Recaps

Jun trained Ichigo to control his Hollow power, then joined him and others in confronting Aizen, whose defeat ended the war but left Ichigo powerless. Jun restored Ichigo’s abilities, while Ulquiorra joined Ichigo’s circle and began handling their paranormal cases.

• Ikkaku killed Doral, Byakuya persuaded Felix to spare Soul Reapers for a month, and Ichigo retreated from Nnoitra as his Hollow power threatened to consume him.
• Jun returned from the Bottomless Abyss with new discoveries, met Hirako, and began testing Ichigo’s Hollow abilities with the Spirit-Soul Orbs.
• Jun brought Ichigo’s friends into his Inner World, where Rukia confessed her love and Ichigo confronted painful childhood memories before continuing his training.
• Ichigo fused with his mask and grew dramatically stronger, while Jun and the Visored helped others face their Heart Demons and Mayuri learned Aizen’s plan to replace the Soul King.
• Ichigo defeated Nnoitra, but Ulquiorra overwhelmed him until Ichigo transformed and fought with relentless regeneration, and Ulquiorra’s hesitation let Ichigo strike him before both were carried away.
• Jun gathered Soul Reapers and Arrancar against Aizen, and their combined attacks failed as Aizen evolved, defeated Jun’s allies, and left Jun cut in half.
• Ichigo lost to Aizen, but Jun challenged him to abandon the Hōgyoku, and Aizen surrendered it and agreed to spend time in the Endless Sea before leaving with Felix.
• Jun restored Ichigo’s Spiritual Power after a month without it and gave him the Seaside Villa, while Ulquiorra moved in with Ichigo’s group, joined their school, and took charge of their paranormal cases.

Ulquiorra confronted his feelings for Orihime as Jun uncovered Hell’s threat and Soul Society fractured over reform. The arc ended with Jun’s forces fighting Yhwach’s Wandenreich, whose Auswählen reshaped the battlefield as the remaining Sternritter resisted.

• Tatsuki Arisawa and Asano Mizue joined the Paranormal Detective Agency, and the group defeated a Hollow at a Wu Port villa while Ulquiorra questioned his capacity for emotion.
• Ulquiorra confessed his love to Orihime, and after they shared Golvi’s dream, Orihime realized she felt safe with him and had feelings for him.
• Jun explored the Bottomless Abyss with more than 150 explorers, discovered the Skyline Cloud Sea, and later learned from Arturo Platido that the Gates of Hell contained powerful monsters.
• Jun and Uryū opened the Gates of Hell, freeing Nobunaga Oda, who warned Jun that Hell’s growing population threatened an eventual eruption.
• Soul Society’s crackdown drove hundreds of Soul Reapers to flee, while Soi Fon, Tōshirō, Rangiku, and the Shibas found shelter with the Kuchiki Clan and took steps toward reform.
• Jun declared the final war after spatial fluctuations appeared near the Silent Sand Sea, then assembled allies to face Yhwach and the Wandenreich.
• Jun’s fighters killed or defeated many Sternritter, but Auswählen drained the remaining Quincy and restored power to five others.
• Jun spared Cang Du, Liltotto, and Bazz-B, erased As Nodt, and watched Felix and Tejuda wound the towering Gerard Valkyrie as Takashō Taihei was struck away.