Recaps

Ryūsaki joined Ginjo's group to learn Fullbring and awakened an ability that could briefly paralyze anyone who touched his chain. After testing the power against Ginjo, he joined the others for Xcution's final ritual, an exchange of abilities meant to restrain anyone who betrayed the group.

• Ryūsaki asked Ginjo to let him join the group and teach him Fullbring, and Ginjo agreed.
• Takumi trained Ryūsaki to sense the souls of matter by attacking him with stones, and Ryūsaki eventually commanded a stone with his Reiryoku.
• Ryūsaki mastered Fullbring using the Quincy Chain around his wrist as its vessel and named its red-chain ability Paralyzing Moment.
• Ryūsaki paralyzed Ginjo after fragments of his chain touched him during their fight, then explained how his ability worked.
• Ginjo called Kitahara and Tsukishima over to perform the final ritual, an exchange of abilities that would restrict members who betrayed the group.

Five months after Ryūsaki began spending time with Ginjo’s group, Tōsen sent four Togabito to capture the Substitute Soul Reapers, and one attacked the Ishida family home. Ryūsaki destroyed the attacker and rushed to help his friends, leaving the other three battles unresolved.

• Misa confronted Ryūsaki about training with Ginjo’s group, but he defended his choice to associate with humans and Soul Reapers.
• Tōsen released four evolved Togabito from the New World and ordered them to capture the Substitute Soul Reaper team, dead or alive.
• A green-haired Togabito attacked the Ishida family home, but Ryūsaki immobilized him with his Fullbring chains and broke him down into Reishi using Sklaverei.
• Ryūken watched Ryūsaki’s strength with new respect, while Misa ordered the family to summon Sōken back.
• Tōsen and Kagerōza Inaba watched Ginjo, Takumi Kitahara, Jackie, and Tsukishima fight the remaining Togabito.
• Ryūsaki used Hirenkyaku to head for the other battles, while Misa stopped Masaki from following him.

Ginjo unleashed his Bankai after Kitahara died fighting Taikin, then killed Qunqing and began torturing Taikin before Hell reclaimed him. Soul Reapers arrived after the battle, where Ginjo stood grieving with a broken piece of Kitahara’s slingshot as Ryūsaki confronted them.

• Kitahara sacrificed himself by launching Taikin into the sky, but Taikin survived and Kitahara’s Reiatsu vanished.
• Ginjo learned Kitahara had died, released his Bankai, and split Qunqing in two before the Gates of Hell dragged Qunqing away.
• Ginjo attacked Taikin at overwhelming speed and vowed to cut him a hundred times, while Hell later reclaimed Taikin and Ziyun.
• Ryūsaki arrived after Kitahara’s death and found Ginjo and Jackie wounded, while Tsukishima and Jackie accompanied him to Kitahara’s last location.
• Amagai Shūsuke, Hirako Shinji, Izuru Kira, and Momo Hinamori emerged from a Senkaimon after the fighting ended.
• Ryūsaki rebuked the Soul Reapers for arriving too late as Ginjo stood silently with part of Kitahara’s slingshot.

Takumi accepted that his death meant he would be sent to Soul Society, and he persuaded Ginjo to delay rebelling against Soul Society. After Takumi arrived in Rukongai, the Togabito attacked again, and Hirako recognized the returning Azashiro Sōya as the Eighth Kenpachi.

• Takumi revealed that his human body had died and agreed to spend a few days in the World of the Living before going to Soul Society.
• Aizen reviewed the Togabito experiment, ordered further research into their weakness, and discussed the danger of breaking their chains with Azashiro Sōya.
• Takumi urged Ginjo to wait until he had allies before challenging Soul Society, then Ginjo used his Substitute Badge and Zanpakutō to send Takumi to Soul Society.
• Takumi reached Junrinan in Rukongai, where an attacker knocked him unconscious and carried him away in a sack.
• A month later, Togabito attacked again, and Hirako recognized Azashiro Sōya among them.

Azashiro Sōya confronted Hirako in the World of the Living and quickly defeated him, then battled Tessai Tsukabishi while Yoruichi carried Hirako to safety. Meanwhile, Kagerōza Inaba revealed himself to Kūgo Ginjō as the mastermind behind the Togabito attacks and began explaining what had happened to Kitahara.

• Azashiro told Hirako he had come from Hell to demand an explanation from Soul Society, and Hirako released his limit and attacked him.
• Azashiro struck Hirako down in a single move and refused to finish him, while Yoruichi rescued Hirako and Tessai tried to hold Azashiro back with Kidō and Barriers.
• Azashiro repeatedly broke Tessai’s spells and barriers, leaving Tessai wounded as Soul Society summoned Captains for reinforcements.
• Kagerōza Inaba visited Kūgo Ginjō and admitted he had sent the Togabito, prompting Ginjo to attack him.
• Inaba released Raikū and used its spatial ability to wound Ginjo, then told him that Kitahara had become a spirit and that something had happened to him in Soul Society.
• Ginjo demanded to know what had happened to Kitahara, and Inaba introduced himself before beginning his explanation.

Ginjo learned that Kagerōza Inaba had shown him evidence that Kitahara was being held for experiments in Soul Society, and he decided to risk entering Soul Society to rescue his childhood friend. After Kensei Muguruma and Byakuya Kuchiki investigated the site of the attack, Ginjo secretly left to meet Ryūsaki and Tsukishima, who agreed to join the rescue.

• Ginjo told Ryūsaki, Tsukishima, and Jackie that Inaba had shown him Kitahara chained in a dark room and offered to help him enter Soul Society.
• Ginjo admitted he suspected Inaba wanted to provoke a conflict, but he chose to rescue Kitahara because they had been friends since childhood.
• Kensei Muguruma and Byakuya Kuchiki examined traces of Inaba's Reiatsu, questioned Ginjo, and stayed behind to protect Naruki City when he left.
• Ginjo used an Artificial Soul Candy to leave his body behind and traveled in spirit form to a meeting point.
• Ryūsaki sneaked out of the Ishida Family with Masaki's help and met Ginjo and Tsukishima at a graveyard to join the rescue mission.

Ginjo, Ryūsaki, and Tsukishima entered Soul Society through a Garganta and made their way toward the Seireitei. Ryūsaki devised a plan to approach a Kuchiki noble, and Ginjo won Kuchiki Kōun’s offer of a place in his service.

• Inaba Kage converted Tsukishima and Ryūsaki into Reishi aggregates and opened a Garganta for the group to reach Soul Society.
• Ginjo, Ryūsaki, and Tsukishima crossed Rukongai and spotted Kuchiki Kōun near the Black Ridge Gate, prompting Ryūsaki to suggest becoming a noble’s subordinates.
• Ginjo killed one Hollow in front of Kōun, then let Congye catch up with him while Ryūsaki began talking with the young noble.
• Kōun introduced himself as Byakuya Kuchiki’s son, and Ginjo, calling himself Kongcheng, claimed he had failed the Soul Reaper entrance assessment several times.
• Kōun offered to help Ginjo enter the Shin'ō Spiritual Arts Academy, and Ginjo instead knelt and asked to become Kōun’s Servant.
• Congye advised Kōun to take Ginjo back and have someone investigate him, and Kōun agreed.

Ginjo, Ryūsaki, and Tsukishima entered the Seireitei as prospective Kuchiki Clan Vassals, then broke into the Research and Development Institute to rescue Kitahara from Mayuri Kurotsuchi. Meanwhile, Inaba Kage’s Reigai and Togabito attacked the Seireitei, where Azashiro Sōya sought to force Kenpachi Zaraki to reveal his Bankai.

• Hongyun accepted Ryūsaki and Tsukishima as Vassals after they demonstrated their abilities, and Danzōmaru admitted all three to the Seireitei.
• Ginjo learned from Inaba Kage that Mayuri was examining Kitahara, so he and his companions infiltrated the Research and Development Institute.
• Mayuri continued dissecting Kitahara as the three intruders fought their way to his room, where Ryūsaki briefly restrained Mayuri with a Fullbring chain.
• Nemu Kurotsuchi freed Mayuri, who drew his Zanpakuto to fight Ginjo, Ryūsaki, and Tsukishima.
• Kenpachi Zaraki cut down three of Inaba Kage’s seven Reigai, and Azashiro Sōya headed toward him to test whether he had mastered Bankai.

Aizen abandoned his plan to use the Togabito as a fighting force and began fusing with the Hōgyoku, while Azashiro fought Kenpachi Zaraki and the Substitute Soul Reapers invaded the Research and Development Institute. The chapter left Ginjo, Ryūsaki, and Tsukishima fleeing after Tsukishima restored Ginjo’s ability to fight.

• After hearing Tōsen’s report on Zaraki’s strength, Aizen gave up on controlling the Togabito and gripped the Hōgyoku to begin fusing with it.
• At the Research and Development Institute, Nemu Kurotsuchi warned the Soul Reapers that Kūgo Ginjō and his companions had betrayed them and were fighting Mayuri Kurotsuchi.
• Azashiro Sōya blocked Zaraki, but Zaraki endured his attacks, broke out of Black Coffin, and faced Azashiro’s Ittō Kasō and a blast from the blue Reigai.
• Mayuri poisoned Ginjo, so Ryūsaki defended him with chains and a Reishi shield while Mayuri examined Ryūsaki’s abilities.
• Tsukishima used Book of the End to restore Ginjo’s unpoisoned past, and Ginjo used Bankai to blast Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo away.
• Ryūsaki, Ginjo, and Tsukishima fled toward their designated Senkaimon as Ginjo realized they could not keep fighting in Soul Society.

Ryūsaki, Ginjo, and Tsukishima escaped Soul Society after fighting off the Stealth Force, while Zaraki defeated Azashiro and the remaining Togabito were hunted down. Back in the World of the Living, Ryūsaki told Sōken what had happened and left for Karakura Town to hide, as Ginjo urged him to join his group.

• Ryūsaki, Ginjo, and Tsukishima fought their way past Soi Fon, Komamura, and Iba, then escaped through the Senkaimon as Kyōraku arrived too late to stop them.
• Zaraki defeated Azashiro after a fierce battle, and Hell’s chains dragged Azashiro away while Kokuto, Shuren, and the other Togabito withdrew or perished.
• Hongyun could not find Ryūsaki and Tsukishima, and the Kuchiki Clan questioned him after receiving portraits of the intruders.
• Ryūsaki, Ginjo, and Tsukishima escaped through the Dangai, concealed their Reiatsu, and abandoned the Substitute Soul Reaper base before Byakuya and Kensei arrived.
• Ginjo urged Ryūsaki to join him, but Ryūsaki said he would answer the next day and confessed his actions to Sōken, who approved of him hiding in another city.
• Ryūsaki left for Karakura Town, while the Soul Reapers searched Naruki City and all four members of Xcution hid in Karakura Town.

After months of stealing powers from humans and Soul Reapers, Ginjo and his companions accepted Inaba Kage’s invitation to meet his leader, Sōsuke Aizen, in the New World. Ginjo agreed to serve Aizen for a chance to grow stronger, and Ryūsaki also joined, intending to learn more about Aizen and his plans against Soul Society.

• Ginjo began ambushing lone Soul Reapers in the World of the Living and stealing their Reiryoku until Inaba Kage confronted him and revealed that his own lord wanted to meet them.
• Inaba Kage gave Ginjo a wooden crow to contact him, and Ryūsaki agreed to go with Ginjo, Tsukishima, and Jackie to find out who led the organization.
• The four used the wooden crow to reach the New World, where Inaba Kage showed them the vast Valley of Screams settlement and led them to its central hall.
• Aizen introduced himself as the ruler who had reshaped the New World, with Tōsen standing beside him, and offered Ginjo rapid growth in exchange for his soul.
• Ryūsaki warned Ginjo that he might never defeat the Soul Reapers on his own, so Ginjo agreed to serve Aizen, and Ryūsaki knelt and declared that he was willing to join as well.

Ryūsaki and the Xcution members learned about Hollowfication and traveled to Hueco Mundo to witness Ginjo’s planned fusion with a Hollow. The chapter ended as the group reached Tōsen’s Evolution Corps and learned how Hollows evolved by devouring one another.

• Aizen’s people explained Hollowfication to Ginjo’s group, and Tōsen described his own revival and complete Hollowfication.
• Tōsen said artificial Vasto Lorde-class Hollows could greatly enhance a person, but Ryūsaki refused to risk losing his Quincy abilities.
• After the failed attack on the Soul King, Grimmjow and Ulquiorra joined forces with Nel and Tier Harribel to establish the Hueco Mundo Council, while Szayelaporro and his revived Arrancar launched wars against them.
• Five years later, Ryūsaki met Xcution’s new members Tazawa Kiriko and Aura Michibane as they gathered to witness Ginjo’s Hollowfication.
• Tōsen took the group through a Garganta to Hueco Mundo, where Ryūsaki explained that Hollows devoured their own kind to evolve.

Tōsen oversaw Ginjo’s successful Hollowfication while Tazawa asked to undergo the same process and revealed his plan to keep evolving by devouring. Ryūsaki learned about a Growth-type Vasto Lorde being prepared for a host-transfer experiment, and the Hollow’s presence filled him with dread.

• Tōsen and the technicians extracted a Vasto Lorde’s power, converted it into Reishi, and injected it into Ginjo.
• Ginjo’s Reiatsu surged and his mask appeared, but he endured the transformation and successfully completed Hollowfication.
• Ryūsaki judged that Ginjo’s Reishi was fusing rather than collapsing, while Tsukishima stood ready to use Book of the End if Ginjo’s body failed.
• Tazawa asked Tōsen to make him a Hollow and said he wanted one that could retain its devouring ability so he could continue evolving.
• Tōsen explained that the Growth-type Hollow might replace its host’s consciousness and described plans to release it into the World of the Living to attack Soul Reapers and transfer between hosts.
• Ryūsaki saw the black Vasto Lorde in the tank and felt an inexplicable sense of dread.

Tōsen deployed White to hunt Soul Reapers and arranged for it to attack Isshin Shiba near Shiba Hospital in Naruki City. White struck Isshin, who realized he faced a powerful Hollow as the battle began.

• Taze agreed to undergo Hollowfication, and Tōsen sent Domus to find him a matching seed while Ryūsaki stayed to observe White.
• Ginjo and the others trained in Hueco Mundo, where they avoided the Menos Grande Forest and later encountered a faction led by two Adjuchas.
• White killed Soul Reapers across twelve cities, prompting the Captain-Commander to send Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi and Tōshirō Hitsugaya to investigate.
• Ryūsaki suggested deploying White near Shiba Hospital, and Tōsen arranged for Ginjo to distract the Black Cat Store residents while White attacked Isshin.
• White ambushed Isshin at Shiba Hospital, pierced the building, and knocked him back as Isshin recognized the attacker as an exceptionally powerful Hollow.

Masaki rushed to help Isshin while Yoruichi and Tessai fought Ginjo, who revealed a Hollowfied form, and Rose and Tōshirō were intercepted by Ryūsaki and Domus. Masaki’s arrow interrupted White’s attack on Isshin, but White charged straight at her.

• Yoruichi and Tessai set out to support Isshin, while Hiyori and Love stayed behind to guard the Black Cat Store.
• Masaki defied Ryūken and ran toward the fighting, while Rose and Tōshirō also headed toward Isshin’s location.
• Ginjo blocked Yoruichi and Tessai, survived Tessai’s Black Coffin through Hollowfication, and fought them with a Cross Greatsword.
• Ryūsaki and Domus intercepted Rose and Tōshirō, and Tōshirō released Hyōrinmaru to attack Ryūsaki.
• Masaki found Isshin badly wounded and losing to White, then shot an arrow that halted White just before he could kill Isshin.
• White turned from Isshin and charged Masaki after Isshin shouted for her to run.

Masaki helped Isshin defeat White, but Ryūsaki discovered that White’s attack had infected her. Ryūken warned Masaki to avoid using her spiritual power while Ryūsaki searched for a cure.

• Masaki wounded White with a Heilig Pfeil, and Isshin used Dankū to shield her from White’s explosion, leaving himself unconscious.
• Tōsen ordered a retreat, while Masaki treated Isshin and then left after Yoruichi and Tessai arrived.
• Ryūsaki told Ryūken that White had infected Masaki and warned that using her powers could make the infection spread.
• Ryūken told Masaki about the infection and urged her not to use her Reiryoku, though she felt well and her wound appeared healed.
• Masaki’s right-hand soul was gradually turning black as Ryūsaki left to seek a cure.

Ryūsaki sought a way to stop Masaki Kurosaki's Hollowfication, but the antidote was not ready before her condition worsened. After Isshin took her away to save her, Ryūsaki activated a backup plan to send her to Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara.

• Rei told Ryūsaki that Masaki's Hollow could only be sealed or suppressed, while Tōsen admitted that he had no antidote and opposed helping her.
• Ryūsaki asked Inaba Kage to make an Artificial Soul Candy from a Reishi Arrow, but Inaba Kage said it would take a day, so Ryūsaki arranged for Ryūken to keep Masaki out of the Ishida Family.
• Masaki told Ryūken she planned to move out after entering university, and Isshin joined them at the park to thank her for saving him.
• Masaki fainted and developed a Hollow Hole in her chest; Ryūken blamed Isshin, but Isshin urged him to follow and carried Masaki away, claiming he could save her.
• Ryūsaki learned that Masaki's Hollowfication had accelerated and activated his backup plan to send her to Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara for help.

Urahara explained how Isshin could suppress Masaki’s Hollowfication, and Isshin gave up his power to save her. After the two sealed White within Masaki, Ryūsaki learned that Aizen had returned and summoned him.

• Urahara received Yoruichi’s message about Masaki’s severe Hollowfication, and the Monk told him the Soul King had approved his actions.
• Urahara explained that Masaki needed the opposing powers of a human and a Soul Reaper to balance the Quincy and Hollow within her.
• Isshin agreed to give up his power to save Masaki, entered the specially made Gigai, and helped Urahara and Yoruichi graft his power into her.
• Isshin awakened Masaki within the abyss of her heart, and together they sealed White inside her.
• After ending his call with Ryūken, Ryūsaki learned that Aizen had returned from Hell and wanted to see him.

Ryūsaki accepted Aizen’s assignment to infiltrate the Wandenreich and met his father, Sōken, to learn how to enter it. Using the Star Cross Key, he passed through the Sun Gate, and Wandenreich technicians detected his arrival and reported it to Jugram Haschwalth.

• Aizen asked Ryūsaki to investigate the Wandenreich, and Inaba Kage gave him a Blanks-made listening device.
• Ryūsaki told Aura that he would be away, then traveled alone to meet Sōken at an old castle.
• Sōken warned Ryūsaki against starting another war and gave him a silver cross that could open the Sun Gate at a specific time and place.
• At sunrise, Ryūsaki recited an incantation, opened the Sun Gate with the key, and entered the Wandenreich.
• Wandenreich technicians detected an intruder near the Dangai and quietly reported the red dot to Jugram Haschwalth.

Ryūsaki entered the Wandenreich and told Jugram Haschwalth that he had come seeking strength and revenge against the Soul Reapers. Haschwalth sent him to prove his abilities, and Ryūsaki began his trial by summoning two Gillians in an arena.

• Haschwalth’s Holy Soldiers escorted Ryūsaki from the Sun Gate to the Ice Palace, where Ryūsaki identified Sōken Ishida as his father and explained why he had come.
• Haschwalth ordered Long'an to take Ryūsaki to the training grounds for an assessment of his strength.
• Long'an described the Wandenreich’s ranks and led Ryūsaki to the Second Trial Ground, where candidates could fight Hollows or Holy Soldiers.
• Ryūsaki entered a large arena and crushed the token that summoned two Gillians.

Ryūsaki defeated two Gillians with a single attack, then fought ten Holy Soldiers in a trial arranged by Jugram Haschwalth. He overwhelmed the fighters without being injured, and the battle ended when Jugram ordered both sides to stop.

• Ryūsaki killed two Gillians at once, impressing the Quincy spectators gathered around the Trial Ground.
• Long'an summoned ten Holy Soldiers to test Ryūsaki, and the fighters attacked under rules that allowed only survivors to leave.
• Ryūsaki used his chains and Quincy techniques to defeat or incapacitate several close-combat Holy Soldiers while deflecting their attacks.
• Five Holy Soldiers combined their Reishi to fire three Heilig Pfeil at Ryūsaki, who dodged or redirected the first two and crushed the third with his chains.
• Jugram Haschwalth ordered the fighters to stop, leaving six Holy Soldiers alive and Ryūsaki unharmed.

Ryūsaki gathered intelligence on the Sternritter while Aizen learned that Yhwach was close to awakening, and Masaki and Isshin began a romance. Months later, Yhwach awakened, and Haschwalth led the Sternritter into the Ice Palace as the Quincy celebrated outside.

• Long'an explained that Ryūsaki could join the Sternritter by defeating a member or competing for a vacancy, and Ryūsaki questioned a maid to learn more about them.
• Inaba Kage reported the Wandenreich's ranks and the approaching awakening of Yhwach to Aizen, who began considering how to exploit the news.
• Masaki attended college while Isshin worked as a doctor, and the two started a romance after meeting for a meal.
• Ryūsaki trained in Vollständig, observed the Sternritter, and learned that Yhwach was expected to awaken soon.
• Haschwalth announced that Yhwach had awakened and led the Sternritter into the Ice Palace, while the Holy Soldiers cheered for the Quincy and Ryūsaki noticed some elderly members looked worried.

After Yhwach awakened, he used Auswählen to drain the power of Quincy he considered unnecessary, killing many and frightening Ryūsaki and Yorick. A year later, Yhwach was still weak and the war had not begun, leaving Ryūsaki time to investigate Auswählen and seek a way to advance.

• Yhwach awakened, drew power from Haschwalth, and used Auswählen to drain the elderly, sick, weak, and disabled across the Wandenreich.
• Ryūsaki and Yorick explained the effects of Auswählen as Cang Du led the Eighth Squad to collect the dead in District 19.
• Two youths resisted the corpse collectors and denounced Yhwach, but Cang Du killed them while the neighbors remained passive.
• Ryūsaki and Yorick watched the corpses burned, and Yorick admitted he feared being judged unnecessary and killed by Auswählen.
• Yhwach performed Auswählen again a month later, stripping more than five thousand people of their power, then did not repeat it for a year.
• The Holy Soldiers added over five hundred recruits, while Ryūsaki learned Yhwach remained too weak to stay awake for long and the war was still some time away.

After two years in the Wandenreich, Ryūsaki killed Berenice Gabrielli in a duel and drew Yhwach’s attention. Meanwhile, Yushima Oko regained his original body through fusion and received a new task from Aizen; Ryūsaki ended the chapter outside Yhwach’s Ice Palace, requesting an audience.

• Ryūsaki reviewed the Sternritter’s abilities and agreed to meet Berenice at the Grand Training Ground.
• Inaba Kage and Kujo Nozomi were fused into Yushima Oko, who awoke with powerful Reiatsu and accepted a task from Aizen.
• Ryūsaki silenced Berenice’s Schrift, The Question, by damaging his own hearing, then fought him with chains and Heilig Pfeil.
• Ryūsaki paralyzed Berenice, severed the wrist bearing his star-cross glove, and killed him with a Heilig Pfeil before burning his corpse.
• Yhwach learned that Ryūsaki had killed Berenice, discussed Ryūsaki with Jugram Haschwalth, and prepared to question him about his beliefs.
• Ryūsaki arrived at the Ice Palace and asked the guards to let him see Yhwach.

Yhwach granted Ryūsaki Berenice’s Schrift, Quiescence, and a medal capable of stealing a Captain’s Bankai. After Ryūsaki sparred with Bazz-B and learned how Yhwach’s soul-absorption worked, Yhwach strengthened the Sternritter and bestowed Ryūsaki with the Vollständig title “God’s Stillness.”

• Yhwach questioned Ryūsaki about his Fullbring and his assessment of a war with the Soul Reapers, then gave him Berenice’s Schrift, Quiescence, and a Sternritter Medal.
• Ryūsaki met Bazz-B outside the palace, learned from him that Haschwalth had bestowed blood wine and Schrifts while Yhwach slept, and heard how souls gathered by the Wandenreich had helped Yhwach awaken early.
• Ryūsaki secretly recorded Bazz-B’s explanation as they went to the grand trial grounds, where Bazz-B challenged him to spar before a crowd of Holy Soldiers and Sternritter.
• Three months later, Yhwach performed Auswählen and bestowed stronger Vollständig abilities on the Sternritter, including the title “God’s Stillness” for Ryūsaki.