Recaps

Ailin explained that he was a Reikaku replica of Aizen Sosuke with Ailin’s memories, and that he hoped to use the Visored and Urahara to oppose the person who created him. After the injured Visored recovered enough to listen, they pressed Urahara to explain Ailin’s nature.

• Ailin said he had ignored his mission to find the black cat because he had been awakened and sent to the Human World, where he encountered the Visored during their Hollowfication.
• Aizen revealed that he knew Urahara had completed the Hogyoku and said he could not defeat his creator alone, so he wanted to borrow the others’ hands.
• Ailin mocked the Visored as too weak to help, and Urahara stopped Hirako Shinji from attacking him so the injured could be treated.
• Tetsusai Gantetsusai, Hachigen Ushōda, and Urahara treated the Visored, who later restrained their companions and agreed to hear Urahara’s explanation.
• Ailin reflected that he was a Gigai containing Ailin’s memories inside an Aizen Sosuke Reikaku, then considered Yushima Oshu’s research and possible Royal Guard promotion.

Urahara Kisuke learned that Aizen had discovered a Modified Soul modeled on Ailin, and the replica soon appeared to challenge Aizen. As their battle threatened Karakura Town, Reikaku Ailin protected the area with his Bankai, leaving Urahara and the others to wait for the fight to end before confronting him.

• Urahara Kisuke questioned Aizen about the strength of the Soul Soldiers, and Aizen said only Yamamoto and the real Ailin surpassed him.
• Aizen revealed that his creator was making a Modified Soul of Captain Ailin.
• Reikaku Ailin appeared, bound Aizen with Heaven's Chain, then released him to fight.
• Aizen and Reikaku Ailin clashed, and their shockwaves devastated the surrounding buildings and endangered Karakura Town.
• Urahara Kisuke, Tetsusai Gantetsusai, and the others tried to contain the shockwaves, but Reikaku Ailin activated Bankai, Sacred Banner: My Lord is Here, shielding Karakura Town.
• Hachigen Ushōda and the others realized they would have to face Reikaku Ailin after the battle ended.

Inaba Kagerōza realized the Ailin fighting Aizen in the Human World was his Reikaku, and he awakened that Reikaku with a Gigai. After connecting with his original self through the Inner World, Reikaku Ailin donned golden armor, while Inaba Kagerōza concluded that he remained under control.

• Inaba Kagerōza recognized the black marks on the Ailin in the surveillance footage and his dormant Reikaku as proof they were the same person, then deduced that Aizen's Soul Soldier had betrayed him.
• Inaba Kagerōza placed a gray Gigai into the dormant Reikaku Ailin's nutrient tank to awaken him.
• Ailin sensed another consciousness enter his Inner World and discovered it was his own Reikaku, then granted it access to the weapons he had created.
• Reikaku Ailin emerged from the shattered tank, tore off his Shinigami uniform and Captain's Haori, and summoned golden armor by calling, "Sun Wheel, become armor!"
• Inaba Kagerōza watched Reikaku Ailin arm himself and decided that he had not gone out of control.

Reikaku Ailin entered the Gokuto to travel to the past and kill Aizen, confident that its disintegration could not harm him. Inside, he witnessed Ichigo Kurosaki and Urahara Kisuke escape with Kujo Nozomi, then set out to learn what had happened in the future.

• Inaba Kagerōza asked Reikaku Ailin to travel through the Gokuto and eliminate Aizen Sosuke before he exposed their plans.
• Reikaku Ailin dismissed the danger of the Gokuto, concealed his spiritual pressure, and entered it through a Senkaimon opened by Inaba Kagerōza.
• Inside the Gokuto, Reikaku Ailin watched Urahara Kisuke collect Ichigo Kurosaki’s spiritual pressure and escape with Ichigo’s earlier self and Kujo Nozomi.
• Reikaku Ailin recognized Kujo Nozomi as the other half of Inaba Kagerōza and learned that Ichigo Kurosaki had become a Shinigami and used the Final Getsuga Tensho.

Reikaku Ailin emerged from the Dangai and confronted Reikaku Aizen, whose soul and memories came from Ailin’s original body. Their battle escalated across Karakura Town, where Ailin’s Sacred Banner shielded the surroundings as his Bankai pierced through Aizen’s defenses.

• Reikaku Ailin sensed Reikaku Aizen fighting Urahara Kisuke, Tetsusai Gantetsusai, Shihoin Yoruichi, and the Visored, then bound Aizen with Heaven’s Chain.
• Reikaku Aizen revealed that he had been waiting for Captain Ailin, and Ailin recognized that Aizen’s Soul Soldier carried his original body’s soul and memories.
• Reikaku Ailin attacked with golden projectiles while Reikaku Aizen fought through the barrage with Kyoka Suigetsu and his Zanpakuto.
• Reikaku Ailin raised the Sacred Banner to protect Karakura Town from the destruction caused by their battle.
• Reikaku Ailin unleashed his Bankai, Piercing—Death-Scythe Spear, and the attack broke through five of Reikaku Aizen’s Dankū barriers before the sixth stopped it.

Reikaku Ailin shrugged off Reikaku Aizen’s fully incanted Black Coffin, then summoned a host of Bankai-form Zanpakuto to attack him. The chapter ended as the weapons took turns unleashing devastating attacks while Aizen evaded the first strike with Utsusemi.

• Reikaku Aizen cast a fully incanted Hadō #90, Black Coffin, around Reikaku Ailin, but Ailin emerged without a scratch thanks to his golden armor.
• Reikaku Ailin summoned numerous Bankai-form Zanpakuto from Golden spatial ripples and surrounded Reikaku Aizen.
• Heracles’s Nine Lives Blade Works struck Aizen with three powerful slashes, but Aizen escaped by using Shihoin Secret Footwork: Utsusemi.
• Shihoin Yoruichi recognized Utsusemi, and Urahara Kisuke explained that Aizen Sosuke could have learned the technique by studying it.
• The Zanpakuto attacked one by one, with Sōtenyasha’s Azure Dragon Break blasting everything apart and Tetsusaiga’s Meido Full Moon Slash opening spatial fissures.

Ailin’s Zanpakuto battered Aizen’s Reikaku while the Visored confronted their grudge against the real Aizen and Hirako Shinji reassured them he could fight him. The Reikaku accepted its impending death as Yin Iron, forged from Ailin’s memories and experience, was left to deliver the final blow.

• Liza Yadomaru and the Visored pitied Aizen’s Reikaku until Hiyori Sarugaki reminded them that the real Aizen had betrayed them and remained in the Seireitei.
• Hirako Shinji told the Visored that Sakashimo could catch Aizen off guard if he released it first, restoring their confidence.
• Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi doubted the Visored could defeat Aizen, while the narration contrasted their dangerous Hollow powers with the protective Hollow and Quincy powers within Ichigo Kurosaki.
• Ailin’s Zanpakuto continued attacking Aizen’s Reikaku until it was bloodied and only Yin Iron remained.
• Aizen’s Reikaku welcomed Yin Iron as the Zanpakuto forged from Ailin’s remembered experiences and awaited its final attack.
• White spiritual pressure rose from Yin Iron, though its spiritual pressure seemed unexpectedly weak to Urahara Kisuke and the others.

Reikaku Ailin killed Reikaku Aizen with a Zanpakuto attack too fast for the observers to see, then returned to Inaba Kagerōza’s laboratory, where Inaba subdued him and reclaimed his pill. As Ailin watched events unfold in the Seireitei, he learned Aizen Sosuke had begun cultivating White Hollow, while Isshin Shiba investigated a spike in Tenth Division deaths and set out to patrol the dangerous area himself.

• Reikaku Ailin’s final Zanpakuto attack struck Reikaku Aizen at an imperceptible speed, and Aizen dispersed into spiritual particles.
• Urahara Kisuke warned Shihoin Yoruichi to flee if Ailin ever drew that Zanpakuto against them, and Reikaku Ailin returned to Inaba Kagerōza’s laboratory.
• Inaba Kagerōza activated hidden Kido to make Reikaku Ailin’s eyes go dull, extracted his pill, and returned him to a nutrient tank.
• Ailin noted that his Reikaku had not connected to the Inner World again and discovered that Aizen Sosuke had begun cultivating White Hollow.
• Isshin Shiba noticed unusually high Tenth Division casualties, and Toshiro Hitsugaya offered to investigate the area before Isshin left to patrol it himself.

Isshin Shiba discovered a powerful black Hollow in the Seireitei, fought it, and pursued it through a Garganta into the Human World. Toshiro Hitsugaya found the battle site and sought Shunsui Kyōraku’s help after Isshin vanished.

• Toshiro Hitsugaya scolded Rangiku Matsumoto over neglected division paperwork after Isshin Shiba left on a dangerous mission.
• Isshin searched the area where Tenth Division members had been attacked and, after seven days without clues, spotted a Garganta opening during his patrol.
• Isshin fought the black Hollow, realized it was an Adjuchas, and followed it through its Garganta as it fled toward the Human World.
• Gin Ichimaru, Kaname Tōsen, and Aizen watched the fight, then followed Isshin through a Garganta to protect their test subject.
• A Tenth Division Shinigami reported Isshin missing, so Toshiro and Rangiku investigated the battle site and went to the Eighth Division for help.
• Shunsui Kyōraku greeted Rangiku and teased her about whether Toshiro had been working her too hard.

Toshiro Hitsugaya asked Shunsui Kyōraku about the Hollow that had taken Isshin Shiba, while Isshin fought White Hollow in the Human World and was attacked from behind. At a captains’ meeting the next day, Mayuri Kurotsuchi announced that Isshin had been killed in the line of duty, leaving Toshiro stunned and demanding an explanation.

• Toshiro Hitsugaya questioned Shunsui Kyōraku about the Hollow’s ability to enter the Seireitei and Isshin Shiba’s whereabouts, and Shunsui suspected someone had given the Hollow spiritual-pressure coordinates.
• Isshin Shiba emerged from a Garganta into the Human World and fought White Hollow, whose combat style resembled a Shinigami’s.
• Isshin released Engetsu, but an unseen attacker wounded him from behind as he prepared to use Getsuga Tensho.
• A student-uniformed girl shot down White Hollow’s Cero to save Isshin, and White Hollow turned to attack her.
• Ailin accompanied Toshiro to a captains’ meeting, where Mayuri Kurotsuchi announced that Isshin had been killed in the line of duty.
• Toshiro challenged Mayuri’s report, and Mayuri claimed to have evidence.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi presented evidence that Isshin Shiba was likely dead, but Jūshirō Ukitake said Shiba was missing, leaving Toshiro Hitsugaya poised to become the Tenth Division’s acting Captain. Ailin explained to Toshiro why he had not intervened in Shiba’s fight and urged him to grow strong enough to protect those he cared about.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi showed the Captains footage of Isshin Shiba fighting a Hollow and disappearing after its self-destruction, while Toshiro Hitsugaya lost control of his Captain-level spiritual pressure.
• Jūshirō Ukitake reported that a Soul Reaper saw Shiba defeated the Hollow and taken away by an unknown person, so he considered Shiba missing rather than dead.
• Shunsui Kyōraku wondered whether Ailin’s disciples were destined to become Captains and feared that Ukitake might face a life-or-death crisis, then stayed close to him after the meeting.
• Ailin told Toshiro that he had watched Shiba’s battle but had not interfered because Shiba might have felt humiliated, and he urged Toshiro to become strong enough to protect others.
• Ailin congratulated Toshiro on becoming acting Captain of the Tenth Division, hugged him, and invited him home for a meal, while privately considering beating him in his Inner World.

Ailin answered Sogen Ishida’s call in Karakura Town and saved him and Uryu from Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s Hollow trap. Mayuri challenged Ailin for entering the Human World without authorization, leaving Ailin facing a possible accusation.

• Over six years, Ailin trained and guided Soul Reapers as Toshiro Hitsugaya became captain, Renji Abarai and Izuuru Kira became vice-captains, and Momo Hinamori advanced to vice-captain.
• Ailin sensed a call from the Human World, opened a Senkaimon, and recognized Karakura Town as a heavy spiritual zone.
• Ailin realized Mayuri Kurotsuchi had lured Sogen Ishida into a Hollow attack and that Sogen had used the item Ailin gave him to summon help.
• Ailin’s overwhelming spiritual pressure crushed the Hollows and forced Mayuri and the observing Soul Reapers to the ground.
• Mayuri confronted Ailin over entering the Human World without authorization or a spiritual pressure-limiting seal.

Ailin confronted Mayuri for leaving Sogen Ishida to face Hollows despite the Shinigami-Quincy agreement, then warned Sogen about his impending death and the danger ahead. He told Sogen he no longer had to obey the agreement if threatened, leaving the Quincy free to use his powers against Hollows.

• Ailin revealed that his spiritual pressure had been limited by a seal and reminded Mayuri that he was the mediator of the Shinigami-Quincy agreement.
• Sogen Ishida explained that he had held off more than ten Hollows for half an hour while waiting for Shinigami who never came.
• Ailin accused Mayuri of violating the agreement and severed his right arm before ordering him and the Twelfth Division members to leave.
• Ailin told Sogen that he had only three or four years left to live and warned him to pass on what he knew to his disciple.
• Ailin warned Sogen that Mayuri might target him again and said he could use Quincy power to destroy Hollows if he faced danger.

Sogen Ishida trained Uryu Ishida in Quincy techniques, then sacrificed his blood to save him when Yhwach’s Schrift drained mixed-blood Quincies across Karakura Town. The chapter left Ryuken grieving the apparent loss of Kirie and Isshin mourning Masaki as Urahara Kisuke explained how White Hollow’s attack had infected her.

• Sogen Ishida resolved to teach Uryu Ishida everything he knew, and Uryu trained with him after school until he formed his own Spirit Bow.
• Three pillars of blue spiritual light appeared over Karakura Town, enveloping Kirie Katagiri, Masaki Kurosaki, and Uryu Ishida as Schrift began draining them.
• Sogen Ishida used Ran-Sō Gōi and exchanged his pure blood for Uryu Ishida’s mixed blood, dispersing the pillar but leaving himself near death.
• Ryuken Ishida saw Uryu return home and realized Sogen had traded his life for his grandson’s; Ryuken also recognized that Kirie had been caught by Schrift.
• Isshin Kurosaki stood at Masaki’s grave as Urahara Kisuke apologized and recalled how White Hollow’s spirit particles had infected her after its attack.

Isshin Kurosaki refused Urahara Kisuke’s offer to involve Ichigo in Soul Reaper affairs until Ichigo chose that path himself, agreeing to entrust him to Urahara if he did. In Seireitei, an urgent captain’s summons brought Shunsui Kyōraku, Ise Nanao, Jūshirō Ukitake, and Kaien Shiba together, with the old rift between Shunsui and Kaien still unresolved.

• Urahara Kisuke warned Isshin Kurosaki that Yhwach would regain his power and threaten the world, and urged him to let Ichigo prepare for the coming danger.
• Isshin Kurosaki refused to let Urahara approach Ichigo until his son decided to become a Soul Reaper, citing his duty as a father and his distrust of Urahara.
• Urahara Kisuke accepted Isshin’s condition, and Isshin said he would entrust Ichigo to Urahara if Ichigo chose to become a Soul Reaper.
• Isshin Kurosaki returned to raising his three children and keeping the Kurosaki Clinic running as an orthopedic clinic.
• Shunsui Kyōraku responded to an urgent captain’s summons and went to the First Division with Ise Nanao, Jūshirō Ukitake, and Kaien Shiba, while Kaien remained silent toward him over the Kyōraku Family’s role in the Shiba Clan’s destruction.

At a Captains’ Meeting, Mayuri Kurotsuchi revealed a prophecy that Yhwach would regain his power and attack the Seireitei, then accused Ailin of helping him. The captains turned against Mayuri as the chapter ended with them demanding evidence for his accusation.

• Kaien Shiba considered seeking Ailin’s support to expose the Five Noble Clans and protect Kukaku and Ganju Shiba.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi told the captains that three Schrift-like pillars in Karakura Town indicated Yhwach was reclaiming his power.
• Retsu Unohana explained that surviving Quincy from the Light Empire might also be rebuilding their strength for the prophesied invasion.
• Ailin said he looked forward to fighting Yhwach, reassuring the captains that the Seireitei had powerful defenders.
• Mayuri accused Ailin of helping Yhwach regain his power, prompting Soifon and other captains to demand evidence.

Mayuri accused Ailin of indirectly helping Yhwach revive by protecting the Quincy in the Human World, but Ailin denied deliberately assisting the Quincy. Yamamoto ended the dispute and ordered the captains to prepare for Yhwach’s attack in nine years, while Shunsui remained uneasy about the Seireitei’s internal divisions.

• Mayuri argued that Ailin’s cooperation treaty with Sogen Ishida had allowed Quincy to survive and that Ailin had obstructed Mayuri’s attempt to eliminate them four years earlier.
• Ailin told Yamamoto that he had spared Sogen because he expected him to bring change, and had stopped Mayuri because Mayuri violated the treaty; Ailin said he was surprised other Quincy had become sacrifices for Yhwach.
• Soifon, Byakuya Kuchiki, and Toshiro Hitsugaya pledged to stop Ailin themselves if he ever threatened the Seireitei, and their support led Mayuri to withdraw.
• Yamamoto ended the accusation, declared that Yhwach would attack in nine years, and urged the captains to train before promising to defeat Yhwach again.
• Shunsui worried that Aizen’s and Ailin’s connections among the captains could destabilize the Seireitei and make Yhwach’s prophecy of victory within nine days possible.

Ailin met Zaraki for their once-in-a-decade battle as several captains watched, with Shunsui Kyōraku prepared to intervene if Ailin tried to kill him. Zaraki’s awakening had made him far stronger, and the chapter ended with their first clash shaking the battlefield while the spectators struggled to contain its shockwave.

• Seireitei began searching for the Light Empire’s Quincy remnants while its captains trained for Yhwach’s recovery and the coming war.
• Ailin arrived at the battle site and found Retsu Unohana, Byakuya Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Toshiro Hitsugaya, Kaien Shiba, Rukia, and Shunsui Kyōraku among the spectators.
• The captains watched Ailin because Yamamoto had ordered Shunsui to monitor him, and Shunsui was tasked with stopping Ailin if he tried to kill Zaraki.
• Ailin recognized that Zaraki had completed his awakening and learned that Zaraki credited Ailin’s advice about strengthening his body with helping him avoid a regretful outcome.
• Ailin and Zaraki drew their swords and vanished into a sudden exchange, then their first blade clash created a huge crater and a shockwave that the spectators had to restrain with Bankai, spiritual pressure, and Shunkō.

Ailin and Zaraki fought at full power, and Zaraki awakened Nozarashi to survive Ailin’s Getsuga Tensho. Zaraki lost their clash but insisted the battle was not over as Ailin began to leave.

• Retsu Unohana, Byakuya Kuchiki, Shunsui Kyōraku, and Soifon raised a Kido barrier to contain the battle’s shockwaves.
• Ailin gradually overpowered Zaraki with his Zanjutsu and struck him into a crater with Getsuga Tensho.
• Zaraki awakened Nozarashi and unleashed a golden slash that collided with Ailin’s attack, shattering the barrier.
• Byakuya Kuchiki and Soifon shielded the Eleventh Division members from the shockwave, and Byakuya left to seek greater strength.
• Ailin emerged unharmed while Zaraki stood bloodied after losing the exchange, then Zaraki told Ailin their battle was not over.

After fighting Zaraki, Ailin recognized that Nozarashi could help him overcome his physical weakness and entered Unlimited Blade Works to draw on its power. The chapter also explained the rivalry between Ailin, Yhwach, and Ichibei Hyosube, and how their negotiations a thousand years ago ended with Ichibei sealing part of Yhwach's power.

• Ailin stopped fighting Zaraki, who realized he needed Retsu Unohana's help to master Nozarashi.
• Ailin identified Nozarashi as a powerful direct-combat Zanpakuto and considered whether Zaraki's Bankai could be stolen by the Quincy.
• Ailin assessed how his power compared with Yhwach and Ichibei Hyosube, noting that his main weakness was his physical strength.
• Ailin returned home, greeted Haruko, and entered Unlimited Blade Works in his physical body.
• Ailin recalled that Yhwach's negotiations with Ichibei Hyosube had collapsed after Yhwach saw the Spirit King's past, prompting Ichibei to seal part of Yhwach's power using the Spirit King's right arm.

After the war against the Light Empire, Ailin tested his clone’s Nozarashi Bankai and analyzed how it strengthened the body. He used the results to reinforce himself, believing he had erased the final gap between himself and Ichibei Hyosube and Yhwach.

• Ailin entered Unlimited Blade Works and met the clone formed from his severed left arm, who had already activated Nozarashi’s Bankai.
• Ailin tested the clone’s power and confirmed that its Bankai greatly enhanced its body and granted it tremendous, difficult-to-control spiritual pressure.
• Ailin synchronized with and analyzed his Bankai clone over several days and nearly a month to understand Nozarashi’s body-strengthening ability.
• Ailin used Reinforce on himself and exchanged a punch with his clone to test his enhanced physical strength.
• Ailin concluded that his Reinforce ability had erased the final weakness between himself and Ichibei Hyosube and Yhwach.

Shino Madarame arrived in Karakura Town, where she gave her spiritual power to Ichigo Kurosaki after a Hollow attack. Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa came to retrieve her power, and Shino brought Ichigo and Kon to meet them.

• Shino Madarame arrived in Karakura Town, and Zen'nosuke Kurumadani warned her about the town's powerful Hollows and gave her an address for a senior.
• Ikkaku Madarame learned Shino's spiritual pressure had vanished after she transferred her power to a human, and Yumichika Ayasegawa reasoned that Captain Ukitake wanted them to recover it secretly.
• Shino settled in at the Kurosaki home with Ichigo Kurosaki and received Gigai from Urahara Shoten after finding the shop.
• Shino took Ichigo Kurosaki and Kon to an abandoned park, where they encountered Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa.

Ikkaku Madarame confronted Ichigo Kurosaki over Shino Madarame’s transfer of Shinigami power, then challenged him to decide their futures through battle. As Ichigo grew under Ikkaku’s pressure, Urahara Kisuke praised his instincts while Isshin Kurosaki suspected an unseen hand had shaped his son’s birth.

• Ikkaku Madarame scolded Shino Madarame for giving Ichigo Kurosaki Shinigami powers and threatened to kill Ichigo to conceal her crime.
• Shino Madarame explained that Ichigo had saved her from a powerful Hollow, leaving Ikkaku torn between gratitude and the need to protect her from Seireitei punishment.
• Ikkaku challenged Ichigo to a fight, and Ichigo used the Gigai to enter his Shinigami form and face him.
• Ikkaku overwhelmed Ichigo with his skill, but Ichigo endured the attacks and rapidly improved his Zanjutsu.
• Urahara Kisuke watched Ichigo’s growth with Isshin Kurosaki, who wondered whether Aizen Sosuke or Urahara had secretly influenced Ichigo’s birth.

Isshin Kurosaki accepted Ichigo’s choice to become a Soul Reaper, while Urahara Kisuke intervened in Ichigo’s fight with Ikkaku Madarame and concealed his plans for Shino Madarame. Yoruichi Shihoin infiltrated the Seireitei to contact Captain Ailin, but she was attacked by golden osmanthus blades as she approached his home.

• Isshin Kurosaki told Urahara Kisuke he would let Ichigo choose his own path, and Ichigo’s battle with Ikkaku Madarame rapidly strengthened his instincts and spiritual pressure.
• Urahara Kisuke interrupted Ikkaku Madarame before he could release his Zanpakuto, then persuaded Ikkaku and Yumichika Ayasegawa that he would protect Ichigo and Shino Madarame and seek a way to restore her spiritual power.
• Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa returned to the Seireitei through the Dangai, and Yoruichi Shihoin slipped through the closing Senkaimon as a black cat.
• Urahara Kisuke revealed that he had no real plan to restore Shino’s spiritual power and expected it to return naturally after Ichigo’s borrowed power disappeared.
• Yoruichi Shihoin crossed the Seireitei toward Ailin’s home, where golden osmanthus-shaped blades attacked her.

Shihoin Yoruichi visited Ailin to explain the plan to use Shino Madarame and the Hogyoku to expose Aizen, and to warn him about Yushima Oshu’s Soul Soldier research. Ailin agreed not to interfere, while Yoruichi revealed Urahara Kisuke’s view that Ailin’s attachment to Miss Kuchiki kept his immense power from making him ambitious.

• Alice attacked Shihoin Yoruichi in her black cat form, but Ailin called Alice back and Yoruichi returned to human form.
• Shihoin Yoruichi told Ailin that Urahara Kisuke had placed the Hogyoku in Shino Madarame’s Gigai to draw Aizen out, and Ailin inferred that his own position as Eleventh Division captain helped protect Shino.
• Ailin assured Shihoin Yoruichi that he would remain an observer and not interfere with the plan.
• Shihoin Yoruichi warned Ailin that Yushima Oshu had developed powerful Soul Soldiers, including a Reikaku whose strength had matched Ailin’s in battle against Aizen.
• Shihoin Yoruichi relayed Urahara Kisuke’s analysis that Ailin’s feelings for Miss Kuchiki kept him from becoming ruled by ambition, and praised Urahara for helping Ailin create her Zanpakuto.