Recaps

Asano Kiyoshi questioned the Soul King about Hell and learned how it had formed from resentful Reishi and that its present nature was unknown. He accepted the Soul King’s Quincy power, emerging vastly stronger with cross-shaped pupils.

• Asano Kiyoshi asked the Soul King how Hell gained a will, and the Soul King explained that it formed when resentful Reishi merged within a Dangai.
• Asano Kiyoshi described the vast shadows he had seen in Hell, and the Soul King suggested one might be a reconstructed ancient serpent-like Hollow but could not say whether Hell would become an enemy.
• The Soul King warned Asano Kiyoshi that accepting Quincy power would bind his soul to the world and that he could die if he failed to stop Yhwach.
• Asano Kiyoshi drove the Soul King’s blue Reishi arrow into his heart and experienced the Soul King’s life and death in a vision.
• The arrow’s power merged into Asano Kiyoshi, multiplying his strength until his normal Shikai could defeat his former Bankai, and his pupils became cross-shaped.

After absorbing Quincy power, Asano Kiyoshi met the Soul King, arranged for Zero Division to strengthen the Gotei 13 and join the coming battle against Yhwach, and began training plans for the captains. He privately confronted Aizen about a future in which Aizen was imprisoned, but their conversation ended with Asano asking who stood above him besides the Soul King.

• Asano Kiyoshi examined his enhanced abilities, thanked the Soul King, and promised to free him after dealing with Yhwach.
• Monk agreed that Zero Division would train the Gotei 13’s captains and other high-level fighters and would join the battle under Asano’s command, while Monk remained at the Soul King Palace.
• Asano returned to Seireitei and told the captains they would train at the Soul King Palace in batches, with Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tōsen scheduled last.
• Asano stopped Aizen after the meeting and told him that, in a future Asano had experienced, Aizen was imprisoned for betraying Soul Society.
• Asano said he admired Aizen but considered his methods too extreme, then asked who stood above him besides the Soul King.

Asano Kiyoshi revealed that the King's Seal had made him wary of Aizen and asked about Aizen's plans for the world. Aizen explained why he intended to seize the empty heavenly throne, then said he looked forward to seeing what kind of world Asano Kiyoshi would create.

• Asano Kiyoshi told Aizen that he had been wary of him since their first meeting, and revealed the cross-shaped mark in his eyes.
• Aizen inferred that the King's Seal had alerted Asano Kiyoshi to the danger he posed and questioned whether the Soul King had arranged Asano Kiyoshi's past encounters.
• Asano Kiyoshi said he had met the Soul King and asked whether Aizen wanted to free him or rule a New World himself.
• Aizen said he had once wanted to free the Soul King but changed his mind after learning that the Soul King had willingly become the fulcrum of the Three Realms.
• Aizen declared that he would overthrow the decaying world and rule it, then told Asano Kiyoshi he looked forward to the world Asano Kiyoshi would lead.

Asano Kiyoshi allied with Aizen against the threat of the world returning to chaos, then focused on preparing Soul Society for the coming war and caring for its people. He improved Nemu’s condition and strengthened surveillance as the Research and Development Department recovered from Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s punishing workload.

• Asano Kiyoshi and Aizen shook hands, agreeing to stand on the same side until Aizen’s eventual imprisonment.
• Asano Kiyoshi planned to strengthen the captains and Visoreds for the Stern Ritter, while continuing treatment for himself and Jushiro Ukitake.
• Asano Kiyoshi persuaded Shunsui to tell Nanao the truth and gave her the Eight Mirrors Sword from Shunsui’s Zanpakuto.
• Asano Kiyoshi ordered the exhausted Research and Development Department to rest and sent Mayuri Kurotsuchi to Soul King Palace with the first group.
• Asano Kiyoshi used Great Sleep Kido on Mayuri Kurotsuchi, then treated Nemu and helped her reach top-tier Vice-Captain strength.
• Asano Kiyoshi funded the Research and Development Department’s anti-surveillance equipment.

Asano Kiyoshi accompanied Komamura Sajin to meet his grandfather, who claimed Komamura had to tear out his heart to gain the power to avenge Genryūsai. Asano exposed the old dog's deception and explained how he had been feeding on the hearts of the Werewolf Clan, then prepared to confront him.

• Asano Kiyoshi asked Komamura Sajin about the Werewolf Clan and requested to meet his grandfather.
• Komamura took Asano to a hidden cave, where his grandfather told him to tear out his heart to gain power for revenge.
• Komamura began to obey, but Asano stopped him and revealed that the Human Transformation Technique did not require sacrificing his heart.
• The old dog transformed into a massive creature covered in the faces of clan members whose hearts he had devoured.
• Asano explained the truth behind the clan's transformation and the old dog's immortality, then condemned him for preying on his descendants.

Asano Kiyoshi helped prepare the Soul Society and its allies for the coming war, then trained Kenpachi in Avici Hell until he awakened and gained control of his Bankai. Kenpachi reunited with Yachiru, whose identity he had come to understand.

• Asano Kiyoshi drove Komamura's transformed grandfather into the forest, revealed a secret on a rock wall, and urged Komamura to master a new Bankai for the Soul Society.
• Asano Kiyoshi arranged strength training for the Espada, developed a mass-transport Kido with Urahara, helped Yoruichi complete her Shunko form, and released Azashiro Soya to guard the Seireitei.
• Asano Kiyoshi had Urahara back up Yachiru's consciousness, then fought Kenpachi in Avici Hell for three days using only swordsmanship and hand-to-hand combat.
• After Asano Kiyoshi repeatedly brought Kenpachi to the brink of death, Kenpachi awakened his Bankai and gradually adapted to its power with Lycoris Radiata's healing.
• Kenpachi asked whether Yachiru was gone, and Asano Kiyoshi opened Avici Hell's gates so he could reunite with her.
• Kenpachi picked up Yachiru, hid his tears, and teased her about eating too much konpeito.

After capturing most of Hell’s Koguto, Asano Kiyoshi confronted Hell’s Will and uncovered its divided nature. He won its cooperation, put it to work judging Koguto in Fengdu City, and prepared for the coming final battle.

• Asano Kiyoshi met Hell’s Will, which attacked him while arguing with itself over whether to oppose the Soul King’s inheritor.
• Asano Kiyoshi subdued the giant serpent and used soul-searching Kido to discover that one personality held ancient Vasto Lorde resentment while the other embodied the world’s consciousness.
• After Asano Kiyoshi persuaded Hell’s Will to follow him, he promised to expand the world’s boundaries rather than let Hell and Soul Society fight over limited space.
• Asano Kiyoshi assigned Hell’s Will to guard Fengdu City and help judge the captured Koguto’s sins so they could be sent to appropriate hells.
• Asano Kiyoshi noted that the captains had resisted Hell’s black chains, then recognized that the final battle was nearing.

Asano Kiyoshi declared war on the Wandenreich and led the Gotei 13 through a portal to Silver Frame City. As the captains entered the enemy’s headquarters, Asano summoned a gigantic Meteor over the city.

• Asano Kiyoshi rallied the Gotei 13 and declared war on the Wandenreich.
• The members of Zero Division watched the army prepare to depart, but Monk stopped Kirio Temple from joining the battle.
• Asano opened a gate to Silver Frame City with Bakudo No. 86 and guided the Gotei 13 into battle using spiritual communication and a battlefield map.
• Haschwalth ordered the Stern Ritter to combat readiness and commanded the Sun Gate’s defenders to recall the Holy Soldiers.
• Asano Kiyoshi appeared over Silver Frame City and cast Reverse Kido No. 100, summoning a Meteor several times larger than the city.

Yhwach and Asano Kiyoshi unleashed devastating attacks as the battle for Silver Frame City began. Asano transferred Cadice, Minina, and the other Quincy he could not bring himself to kill, then ordered his allies to give everything in the fight.

• Yhwach told the Knights Order to prioritize their own survival, then used Sanctuary Praise to shatter the meteorite threatening Silver Frame City.
• The meteorite’s fragments devastated the city as Asano Kiyoshi released his Bankai and Shinigami captains advanced through his river of blood.
• The Stern Ritter coordinated against the captains, and Bazz-B’s greatly strengthened attack vaporized a stone building.
• Asano Kiyoshi blasted Yhwach with Byakurai and used Ryuukou to transfer Cadice, Minina, and the others somewhere Yhwach could not reach with Auswählen.
• Asano Kiyoshi ordered his allies to kill the enemy with everything they had, and Arrancar, Shinigami, and Quincy unleashed their powers in a colossal clash.

Byakuya used his vastly strengthened Senbonzakura to defeat Bazz-B and confront As Nodt, whose Bankai-stealing badge failed. As Nodt transformed with Vollständig, but Byakuya remained unfazed and unleashed his secret art.

• Byakuya's enormous sea of cherry blossoms overwhelmed Bazz-B's flames and trapped him.
• As Nodt arrived and tried to steal Byakuya's Zanpakuto with his badge, but it failed.
• Byakuya's mask appeared, and his sharpened Senbonzakura sliced As Nodt into fragments despite his Blut Vene.
• As Nodt activated Vollständig: God's Cowardice, spreading fear among those present.
• Byakuya showed no fear and unleashed Secret Art: One Bite Thousand Blade Flowers.

Byakuya overcame As Nodt’s fear ability and killed him, but Yhwach redistributed As Nodt’s Reishi to the surviving Quincy, boosting their power and morale. Komamura then struck down Mask De Masculine, only for James to revive and empower him before Komamura’s next attack.

• As Nodt transformed and trapped Byakuya in a barrier that filled him with fear, but Byakuya adapted and cut him apart with his blades.
• Yhwach praised As Nodt, turned his body into Reishi, and distributed the power among the surviving Quincy.
• The Quincy grew stronger and more eager to fight after receiving As Nodt’s power, while Komamura attacked Mask De Masculine in anger.
• Komamura’s unarmored Black Rope Heavenly Punishment Ming King cleaved Mask De Masculine into a pile of flesh, and Komamura rushed toward James.
• James encouraged Mask De Masculine to revive and charge Komamura, who swung his Zanpakuto at him and crushed the surrounding street with the Ming King’s blade.

Asano Kiyoshi fought Yhwach, who revealed that The Almighty had shown him Asano’s origin and many futures before he began plundering Asano’s power. As Yhwach’s absorption took hold, Asano revealed that he had deliberately misled him with those futures and prepared to use Reishi Erasure.

• Komamura thanked Grimmjow after Grimmjow killed the little fat man, then Grimmjow vanished to ambush K.
• Yhwach told Asano Kiyoshi that The Almighty had revealed Asano’s origin, abilities, plans, and possible futures.
• Yhwach transformed and revealed that he could plunder Asano’s power, including his Bankai, while Asano attacked him.
• Yhwach’s black streams began draining Asano’s spiritual pressure and Bankai, but Asano said the futures Yhwach had seen were deliberately misleading.
• Asano prepared to use his Zanpakuto ability, Reishi Erasure, to erase Yhwach completely from the world.

Asano Kiyoshi’s trap stripped Yhwach of the power he had stolen, while the battle against the Sternritter escalated across the battlefield. The Visoreds arrived to reinforce Shunsui Kyoraku, but Aizen judged that the defenders still lacked the strength to defeat the Sternritter.

• Asano Kiyoshi erased the power Yhwach had stolen, causing Yhwach to lose his power of subjugation.
• Shunsui Kyoraku rescued Grimmjow from X’s shot and sent him to help the other captains fight the remaining Sternritter.
• Kyoraku battled X, then faced The Miracle and three other Sternritter as they appeared together.
• The Visoreds arrived through a black rift to support Kyoraku, who recognized their familiar leader.
• Aizen watched from a high-rise after killing PePe and J, and concluded that the defenders were still too weak to defeat the Sternritter.

Kensei used his newly mastered finishing move to destroy The Miracle, drawing on lessons from his brutal training with Asano Kiyoshi. As the battle continued, The Lethal Dose approached Aizen, X targeted Kyoraku, and Forced Execution turned toward Urahara.

• The Miracle charged the Visoreds, but Kensei appeared and used Bankai and Ten Thousand Strikes! Consecutive Blows! to annihilate him.
• Kensei recalled how Asano Kiyoshi had defeated him repeatedly during training and taught him that battle meant using everything he had to protect what mattered.
• Kensei recognized that his finishing move had let him unleash all his spiritual pressure in a devastating barrage.
• The Lethal Dose approached Aizen, X aimed his rifle at Kyoraku, and Forced Execution turned toward Urahara.

Kensei, Rojuro, and the other Visoreds pinned down and badly damaged The Miracle, while Shunsui and Stark fought X. Jushiro Ukitake redirected X’s attacks back at him, forcing X to unleash his Quincy Vollständig, God's Punishment.

• The Miracle grew vastly larger after reforming from Reishi, but the Visoreds coordinated their attacks to restrain it and blast its body apart.
• X dismissed The Miracle’s injuries as meaningless and shot at Shunsui after seeing through his shadow trick.
• Stark attacked X with his wolves while Shunsui drew X’s attention, and Jushiro Ukitake used Sogyo no Kotowari to return X’s attacks against him.
• X evaded the reflected attacks with his eyes, grew furious at being pushed so far, and activated his Quincy Vollständig, God's Punishment.

Lille Barro's Vollständig wounded Shunsui, who answered with his Bankai and shared his wounds with Lille. Meanwhile, Aizen unnerved Askin by dismantling his traps and demonstrating his overwhelming control before Askin activated Gift Ball Deluxe and declared blood his Lethal Dose.

• Lille Barro transformed with his Vollständig and pierced Shunsui with long-range attacks, while Stark and Jushiro Ukitake dodged.
• Shunsui activated Katen Kyokotsu: Karamatsu Shinju and used First Act: Hesitation Wound Sharing to inflict his wounds on Lille.
• Askin approached Aizen and chatted with him, but Aizen revealed and destroyed the traps Askin had set.
• Aizen calmly explained how he ignited the Reishi in Askin's traps and predicted Askin's thoughts, then appeared beside him despite the distance between them.
• Under Aizen's psychological pressure, Askin activated Vollständig: Gift Ball Deluxe and set blood as his Lethal Dose.
• Aizen removed his glasses and swept back his hair as Askin prepared to attack.

Aizen revealed his immense power and confronted Lethal Dose, who tried to poison him with his Schrift. Aizen struck Lethal Dose down before the poison could take effect, but Lethal Dose warned that his ability would continue after his death.

• Aizen crushed his glasses and unleashed spiritual pressure powerful enough to freeze the captains, Arrancar, and Stern Ritters.
• Aizen's strength was revealed to rival Yhwach's in the eyes of Lethal Dose, while Yhwach used Auswählen to drain five Quincy and redistribute their power.
• Lethal Dose attacked Aizen with his poison ability, turning Aizen's blood against him.
• Aizen explained that poison needed time to kill and cut Lethal Dose down before it could take effect.
• Lethal Dose warned that his ability would persist and grow stronger after his death, and Aizen replied that it had more than one weakness.

Aizen killed D, while the battle against the Wandenreich escalated as Unohana and Kenpachi attacked The Miracle and the Zero Division confronted Haschwalth and V. The war entered its final stage, with both sides revealing their strongest abilities.

• Aizen revealed that Lethal Dose had been speaking to an illusion, and Lethal Dose died after his poison killed the Quincy before him.
• Yhwach reclaimed D's power and distributed it again before resuming his battle with Asano Kiyoshi.
• Sister Hana attacked The Miracle, and Kenpachi joined her as The Miracle began his third evolution.
• Haschwalth ordered his adjutant to release V, then faced Kirio Temple and Sword God Ōetsu Nimaiya, whose attack revealed the nature of Haschwalth's shield.
• Kirio Hikifune and Senjumaru Shutara confronted V, who summoned weapons and defenses after Vanishing Point and Life Force were killed.

V overwhelmed Senjumaru Shutara and Kirio Hikifune with a meteorite-sized attack while Haschwalth fought Ōetsu Nimaiya and others, watching the Scales of Victory for signs of change. As several battles reached a decisive point, Aizen joined Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi against the Soul King's Left Hand, then crushed a black cube as he attacked C.

• V trapped Senjumaru Shutara and Kirio Hikifune with a fissure and an ice pillar, then summoned a meteorite as large as Seireitei toward Silver Frame City.
• Ōetsu Nimaiya and his ally damaged Haschwalth's shield, so Haschwalth began conserving his spiritual pressure and saw the Scales of Victory tilt slightly.
• Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara struggled against the Soul King's Left Hand, which quickly adapted to Yoruichi's Shunkō.
• Aizen spoke to Kisuke Urahara, then charged at C while C sent tentacles adapted to Yoruichi's Thunder Battle God form against him.
• Aizen crushed the black cube he carried, unleashing an indescribable darkness across the battlefield.

Aizen and the True Name Caller Monk trapped C in black mausoleums, while Asano Kiyoshi helped restrain Yhwach and the Soul King's Left Hand. As Yhwach used Auswählen to reclaim the Quincies' power, a sun rose behind Asano Kiyoshi.

• The True Name Caller Monk emerged from Aizen's device, and C recognized the being who had commanded it a thousand years earlier.
• Aizen confronted the Monk, who praised him for abandoning his Zanpakuto and reaching the pinnacle.
• The Monk covered the area in black mausoleums and absorbed the black on C's body as Asano Kiyoshi and Aizen used Kurohitsugi to restrain C and Yhwach.
• X attacked Silver Frame City as Shunsui and his allies held him back, while the two Kenpachis fought The Miracle.
• Yhwach activated Auswählen and reclaimed the power of the Quincies, including Haschwalth's.
• A sun rose behind Asano Kiyoshi.

Asano Kiyoshi and his allies trapped Yhwach, sealing The Almighty with the newly awakened Heavenly Gate Pass. As the gate opened, Asano summoned his Zanpakuto and prepared to strike.

• Asano Kiyoshi switched places with Yamamoto Shigekuni, putting the Captain-Commander in position to attack Yhwach’s Auswählen halo.
• Yhwach tried to absorb Asano Kiyoshi’s spiritual pressure, believing the Soul King’s power in him had run out.
• Aizen Sosuke’s illusion fooled Yhwach, while the Monk and C stabbed him from behind and sealed The Almighty.
• Asano Kiyoshi revealed Heavenly Gate Pass and opened a vast heavenly gate above Silver Frame City.
• Asano Kiyoshi summoned his Zanpakuto, which appeared like the sun itself.

Asano Kiyoshi defeated Yhwach by erasing him from existence, ending the thousand-year blood war. Six months later, Asano Kiyoshi and Nel married amid a lively gathering of their friends and allies.

• Asano Kiyoshi revealed that he had sealed Yhwach's power and used Ryūjin Jakka's Zanka no Tachi: North—World Ashes to erase Yhwach and his existence.
• Asano Kiyoshi explained how Yhwach's choices and false futures had led to his defeat, then watched the slash tear across the worlds.
• Six months later, the Soul Reapers and their friends gathered at the First Division Barracks for Asano Kiyoshi and Nel's wedding.
• Captain-Commander trapped Shunsui among matchmakers and ordered Jushiro Ukitake and Stark to keep him from escaping.
• Aizen gave Gin Ichimaru a blue crystal, and Gin embraced Rangiku after turning to speak with her.
• Asano Kiyoshi and Nel walked hand in hand toward the gathered guests as petals drifted around them.