Recaps

Haruto passed his Kidō exam, defeated Munechika in a live-blade match, and continued developing his Kidō with help from Byakuya and the Ise family. After leaving the academy for Rukongai, he encountered a dangerous illusionist in Yoshiwara.

• Haruto passed the Kidō exam with an unchanted Byakurai, then defeated Munechika after deflecting his Sōkatsui and overcoming his sword attack.
• Haruto sparred with Byakuya, who tested Senbonzakura and gave him the final Heavenly Bedding Pill, which reduced the damage Byakurai caused to his body.
• Haruto swallowed the pill and found his recovery improved, allowing him to practice stronger Kidō as he prepared to leave the academy.
• Haruto visited Nanao Ise and her adoptive grandparents, who gave him an ancient manual containing insights into Zanka no Tachi.
• Haruto left for Rukongai, tested Raikōhō on the way, and reached the pleasure district of Yoshiwara.
• Haruto rented a room for the night and noticed an Eighth Division member of the 11th Division among the revelers.
• Haruto recognized that the girl sent to his room was an illusion, exposed her as a burlap sack releasing insects, and went upstairs to meet the powerful Seated Officer behind it.

Haruto returned to District 66, uncovered the gang’s betrayal, and fought a powerful Hollow before Seigen and Ika Kyōshiba saved him. Back at Shin'ō Academy, he learned Dankū and Kyōmon, reunited with his friends, and discovered that Isane had mastered Shikai.

• Haruto met Naa Ichihara in Yoshiwara, received two Kidō Orbs, and survived her Zanpakuto’s attack.
• Haruto killed Onizuka and Rikujō Kyōya after they ambushed him, then took a blank Reigai and returned to District 66.
• Haruto reunited with Inukai and learned that a Hollow haunted the village well, but Inukai betrayed him and sided with a fugitive Soul Reaper.
• Haruto defeated the Soul Reaper, killed Inukai, and lured the giant Hollow from the well, only to be severely wounded when it overwhelmed him.
• Seigen and Ika Kyōshiba healed Haruto and identified him as Komatsuzuru’s student, while Aizen postponed becoming Shin'ō Academy headmaster and took on the Fifth Division’s acting lieutenant duties.
• Haruto returned to Shin'ō Academy, used the Dankū orb to cast a massive barrier, and began learning Kyōmon while Byakuya offered to investigate the Ichihara Clan.
• Haruto attended the opening ceremony with Isane, gave a one-sentence welcome speech, and shared food with his classmates afterward.
• Kiyone revealed that Isane had mastered Shikai, and Haruto identified her Zanpakuto as Itegumo.

Haruto and Byakuya faced an ambush after a Rukongai auction, then returned to the academy as Haruto confronted Munechika’s dangerous new power. The arc ended with Haruto and Byakuya uncovering a noble’s experiments to create disposable advanced Kidō users.

• Byakuya gave Haruto Kōga Kuchiki’s Hyōga Seiran manual, while the Kuchiki family debated whether to support Haruto’s training.
• Haruto and Byakuya fought at the main training grounds, where Haruto demonstrated powerful Kidō and improved Shunpo before the pair arranged to exchange techniques.
• Haruto and Byakuya attended a secret auction, where Haruto bought a concealed version of Raimeisan and his Dankū Kidō Orb was sold.
• Attackers ambushed Haruto and Byakuya on their way back, leading them to fight Senju Shinran, Uji, and Tsunayashiro Mamoru, and Haruto and Byakuya killed Uji and Mamoru and divided the spoils.
• Back at Shin'ō Academy, Munechika challenged Haruto and revealed his new Zanpakuto, Shiren, but Haruto overcame him and stopped the match when Munechika used Raikōhō.
• Haruto learned that Munechika had taken the Heavenly Wisdom Pill and the Formation-Breaking Pill, while Byakuya reported that noble families had been destroyed by Hollows and secret forces were active.
• Haruto and Byakuya concluded that an upper-ranking noble was testing dangerous medicines to create disposable advanced Kidō users called deathsworn.

Haruto joined Byakuya in a raid on an illicit drug auction, then returned to the Academy and led a Konsō practicum in Naruki City. The practicum became a deadly battle against Hollows and Quincies, and Haruto left to confront Miralles after Daitenta sent a warning.

• Haruto helped Byakuya seize an auction’s goods, killed Heizō and Munechika, and kept Munechika’s Zanpakuto to give to Juzu Izumi.
• Haruto used a Spirit Jewel Pill to master Senju Kōten Taihō, then headed to North Rukongai and stayed at Ayaka’s family inn.
• Haruto led Nanao and three students through the Senkaimon for their Konsō practicum, where he demonstrated the rite and assigned the students to complete different cases.
• Haruto and Nanao rushed to the students after Hollows attacked them, and Haruto saved Gori and Togakushi while Katakura Asuka died.
• Haruto used Hollow Bait and a Reishi net to destroy a swarm of Hollows, then fought Krien, a Quincy who had blocked communications and threatened his friends.
• Haruto killed Krien and rescued Ayaka from another Quincy, then carried her to Isane for treatment as the surviving students regrouped.
• Haruto found Isane and Kiyone, protected them with Tōzanshō, and left after Daitenta’s Hell Butterfly warned him of Miralles’s location.