Recaps

As the Gotei 13 prepared for an expedition to Hueco Mundo, Renji Abarai fought Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya discovered that several Soul Reapers’ Zanpakuto were behaving strangely. After a mysterious group entered the Captain-Commander's office and Hell Butterflies summoned Shikai users across Seireitei, Sylvan left Shimizu and Keiko and set out for Seireitei.

• Renji Abarai released Baboon King Zabimaru during his joint training match with Byakuya Kuchiki, who answered with Bankai; Byakuya also noticed a cut caused by a petal that had slipped from his control.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya was forced out of his Inner World when its ice dragon shattered, then learned that Rangiku Matsumoto’s Haineko and Isane Kotetsu’s Tōun were also acting strangely.
• A regal woman, two twins, and a cloaked figure entered the Captain-Commander's office, and a flood of Hell Butterflies later summoned every Soul Reaper capable of using Shikai.
• Sylvan thanked Shimizu and Keiko for caring for him, then left Bamboo Creek Plain with Rain to travel toward Seireitei.

Sylvan learned that the cane he carried was the Blade of Power, which only he could wield, while Rain explained that his low Reiatsu had caused it to shrink. At the Qinghui Clothing Shop, Shimizu’s Zanpakuto Daku appeared and demanded that Shimizu give up his power before attacking him.

• Sylvan worried that his weak Reiatsu would prevent him from leading the fragments’ unification as Rain carried him through the air.
• At the Qinghui Clothing Shop, Keiko confirmed to Shimizu that Sylvan was a fragment of Hu, and Rain arrived and introduced itself as another fragment.
• Rain identified Sylvan’s cane as the Blade of Power and found that it was too heavy for anyone but Sylvan to lift.
• Daku emerged from Shimizu’s Zanpakuto and told him to abandon his power and live peacefully with Keiko.
• Shimizu refused to give up his power, and Daku transformed its water body into a giant blade and charged at him.

Shimizu faced Daku, who tried to force him to abandon his power, while Sylvan and Rain joined the fight. Shimizu accepted Daku as part of himself, and the three of them defeated Daku and restored him as Shimizu’s Zanpakuto, leaving the exhausted Shimizu resting on a waterbed.

• Daku attacked Shimizu with water blades and needle-sharp droplets, wounding him and demanding that he give up his power.
• Sylvan stepped between Daku and Shimizu, but Daku struck him down and blamed him for Shimizu’s suffering; Rain intervened before Daku could finish Sylvan.
• Shimizu revealed that Daku had formed from the part of the Sizhuzhai Hollow that remained inside him, and told Daku he was grateful for the power and experiences they shared.
• Sylvan and Rain awakened their connection to Hu’s power, while Rain regained access to Kidō and Sylvan’s cane transformed into the Blade of Power.
• Sylvan, Rain, and Shimizu attacked Daku together, and Shimizu urged him to return as his Zanpakuto; their final strike cracked Daku’s core without extinguishing it.
• Daku returned to Shimizu’s Zanpakuto, then emerged as a waterbed so the wounded and exhausted Shimizu could lie down.

Daku’s strange behavior led Rain and Sylvan to suspect Muramasa was manipulating Zanpakuto, with Jiku'a and the power-fragment Dagon at risk. Sylvan and Rain reached the Seireitei to find Muramasa’s uprising already underway, and headed for Sōkyoku Hill.

• Rain discovered that an unknown reiatsu was separating Daku’s power from Shimizu’s, and Daku revealed that he had heard whispers urging him to free Shimizu from fighting.
• Rain and Sylvan suspected Muramasa was behind Daku’s behavior and feared he might target Jiku'a, where Dagon was hidden.
• Rain told Sylvan that Jiku'a had been left unguarded at Sōkyoku Hill and that Dagon’s power could become a dangerous weapon if Muramasa controlled Jiku'a.
• Keiko gave Sylvan a black vest and dark gray trousers made from Shihakusho fabric, and Sylvan thanked her before leaving for the Seireitei.
• Sylvan and Rain arrived to find Zanpakuto rampaging across the burning Seireitei and fighting Soul Reapers, confirming their suspicions about Muramasa.
• Rain told Sylvan to hold tight as they headed for Sōkyoku Hill.

Sylvan and Rain confronted Muramasa at Sōkyoku Hill and discovered that the sword embedded there was a counterfeit Jiku'a. After Muramasa invaded Sylvan’s Inner World and attacked them, Rain rescued the wounded Sylvan, leaving them to search for Jiku'a while avoiding Muramasa.

• Sylvan and Rain found that the sword at Sōkyoku Hill was not Jiku'a, and Muramasa appeared and questioned how Sylvan recognized it.
• Muramasa trapped Sylvan and Rain, then invaded Sylvan’s Inner World, where he glimpsed a strange face before being expelled.
• Rain broke free and fought Muramasa with Kidō while Sylvan attacked, but Muramasa overpowered them and wounded them both.
• Rain sacrificed feathers to cast Ittō Kasō, creating an opening to carry Sylvan away from Sōkyoku Hill.
• Sylvan and Rain concluded that Muramasa had not taken Jiku'a and decided to investigate its whereabouts while collecting fragments.

Sylvan collapsed after Rain exhausted her Reiatsu and returned to the Featherlike Pattern on his arm. Yoruichi found him in the ruins of Seireitei, and Unohana identified his body as Yexing Hu’s while treating him; he remained unconscious as the Soul Reapers prepared to investigate the Zanpakuto rebellion.

• Rain ran out of Reiatsu and dissolved into the Featherlike Pattern on Sylvan’s arm, leaving him gravely injured and unconscious.
• Yoruichi searched the devastated Seireitei, sensed an unusual Reiatsu, and found Sylvan in the woods below Sōkyoku Hill.
• Yoruichi carried Sylvan to the Fourth Division, where Unohana brought him to her office for emergency treatment.
• Ukitake and Kyōraku told Yoruichi that the vanished Zanpakuto had attacked Seireitei and that the divisions were organizing a response.
• Unohana recognized Sylvan’s body as Yexing Hu’s and said his soul was shattered and his recovered Reiatsu had not fully fused.
• Yoruichi left for the World of the Living to consult Urahara about the Zanpakuto rebellion and Hu’s condition.

After waking in the Fourth Division, Sylvan told Retsu Unohana why he believed himself to be the weakest of Yexing Hu’s five soul fragments. Unohana challenged his despair and sent him to train, where he began practicing Zanjutsu with the Blade of Power.

• Sylvan woke in Unohana’s office, where she recognized him as Yexing Hu and asked about his weakened condition.
• Sylvan explained that Yexing Hu had split his soul into five parts to dissolve Aizen’s Hollow poison, and said he felt unfit to help complete their integration.
• Unohana recognized the cane as the Sōkyoku and told Sylvan that the five fragments had received equal shares of the soul, while Reiatsu was only one part of a Soul Reaper’s abilities.
• Unohana demonstrated how killing intent could suppress an opponent without Reiatsu and explained that Reiatsu growth had limits, urging Sylvan to stop letting fear hold him back.
• Unohana directed Sylvan to the Fourth Division training hall and revealed that two captains had risen through Zanjutsu alone, including herself.
• Sylvan went to the training hall and began practicing strikes with his cane, resolving to keep training despite his fear and weak body.

Rukia recounted how Muramasa freed the Zanpakuto and led their assault on Seireitei, where Byakuya went missing. After Rukia returned to Soul Society, Ichigo and Yoruichi followed her through the Senkaimon while Urahara prepared to support them and wondered whether Ye Xing was still alive.

• Rukia told Ichigo and the others that Muramasa had freed the Zanpakuto, disabled the Soul Reapers’ Shikai, and led an attack that scattered them across Seireitei.
• Yoruichi reported that the fighting had subsided, but Seireitei was badly damaged and Byakuya’s whereabouts remained unknown.
• Uryū left the Urahara Shop despite Ichigo noticing that his Quincy powers were draining away after he removed the Sanrei Glove.
• After Ichigo returned home, Urahara’s group discovered that Rukia had opened the Senkaimon and gone back to Soul Society.
• Ichigo persuaded Urahara to open the Senkaimon, and he and Yoruichi entered Soul Society to find Rukia.
• Urahara asked Yoruichi to bring back the person she had mentioned if he woke, then wondered whether Ye Xing was still alive.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi discovered that the Zanpakuto had become separate beings, while Sylvan told Shunsui Kyōraku that Muramasa had caused the rebellion through brainwashing and forced manifestations. Kyōraku learned that defeating a Zanpakuto in Zanjutsu meditation could break Muramasa’s influence, then agreed to spar with Sylvan.

• Retsu Unohana, Shunsui Kyōraku, and Jūshirō Ukitake worried over Sajin Komamura’s injuries and the strain of fighting a Zanpakuto partner.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi concluded that Zanpakuto souls had completely separated from their Soul Reapers, and Nemu Kurotsuchi brought his findings to the Fourth Division.
• Nemu said the consequences of defeating a manifested Zanpakuto were unknown, and Unohana agreed to provide medical records and go to the Twelfth Division for testing.
• Unohana told Kyōraku and Ukitake that an injured young man named Sylvan had woken, and Kyōraku went to question him in her Dōjō.
• Sylvan told Kyōraku that Muramasa used whispers to brainwash Zanpakuto and could forcibly draw them out of Soul Reapers’ Inner Worlds.
• Sylvan explained that speaking with and defeating one’s Zanpakuto could break Muramasa’s influence, citing Shimizu and Daku as a successful case, and Kyōraku invited him to spar.

Ichigo and Yoruichi entered the damaged Seireitei, while Rukia found Sode no Shirayuki attacking Sixth Division members and was challenged by her Zanpakuto. In Unohana's Dōjō, Kyōraku pushed Sylvan to abandon fighting habits unsuited to his weakened body, and Sylvan rediscovered his own technique, Nadegiri.

• Ichigo and Yoruichi returned to the Seireitei, and Yoruichi warned Ichigo to retreat if anything strange happened to Zangetsu.
• Rukia visited the Sixth Division and learned from Renji that search parties had found no sign of Byakuya.
• Rukia discovered Sode no Shirayuki had frozen several division members and tried to stop her, but Sode no Shirayuki refused to obey her.
• Kyōraku told Sylvan that his old fighting habits endangered him and attacked him to force him to adapt to his weakened body.
• Sylvan remembered promising Fon Shaoling he would return, then used his own Reiatsu-based Nadegiri to cut Kyōraku's Shihakusho.

Rukia fought Sode no Shirayuki, who had broken free and turned against her, until Ichigo intervened. Rukia chose to release her Zanpakuto rather than keep fighting her, while Muramasa rescued Sode no Shirayuki; the chapter ended with Kyōraku and Ukitake learning that Rukia and Ichigo were battling inside the Seireitei.

• Sode no Shirayuki attacked Rukia with her own Zanpakuto techniques, and Rukia struggled to defend herself without Shikai.
• Ichigo arrived and fought Sode no Shirayuki, but held back because she was Rukia's Zanpakuto.
• Rukia told Sode no Shirayuki she was free, then used Rikujōkōrō and fully chanted Sōren Sōkatsui to let her go.
• Muramasa pulled Sode no Shirayuki out of the blast and rekindled the whispers that had turned her against Rukia.
• Ukitake helped Isane's Fourth Division care for the wounded and encouraged the medical staff to keep going.
• A Soul Reaper reported to Kyōraku and Ukitake that Rukia and Ichigo were involved in a large-scale battle inside the Seireitei.

After Rukia was badly injured fighting Sode no Shirayuki, Muramasa confronted Ichigo and explained his plan to free Zanpakuto, then led Ichigo away. Sylvan revealed that Jiku'a had been switched out and that Yexing Hu was alive, leaving Rukia to return to the Fourth Division with Sylvan and Rain, who were fragments of Hu's soul.

• Muramasa appeared after Rukia's full-incantation Sōren Sōkatsui left her near death, and Ichigo confronted him about the Zanpakuto rebellion.
• Muramasa claimed Zanpakuto were independent souls and said he intended to free them from Soul Reapers; he then challenged Ichigo and led him away.
• Jūshirō Ukitake arrived and treated Rukia, while Sylvan argued that Muramasa's claim about abuse did not explain why Zanpakuto across Seireitei had rebelled.
• Sylvan told Ukitake and Rukia that Muramasa had sought Jiku'a, but the sword on Sōkyoku Hill had been replaced by a blank Asauchi and Jiku'a's whereabouts were unknown.
• After Ukitake left to help Ichigo, Sylvan told Rukia that Yexing Hu was alive and introduced Rain, revealing that they were fragments of Hu's soul.

Muramasa defeated Ichigo and extracted Zangetsu, who turned against his former wielder until Jūshirō Ukitake intervened. After Rain and Sylvan brought the injured Rukia to the Fourth Division, they saw Ichigo’s Reiatsu erupt and went to help him.

• Ichigo overwhelmed Muramasa with his Bankai, but Muramasa warped his senses, pinned him down, and extracted Zangetsu from his soul.
• Zangetsu attacked Ichigo and struck him with Getsuga Tenshō, but Jūshirō Ukitake blocked the next attack with Dankū and confronted Muramasa.
• Rain and Sylvan carried the injured Rukia to the Fourth Division, where Isane Kotetsu took her inside for treatment.
• Rain noticed that Ichigo’s Zangetsu had reverted to its Asauchi state and feared Ichigo might go berserk without White’s help.
• Rain lifted Sylvan toward the distant eruption of Ichigo’s Reiatsu so they could help him.

Ichigo fought Zangetsu on a bridge while Ukitake and Muramasa considered retreat, but Ichigo suddenly became a Hollow. Muramasa escaped as Rain and Sylvan arrived, and Sylvan saw a possible way to save Ichigo in the Asauchi he carried.

• Ichigo refused to retreat and fought Zangetsu despite his injuries, while Ukitake agreed to hold Muramasa back.
• Zangetsu unleashed Bankai and struck Ichigo with Getsuga Tenshō, leaving him badly wounded.
• As Ichigo charged Zangetsu, he became fully Hollowfied, and Ukitake froze in grief over the transformation.
• Muramasa used Ukitake's distraction to escape and went to seek Jiku'a.
• Rain and Sylvan arrived and noticed that Ichigo's sword had reverted to an ordinary Asauchi, giving them hope that he could be saved.

Ukitake recalled Kaien Shiba’s death as Ichigo’s Hollow form fought Zangetsu on the High Bridge. Sylvan and Rain stabilized Ichigo’s Reiatsu, but the Blade of Power then pulled their consciousnesses into a world of towering skyscrapers.

• Ukitake awoke from his memory of Kaien’s death and learned from Sylvan that Rukia had reached the Fourth Division safely.
• Hollow Ichigo attacked Zangetsu with overwhelming force and fired a Cero, leading Ukitake to believe Ichigo had become a Hollow.
• Sylvan stopped Ukitake from attacking Ichigo and persuaded him to allow an attempt to save him.
• Rain and Ukitake used Rikujōkōrō to restrain Hollow Ichigo while Ukitake fought Zangetsu and Sylvan stabbed Ichigo with the Blade of Power.
• Sylvan and Rain used their Reiatsu to stabilize Ichigo, but the Blade of Power drew their consciousnesses into a world of skyscrapers.

Ichigo fought White Ichigo in his Inner World while Sylvan and Rain arrived and followed a magical trail from V’s poetry book. White Ichigo revealed that he was Zangetsu, destroyed Ichigo’s Zanpakuto, and left him empty-handed.

• Ichigo regained consciousness in his Inner World and faced White Ichigo, who attacked him with a reversed Zangetsu.
• Sylvan and Rain entered Ichigo’s Inner World, found the poetry collection V had given them, and followed the magic particles it released.
• White Ichigo told Ichigo that he was a manifestation of Ichigo’s power and unleashed Bankai, revealing Tensa Zangetsu.
• White Ichigo overwhelmed Ichigo with a Getsuga Tenshō and wounded him, then claimed that he and Zangetsu had always been one.
• White Ichigo turned Ichigo’s Zanpakuto into Reishi fragments, declared that he was Zangetsu, and punched Ichigo backward.

Sylvan and Rain intervened in Ichigo’s Inner World, and Sylvan used the Blade of Power to help Ichigo take control of White Ichigo’s power and defeat him. Outside, Hollow Ichigo’s shell shattered, revealing Ichigo in a half-black, half-white form facing Zangetsu.

• White Ichigo stabbed Ichigo with Tensa Zangetsu and tried to corrupt him, declaring that he would be king and Ichigo his mount.
• Rain attacked White Ichigo with Kidō while Sylvan approached the weakening Ichigo and used the Blade of Power to merge their Reiatsu.
• Ichigo regained clarity, took up the white Tensa Zangetsu, and defeated White Ichigo, promising to fight him fairly later.
• White Ichigo accepted Ichigo’s promise and dissolved into the shadow beneath his feet as Sylvan returned to the outside world.
• Hollow Ichigo’s white shell cracked and shattered, revealing Ichigo in his new form, who greeted Uncle Zangetsu.

Ichigo fought Zangetsu with White Ichigo’s power and won, breaking Muramasa’s Brainwashing and restoring Zangetsu to him. After learning Muramasa could manipulate conscious Zanpakuto, Ichigo set out to pursue him, while Muramasa hurried toward the Twelfth Division’s Department of Research and Development.

• Sylvan explained to Ukitake that White Ichigo had filled the place left vacant by Zangetsu during Integration, giving Ichigo a white Zanpakuto and an unusual Shihakusho.
• Ichigo fought Zangetsu, struggled to control White Ichigo’s violent power, and finally committed to attacking Zangetsu with his full strength.
• Ichigo’s horned scarlet Reiatsu overwhelmed Zangetsu’s Getsuga Tenshō, and the resulting blast left Zangetsu returned to sword form.
• Muramasa saw the pillar of light from High Bridge, concluded Zangetsu had lost, and sent Hell Butterflies to hurry his plan as he headed for the Twelfth Division’s Department of Research and Development.
• Zangetsu told Ichigo and Ukitake that Muramasa had awakened Zanpakuto instincts and used Brainwashing to manipulate them, then returned to Ichigo as his Zanpakuto.
• Ichigo took up the black and white swords and declared that he would pursue Muramasa.

Shunsui Kyōraku received word that Ichigo and Ukitake had recovered Zangetsu, while Ichigo visited the injured Rukia at the Medical Station. At the Twelfth Division, Muramasa attacked Mayuri’s laboratory, and the battle left Unohana’s body beginning to awaken in its tank.

• Nanao Ise reported that the search for Yamamoto had found no clues, while Kiyone Kotetsu and Sentarō delivered a summary of the divisions’ recovery and operations.
• Kyōraku received Ukitake’s message confirming that Ichigo had recovered Zangetsu and that Muramasa’s ability could be reversed.
• Ichigo and Ukitake visited Rukia, who lay wrapped head to toe in bandages, and Ichigo laughed at her appearance.
• Mayuri studied Unohana’s faintly recovering soul pulse and suspected that the materialized Zanpakuto were still draining their wielders’ power.
• Muramasa and dozens of Zanpakuto stormed Mayuri’s laboratory, accusing him of experimenting on them and attacking the Twelfth Division’s defenders.
• Mayuri and Muramasa disappeared during the battle as Unohana’s nutrient fluid receded and the laboratory display showed that she was awakening.

Muramasa broke into Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s laboratory to reach Jiku'a, hoping to save Kōga, but Mayuri trapped him in a magnetic field. Elsewhere, the Twelfth Division’s researchers activated a laboratory lockdown and turned the invading Zanpakuto into potential test subjects.

• Muramasa defeated two Reishi Dolls guarding the storage tank and found Jiku'a suspended in pale blue liquid.
• Mayuri pinned Muramasa with a magnetic field, while Nemu and the Twelfth Division members struggled against the invading Zanpakuto.
• A Twelfth Division researcher liquefied and reformed after being killed, then pressed a switch that sealed the laboratory behind Sekkiseki-containing walls.
• The revived researchers rose and threatened to experiment on the trapped Zanpakuto, while Muramasa remained trapped with Mayuri.
• Mayuri questioned Muramasa about Kōga, Jiku'a, and how he had given Zanpakuto Spirit Bodies, and Muramasa began shedding bloody tears.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi interrogated Muramasa in his laboratory, taunting him about Kōga until Muramasa unleashed Hollow Reiatsu to break free of a magnetic field. Muramasa defended Kōga as the strongest Soul Reaper and confronted Mayuri with his sword.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi explained that the magnetic field suppressed Zanpakuto and studied the blood flowing from Muramasa's eye.
• Mayuri provoked Muramasa about Kōga and deduced that he had been sealed away by Soul Society.
• Mayuri's taunts made Muramasa tremble as Hollow Reiatsu surged from his body and Hollow masks appeared across his robe.
• Muramasa used the Hollow power within his Spirit Body to destroy the magnetic field device and rise from the floor.
• Muramasa pointed his Zanpakuto at Mayuri and declared that Kōga was the strongest Soul Reaper, framed by jealous people, and that he would not become a Hollow.

Ichigo explained that Muramasa had incited the Zanpakuto to rebel, and he realized Sylvan was a weakened part of Hu. Before Rangiku could confront Sylvan and Rain about their survival, news arrived that Muramasa had attacked the Twelfth Division, sending the Soul Reapers into battle.

• Ichigo and Sylvan told Kyōraku and Ukitake that Muramasa magnified the Zanpakuto’s dissatisfaction, and each wielder would need to defeat and reclaim their own Zanpakuto.
• Ichigo identified Sylvan as part of Hu, and Sylvan admitted he had less than a tenth of Hu’s strength while Rain said he was also part of Hu.
• Rangiku recognized Sylvan and Rain, accused them of hiding after faking their deaths, and began confronting them.
• An injured Inner Court Corps member reported that Muramasa and a group of Zanpakuto had attacked the Twelfth Division and that Suzumebachi had intercepted the messengers.
• Tōshirō ordered the Soul Reapers to reinforce the Twelfth Division, while Kyōraku dispatched Fon Shaoling and the Onmitsukidō after Suzumebachi and sent Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika to bring in their captain.

The Twelfth Division fought off waves of Zanpakuto with experimental weapons and drugs until Unohana awakened and took over the battle. After defeating the attackers with ordinary sword strikes, she asked Nemu where Captain Kurotsuchi had gone.

• Twelfth Division members used hidden bombs, medicines, and other devices to hold off the outnumbering Zanpakuto, though they were exhausted and running out of resources.
• Unohana awakened in the container, learned that Captain Kurotsuchi had gone after Muramasa, and was told that defeating a Zanpakuto would not make it disappear.
• A Zanpakuto mocked Unohana as a harmless healer and charged her, but she immediately cleaved him in two with a single sword strike.
• Unohana ordered Nemu and the exhausted Twelfth Division members to rest, then compared fighting the Zanpakuto to a few thousand practice swings.
• Unohana defeated the remaining Zanpakuto with repeated ordinary slashes and, after sheathing her sword, asked Nemu where Captain Kurotsuchi was.

Shunsui Kyōraku and the Soul Reapers joined the battle around the Department of Research and Development, whose Sekkiseki barrier trapped everyone inside. Renji encountered Zabimaru and prepared to fight, while Rangiku, Shūhei, and Hinamori each came face to face with their own Zanpakuto.

• Shunsui Kyōraku explained that the Department of Research and Development’s barrier could not be opened from outside, then ordered his forces to support the Twelfth Division around its perimeter.
• Renji and the Sixth Division defeated and restrained several Zanpakuto, but their prisoners refused to reveal their wielders’ names.
• Renji recognized the ape woman and snake boy as Zabimaru, who summoned their weapon and challenged him to a fight; Renji sent the Sixth Division members away with their captives.
• Rangiku spotted Haineko on a broken Reishi conduit, and Haineko fled through the ruins as Rangiku pursued her.
• Shūhei Hisagi recognized the chain-sickle wielder approaching him as Kazeshini.
• While Hinamori used Kaidō on a wounded Twelfth Division member, Tobiume appeared before her.

Rangiku fought Haineko, who revealed that Gin may have given part of his soul to save Rangiku and that her unusual Soul Pulses prevented her from regaining Shikai. Sylvan and Rain arrived, and Rain used Tenteikūra to share the news about recovering Shikai with the Soul Reapers, leaving the battle poised to turn in their favor.

• Rangiku chased Haineko through the Twelfth Division ruins and fought her, but Haineko's ash overwhelmed and wounded her.
• Haineko told Rangiku that Gin may have filled the part of her soul Aizen took, and explained that Rangiku could not use Shikai until the Soul Pulses in her body returned to normal proportions.
• Rain carried Sylvan to Rangiku's battlefield, where Sylvan used Hadō #58: Tenran to scatter Haineko's ash and protect Rangiku.
• Rain used Bakudō #77: Tenteikūra to tell the Soul Reapers across the battlefield that they might regain Shikai as their Soul Pulses recovered, while withholding Haineko's private claim about Gin.
• Haineko attacked Rain in fury, and Shunsui Kyōraku welcomed the information as a tremendous help.