Chapter Summaries

Yoru Machi reunited with Shiba Miyako and Shiba Kaien at the Thirteenth Division and discussed Rukia’s training and Miyako’s increased strength after her revival. The chapter ended with Kaien hurriedly pulling Yoru Machi away after he nearly revealed who had requested Miyako’s new figure.

• Yoru Machi told Shiba Miyako that Rukia was hardworking and already stronger than most seated officers.
• Shiba Miyako urged Kaien to stop following her around and focus on his duties, saying she could protect herself and ask Yoru Machi for help.
• Yoru Machi asked whether Shiba Miyako had adjusted to her revived body and transformed Shikai, and she complained that her larger breasts were troublesome in battle.
• Shiba Miyako accused Yoru Machi of designing her body to suit his preferences, and Yoru Machi began to blame Kaien before Kaien covered his mouth and dragged him away.
• Shiba Miyako watched her husband and younger brother act suspiciously and narrowed her eyes.

Shiba Miyako learned that Yoru Machi had enlarged her breasts while reconstructing her body, then took over the Thirteenth Division’s affairs after sending Kaien to train. She tried to make Yoru Machi handle the division’s work, but he asked her to take his Third Seat instead so he could keep loafing.

• Shiba Miyako accused Kaien of secretly disliking her former small bust, and Yoru Machi admitted he had changed her body himself.
• Shiba Miyako threatened Kaien with her Zanpakuto if she discovered anyone had acted out of selfish motives, and Yoru Machi warned Kaien to train so he could resist her.
• Shiba Miyako sent Kaien to train and took charge of the Thirteenth Division, saying she preferred when he focused on revitalizing the family.
• Shiba Miyako stopped Yoru Machi from leaving and told him to help with division affairs as the Third Seat.
• Yoru Machi asked Shiba Miyako to take his Third Seat so she could manage the division’s work, while he became Fourth Seat and continued loafing.

Shiba Miyako sent Yoru Machi to take Shiba Kukaku out instead of helping with squad duties, hoping to bring them closer. Yoru Machi found Kukaku leading her followers in a revenge raid on a gang in West Rukongai.

• Shiba Miyako asked Yoru Machi to either handle squad duties or take Kukaku out to relax, and he chose Kukaku.
• Shiba Miyako hoped Kukaku and Yoru Machi would grow closer and become family.
• Kukaku led her followers to attack a thug hideout in District Three of West Rukongai with her homemade Fire Thunder.
• Kukaku confronted the gang leader who had robbed Shiba Ganju, beaten him, and threatened the Shiba Clan with protection fees.

Shiba Kukaku defeated a gang of Rukongai thugs and prepared to punish their leader before Yoru Machi arrived and misunderstood Ganju’s actions. Yoru Machi invited Kukaku out to cheer her up, and Ganju tried to join them as they left.

• Kukaku stomped the thug leader into submission, ordered Ganju to tie up the gang and recover their stolen goods, and told him to strip and hang their leader.
• Yoru Machi arrived and joked that Ganju had a strange fetish, prompting Kukaku to kick Ganju away before greeting Yoru Machi affectionately.
• Yoru Machi said he had come to take Kukaku out because she had seemed down lately, and Kukaku eagerly agreed to go with him.
• Ganju ran after Yoru Machi and Kukaku and asked to come along.

Kukaku knocked Ganju unconscious to keep him from interrupting her first date with Yoru Machi, then blamed his behavior on a strange fetish. Yoru Machi agreed to take Kukaku to the Human World, where he also planned to observe Rukia’s upcoming mission from the sidelines.

• Ganju asked to accompany Yoru Machi and Kukaku, but Kukaku punched him unconscious and asked Kin and Gin to keep everyone from disturbing them.
• Yoru Machi questioned Kukaku about Ganju stripping a man’s clothes, and Kukaku claimed Ganju had developed a special fetish because he admired Yoru Machi.
• Yoru Machi became wary that Ganju might be attracted to him, while Kukaku changed the subject and asked where they should go together.
• Yoru Machi suggested visiting the Human World and said he would greet Captain Fujitora.
• Yoru Machi planned to watch Rukia’s upcoming mission from the shadows without interfering.

Yoru Machi took Kukaku to the Human World for a change of pace, where their arrival surprised Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi. The chapter ended with Yoru Machi teasing Urahara about Yoruichi staying with him.

• Captain Fujitora approved Yoru Machi's trip, partly so he could secretly protect Rukia during her first Human World mission, while Shiba Kaien and Yato also urged him to go.
• Kukaku celebrated the trip with Shiba Miyako, who reminded her to be careful in the Human World.
• Yoru Machi and Kukaku passed through the Senkaimon, and he warned her not to act recklessly or use her explosives.
• Yoru Machi and Kukaku arrived in Karakura Town and went to Urahara Kisuke's shop to obtain Gihai.
• Kukaku reunited with Yoruichi, and Urahara Kisuke questioned why she had come before Yoru Machi said they were sightseeing and teased Urahara about keeping Yoruichi in the Human World.

Yoru Machi and Kukaku visited Urahara Kisuke’s shop in the Human World to get Gihai, but the steep prices nearly forced Yoru Machi to settle for cheap models. Kukaku paid for premium Gihai for both of them, leaving Urahara ready to fulfill her extravagant order.

• Yoruichi transformed from a black cat into a naked woman, struck Urahara Kisuke for his teasing, and asked Kukaku why she had come to the Human World.
• Kukaku explained that she and Yoru Machi had come for a date and to retrieve Yoru Machi’s stored Gihai and prepare one for her.
• Urahara Kisuke quoted a high price for the Gihai and explained their premium features and the maintenance fee on Yoru Machi’s old one.
• Kukaku eagerly asked about Gihai with reproductive capabilities, and Urahara assured her that the experience was fully replicated.
• Before Yoru Machi could choose a cheaper model, Kukaku paid for top-tier Gihai for herself and Yoru Machi and told Urahara not to cut corners.

After Yoru Machi and Shiba Kukaku restored his old Human World house, he sensed a spiritual pressure and prepared to investigate, inviting Kukaku to join him. He revealed that the coming disturbance involved someone who could be considered her younger brother.

• Urahara Kisuke celebrated the Urahara Shop’s profits from Kuchiki Rukia’s and Shiba Kukaku’s purchases, while Yoruichi warned him against using Yoru Machi’s name to sell products.
• Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi remarked that Yoru Machi had grown even more powerful and wondered about the secret behind his strength.
• Yoru Machi brought Kukaku to the abandoned Yagami Residence, where they spent the afternoon cleaning and repairing it.
• Yoru Machi sensed a spiritual pressure that night and picked up his Zanpakuto to investigate, surprising Kukaku, who had mistaken his words for a romantic invitation.
• Yoru Machi invited Kukaku to watch the coming disturbance and told her that her younger brother would be involved.

Rukia pursued a dangerous Hollow in Karakura Town, but it seized Kurosaki Yuzu and overwhelmed her. Kurosaki Ichigo took up Rukia’s Zanpakuto and gained Soul Reaper power, beginning his cheat-filled life.

• Rukia lured the Hollow out, but it escaped after collapsing a house to distract her.
• The Hollow captured Kurosaki Yuzu, and Kurosaki Ichigo charged at it before being knocked into a wall.
• The Hollow crushed Rukia’s sword arm and took her Zanpakuto as Kukaku prepared to intervene, but Yoru Machi stopped her.
• Rukia’s speech inspired Kurosaki Ichigo to pick up the Zanpakuto and stab himself with it.
• Kurosaki Ichigo released enormous spiritual pressure and gained Soul Reaper power.

Kurosaki Ichigo defeated the Hollow with his newly awakened Soul Reaper power, while Yoru Machi explained the unusual nature of his Asauchi to Kukaku. Yoru Machi and Kurosaki Isshin then discussed the possibility that Ichigo's life had been orchestrated, and Kukaku began to ask whether Yoru Machi could revive Masaki.

• Kurosaki Ichigo used his enormous Asauchi to kill the Hollow and save his sister and Rukia.
• Rukia explained the truth about the world to Ichigo after he carried his unconscious sister home.
• Yoru Machi and Kukaku met Kurosaki Isshin, and Yoru Machi revealed that Ichigo was Isshin's son and Kukaku's cousin.
• Kurosaki Isshin asked whether Yoru Machi had arranged the night's events, and Yoru Machi suggested someone else wanted Isshin to suspect that.
• Yoru Machi told Isshin that Ichigo's Soul Reaper, Quincy, and Hollow bloodlines made an ordinary life unlikely, then admitted he did not know whether Masaki's death had been arranged.
• Kukaku remembered that Shiba Miyako had been revived and began asking whether Yoru Machi could revive Masaki.

Yoru Machi explained that he might be able to revive Kurosaki Masaki by using her remaining spirit particles, Divine Breath, and a power modeled on Auswählen. Kurosaki Isshin agreed to gather Quincy information and a suitable medium, and found Masaki’s necklace.

• Kukaku accidentally revealed that Yoru Machi might be able to bring the dead back, prompting Kurosaki Isshin to ask him if he could revive Masaki.
• Yoru Machi explained that Masaki’s Hollow-tainted Quincy nature and unusual death might make rebirth possible through a method inspired by Auswählen.
• Yoru Machi told Kurosaki Isshin that they needed information about Auswählen and an object containing Masaki’s spirit particles before they could attempt the revival.
• Kurosaki Isshin promised to handle the preparations and decided to seek help from Ishida Ryuken.
• After saying goodbye, Kurosaki Isshin searched the house and found Masaki’s Quincy weapon, a silver-white cross necklace that held some of her Reiryoku.

Rukia moved in with Ichigo’s family, while Isshin quietly considered asking his brother-in-law for help resurrecting Masaki. Later, Ichigo and Rukia confronted the Hollow attacking Orihime and discovered it was her older brother, leaving Ichigo unable to bring himself to kill him.

• Rukia introduced herself to the Kurosaki family as Ichigo’s classmate and said she planned to stay at their home, and the family agreed to let her stay.
• After Ichigo and his sisters left for school, Isshin revealed he knew Rukia was Yoru Machi’s junior and planned to ask his brother-in-law for help resurrecting Masaki.
• Yoru Machi and Kukaku obtained Gihai from Urahara Kisuke, and Kukaku became fascinated with the Human World’s modern weapons.
• Rukia enrolled at Karakura Town First High School and became acquainted with Chado Yasutora, Inoue Orihime, and the others.
• Ichigo and Rukia investigated the Hollow that had been attacking Orihime and discovered it was her older brother, Inoue Hikaru.
• Ichigo asked Rukia if there was another way to save Inoue Hikaru, but Rukia explained that a soul who had become a Hollow had to be killed.

Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia faced Inoue Hikaru after he became a Hollow, but an unseen Soul Reaper restrained him and suggested that Inoue Orihime speak to him. Orihime helped her brother release his attachment and ascend, while the mysterious helper, Yoru Machi, watched from nearby.

• A mysterious voice told Kurosaki Ichigo to let Inoue Orihime speak with the Hollow, and Bakudō No. 1, Sai immobilized it.
• Kurosaki Ichigo woke Orihime and told her the Hollow was her brother, Inoue Hikaru, who had protected her after raising her for nine years.
• Orihime removed her Rikka hairpin, told Hikaru she treasured his gift and was no longer alone, and comforted him.
• Inoue Hikaru calmed down, returned to his human soul form, apologized to Orihime, and ascended as particles of light.
• Rukia wondered who had helped them, while Yoru Machi watched from a utility pole and joked about Hikaru's sisterly obsession.

Yoru Machi visited Inoue Orihime after supporting her for three years, and she was surprised to discover how young and handsome he looked. At Orihime’s badly damaged home, Arisawa Tatsuki questioned him about his work and why he had come.

• Yoru Machi arrived at the Inoue residence, and Orihime initially thought he had come to the wrong house because he looked much younger than she expected.
• Orihime recognized Yoru Machi as the distant relative who had supported her since Inoue Hikaru died and invited him inside.
• Yoru Machi noticed the severe damage to the house, and Orihime apologized while keeping the cause vague.
• Arisawa Tatsuki questioned Yoru Machi about his work and the reason for his visit.

Yoru Castle met Orihime and Tatsuki, explained that he was Orihime’s distant cousin, and offered to let her stay with him because her damaged house was unsafe. Orihime welcomed the idea, but Tatsuki became wary of the offer.

• Tatsuki accompanied Orihime to meet her benefactor, Yoru Castle, and questioned him to protect her friend.
• Yoru Castle said he was a security worker for a large organization and a distant cousin from the same generation as Inoue Hikaru.
• Orihime happily accepted Yoru Castle as an older-brother figure and asked him to call her by her first name.
• Yoru Castle warned that Orihime’s structurally unsafe house was dangerous and offered to pay for repairs, but she refused his help.
• Yoru Castle invited Orihime to move into his spare room in Karakura Town, delighting her and making Tatsuki immediately suspicious.

Orihime moved into Yoru Machi’s home, where she quickly became close to him and Kukaku. She kept her Shun Shun Rikka powers and her encounters with Hollows and Soul Reapers secret, but Kukaku recognized the truth behind her late “club activities.”

• Orihime chose to move in with Yoru Machi, and Tatsuki agreed after hearing her reasons.
• Yoru Machi brought Orihime to the Yagami Residence, where Kukaku greeted him with a hug and questioned who Orihime was.
• Yoru Machi introduced Kukaku as his little sister and warned her not to bully Orihime.
• Orihime settled into the household, helping with chores and cooking while growing closer to Yoru Machi and Kukaku.
• Orihime secretly joined Ichigo and the others after awakening the Shun Shun Rikka, and she told Yoru Machi and Kukaku she was attending club activities.
• Kukaku told Yoru Machi that Orihime’s late returns left her smelling of Hollows and Soul Reapers.

Ishida Uryu's Hollow bait opened Gargantas over Karakura Town, unleashing a swarm that included a powerful Gillian Menos Grande. Ichigo tried to protect Orihime from its Cero, and the chapter ended with him bracing against the blast using his butcher knife, aided by Orihime's Three Days' Shield.

• Ishida Uryu's bait summoned far more Hollows than he expected, and Ichigo set aside their feud to fight alongside him, Rukia, Chad, and Orihime.
• Rukia explained that the Garganta led to Hueco Mundo and that closing it required the Hollows or overwhelming outside force.
• A Gillian Menos Grande emerged, and it kicked Ichigo away when he charged it.
• Rukia prepared to contact Soul Society for help as the Gillian gathered spiritual pressure and charged a Cero.
• Orihime raised Three Days' Shield to protect Ichigo, but Ichigo stood in front of her and blocked the Cero with his butcher knife as her barrier helped absorb the impact.

Yoru Machi arrived as Kurosaki Ichigo and Inoue Orihime faced three Gillians, revealing himself as a powerful Soul Reaper and rescuing them. He destroyed the Gillians and wiped out the Hollow swarm, while Orihime and Ichigo were left stunned by his strength and secret identity.

• Kurosaki Ichigo blocked a Gillian's Cero, but three more Gillians emerged from the Garganta and fired Ceros at him and Inoue Orihime.
• Yoru Machi appeared, chopped apart all three Ceros, and killed the first Gillian with Hadō #4: White Lightning.
• Inoue Orihime recognized Yoru Machi as her relative, and he apologized for hiding that he was a Soul Reaper before turning to face the Hollows.
• Yoru Machi swiftly beheaded the three remaining Gillians with his Zanpakuto.
• Yoru Machi cast Hadō #73: Twin Lotus Azure Flame Fall and destroyed the Hollow swarm as Kurosaki Ichigo, Inoue Orihime, Rukia, and Ishida Uryu watched in shock.

Yoru Machi and Kukaku closed the Garganta and rescued Karakura Town, leaving Ichigo and the others astonished by their strength and their connection to Orihime. Yoru Machi told Orihime that they were not blood relatives but said he would gladly be her real older brother.

• Yoru Machi cleared the remaining Hollows while Kukaku detonated a Spirit Core that disrupted the Garganta and forced it closed.
• Ichigo, Uryu, Chado, and Rukia wondered who the powerful Soul Reapers were and why they had appeared in the Human World.
• Orihime vouched for Yoru Machi and Kukaku, then revealed that she had been living with them and considered Yoru Machi her distant older brother.
• Rukia and Orihime asked Yoru Machi about his relationship with Orihime and his presence in the Human World.
• Yoru Machi admitted that he and Orihime were not related, explained that he had supported her after her brother died, and offered to be her real older brother.
• Orihime was briefly disappointed by the truth, then happily accepted Yoru Machi's offer of a familial bond.

Yoru Machi explained why he had kept his visit and Rukia’s situation from her, then warned Ichigo that Soul Society would likely come to arrest her. Rukia revealed that Yoru Machi could not openly protect her without risking punishment himself, leaving Ichigo and the others facing the approaching threat.

• Yoru Machi told Rukia he had come partly because of her sister Hisana and had kept his presence secret so Rukia could stand on her own.
• Kukaku criticized Ichigo’s poor control of his spiritual pressure, while Yoru Machi warned that Soul Society would soon seek to arrest Rukia for giving her powers to a human.
• Yoru Machi and Kukaku left, and Ichigo realized from Rukia’s reaction that she had known about the consequences and intended to bear them alone.
• Rukia reassured Ichigo that she probably would not be executed, but Ichigo vowed to defeat anyone sent to take her back to Soul Society.
• Ishida Uryu challenged Ichigo’s confidence by asking whether he could face enemies as strong as Yoru Machi, and Rukia explained that Yoru Machi could not openly interfere without being treated as an accomplice.