to eat, explaining that she had come to Japan to experience high school life.
• Haruto changed his mind and agreed to join Lily, hoping to test Sōken Ishida's abilities.
• Sōken Ishida rejected their insistence by announcing that he was married, leaving the class astonished.

Haruto adjusted to his new school life with Lily while worrying that changes to the timeline could disrupt his knowledge of the future. On their walk home, they spotted a concealed Hollow, and Lily hurried off so Haruto could handle it without revealing himself.

• Sōken Ishida declined a class gathering because his wife had just given birth to Ryūken Ishida, prompting Haruto to worry that the timeline had changed again.
• Haruto invited more classmates to join Lily and him so their outing would not fuel rumors, and Lily accepted.
• Haruto and Lily attended karaoke with their classmates, then walked home together and discussed meeting for a second round at Lily’s room.
• Haruto noticed an invisible lizard-shaped Hollow near their apartment and considered how to make it retreat without raising Lily’s suspicions.
• Lily claimed she urgently needed the bathroom, left her shoulder bag with Haruto, and ran off while he waited nearby.

Haruto watched Lily defeat a lizard Hollow, but she accidentally hit him with a Stun Ball and knocked him unconscious. After a Quincy attacked and wounded her, Lily countered with Shadow of Gluttony and unleashed her powerful Gatling Crown spell.

• Haruto concealed his Reiatsu and let Lily handle the lizard Hollow, but her Stun Ball struck him and made him collapse.
• Lily killed the lizard Hollow and worried about how to explain Haruto's unconsciousness.
• A Quincy in a white uniform appeared and shot Lily, accusing her of being a Soul Reaper.
• Lily treated her wound and trapped the Quincy inside Shadow of Gluttony.
• Lily summoned Gatling Crown and struck at the Quincy with a powerful barrage.

Lily’s attack failed to stop the Quincy, who ambushed her at close range, but Haruto intervened and defeated him. Afterward, Haruto revealed he was a Shinigami, and Lily asked him to demonstrate Kidō.

• Lily fired a barrage of Bakudō and Hadō at the Quincy, then looked for Haruto so they could escape.
• The Quincy appeared beside Lily, dodged her attack, and fired a Heilig Pfeil at her.
• Haruto caught the Heilig Pfeil between two fingers and overwhelmed the Quincy with Shunpo and a Shō.
• Haruto cleaned the scene with Tenran and greeted the stunned Lily.
• Haruto admitted he was a Shinigami and told Lily that Ishida was a Quincy who was not with the attackers.
• Lily asked Haruto to demonstrate Water Strike Wheel, the spell she had used earlier.

Haruto learned Numbered Spells from Lily while teaching her about Kidō, and the two spent the night practicing and exchanging knowledge. By morning, Sōken Ishida was waiting for Haruto and asked him to talk upstairs.

• Haruto carried Lily to a bathhouse with Shunpo after she realized it was about to stop admitting customers.
• After drinking together, Haruto agreed to teach Lily Kidō, while she asked him to explain the powerful Hadō he had used against a Quincy.
• Haruto explained that his blast combined Hadō #1: Shō with Hadō #54: Haien, and warned Lily that powerful Kidō depended on the user.
• Lily offered to teach Haruto her Crown Gatling and another high-level Numbered Spell, but Haruto cautioned her against learning forbidden magic or using Reverse Release.
• Haruto quickly learned Numbered Spells and prepared a booklet of Kidō lessons for Lily, then spent the night with her practicing and exchanging knowledge.
• As Haruto and Lily arrived at class in the morning, Sōken Ishida waited for Haruto and asked him to come upstairs for a chat.

Haruto and Sōken Ishida discussed Yhwach’s threat to the Quincy, but Ishida mistook Haruto for a Quincy ally. Schubert and two soldiers appeared to arrest Ishida, and the chapter ended as both sides prepared to fight.

• Sōken Ishida revealed that he knew Haruto’s Kotetsu surname and said he was not a traitor to the Quincy.
• Ishida claimed Yhwach would leave every other Quincy unable to survive when he regained his power, and argued that Quincy needed to join forces to escape the curse.
• Haruto learned that Ishida had mistaken him for a Quincy because he sensed the Silver Cross Quincy Medallion in Haruto’s Kukai Box.
• Schubert and two Quincy soldiers emerged from a Reishi space and accused Ishida of deserting the knights and spreading rumors about Yhwach.
• Schubert drew his saber as Ishida summoned a massive bow by absorbing Reishi from the air.

Sōken Ishida and Schubert clashed with Sankt Bogen while Haruto’s allies fought off Quincy attackers near the school. Haruto was ambushed by Seirin Tsunayashiro, who revealed that she had been sent to kill him and planned to leave no witnesses.

• Sōken Ishida used the Sanrei Glove to match Schubert’s Sankt Bogen and protect the students below.
• Hiyori and Kanmuri Yasu saved Haruto from two Quincy attackers while Kanmuri Yasu reported that ordinary people nearby had been put to sleep behind a Kidō barrier.
• Hiyori released Kubikiri Orochi and sent her opponent flying, then she and Kanmuri Yasu charged after him.
• An unseen attacker cut Haruto’s windpipe, but he escaped with Shunpo and stopped the blade from striking again.
• Seirin Tsunayashiro told Haruto that she had been asked to kill him and would ensure no word of the assassination reached Soul Society.

Haruto fought Seirin Tsunayashiro and discovered that her Zanpakuto, Tsukiyami, grew sharper in bright places. Their Kurohitsugi clash ended when Seirin escaped and struck through Haruto’s three Dankū barriers, leaving him facing her powerful slash.

• Haruto opened the fight with Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō, but Seirin cut the lightning cannon in half with her Zanpakuto.
• Seirin explained that her blade, Tsukiyami, became far sharper in bright places, and Haruto answered by casting Kurohitsugi.
• Seirin matched Haruto’s Kurohitsugi and completed its incantation alongside him, while they taunted each other during the clash.
• Haruto used a concealed Twofold Incantation to overpower Seirin’s gravity and seal her inside a towering Kurohitsugi.
• Seirin released her Zanpakuto and shattered the Kurohitsugi with a full-moon-shaped slash.
• Haruto cast three Dankū barriers in succession, but Seirin’s slash broke through all of them.