Recaps

Ailin rose from the Punishment Corps to become the Second Division’s Vice-Captain, while secretly forging copied Zanpakuto to expand his power. After confronting Hibiki Hoshino outside the Kuchiki estate, Ailin was imprisoned, where he continued forging blades and reached Captain-level reiatsu.

• Ailin awakened his Zanpakuto, discovered its Projection ability, and secretly forged copies in his Inner World while serving in the Punishment Corps.
• Ailin fought in the Kasumiōji Clan attack and later learned that Kisaragi Taiho had been drained and controlled by a Moyao Blade.
• Ailin challenged Marechiyo Ōmaeda, defeated him with Tetsusaiga’s Wind Scar, and became Second Division Vice-Captain while Ōmaeda and Urahara Kisuke became Third Seats.
• Ailin forged copies of powerful Zanpakuto, including Suzumebachi and Murasame, and began roaming the Seireitei to increase his reiatsu.
• Ailin confronted Ginrei Kuchiki and Hibiki Hoshino after secretly escorting Haruko Kuchiki home, then blocked Hibiki’s attack.
• Hibiki used Muramasa to control Ailin’s sword and later released Bankai, turning the gathered Soul Reapers’ Zanpakuto against Ailin.
• Ailin fought Hibiki and the controlled blades with projected Zanpakuto and Tetsusaiga, but Shunsui Kyōraku and other Captains halted the battle and sent both men to the Ninth Division cells.
• Ailin ignored Hibiki’s taunts, forged copied Captain-level Zanpakuto until his reiatsu reached Captain level, and grasped the hilt of the Muramasa Demon Blade.

Ailin defeated Hibiki Hoshino’s rebellion, rose to captain of the Sixth Division, and learned that his spiritual pressure was harming Haruko Kuchiki. He joined Yoruichi and Ukitake on a mission to hunt Quincies, where the Soul Reapers attacked a village and killed its leaders.

• Haruko Kuchiki promised to testify for Ailin, while Hibiki Hoshino ordered Muramasa to infiltrate the Kuchiki Clan and kill Sōjun Kuchiki.
• After Sōjun was found dead, Urahara Kisuke traced the murder to Hibiki, and Central 46 cleared Ailin while sentencing Hibiki to exile.
• Hibiki escaped judgment, controlled other Shinigami’s Zanpakuto, and led a rebellion until Ailin defeated him with his Bankai and brought back his corpse.
• Ailin studied Kidō, resigned as Second Division Vice-Captain, became engaged to Haruko, and succeeded Ginrei Kuchiki as captain of the Sixth Division.
• Yoruichi asked Ailin to join her investigation of the Quincies, while Ginrei realized Ailin’s spiritual pressure was worsening Haruko’s health.
• Ailin accompanied Yoruichi, Ukitake, and Urahara to the Human World, where they used Hollows to expose a Quincy village and prepared an attack.
• The Quincies fought to protect the villagers, but Yoruichi, Urahara, and Ukitake killed Kurosaki Takuya, Katagiri Shuta, and Ishida Junichi, leaving the remaining Quincies unable to resist.

Ailin arranged for Urahara Kisuke to restore Haruko Kuchiki’s weakening soul in a Gigai, then trained Byakuya before leaving Soul Society with Haruko. In the Human World, Ailin founded Sakura Garden Village, but news that Ginrei Kuchiki was dying sent him back toward Soul Society.

• After the Quincy extermination, Ailin asked Urahara Kisuke to find a cure for Haruko Kuchiki’s soul dissipation and later befriended the surviving Quincy boy Sogen Ishida, allowing him to train under conditions set by the Seireitei.
• Ailin returned to Soul Society and trained Byakuya Kuchiki in the four Shinigami arts, then helped him develop Senbonzakura through repeated battles with Ailin’s Zanpakuto abilities.
• Yamamoto dismissed Ailin as Sixth Division captain for releasing his Bankai in the Seireitei, and Ginrei Kuchiki resumed command of the division.
• Urahara Kisuke made permanent Gigai for Ailin and Haruko, and the couple entered them before settling in the Human World.
• Ailin established Sakura Garden Village, trained its youths, and protected the village with a barrier that kept ordinary people from noticing it.
• Ailin received Byakuya’s message that Ginrei was critically ill, promised the grieving Haruko he would investigate, and left swords to protect her before setting out for Soul Society.

Ailin refused to let the Kuchiki Clan separate him from Haruko, then returned to Soul Society as the Ninth Kenpachi while Haruko began training as a miko and future Soul Reaper. He repaired Rangiku’s damaged soul and traveled to Hueco Mundo to help Tenkai Shusuke improve his combat skills.

• Ailin restored Ginrei’s body, refused to become Kuchiki clan head, and trained Byakuya to achieve Bankai before Ginrei’s death.
• After Ginrei sent Morikawa to bring Haruko back to the clan, Alice protected Haruko, who chose Ailin over the Kuchiki Clan, and Ginrei died with Byakuya as his successor.
• Ailin returned to Haruko, gave her Alice, and trained her in Kido until she could purify spirits and protect Sakura Source Village.
• The captains selected Ailin as Eleventh Division captain, and Haruko decided to become a Soul Reaper so she could stay with him in Soul Society.
• As the Ninth Kenpachi, Ailin investigated Hollow attacks, defeated Aizen’s companion, and saved Rangiku by replacing her missing soul fragment with part of Gin’s soul.
• Ailin asked Urahara to help him study an Anti-Membrane so he could forge a sword for Haruko, then entered Hueco Mundo to find the materials and abducted Tenkai Shusuke.
• Ailin healed Tenkai and trained him in Zanjutsu, Shunpo, and Hakuda for three days, while Tenkai called Ailin his teacher.