Recaps

Ailin helped defeat Aizen, then confronted the Reikaku impostors while Ichigo’s power faded and Inaba pursued Kujo Nozomi. As Ailin trained his Hollowfication and crossed into another world, Kariya summoned him as Berserker and began trying to save Sakura.

• Yamamoto fought Aizen with his Bankai, but Aizen regenerated and evolved, while Gin’s betrayal failed to kill him, and Ailin intervened, rescued Gin and Rangiku, and later left them with the recovered fragment of Rangiku’s soul.
• Ichigo confronted Aizen in Hueco Mundo and used Mugetsu, but Aizen regenerated until Ailin defeated him and Urahara sealed him, and Ailin returned to the Seireitei and challenged Reikaku Ailin.
• Ailin defeated the Reikaku captains and officers, while Byakuya led Zaraki, Orihime, and the others to safety, and Rukia and Ichigo encountered Inaba Kagerōza and Kujo Nozomi as Inaba’s Reikaku forces attacked them.
• Ailin bound himself for Hollowfication training and fought Hollow Ailin within his Inner World, but the fusion stalled, and he then entered the gap between the Three Worlds, fought the exiled Ryudoji Clan, and crossed a spatial crack.
• The captains returned to the Seireitei after losing fourteen days in the Dangai, and Yamamoto called a meeting to discuss the Reikaku creator and Yhwach’s return, and elsewhere, Kariya Matou summoned Berserker and resolved to take Sakura away.
• Kariya and Berserker confronted Gilgamesh near the Tohsaka Estate, where Gilgamesh’s weapons and a sniper’s bullet threatened Kariya, and Ailin broke through Madness Enhancement, cut apart the bullet, and drove off Gilgamesh.
• Ailin returned with Kariya to find Sakura waiting outside, and Kariya promised her that she would never have to suffer again.

Ailin healed Sakura, fought several Servants, and became the focus of the remaining kings’ ambitions as the Holy Grail War neared its end. After Kariya revealed Sakura’s role to Aoi, Ailin prepared to face Iskandar while the expected clash between Iskandar and Gilgamesh had yet to begin.

• Ailin healed Sakura Matou, then went with Kariya Matou to destroy Zouken Matou and the Crest Worms at the Matou residence.
• Ailin joined Artoria and Diarmuid in battle at the harbor, where he fought off Iskandar and Gilgamesh before Kariya’s death briefly left him without a Master.
• Ailin revived Kariya and learned that Sakura had become his new Master, then rescued Rin Tohsaka and confronted Gilles de Rais and Ryunosuke Uryu.
• Iskandar invited Ailin to the Banquet of Kings, where Ailin discussed the Holy Grail and his ambitions before killing Tokiomi Tohsaka’s Assassins in Unlimited Blade Works.
• Ailin defeated Diarmuid after Kirei Kotomine used Command Spells to strengthen him, and Diarmuid died without regrets after their final fight.
• Kariya told Aoi Tohsaka that Sakura was Berserker’s Master, while Rin took her mentally broken mother back to the Tohsaka Residence after learning Tokiomi had been assassinated.
• Ailin warned Kariya that Gilgamesh could remain in the Human World and might find a new Master, then waited for Artoria before Iskandar arrived in his chariot and charged him.

Ailin defeated Iskandar, Artoria, Gilgamesh, and the corrupted Holy Grail, then returned to Seireitei as the Reikaku rebellion erupted. After the rebellion ended, the captains gathered to decide how to compensate Ichigo Kurosaki for his sacrifices.

• Ailin crushed Iskandar’s army in Unlimited Blade Works, defeated Iskandar with his Shikai, and spared Waver, who vowed to preserve Iskandar’s story.
• Ailin fought Artoria to analyze Avalon, defeated Gilgamesh, and later killed Artoria after her Command Spell enhancement weakened.
• The Holy Grail transformed Irisviel and revealed that Kiritsugu’s wish would destroy humanity, so Ailin entered Unlimited Blade Works to confront Angra Mainyu and his corrupted past self.
• Hollow Ailin fused with the Holy Grail and challenged Ailin, but Ailin used Ittou Shura to overwhelm him and seize control of his spiritual pressure.
• Ailin helped restore order in Seireitei, took Aizen to Mugen Jigoku, and left Souya Jōshirō to choose Aizen’s confinement.
• Inaba Kagerōza fused with Kujo Nozomi to restore Yushima Oshu, but Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, and Komamura defeated him and ended the Reikaku rebellion.
• Months later, Yamamoto asked the captains to decide how Seireitei should compensate Ichigo, and Ailin urged him to present the plan he had already considered.

Ichigo regained his Shinigami powers and defeated Ginjo, then the Wandenreich invaded the Three Worlds and launched a devastating assault on Seireitei. The arc left Yamamoto facing Yhwach after his Bankai was stolen, while Ichigo rushed to the First Division.

• Ailin and the Soul Reapers restored Ichigo’s Shinigami powers, and Ichigo defeated Ginjo while Ailin killed Shishigawara and Ginjo later died from his wounds.
• Ailin warned Gin and Ichigo about the coming war, while Mayuri discovered the Quincy were erasing Hollows and the Soul Society faced a growing imbalance.
• Driske stole Chōjirō Sasakibe’s Bankai during the first Quincy assault on Seireitei, and Yamamoto ordered Ailin to reinforce Hueco Mundo.
• Ailin fought Quincy forces in Hueco Mundo, rescued Tier Harribel, and joined Grimmjow as Ichigo freed Ulquiorra and agreed to return to Seireitei.
• The Wandenreich launched a larger invasion, and Mayuri warned Bankai users that the Quincy could steal their Bankai as captains fought Sternritter across Seireitei.
• Gin returned to protect Rangiku, wounded Gremmy with Shinsō, and killed him with poison as Yhwach confronted Yamamoto and offered Aizen a place in his ranks.
• Rukia defeated Bereniel and froze Mask de Masculine and James, while Yamamoto fought Yhwach with Remnant Flame Blade and the Sternritter battled the captains.
• Yhwach stole Yamamoto’s Bankai, Lille Barro stole Sajin Komamura’s Bankai, and Ichigo hurried toward the First Division as Yhwach devastated it.