Chapter Summaries

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto defeated Yhwach after surviving his reality-altering power, and Yhwach warned him to stop Sosuke Aizen before dying. Aizen revealed that he had controlled events through Kyoka Suigetsu and called for a reckoning that would include the Soul King.

• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto trapped Yhwach with Black Coffin and attacked him with Goryū Tenmetsu, but Yhwach broke free and tried to escape.
• Yhwach used Omniscience and Omnipotence to alter reality and strike Yamamoto, but Yamamoto evaded the attack with Instant Step and overpowered him.
• Yhwach returned Yamamoto's stolen Bankai and urged him to stop Sosuke Aizen before Yamamoto killed him with Zanka no Tachi.
• Sosuke Aizen appeared beside Yamamoto in the rain and revealed that Kyoka Suigetsu had placed Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the Human World within his control.
• Yamamoto demanded that Aizen face judgment, and Aizen answered that the reckoning would include everyone, even the Soul King, before their surroundings shattered into a void.

Sosuke Aizen reflected on the loneliness and choices that led him to become a villain while battling those who came to confront him. After the Soul King revealed that Aizen was a replacement carrying the original’s memories and guilt, Ichigo Kurosaki offered to listen, and the shattered black space dissolved as Soul Society’s crisis reached its end.

• Sosuke Aizen recalled his isolation, his failed ideals, and the regrets that shaped his path as he fought Momo and the Visored who confronted him.
• Sosuke Aizen defeated the attackers, then fought Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto and killed him after reflecting on Soul Society’s stagnation and accumulated resentment.
• The Soul King told Sosuke Aizen that he was not the original Aizen but had inherited his memories and chosen to bear his guilt.
• Ichigo Kurosaki declined to condemn Sosuke Aizen and invited him to talk about his loneliness and past.
• Sosuke Aizen accepted Ichigo Kurosaki’s offer, and the black space shattered as Soul Society’s great crisis came to an end.

Sosuke Aizen departed Soul Society after entrusting Ichigo Kurosaki with Kyoka Suigetsu and responsibility for protecting the wandering souls. As Ichigo prepared to represent his world at the Chakra fleet's arrival, a group of Ninja appeared, and he introduced himself to Kakashi Hatake.

• Sosuke Aizen told Ichigo Kurosaki that the Soul Reapers and other factions had to govern themselves, while Ichigo would help protect the wandering souls.
• Sosuke Aizen left Ichigo Kurosaki Kyoka Suigetsu, a Zanpakuto with a blank Bankai that could be shaped into different abilities, then vanished without a sound.
• Ichigo Kurosaki took up Kyoka Suigetsu and Sosuke Aizen's White Haori before heading to the reception site as a representative for the wandering souls.
• A Chakra teleportation device brought several Ninja to Soul Society, and they realized Sosuke Aizen had already left.
• Ichigo Kurosaki approached the Ninja and introduced himself, and Kakashi Hatake shook his hand.

A young man who wished he could transmigrate met Sosuke Aizen, who revealed that the young man’s soul had shaped his own outlook and promised his dream would come true. Aizen sent another version of himself to the young man’s desired world, while he set out on his own journey, and the young man awoke beside a girl who urged him to hurry to Witch Academy.

• The young man went outside to throw away the trash and met a convincing Sosuke Aizen cosplayer, whom he photographed and invited for a drink.
• The young man and Aizen talked for hours about anime, transmigration, harems, and the kind of life and story the young man wanted.
• Aizen revealed that he was a discontinuous form of Sosuke Aizen and that the young man’s soul had changed him during their passage across universes.
• Aizen promised the young man’s dream would come true, then sent another version of himself to the world the young man had described.
• Aizen left to explore the city and seek knowledge, while the young man awoke in another universe before a girl with ice-blue eyes who asked when he would come to Witch Academy.