Chapter Summaries

Asano Kiyoshi fought Azashiro Soya while treating Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Kenpachi Zaraki, and demonstrated overwhelming mastery of Kido. Azashiro Soya accepted that the battle had to end with one final move and ordered the Combat Souls to cast Ittō Kasō.

• Asano Kiyoshi wounded Azashiro Soya, handed Mayuri Kurotsuchi to Nemu, and treated Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Kenpachi Zaraki.
• Azashiro Soya and two Combat Souls attacked Asano Kiyoshi with three high-level Kido spells, but Asano Kiyoshi blocked them by creating four Dankū walls.
• Azashiro Soya merged with the surrounding air to attack, but Asano Kiyoshi struck his hidden body and wounded his abdomen.
• Asano Kiyoshi urged Azashiro Soya to end the fight quickly because people were dying around them, and Azashiro Soya agreed to settle the battle with one final move.
• Azashiro Soya commanded hundreds of Combat Souls to chant and cast Hado #96—Ittō Kasō.

Asano Kiyoshi defeated Azashiro Soya by countering his devastating Kido with Goryūtenmetsu, then left the battlefield to deal with the remaining threats. Azashiro survived and was restrained, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi took charge of the aftermath.

• Azashiro Soya unleashed a high-level Kido that turned the ground around Asano Kiyoshi into magma and engulfed him in flames.
• Ikkaku and Yumichika rushed to help Asano, but Nemu knocked them unconscious, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi told them Asano could withstand the attack.
• Asano cast Hado Number Ninety-Nine, Goryūtenmetsu, and its five dragons shattered Azashiro's flames and struck him down.
• Asano spared the badly wounded Azashiro, asked Mayuri not to use him for experiments, and entrusted Mayuri with handling the remaining battlefield.
• Azashiro apologized for the destruction before collapsing, and Asano healed and restrained him, then hurried off to face the other threats.

Asano Kiyoshi reached Nel and restrained Shūsuke Amagai, promising to hear his reasons and seek an explanation if Amagai was not at fault. He then arrived at the battle with the seven elderly nobles, who realized their plan had gone badly wrong.

• Asano Kiyoshi blocked the Kidō Corps footage and headed to help Nel fight Shūsuke Amagai.
• Nel sensed Asano Kiyoshi approaching, while Amagai acknowledged that Kiyoshi had found him.
• Asano Kiyoshi used Bakudo to pin Amagai down and promised to hear his side after dealing with the other battles.
• Asano Kiyoshi checked on Nel, then left her to take Amagai back while he returned to the battlefield.
• Asano Kiyoshi faced the seven elderly nobles, whose confidence faltered as they confronted his overwhelming strength.

Asano Kiyoshi executed seven traitorous nobles and earned the divisions’ praise as Acting Captain-Commander. After tending to the wounded through the night, he reunited with Nel outside the Fourth Division, where she brought him a meal.

• Asano Kiyoshi declared the seven nobles traitors and used Ashura - Play of the Dead to kill them.
• The division members praised Asano Kiyoshi, while Aizen, Monk, and Captain-Commander observed his power and potential.
• Asano Kiyoshi used large-scale Kaido to treat the wounded, then continued their care at the Fourth Division until noon the next day.
• Nel brought Asano Kiyoshi lunch and told him she had waited for him overnight before going home to prepare it.

After the nobles’ rebellion was crushed, Asano Kiyoshi oversaw Soul Society’s political and financial reshaping while its allies prospered and Hueco Mundo developed. The chapter ended with the Captain-Commander apparently preparing to pass the position to Asano.

• Nel read Omaeda’s exaggerated newspaper headlines aloud, leaving Asano Kiyoshi embarrassed and determined to speak with Omaeda.
• Asano Kiyoshi curtailed the nobles’ authority but granted most of the rebels’ seized wealth to the Kuchiki Clan, the Shihoin Clan, and other families that had supported his reforms.
• Asano Kiyoshi’s popularity boosted merchandise sales, funding the Gotei 13 and the Kidō Corps, while Acidwire taught at Shin'o Spiritual Arts Academy and Mayuri Kurotsuchi received new research materials and funding.
• Hueco Mundo helped rescue wounded soldiers and rebuild Soul Society, while Halibel controlled its finances after Stark squandered funds on liquor.
• The Research and Development Department helped complete Hueco Mundo’s costly Sky Dome, and its Arrancar worked in Soul Society to support their home.
• Asano Kiyoshi realized the Captain-Commander seemed ready to officially pass the position to him.

Captain-Commander told Asano Kiyoshi he would soon pass him the First Squad's haori and entrust him with leading Soul Society. The announcement left Shunsui and Ukitake facing a more immediate threat when Captain-Commander revealed he had arranged blind dates for them.

• Captain-Commander reprimanded Shunsui for failing to tell Kiyoshi about his plan to retire and pass on the Captain-Commander position.
• Captain-Commander assured Kiyoshi that he was ready to lead Soul Society and said he would hand him the First Squad's haori in a few days.
• Kiyoshi bowed to Captain-Commander and promised to take responsibility for Soul Society, while Ukitake and Shunsui congratulated him.
• Kiyoshi spotted a matchmaking guide on Captain-Commander's desk and warned Shunsui and Ukitake that Captain-Commander was seeking blind dates for them.
• Captain-Commander returned and summoned Shunsui and Ukitake to discuss matters, leaving Kiyoshi laughing as the two men panicked.

Jushiro Ukitake and Shunsui left a matchmaking meeting as Nanao delivered news that Asano Kiyoshi’s appointment as Captain-Commander had been approved. While shopping for suitable clothes for the promotion ceremony, Asano Kiyoshi and Nel encountered Captain Aizen, who offered to design an outfit for him.

• Jushiro Ukitake and Shunsui walked away from their matchmaking meeting, and the Captain-Commander considered arranging more matches for them.
• Nanao told Shunsui and Ukitake that the nobles and Central 46 had quickly approved Asano Kiyoshi’s appointment as Captain-Commander.
• Nanao gave Shunsui and Ukitake red Marriage Tablets as gifts before leaving to notify the divisions and ask Asano Kiyoshi about the ceremony venue.
• Asano Kiyoshi and Nel searched a fashion shop for formal clothes but could not find a style they liked.
• Captain Aizen approached Asano Kiyoshi and Nel, offered to design an outfit, and showed Asano Kiyoshi a photograph of his Shikai clothing.

Asano Kiyoshi and Nel prepared for their promotions as Soul Society and Hueco Mundo gathered for the ceremony. Asano was appointed Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 amid widespread cheers.

• Nel and Asano Kiyoshi got ready for the ceremony, while friends and former enemies across Soul Society and Hueco Mundo prepared to attend.
• Aizen walked through the lively Seireitei and reflected that its renewed spirit might be beyond anything he could have achieved.
• Asano Kiyoshi and Nel stepped into the ceremony corridor after Shunsui encouraged them.
• The Captain-Commander announced that Asano Kiyoshi had been unanimously appointed Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13.
• Soul Society erupted in cheers as Asano Kiyoshi's appointment was celebrated.

Several years into Asano Kiyoshi’s tenure as Captain-Commander, he entered the Wandenreich but was stranded in a remote village after his positioning device malfunctioned. As he searched for a way to orient himself, he recalled the Soul Society’s reforms and growing preparations for the Wandenreich’s threat; Shiro’s appearance had convinced him the matter could no longer be delayed.

• Asano Kiyoshi complained to Urahara Shopkeeper that the positioning device had failed, and Urahara blamed the Wandenreich’s chaotic Reishi density.
• Asano Kiyoshi lost contact with Urahara, expanded his Spiritual Sense, and searched the forest while sensing the Wandenreich.
• Asano Kiyoshi recalled gradually reforming the Soul Society and helping Shūsuke Amagai learn the truth about his past before persuading him not to commit suicide.
• Asano Kiyoshi remembered how Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Retsu Unohana advanced medical care, while he remained unable to clear the Visoreds and Urahara’s group because Aizen had left no evidence.
• Asano Kiyoshi had pushed the captains and Vice-Captains to grow stronger, helped Ikkaku and Yumichika with their abilities, and assigned Azashiro Soya to the Maggot’s Nest.
• Asano Kiyoshi recalled that Toshiro Hitsugaya had emerged as a gifted student, and Shiro’s appearance had made him realize that the Wandenreich could no longer be ignored.

Asano Kiyoshi and Kisuke Urahara developed a way for him to enter the Wandenreich, where he hoped to infiltrate Yhwach’s forces. After arriving, he encountered a young Candice Catnipp, who was ambushed by three hostile men as he prepared to use the situation to approach her.

• Asano Kiyoshi and Kisuke Urahara spent months calculating a Reishi passage into the Wandenreich, and Urahara built a detector that broke shortly after Asano entered.
• Asano Kiyoshi left Nel in charge as acting Captain-Commander and concealed his real purpose by saying he was going to Hell to train.
• Asano Kiyoshi sensed Candice Catnipp riding through a forest and decided that joining the Stern Ritter could help him reach Yhwach.
• Asano Kiyoshi changed into worn civilian clothes and discovered three men following Candice with hostile intent.
• The three men surrounded Candice and demanded her valuables and her death, but she formed a Reishi blade and attacked one of them.
• Asano Kiyoshi watched Candice strike and sighed, certain she was going to fail.

Cadice fought three enemies who poisoned and wore her down, killing one with lightning before Asano Kiyoshi intervened. She killed the last attacker but collapsed from the poison, and Asano Kiyoshi recognized that it would be easy to cure.

• Asano Kiyoshi saw that Cadice was weakened by poison after the three men deliberately let her attack one of them.
• The three men attacked Cadice cautiously, and she used lightning to kill the man who had mocked her.
• The two surviving men continued to wear Cadice down as the poison spread and her strength faded.
• As Cadice prepared to self-destruct, Asano Kiyoshi's Blue-Ink Color Reishi arrow killed one of the men.
• Cadice killed the final man with a lightning blade, then lost consciousness as Asano Kiyoshi assessed the poison.

Asano Kiyoshi rescued the poisoned Cadice and carried her to Edino Town, where he revealed his overwhelming power after a man threatened her. He left the inn’s patrons terrified and continued toward their room with Cadice.

• Cadice woke briefly after Asano Kiyoshi gave her water, offered him her pouch as a reward, and fainted again.
• Asano Kiyoshi took the money, carried Cadice into Edino Town, and rented a room at a lawless inn without showing identification.
• A burly man mocked Asano Kiyoshi and demanded that he hand over Cadice, prompting the inn’s patrons to laugh at him.
• Asano Kiyoshi released terrifying spiritual pressure that forced everyone to the ground, then cut off the man’s tongue and left arm.
• Asano Kiyoshi went upstairs toward their room while reflecting on the town’s medieval culture.

Asano Kiyoshi rescued the poisoned Cadice and secretly learned about the Wandenreich while she was unconscious. After he accepted her promise to repay him once she joined the Stern Ritter, Cadice was moved because no one had ever encouraged her dream before.

• Asano Kiyoshi placed the unconscious Cadice in a room, treated her with an antidote, and used his Spiritual Sense to gather information about the Wandenreich.
• Asano Kiyoshi learned that outsiders were flocking to town to try to join the Stern Ritter and that several girls had been killed nearby.
• Asano Kiyoshi sensed a powerful pink-haired woman approaching and realized she was Minina, who had saved Cadice in the original story.
• Cadice woke and asked Asano Kiyoshi whether he had saved her and removed the poison; he confirmed that he had.
• Cadice promised to repay Asano Kiyoshi after joining the Stern Ritter, and he told her he would look forward to it.
• Cadice thanked Asano Kiyoshi for encouraging her, admitting through tears that no one had ever supported her dream before.

Asano Kiyoshi rescued Cadice from poison and proposed that they travel together toward Silver Frame City to join the Stern Ritter. After Minina mistook their room for hers, Asano Kiyoshi offered her some bread.

• Asano Kiyoshi told Cadice to rest while he went to buy bread and milk, and he took down a Stern Ritter Recruitment Notice on the way.
• Asano Kiyoshi returned to the inn as Minina sent a burly man crashing out of its doors, then he went upstairs without confronting her.
• Asano Kiyoshi gave Cadice the food and a folk-remedy explanation for how he had treated her poison.
• Asano Kiyoshi suggested that he and Cadice travel together to Silver Frame City, and Cadice agreed while warning she would show him no mercy if they became rivals.
• Minina entered the room by mistake, realized it was not hers, and apologized before Asano Kiyoshi offered her bread.

Asano Kiyoshi learned about the deadly Stern Ritter selection and why Minina and Cadice wanted to join. The three agreed to travel to Silver Frame City together and watch out for one another.

• Minina accepted Asano Kiyoshi's bread and joined him and Cadice for a meal, despite Cadice's objections.
• Minina explained that candidates had to climb Silver Frame City's walls without Reishi, fight their way to the Ice Palace, and survive until only five remained.
• Cadice warned Asano Kiyoshi that candidates died and offered to help him if he joined the selection.
• Minina said her family expected her to earn the Stern Ritter title, while Cadice wanted to prove herself and Asano Kiyoshi wanted a better life.
• Asano Kiyoshi, Minina, and Cadice decided to travel to Silver Frame City together.

Asano Kiyoshi, Cadice, and Minina traveled through a Reishi-restricted region toward Silver Frame City, where they were ambushed. Asano and the two girls defeated their attackers, but Cadice and Minina were stunned by the overwhelming speed and strength Asano displayed.

• Asano Kiyoshi and his companions endured a rough carriage ride toward Silver Frame City because the Reishi Restriction Order prevented them from using their usual abilities.
• Minina warned Asano Kiyoshi that the mountain pass ahead was dangerous, and he sensed powerful Reishi arrows approaching their carriage.
• Asano Kiyoshi pulled the carriage and horse out of the attack, then directed Cadice and Minina to fight enemies on either side while he charged ahead.
• Minina crushed her attacker with her enlarged arm, while Cadice used stored Reishi to strike hers with lightning.
• Asano Kiyoshi killed seven or eight attackers with a Reishi blade, leaving Cadice and Minina shocked by the vast difference in their abilities.

Asano Kiyoshi questioned and killed a surviving ambusher, then headed toward a nearby fight to deal with the man's accomplices. Bambietta was left exhausted and in danger until an unfamiliar young man rescued her.

• Cadice and Minina told Asano Kiyoshi to treat them as capable companions, and he agreed to do so in future battles.
• Asano Kiyoshi prevented a captured ambusher from swallowing poison, broke his limbs, and learned that five accomplices waited nearby.
• Asano Kiyoshi killed the captive after Cadice and Minina declined to question him, then set off with them toward the nearby fight.
• Bambietta, out of spiritual pressure and unable to resist, was grabbed by one of the men she had been fighting.
• An unfamiliar young man rescued Bambietta and asked whether she was all right.

Asano Kiyoshi fought off a Quincy squad while protecting Bambietta, waiting for Cadice and Minina to arrive. After the group defeated the attackers, they regrouped, and Asano was relieved that Bambietta had avoided the cruelty that might have warped her personality.

• Bambietta urged Asano Kiyoshi to flee, but he healed her with Reishi and charged the Quincy attackers alone.
• Asano Kiyoshi fought the coordinated Quincy squad while holding back his true strength and waiting for Cadice and Minina.
• Bambietta fired a large Reishi arrow into the Quincy formation, disrupting their attack and creating an opening for Asano Kiyoshi.
• Minina struck down a Quincy who had ambushed Asano Kiyoshi, and Cadice arrived to attack another with lightning.
• Asano Kiyoshi, Cadice, and Minina defeated the remaining Quincy, then Cadice helped the exhausted Bambietta to her feet.

Asano Kiyoshi and the three girls reached Silver Frame City and began climbing its deadly wall, with Kiyoshi guiding them past hidden traps. They came within several meters of the top before male Quincy appeared and leered at Bambi and the others.

• Asano Kiyoshi drove the carriage through the night toward Silver Frame City and worried about the war and the people who might die.
• At dawn, Asano Kiyoshi released the horses, and Cadice, Minina, and Bambi thanked him for letting them sleep before they headed to the city wall.
• Asano Kiyoshi and the girls began climbing the wall, where poison, bombs, snakes, hostile climbers, and falling Quincy made the ascent deadly.
• Asano Kiyoshi warned Cadice and Minina about hidden traps and guided the group safely to within several meters of the top.
• Several male Quincy appeared above the wall and leered at Bambi and the others.

Asano Kiyoshi rescued Cadice, Bambi, and Minina from three men harassing them atop Silver Frame City's wall, then helped them recover after their climb. As he looked toward the city, Haschwalth sensed that the scales were tilting.

• Three men on Silver Frame City's wall leered at Cadice, Bambi, and Minina and threatened to humiliate them as the exhausted women struggled to climb.
• Asano Kiyoshi appeared and told the women to keep climbing while he confronted the men.
• Asano Kiyoshi questioned one of the men about the easiest way down, then threw him from the wall and killed the other two the same way.
• Asano Kiyoshi gave the exhausted women water, while they asked about his strength and speed.
• Asano Kiyoshi looked into Silver Frame City, and Haschwalth sensed a shift in the scales from within the Ice Palace.