Chapter Summaries

Yoru Machi argued that Byakuya intended to free and kill Hibiki himself, while the manifested Zanpakuto uprising plunged Seireitei into battle. Ichigo struggled against Higan until Kenpachi entered the fight, and the chapter ended with a chipped Zanpakuto attacking Ichigo and a familiar voice criticizing his weakness.

• Yoru Machi stopped Soi Fon from reporting Byakuya's apparent betrayal, reasoning that the Captain-Commander likely knew it was part of a plan.
• Manifested Zanpakuto attacked their Shinigami masters across Seireitei, forcing them into difficult fights without their usual powers.
• Kenpachi killed Kira's Zanpakuto, Tetsuzamon, with one slash and intimidated the other manifested Zanpakuto.
• Higan battered Ichigo despite his Bankai and Hollowfication, while her mother urged him to reveal the other power inside him.
• A chipped Zanpakuto blocked Higan's mother's short sword, and a familiar voice told Ichigo he had grown weak.

Kenpachi Zaraki joined the battle against Higan and Kishi, Yoru Machi’s paired Zanpakuto, and eagerly challenged them after Higan wounded him. The sisters attacked him together, and Kenpachi caught Higan’s short blade in his bare hand as she struck from behind.

• Higan deflected Kenpachi Zaraki’s slash and cut his chest with her sword energy.
• Kenpachi Zaraki became excited by Higan’s strength and refused to back down when she warned him.
• Kenpachi Zaraki removed his eyepatch, releasing a pillar of spiritual pressure, while Kishi kicked Ichigo away and charged him.
• Kishi and Kenpachi Zaraki clashed swords, their spiritual pressure shaking and splitting the ground.
• Higan attacked Kenpachi Zaraki from behind, and he caught her descending short blade with his bare palm.

Yoru Machi and Soi Fon traveled to Karakura Town to stop Muramasa, where they were ambushed by manifested Zanpakuto. Byakuya refused to abandon his plan to face Kuchiki Hibiki, so Yoru Machi drew his Zanpakuto and Byakuya attacked alongside Senbonzakura.

• Higan and Kishi combined their spiritual pressure and overwhelmed Kenpachi Zaraki, unleashing a storm that devastated several streets of the Seireitei.
• Yoru Machi and Soi Fon sensed Higan’s power and passed through the Senkaimon to Karakura Town to stop Muramasa from releasing Kuchiki Hibiki.
• Soi Fon was confronted by her manifested Zanpakuto, Suzumebachi, while Yoru Machi faced Byakuya and Senbonzakura.
• Yoru Machi warned Byakuya that he might not be able to defeat the powerful Kuchiki Hibiki, but Byakuya remained determined to purge his clan himself.
• Yoru Machi drew his Zanpakuto, and Byakuya immediately launched an attack with Senbonzakura, sending a sea of petals toward him.

Byakuya and Senbonzakura fought Yoru Machi together but struggled against his superior power. Meanwhile, Soi Fon used a Full Body Shunkō technique to counter Suzumebachi and leave her defeated.

• Byakuya and Senbonzakura united their strength, doubling Senbonzakura's petals' number, speed, and power.
• Yoru Machi evaded the petals and fired Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō, which pierced Senbonzakura's defense before Byakuya's Dankū stopped it.
• Byakuya warned Senbonzakura to avoid direct attacks and focus on holding Yoru Machi back.
• Soi Fon revealed that Yoru Machi had taught her to extend Shunkō's Kidō over her entire body and use Anti-Demon Counterkill against Suzumebachi's Sekihōkō.
• Soi Fon deflected Suzumebachi's strike, kicked her away, and explained that she had surpassed her past self.

Soi Fon defeated Suzumebachi’s hypnosis and used Full Body Shunko to confront Muramasa, while Kuchiki Hibiki was freed from the Blood Burial seal. The chapter ended with Soi Fon attacking Hibiki and announcing his arrest.

• Soi Fon defeated Suzumebachi, regained her Zanpakuto’s power, and wrapped herself in special bandages after Full Body Shunko destroyed her clothes.
• Soi Fon learned that Muramasa had brought captain-class Zanpakuto to break Kuchiki Hibiki’s seal, and she rushed to the ritual site.
• Muramasa freed Hibiki, who emerged weakened and began absorbing the surrounding Reiryoku.
• Muramasa approached Hibiki, but Hibiki ignored him, prompting Tengen to attack in anger.
• Hibiki blocked Tengen’s enlarged blade with a sealing spear and forced him back.
• Soi Fon struck Hibiki with Shunkō, then identified herself and declared him under arrest.

Soi Fon attacked Kuchiki Hibiki to keep him from recovering his Reiryoku, but his hatred of the Shinigami and noble clans fueled his fierce resistance. Muramasa began to lose control after Hibiki rejected him, and Yoru Machi arrived with another figure to restrain him and explain why Hibiki blamed him.

• Soi Fon judged that she had to stop Kuchiki Hibiki from recovering his strength, while Hibiki denounced the Thirteen Court Guard Squads and the noble families and vowed to kill her.
• Soi Fon released Suzumebachi and activated Full Body Shunko, but Hibiki kept pace with her and blocked her attacks with a sealing spear.
• After several dozen exchanges, Soi Fon broke the spear, and Muramasa asked Hibiki to fight alongside him; Hibiki instead picked up another spear and called Muramasa a traitor.
• Muramasa's spiritual pressure became unstable as he realized Hibiki had rejected him, and he began to approach a berserk Hollowfication.
• Yoru Machi and another figure arrived, and the companion used Bakudō #63: Chain Binding to restrain Muramasa.
• Yoru Machi told Muramasa that Hibiki blamed him for ignoring his calls before the Blood Burial sealed him, a detail recorded in Kuchiki Ginrei's diary.

Yoru Machi intervened when Kuchiki Hibiki overwhelmed Soi Fon and Kuchiki Byakuya with hypnosis, then knocked Hibiki into the ground. He explained that he had delayed because he did not want to make Hisana a widow, while Soi Fon questioned why he had not acted sooner.

• Yoru Machi’s words calmed Muramasa, who realized his own actions had caused Kuchiki Hibiki to abandon him.
• Kuchiki Hibiki’s hatred of Kuchiki Byakuya surged, and he used hypnosis to distort Byakuya and Soi Fon’s senses and overpower them.
• Yoru Machi stepped in to catch Hibiki’s spear before it struck Soi Fon, blocked his next attack, and kicked him into the ground.
• Yoru Machi asked Soi Fon if she was all right, but she criticized him for delaying while Hibiki recovered his Reiryoku.
• Yoru Machi said he had held back because he did not want to make Hisana a widow.

Yoru Machi intervened in Byakuya’s fight against Kuchiki Hibiki, then revealed overwhelming Kidō and combat skills despite claiming to be a Third Seat. The chapter ended with Yoru Machi blocking Hibiki’s hypnotically misjudged spear thrust with his scabbard.

• Byakuya appealed to Yoru Machi’s feelings for Hisana and offered the Kuchiki Clan’s reward, persuading Yoru Machi to go easy on him and let Hibiki break his seal.
• Soi Fon criticized Yoru Machi for letting personal feelings interfere with duty, and Yoru Machi teased her about Yoruichi.
• Yoru Machi announced that he would join the battle after seeing Byakuya struggle against Hibiki.
• Hibiki questioned Yoru Machi’s rank, and Yoru Machi claimed he was only the Thirteenth Division’s Third Seat.
• Hibiki attacked with Ice Fang Gale, but Yoru Machi countered it with Hadō #88 and then clashed with him in midair.
• Hibiki used hypnosis to distort Yoru Machi’s sense of time and distance, but Yoru Machi blocked his spear with his scabbard.

Yoru Machi countered Kuchiki Hibiki’s hypnotic ability by fighting blindfolded with his Mind’s Eye, then explained that he had refused promotion because he preferred the freedom of being a Third Seat. Hibiki was left stunned as Yoru Machi’s outlook made him reconsider how his own talent had led to his downfall.

• Kuchiki Hibiki distorted Yoru Machi’s sense of distance and attacked, but Yoru Machi deflected his spear and slashed his chest.
• Yoru Machi described three counters to Hibiki’s hypnosis: overwhelming spiritual pressure, fighting alongside a Zanpakuto, and relying on heightened intuition.
• Yoru Machi blindfolded himself and used his Mind’s Eye to catch Hibiki’s attacks, leaving the onlookers astonished.
• Kuchiki Hibiki assumed Yoru Machi had been unfairly held back, but Yoru Machi said he had declined offers to become a captain because he preferred to slack off as a Third Seat.
• Kuchiki Hibiki was stunned by Yoru Machi’s explanation and began to reconsider whether his own talent and prominence had caused his misfortune.

Yoru Machi confronted Kuchiki Hibiki, who borrowed Muramasa’s power and unleashed Bankai despite his distrust of the Zanpakuto. The release summoned over a hundred Gillian, leaving Hibiki stunned as reinforcements and observers took note of the disturbance.

• Yoru Machi explained why Hibiki had been imprisoned and judged his own cautious approach wiser than Hibiki’s defiance.
• Muramasa urged Hibiki to use his power against Yoru Machi, and Hibiki reluctantly released the Zanpakuto.
• Hibiki activated Bankai, unleashing a massive surge of spiritual pressure that shook the Human World.
• Urahara Kisuke and the Visoreds noticed the unfamiliar spiritual pressure and Menos Grande, but Yoruichi told them to stay out of the conflict.
• Hibiki’s Bankai summoned more than a hundred Gillian around him, surprising even Hibiki.

Kuchiki Hibiki revealed that Muramasa’s Bankai could read memories and thoughts, then wounded Yoru Machi by anticipating his counterattack. Yoru Machi promised to show Hibiki an attack he could foresee but still could not stop, leaving Hibiki shocked as he read Yoru Machi’s intentions.

• Kuchiki Hibiki’s Bankai expelled more than a hundred Gillian Menos Grande, which surged toward Karakura Town.
• Kuchiki Hibiki intercepted Yoru Machi and challenged him to prove whose choices had been right.
• Yoru Machi released the seals on his spiritual pressure and used Mind’s Eye to see through Hibiki’s distortion of time.
• Kuchiki Hibiki changed his attack after anticipating Yoru Machi’s counter and slashed a deep wound across his abdomen.
• Kuchiki Hibiki disclosed that Mugenjujin Muramasa could read memories and thoughts as well as materialize Zanpakuto.
• Yoru Machi said Hibiki would be unable to stop his next attack even if he knew it was coming, and Hibiki read his intent with growing shock.

Yoru Machi revealed the Kaio-ken and doubled his already immense spiritual pressure, shocking Kuchiki Hibiki and the Soul Reapers gathered in the Human World. As the spiritual pressure threatened the balance between the worlds, the Captain-Commander ordered the Soul Reapers to contain the danger while Yoru Machi prepared to use Shunkō.

• Kuchiki Hibiki read Yoru Machi’s thoughts and memories, then refused to believe that the Kaio-ken could multiply spiritual pressure.
• Yoru Machi removed the final seal on his spiritual pressure and activated Kaio-ken Times Two, unleashing a red-and-blue aura that shook the Human World.
• Yoruichi and the Soul Reaper reinforcements were astonished by Yoru Machi’s power, and the Captain-Commander ordered vice-captains to fight the Gillian Menos Grande and captains to protect the area with barriers.
• Yoru Machi felt his doubled spiritual pressure surging through him and activated Shunkō.

Yoru Machi overwhelmed Kuchiki Hibiki with his speed and strength, but Hibiki used Muramasa’s Soul Impact to create an opening for a final attack. Higan intervened and fatally stabbed Hibiki, who reconsidered his choices as Muramasa promised to stay by his side.

• Yoru Machi struck Kuchiki Hibiki with a punch that sent him flying, leaving him unable to match Yoru Machi’s speed or strength.
• Kuchiki Hibiki used Muramasa’s Soul Impact to freeze Yoru Machi briefly, then charged to finish him.
• A white-haired woman blocked Hibiki’s sword, and Higan stabbed him through the heart from behind.
• Yoru Machi told Hibiki that pride and distrust had led him astray, while Higan withdrew her sword and Hibiki fell.
• As Hibiki’s consciousness faded, he regretted his choices and heard Muramasa promise to accompany him to the end.

Kuchiki Hibiki and Muramasa died, and the surviving Soul Reapers dealt with the aftermath of the Zanpakuto unrest. Yoru Machi was invited to meet Hisana after visiting Hibiki’s grave, but a Soul Butterfly summoned him to the Captain-Commander.

• Kuchiki Hibiki died, and Muramasa ended his own life after asking Yoru Machi to plant his blade beside Hibiki’s grave.
• Kuchiki Byakuya arranged for Hibiki to be buried in the Kuchiki Clan’s ancestral cemetery, while the captains and vice-captains killed the rampaging Gillian Menos Grande.
• The masterless materialized Zanpakuto became Blade Beasts, and the Captain-Commander assigned Byakuya’s Sixth Division to purge them.
• Yoru Machi visited Hibiki’s grave and handed over the body, while Muramasa’s final request remained to be fulfilled.
• A Kuchiki Clan maid invited Yoru Machi to meet Hisana and thank him, and Higan and her daughter suspected he had come seeking the promised reward.
• A Soul Butterfly delivered a message summoning Yoru Machi to the Captain-Commander.

Yoru Machi was summoned to the First Division barracks and learned that the Captain-Commander planned to promote him from Third Seat of the Thirteenth Division to captain of the Fifth Division. He was left stunned by the appointment, which the Captain-Commander said had already been decided.

• Yoru Machi postponed his visit to the Kuchiki Clan after Captain Fujitora relayed the Captain-Commander's summons.
• Yoru Machi found the Captain-Commander, Captain Fujitora, and Hinamori Momo waiting at the First Division barracks.
• The Captain-Commander criticized Yoru Machi for being idle and then said he had summoned him to reward his service.
• The Captain-Commander explained that the Fifth Division had struggled during the Zanpakuto rebellion because it lacked a captain and its members rejected Hinamori's leadership.
• The Captain-Commander announced that Yoru Machi would become captain of the Fifth Division, saying the appointment had already been approved by the captains.

Yoru Machi learned that he had been unanimously appointed captain of the Fifth Division despite not mastering Bankai, and he traveled to its barracks with Hinamori Momo. Hinamori promised to help him handle the division’s duties, while Yoru Machi remained reluctant to take on the role.

• Ukitake agreed to Yoru Machi’s transfer because the Thirteenth Division had many promising Soul Reapers and Yoru Machi’s talents would be better served elsewhere.
• Yoru Machi tried to delay becoming a captain by citing the Bankai requirement, but the Captain-Commander said his strength justified an exception.
• Yoru Machi argued that he should take a captain’s examination, but the Captain-Commander explained that every active captain had approved his appointment unanimously.
• The Captain-Commander appointed Yoru Machi captain of the Fifth Division and told him to visit its barracks with Lieutenant Hinamori Momo.
• Hinamori Momo excitedly accompanied Yoru Machi to the Fifth Division and offered to help him manage the squad’s routine duties.

Yoru Machi took charge of the Fifth Division and discovered that its members ignored Hinamori Momo and failed to attend their new captain’s inspection. He used Tenteikūra to summon them, leaving the Seireitei stunned by his appointment and forceful approach.

• Hinamori Momo agreed to help Yoru Machi manage the Fifth Division’s paperwork and gathered its members at the barracks.
• Yoru Machi found fewer than three hundred Soul Reapers present out of 578 on the division roster and reprimanded Hinamori for tolerating her members’ disrespect.
• Yoru Machi used Tenteikūra to announce his appointment as Fifth Division captain and ordered all available division members to report within half an hour.
• Soul Reapers across the Seireitei reacted with surprise, while Soi Fon criticized Yoru Machi for using Tenteikūra over a trivial matter.
• Ukitake and the middle-aged man with Katen Kyokotsu expressed confidence in Yoru Machi, and the Captain-Commander quietly smiled.

Yoru Machi began his first inspection as Fifth Division captain by ordering the division’s members to report to the barracks, then expelled those who arrived late. The veteran Soul Reapers protested, but Yoru Machi ordered them out and revealed he had never wanted the captaincy.

• Yoru Machi watched the Fifth Division members return while Hinamori Momo reported that more than a hundred were still missing.
• Yoru Machi gave injured or ill members extra time but warned that everyone else who missed the deadline would be removed from the roster.
• After thirty minutes, Yoru Machi ordered Hinamori Momo to register and expel everyone who had arrived late.
• Veteran Soul Reapers, including the Seventh Seat, protested that expelling them would cripple the Fifth Division and appealed to their years of service.
• Yoru Machi refused to reconsider, ordered the latecomers to leave, and said he had never wanted to become captain.

Yagami Yoru Castle rejected the Fifth Division members’ plea to avoid expulsion and warned Hinamori Momo against letting kindness make her indecisive. He unleashed his spiritual pressure to prove he alone could ensure the division’s strength, leaving the assembled Shinigami convinced of his overwhelming power.

• The Fifth Division’s rebellious core members pleaded with Hinamori Momo to persuade Yoru Machi not to expel them.
• Yoru Machi reminded Hinamori Momo that the core members had secretly defied her orders, and she resolved to become firmer.
• Yoru Machi declared that his strength alone could match every Shinigami in another division.
• Yoru Machi released his three spiritual pressure seals, crushing the Fifth Division Shinigami under his overwhelming spiritual pressure.
• After Yoru Machi withdrew his spiritual pressure, the Fifth Division Shinigami believed he was among the strongest captains.

After reforming the Fifth Division, Yoru Machi received an unexpected visit from Shutara Senjumaru, who came to take his measurements for a Captain’s Haori. She insisted he strip completely, leaving Yoru Machi stunned and Hinamori Momo blushing but determined to stay and assist.

• Yoru Machi won the Fifth Division members’ admiration, drove out its troublemakers, and established a training regimen for the division.
• Hinamori Momo told Yoru Machi that Shutara Senjumaru had arrived to measure him and make his Captain’s Haori.
• Shutara Senjumaru said that Ichibē Hyōsube, Nimaiya Ōetsu, and Captain-Commander Yamamoto had spoken highly of Yoru Machi, and revealed that he had once been considered for Zero Division.
• Yoru Machi removed his outer robe, but Shutara Senjumaru told him that she needed to take the measurements herself.
• Shutara Senjumaru ordered Yoru Machi to remove all his clothes, including his undergarments, and Hinamori Momo blushed but chose to remain in the room.