Recaps

Asano Kiyoshi entered the Shin'o Spiritual Arts Academy, grew stronger under Yamamoto’s training, and became entangled in the Tsunayashiro Family’s plans. After killing a Hollow that had slain Bannai Daigo, he unlocked a new power while Soul Society’s political tensions continued to build.

• Asano Kiyoshi advanced to Third Class Reiatsu, left Granny Hana in Rukongai’s Thirty-Seventh District, and joined the Shin'o Spiritual Arts Academy as Class A’s top student.
• Asano Kiyoshi’s unusual Zanpakuto drew Yamamoto’s attention, and Yamamoto began teaching him while asking him to compete with Tsunayashiro Kojiro for entry to the Great Spirit Book Gallery.
• Asano Kiyoshi trained alongside Madarame Ikkaku and Yumichika Ayasegawa, learned Kido and Shunpo, and chose to side with Yamamoto despite the risks posed by the Tsunayashiro Family.
• During a Living World Soul Burial exercise, a masked Hollow killed Bannai Daigo and defeated Ikkaku and Yumichika, leaving Asano Kiyoshi to fight it alone.
• Asano Kiyoshi used his Zanpakuto and a concealed, strengthened Shakkahō to kill the Pig-faced Hollow before collapsing, while Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tōsen observed him.
• Asano Kiyoshi recovered, advanced to Fourth-Seat Reiatsu, and unlocked the Road to the Underworld, which could absorb abilities from valuable enemies and improve his recovery.
• Tsunayashiro Sosuke ordered Tsunayashiro Kojiro to secure the Great Spirit Book Gallery position, while Yamamoto learned that Asano Kiyoshi had donated his scholarship to Bannai Daigo’s family and prepared to train him more strictly.

Asano Kiyoshi revealed his Shikai to Ikkaku, drawing the attention of Yamamoto and the Tsunayashiro Family, then faced Yamamoto’s dangerous trial in North Rukongai. He confronted the district’s brutal gangs and a Hollowfied Yingkou Hui, established a new order in the 79th District, and prepared to end his training.

• Asano Kiyoshi fought Ikkaku, revealed Yellow Springs, and defeated him with Kido as the captains watched a secret recording.
• Yamamoto ordered Asano Kiyoshi’s records concealed and sent him to North Rukongai to survive, kill his enemies and Hollows, and receive no protection.
• Asano Kiyoshi encountered Rukia and Renji, gave food and Kido lessons to the children in their shelter, and continued west to hunt fugitives.
• Asano Kiyoshi captured Yamano Mirō and followed him to the Yingkou Group, where he confronted Musashi Kasa and left the residents to decide his fate.
• Asano Kiyoshi discovered the gang’s hideout and fought Yingkou Hui, whose fear and hatred triggered Hollowfication, before killing him with his Zanpakuto’s domains.
• Asano Kiyoshi and Yamano Mirō reached the Yingkou Group’s hideout, where Asano killed most of its members and freed the captive women, who took revenge on their abusers.
• After many of the women chose to die, Asano Kiyoshi burned the site, handed Yamano Mirō to the girl he had abducted, and helped establish a new order in the 79th District.
• Asano Kiyoshi moved to Zaraki District, killed Naobayashi Ōfuku, completed Yamamoto’s listed tasks, and decided to end his Rukongai training.

Asano Kiyoshi graduated after a deadly duel with Tsunayashiro Kojiro, then used the Great Spirit Book Gallery and his healing abilities while pursuing his goal of changing Soul Society. The Tsunayashiro Family later accused him of murder, and conflicting recordings left his trial unresolved.

• Asano Kiyoshi defeated Tsunayashiro Kojiro in their graduation duel, then Byakuya Kuchiki named him the top graduate and granted him entry to the Great Spirit Book Gallery.
• Asano Kiyoshi healed Kojiro’s mother in time for them to watch the summer festival fireworks, while Aizen revealed that he had helped Kiyoshi out of curiosity.
• Asano Kiyoshi absorbed the Royal Seal’s power in the Great Spirit Book Gallery, uncovered records tying the Tsunayashiro Family to missing Zanpakuto, and rapidly learned Reverse Kido.
• Asano Kiyoshi healed Hisana Kuchiki, but the Execution Force arrived with a Gold Seal Crest to arrest him for Kojiro’s likely murder.
• Asano Kiyoshi asked Yamamoto to investigate the evidence and protect his family, then went into custody and faced a Central 46 trial.
• Tsunayashiro Sosuke presented evidence implicating Asano Kiyoshi, but Mayuri Kurotsuchi examined two conflicting recordings and Shunsui showed footage placing Kiyoshi at the festival.
• Asano Kiyoshi questioned the recordings’ different times, and Unohana reported that Kojiro and his mother had been dead for over a day as Enrakyōten was invoked.

Asano Kiyoshi accepted the expedition to Hueco Mundo while forcing a public investigation of the Tsunayashiro Family, then fought to protect his companions and began building alliances among the Hollows. The arc left him traveling toward Halibel’s territory with Nel, Pesche, Dondochakka, and Ulquiorra as Halibel confronted two attacking Adjuchas.

• Asano Kiyoshi agreed to join the Hueco Mundo Expedition Team in exchange for a public investigation of the Tsunayashiro Family, and Central 46 approved both demands.
• Asano Kiyoshi entered Hueco Mundo with the expedition, where Maruya Naoto’s harsh leadership and repeated Hollow attacks left seven survivors under Kiyoshi’s command.
• Asano Kiyoshi fought Runuganka, survived a sandstorm, and was rescued by Nelliel, Pesche, and Dondochakka, who later learned he was a Shinigami.
• Asano Kiyoshi discovered that Baji Taro was likely guiding Hollows toward the expedition and chose to travel to Halibel’s territory rather than rejoin the team.
• Asano Kiyoshi defeated the Adjuchas Echison Oen with help from Pesche and Dondochakka, then used the King’s Seal to take a fatal blow meant for Nel and collapsed.
• Ulquiorra asked to follow Asano Kiyoshi in search of a heart, and Asano told him that their memories of each other formed one between their palms.
• Asano Kiyoshi concealed his group from two pursuing Adjuchas, but Halibel ambushed and wounded them before warning them not to return.