Chapter Summaries

Jun took the Hōgyoku from Kisuke Urahara, used it to turn Hollows into Arrancar, and restored Isuzu by transferring her humanity into a Hollow body and completing her transformation. Isuzu reunited with Jun, while his experiments showed him how to make successful Arrancar transformations.

• Jun arrived at Urahara's shop with his forces and compelled Kisuke Urahara to hand over the Hōgyoku.
• Jun traveled to the Endless Sea and tested the Hōgyoku on captured Adjuchas, learning to synchronize his Spiritual Power with theirs to transform them successfully.
• Nel returned with a Vasto Lorde, which Jun transformed into an Arrancar before using Empty Aspect to transfer Isuzu's humanity into its body.
• Isuzu awakened in her Hollow body, and Jun used the Hōgyoku to complete her Arrancar transformation and restore her humanity.
• Jun and Isuzu embraced and celebrated their reunion.

Jun returned the Hōgyoku to Urahara after using it to resurrect Isuzu, then spent a honeymoon with her in the World of the Living. Soul Society eventually recalled him, and the chapter ended with Jun leaving Isuzu behind as they promised to meet again at the anniversary of her death.

• Jun discussed the new Arrancar with Oka, modified several of them, and learned that Zegrod vaguely remembered seeing power like the Hōgyoku before.
• Jun returned to the World of the Living with Isuzu, Dolfen, Lilynette, Kuruyashiki, Ashido Kanō, and Nel.
• Jun gave the Hōgyoku back to Urahara, who realized Isuzu had been resurrected, and Jun commissioned a hundred sets of Portable Gigai components.
• Jun and Isuzu spent their honeymoon touring Tokyo, Yokohama, Mount Fuji, and Kyoto.
• Overlapping Shadow told Jun that Soul Society had ordered him to return, and Soul Society declared Kūgo Ginjō an enemy while forbidding Soul Reapers from giving power to living humans.
• Jun reluctantly entered the Senkaimon, leaving a tearful Isuzu behind and promising to see her at the anniversary of her death.

Jun used the Happy Shops investigation to challenge Tōshirō and Rangiku to question how Soul Society treated women, prompting the creation of the Women's Soul Reaper Association. Its campaign exposed Soul Reapers’ indifference to Dead Souls, but Jun held back from confronting Soul Society’s broader hierarchy and left that reckoning for later.

• Tōshirō reported that only the 11th Division had no Soul Reapers who visited Happy Shops, and Jun challenged him for judging the women without asking what they thought.
• Jun sent Rangiku to help Tōshirō investigate why women took part in the trade and why others considered it harmless.
• Gin Ichimaru confronted Jun over Rangiku’s assignment, and Jun accused Gin of looking down on her and urged him to speak honestly with her.
• The Women's Soul Reaper Association formed under Ise Jun and began protesting sex-related businesses and demolishing Happy Shops in Rukongai.
• Male and female Soul Reapers argued over the campaign while both sides disregarded the rights of Dead Souls, and Jun decided it was not yet time to expose Soul Society’s deeper assumptions.

When a modified Hollow attacked Masaki Kurosaki and Ichigo, Shizuoka Shinto revealed that he and his family were Undead protecting the Kurosakis. He told Isshin and Masaki that one of their children was destined to cause turmoil in Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, leaving them stunned by the choice he presented.

• Jun ordered the World of the Living to monitor Karakura Town’s rising Hollow activity and kill any modified Hollow that attacked someone.
• Ichigo spotted a girl near the river and ran to stop her from jumping, but she was mist, and he nearly fell into the water.
• Shizuoka Shinto saved Ichigo and Masaki from a modified Hollow, then killed it with a powerful water attack.
• Shizuoka Shinto revealed that he, Shizuoka Airyu, and Shizuoka Shinoka were Undead, and that his family had been protecting the Kurosakis.
• Shizuoka Shinto told Isshin and Masaki that one of their children was destined to become the child of destiny, and offered their son, their daughters, or a child from a future pregnancy as the possible choice.

The Shizuoka family explained how Soul Reaper, Hollow, and Quincy powers had combined to create the Kurosaki children, while Masaki and Isshin revealed their powers and Spiritual Power storage device had become unusable. Jun arranged a new device for Isshin and sent Aijima and Mingmo to offer Ryūken a way to save his dying wife by giving her Hollow power.

• The Shizuoka family told Isshin and Masaki that White’s Hollow power had helped create their children, uniting Soul Reaper, Hollow, and Quincy forces.
• Masaki demonstrated that she could no longer gather Spiritual Power, and Isshin admitted that the couple had accidentally drained their storage device; the Shizuoka family promised to protect them.
• Shizuoka Shinto explained that Shinoka would have to transfer schools by fifth grade, upsetting Ichigo and Shinoka.
• Jun made Isshin a wristwatch that could store Spiritual Power and considered how long Masaki might continue having children; Shinto then reassured the worried couple that Masaki’s next child might be her last.
• Mingmo and Aijima visited Ryūken at Karakura General Hospital and offered to save his dying wife by giving her Hollow power, and Ryūken agreed to hear them out.

Ryūken Ishida allowed Aijima and her companions to experiment on his dying wife, Kanae, hoping they could save her. Their Hollow and Soul Reaper powers revived her as an Undead, and the chapter ended with Ryūken learning what her new life would be like.

• Ryūken reflected on his marriage to Kanae and decided to let the unknown organization attempt to save her.
• Aijima examined Kanae and discovered that Quincy souls were bound to their bodies by a unique energy that caused them to disperse into Reishi after death.
• Pandele injected Kanae with Hollow power, and Aijima followed with Soul Reaper power, causing Kanae to sit up alive.
• Aijima concluded that Hollow power let Kanae's soul reassemble and Soul Reaper power activated it, while the process erased the Quincy energy she had studied.
• Aijima told Ryūken that Kanae had become an Undead and could no longer be a Quincy.
• Mingmo explained that Kanae would age at the rate of a soul-based life-form and could adjust her appearance with difficulty, then the group left.

Ichigo grew up under his parents’ protection, while Masaki and Isshin learned that Karakura Town was full of spiritually powered residents. As Ichigo entered his teens, Masaki saved him from a Hollow, and he later met Orihime and Sado before turning fifteen.

• Shinoka told Ichigo about the world after death, but Ichigo could not use Shinoka’s powers, and Masaki and Isshin argued over whether he should learn to fight.
• Isshin contacted Mingmo and tested equipment, while the Kurosakis discovered that many nearby households were moving away and that Karakura Town was covered with Spiritual Power icons.
• When Ichigo ran away from Masaki beneath a bridge, a Hollow attacked him, and Masaki destroyed it with her bow before telling him to wait until he was sixteen to awaken his powers.
• Jun helped Masaki use up the remaining power from White, and later gave fourteen-year-old Ichigo a shield generator and decoy so he could travel without his parents.
• Ichigo met Orihime when Sora Inoue died at the Kurosaki Clinic, and he later encountered Sado, fought alongside him, and began following him around.
• Ichigo turned fifteen.

Ichigo Kurosaki followed a Soul Reaper to Hilltop Park and found Rukia Kuchiki fighting a powerful Hollow. With Rukia badly injured and his barrier failing, Ichigo accepted her offer to transfer her Soul Reaper Power, and he cut the Hollow down.

• Ichigo accompanied Yasutora Sado to his KFC job, then noticed a Soul Reaper near his home and sensed spiritual power at Hilltop Park.
• Ichigo ran to the park and found Rukia fighting a Hollow whose armor her sword could not pierce.
• Ichigo tried to distract the Hollow with a Temporary Soul, but it ignored the lure and attacked him and Rukia as his barrier held it back.
• Rukia realized Ichigo could see spirits naturally and offered to turn him into a Soul Reaper; Ichigo eagerly agreed.
• As the barrier broke, Rukia stabbed Ichigo to transfer her Soul Reaper Power, and Ichigo's blade cut the Hollow's jaws in two.

Ichigo awakened as a Soul Reaper after drawing all of Rukia’s power, and Mingmo restored the damaged park before Ichigo brought Rukia home. There, Rukia recognized Isshin as Captain Shiba, and Isshin and Masaki helped heal her and took her in for the night, while they worried that Ichigo might be a child of destiny.

• Ichigo killed the Hollow and discovered he had taken all of Rukia’s Soul Reaper power; Mingmo restored the ruined grove and advised Ichigo to take Rukia home.
• Ichigo introduced himself and Rukia to each other, then carried her back to his house, where Masaki welcomed them and called Isshin to treat Rukia.
• Rukia recognized Isshin as Captain Shiba, and Isshin recognized her as Kiyohara, leaving Ichigo confused about their connection.
• Isshin gave Rukia a Spiritual Power storage earring, which replenished her power through Ichigo, and she used his Healing Device to recover.
• Masaki insisted Rukia stay the night and made Isshin sleep on the couch; afterward, she and Isshin worried that Ichigo had become a child of destiny.

Ichigo discovered that he could no longer use his Soul Reaper powers, while Rukia found that her own abilities had sharply weakened after giving them to him. Urahara traced her condition to a resonance between their Reishi cores, and Isshin arranged for Rukia to stay with the Kurosaki Family while Mingmo examined them.

• Ichigo demonstrated that he could not leave his body or use Soul Reaper abilities, and Rukia explained Soul Burial after sending a Dead Soul to Soul Society.
• Isshin told Rukia that awakening Ichigo’s Spiritual Power had reduced her Spiritual Pool, but Rukia realized her other attributes had fallen as well.
• Isshin took Rukia to Urahara, who found that her Reishi core was resonating with Ichigo’s and sent the examination report to Mingmo for further investigation.
• Urahara gave Rukia a Gigai, and Isshin called Mingmo to arrange examinations and ask for a place for Rukia to stay.
• Mingmo suggested Rukia stay with the Kurosaki Family, and Isshin called Masaki before inviting Rukia to remain at their home.

Rukia went to a research institute with Ichigo and Isshin, where Aijima discovered that Ichigo had retained some of Rukia’s Spiritual Power and showed them how she could recover it. After receiving a school transfer and supplies to live in the World of the Living, Rukia resolved to investigate the mysterious organization before returning to Soul Society.

• Ichigo and Isshin took Rukia to a research institute, where Aijima examined Ichigo and Rukia.
• Rukia mistook the institute’s people for dangerous enemies and took Aijima hostage, but Harribel knocked her out.
• Aijima found that Ichigo had retained part of Rukia’s power and warned that it could damage Rukia’s Reishi core if she did not recover it.
• Rukia and Ichigo discovered that pressing their palms together and synchronizing their Spiritual Power returned some of Rukia’s power.
• Mingmo gave Rukia a school uniform, student ID, transfer certificate, and Memory Modifier for her stay in the World of the Living.
• Rukia decided to investigate the organization, while Isshin told her she could uncover whatever she was able to learn.

Masaki welcomed Rukia into the Kurosaki home and helped her settle into a room of her own, while the family teased her and Ichigo about becoming a couple. The next morning, Masaki taught Rukia about modern clothing, grooming, and makeup, leaving Rukia moved by the warmth of having a mother.

• Masaki showed Rukia the room she had prepared for her, and Karin and Yuzu teased her about becoming Ichigo’s sister-in-law.
• The Kurosaki family watched Ichigo and Rukia train, but Rukia blushed and fled to her room before they could finish.
• Masaki encouraged Ichigo to pursue Rukia, while Ichigo and Rukia separately struggled with their feelings that night.
• Masaki helped Rukia choose clothes and explained bras and modern grooming after Rukia admitted she wore chest bindings in Soul Society.
• Masaki spent the morning teaching Rukia makeup and sharing how she balanced fighting with family life, and Rukia wondered if this was what having a mother felt like.

Rukia joined Ichigo at school, then accompanied him on a Hollow hunt and learned that his allies included powerful figures outside Soul Society. Ichigo showed her that their organization monitored Karakura Town and cities across Japan, leaving Rukia alarmed and determined to uncover their true intentions.

• Rukia introduced herself as Ichigo’s distant relative at school, then joined Ichigo and Sado at KFC before setting out with Ichigo as a Soul Reaper.
• Ichigo defeated a Hollow that Rukia could not finish, and he told her that Aijima was a nine-hundred-year-old Soul Reaper protected by fighters stronger than captains.
• Rukia argued with Ichigo over his claim that Soul Society was weak, then decided she needed to investigate the people around Aijima and report them to Soul Society.
• Ichigo stopped Rukia from running off and taught her Shunpo, which she learned in less than half an hour.
• Ichigo used Spiritual Power to activate a phone as a radar receiver and showed Rukia that Aijima’s organization could monitor Karakura Town, Tokyo, and other cities across Japan.

Ichigo and Rukia visited Mingmo so Rukia could learn who she was and what was happening in Soul Society. Mingmo revealed that three forces were fighting over Soul Society and warned Rukia that her Reishi core was in danger, leaving the pair urged to train before war began.

• Masaki questioned Ichigo about Rukia’s distracted behavior, and Ichigo privately wondered whether he was starting to think of Rukia romantically.
• Rukia swallowed a Mod Soul during class and set out with Ichigo to investigate the people around Mingmo, despite Ichigo’s warning that they already knew everything about her.
• Ichigo and Rukia traveled toward the Research Institute, where Rukia explained her position in the Kuchiki Clan and Soul Society’s struggle against Hollows.
• Mingmo gave Ichigo and Rukia Spiritual Power Cards and demonstrated her Bankai Reiatsu, which prevented them from using their own Spiritual Power.
• Mingmo explained that her group, Soul Society, and another force were competing for Soul Society, then warned that weaker fighters would become cannon fodder and that Rukia’s Reishi core was developing a problem.

Rukia recovered her Spiritual Power while Ichigo grew stronger, and Jun’s faction manipulated events to bring Kūgo Ginjō to Karakura Town. After Ginjō’s soul-devouring caused him to undergo a painful Hollowfication while still alive, Ichigo and Rukia tried to stop him, and Urahara offered them a way to extract his soul.

• Rukia restored her Spiritual Power in less than a month, and Jun arranged for her to notice his faction’s activities so she would remain in the World of the Living and investigate.
• Jun’s group lured Kūgo Ginjō to Karakura Town, where Rukia and Ichigo confronted him but could not defeat him after he had mastered Fullbring.
• Ginjō developed the Soul-Devouring Technique, killed people to consume their souls, and began transforming into a Hollow while still alive.
• Hollows arrived through a Garganta and fought Ginjō’s corrupted Dead Souls, while Ichigo and Rukia attempted to restrain him.
• Urahara arrived with a Soul-Extraction Glove and told Rukia and Ichigo to use it to knock Ginjō’s soul out, explaining that their encounter was a trial.

Ichigo entered his inner world to learn a technique from Zangetsu while Rukia struggled to hold off Ginjo. After Old Man Zangetsu trained him, Ichigo returned and destroyed Ginjo with Getsuga Tenshō.

• Rukia and Ichigo knocked Dead Souls off Ginjo and performed Soul Burials, but their attacks failed to break through his defenses.
• Rukia froze Ginjo with her ice techniques while instructing Ichigo to synchronize his Spiritual Power with his sword.
• Ichigo entered his inner world, where White attacked him and Old Man Zangetsu intervened before offering to teach him a skill.
• Rukia continued fighting Ginjo as his mask grew and he knocked her into a building with a blast of black light.
• Ichigo returned, blocked Ginjo's attack, and erased him with Getsuga Tenshō.

Jun learned that Soul Society had discovered Ichigo’s powers and ordered a team to pursue Rukia, while Byakuya was assigned to lead it. Rukia hid from the Soul Reapers, but Ichigo realized she was protecting him and rushed to help her as Orihime, Sado, and Uryū followed.

• Jun attended the captains’ meeting, where the Captain-Commander showed footage of Ichigo and Rukia fighting a Menos Grande and ordered Byakuya to lead a six-person pursuit team.
• Jun told Byakuya to spare Ichigo if possible, and Byakuya’s officers recognized a resemblance between Ichigo and former Captain Isshin Shiba.
• Renji Abarai asked to join the team, while Aozumi and Kōga discussed Rukia’s situation with Byakuya.
• Rukia detected six Soul Reapers in Karakura Town, warned Ichigo to hide, and went alone to the park where they had first met.
• Uryū reasoned that Rukia was protecting Ichigo from a likely death sentence; Ichigo rushed to the park, and Uryū, Orihime, and Sado followed after spotting a Soul Reaper nearby.

Ichigo confronted the Soul Reapers sent to take Rukia back, determined to stop her execution, but Byakuya defeated him and took Rukia to Soul Society. As Ichigo’s friends sought help for him, Rukia steadied herself and believed Ichigo would grow stronger.

• Ichigo learned that Rukia was sentenced to death and vowed to protect her, then fought Renji with Zangetsu and Getsuga Tenshō.
• Ichigo clashed with another Soul Reaper before Byakuya arrived and confirmed that Rukia would be executed.
• Ichigo challenged Byakuya, but Byakuya struck his Reishi cores, disabled him, and took Rukia away.
• Sado caught the falling Ichigo, and he, Orihime, and Uryū decided to contact a woman who might help treat him.
• Rukia stopped crying as Byakuya took her to Soul Society and silently urged Ichigo to get stronger.

Ichigo and his friends prepared to enter Soul Society and save Rukia, while Jun Shimizu arranged to witness Zaraki’s challenge against Kenpachi Azashiro. Zaraki unleashed Nozarashi against Azashiro’s attacks, and Jun watched eagerly for him to reveal even greater strength.

• Sōdō Shinsō healed Ichigo and explained that Byakuya Kuchiki had defeated him skillfully, while Mingmo said Rukia faced execution under Soul Society’s rules.
• Ichigo decided to go to Soul Society to save Rukia, and Orihime, Sado, and Uryū agreed to join him; the Shopkeeper arrived to help train them.
• Jun and Kenpachi Azashiro discussed Zaraki’s challenge, and Azashiro said he would leave the 11th Division whether he won or lost.
• Jun went to the Forest of Menos to witness the Kenpachi challenge between Zaraki and Kenpachi Azashiro.
• Zaraki charged Azashiro with Nozarashi, then cut apart the giant branches Azashiro sent against him while Jun urged him to show more power.

Zaraki fought Sōya Azashiro’s roots until the pressure pushed him to awaken Bankai and unleash a devastating attack. When the dust cleared, Sōya’s hand was buried in Zaraki’s chest, and the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Sōya Azashiro attacked Zaraki with enormous branches and roots, but Zaraki repeatedly used Shunpo and his sword to break them apart.
• Zaraki adapted to moving in short bursts while Sōya added more roots, turning the fight into a contest between Zaraki’s cutting and Azashiro’s assimilation.
• Jun told the watching group that Zaraki had only been using Shikai, and Zaraki complained that Azashiro’s attacks were too repetitive.
• Zaraki unleashed Bankai, Nozarashi Ashura King, and three sword-force arcs blasted apart the roots and sent fragments across the battlefield.
• Jun and the others approached after the dust settled and saw Sōya’s hand buried in Zaraki’s chest while Zaraki held his raised sword without striking.