Chapter Summaries

Chen met Dragon, who sought his support for the Revolutionary Army replacing the World Government, and changed from indifference to enthusiastic approval after receiving Devil Fruits. Chen returned to Amazon Lily with the gifts, while Dragon left reassured that Chen would not oppose his plans.

• Hancock asked whether Chen planned to meet Dragon, and Momousagi pushed Chen to go while the women stayed behind with Olvia.
• Dragon told Chen he wanted the Revolutionary Army to replace the World Government and presented him with dozens of Devil Fruits.
• Chen accepted the gifts and declared his support for Dragon, prompting Dragon to worry that a larger bribe from the World Government might have turned Chen against him.
• Chen returned to the palace and showed the Devil Fruits to the women, while Hina suggested asking Dragon for more.
• Chen said he would not interfere with Dragon's plans, and Dragon departed believing Chen's consent made his goal more attainable.

Dragon considered Garp’s proposal to bring the Marines into the Revolutionary Army while Hyuga Matsuba decided to leave the world with his companions. After saying farewell to Vivi’s father and Shirahoshi’s family, Hyuga Matsuba visited Garp and Sengoku at Marineford, where they accepted that he came from another world.

• Dragon agreed to consider Garp’s plan to have the Marines defect to the Revolutionary Army, and Garp angrily threw Dragon across the ground after their argument about Luffy.
• Hyuga Matsuba decided to leave with his companions, and they packed their luggage and sailed for Alabasta.
• Vivi tearfully said goodbye to her father, then joined Hyuga Matsuba’s group as they traveled to Fish-Man Island.
• Shirahoshi chose to leave with Hyuga Matsuba despite her sadness at parting from her biological parents.
• Momousagi asked Hyuga Matsuba to visit Marineford so she could see her sister, and he agreed to say farewell to Garp and Sengoku.
• Sengoku and Garp accepted Hyuga Matsuba’s claim that he came from another world.

Matsuba left the Pirate World with Momousagi and brought the Pirate World women into the system space, where they met the Naruto World women. Their first meeting turned into a fight between Kushina and Hancock, which soon became a chaotic group battle.

• Matsuba told Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru that he planned to leave the Pirate World, then departed with Momousagi after Garp and Sengoku got drunk.
• Matsuba and Momousagi sailed through a black opening and entered the system space, where the Pirate World women explored the decorated surroundings.
• The Pirate World women met the Naruto World women, and Hanabi called Matsuba a scumbag before he took her away to discipline her.
• Kushina and Hancock challenged each other to a fight, and Kushina gained the upper hand at first.
• Momousagi and Anko joined the fight, turning the duel into a chaotic battle while Robin, Olvia, Ain, Mikoto, and Mei Terumi watched and reacted.

After spending two months with the girls, Hyuga Matsuba gathered Sea Kings, said goodbye, and used the system to cross worlds again. He arrived in an endless desert with no sign of life and wondered whether he was in the Sahara.

• Hanabi urged Hyuga Matsuba to punish Kushina and Hancock after they fought with the other girls, and he took the two away to teach them a lesson.
• Mikoto visited Kushina and Hancock afterward, and the girls from both worlds gradually became accustomed to one another over the next two months.
• Hyuga Matsuba checked his system resources, decided to travel to a random world, and said goodbye to the girls.
• At Mikoto's request, Hyuga Matsuba collected countless Sea Kings from the Calm Belt before sharing a final meal with the girls.
• Hyuga Matsuba spent one million Exchange Points to cross worlds and arrived in a vast, empty desert.

Matsuba arrived in Hueco Mundo, absorbed its spirit particles until his Spiritual Pressure reached captain-class, and hunted for stronger Hollows. After killing an Adjuchas and taking its memories, he learned it had recently visited the Human World, giving him a lead on the current era.

• Matsuba killed a Gillan and absorbed its spirit particles, awakening Reaper power and drawing spirit particles from across Hueco Mundo into himself.
• Matsuba stopped absorbing after an hour, then spent two days searching Hueco Mundo for an Adjuchas or Vasto Lorde.
• An Adjuchas told Matsuba that Emperor Barragan ruled Hueco Mundo and that it had visited the Human World a few days earlier.
• Matsuba pinned down the Adjuchas, searched its memories, killed it, and absorbed its Spiritual Power.

Matsuba watched Halibel lose a fight with another Adjuchas, then killed her attacker and left. Halibel followed him to repay the favor, while Matsuba planned to remain in the area and grow stronger.

• Matsuba reflected on the ancient era and used Sonido to leave after deciding that the Hollows had to be eliminated.
• Matsuba heard an Adjuchas attacking the badly wounded Halibel, who condemned its use of others to evolve.
• Matsuba stepped in and effortlessly destroyed Halibel’s opponent, startling Halibel with his unknown identity and strength.
• Matsuba asked Halibel’s name, then walked away when she said she would repay him for saving her.
• Halibel continued following Matsuba, resolving to help him if he ever faced trouble, while he intended to stay and increase his Spiritual Power.

Matsuba had Tier Harribel absorb several Adjuchas until she evolved into a Vasto Lorde, then revealed that he had drawn the Hogyoku. He absorbed its power, triggering a major breakthrough in his body, soul, Chakra, and Spiritual Pressure.

• Matsuba ordered Tier Harribel to absorb an Adjuchas and asked her where he could find others.
• Matsuba had Tier Harribel absorb more Adjuchas as they searched Hueco Mundo, and she evolved into a Vasto Lorde after a week.
• Tier Harribel waited for Matsuba to absorb her, but he said she was still useful and showed her the Hogyoku he had drawn.
• Matsuba used God Devourer to overcome the Hogyoku's resistance and absorb its power.
• Matsuba's body and soul broke through, increasing his strength and granting him the ability to evolve without limit.

Hyuga Matsuba forced Hollows in the Forest of Menos to evolve and battle, hoping to create Vasto Lordes and gain power from devouring them. After Tier Harribel defeated two Vasto Lordes who tried to escape, Matsuba found that consuming one barely increased his strength and killed the other.

• An evolved Adjuchas attacked Hyuga Matsuba, but Tier Harribel knocked it away, and Matsuba trapped it in a lightning cage.
• Matsuba revealed that he intended to create Vasto Lordes, then cultivated twenty-five Adjuchas and ordered them to fight until only one remained.
• Two Vasto Lordes survived and attacked Matsuba with King's Flash, but Tier Harribel blocked them with Azure Sword Cannon and defeated their escape attempt.
• The two Vasto Lordes surrendered, but Matsuba devoured one and found that it barely increased his power.
• Matsuba killed the remaining Vasto Lorde after deciding that keeping it was pointless.

Hyuga Matsuba left Tier Harribel in the Forest of Menos with a mark that let him find her, then traveled to Soul Society and encountered Unohana Yachiru. Their fight ended almost instantly when Matsuba pierced her abdomen, leaving her devastated by the strength gap.

• Hyuga Matsuba gave Tier Harribel the Vasto Lorde’s remaining resources, marked her so he could locate her, and left her behind to grow stronger.
• Hyuga Matsuba arrived in Rukongai and wondered which era of Soul Society he had reached.
• Unohana Yachiru confronted Hyuga Matsuba, identified herself, and attacked him with her sword.
• Hyuga Matsuba blocked Unohana Yachiru’s attacks with Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi and accepted her challenge to fight.
• Hyuga Matsuba vanished and pierced Unohana Yachiru’s abdomen with a single slash, leaving her stunned and desolate.

Hyuga Matsuba healed Unohana Retsu in Soul Society’s 79th District, then rescued an abandoned baby and encountered Zaraki Kenpachi. After defeating Zaraki without killing him, Matsuba left with the child while Zaraki went searching for another opponent.

• Hyuga Matsuba healed the unconscious Unohana, who thanked him and left after promising not to reveal his presence.
• Matsuba fought local troublemakers, found an abandoned baby, and took her in, feeding her porridge.
• Zaraki Kenpachi challenged Matsuba to a fight, but Matsuba initially tried to leave with the baby.
• Zaraki repeatedly attacked Matsuba, who sent him flying with a slash and then departed without killing him.
• Zaraki recovered, vowed to meet Matsuba again, and went searching for another opponent.

Hyuga Matsuba enrolled at the academy with the baby he had taken in and became neighbors with Aizen, who sought to build an alliance with him. In class, Matsuba provoked a girl he suspected was Shihoin Yoru, despite a warning about her powerful clan.

• Hyuga Matsuba passed the academy entrance test, received a private dormitory, and decided to call the pink-haired baby Kusaka Yachiru for the time being.
• Aizen introduced himself as Matsuba's neighbor, learned about the baby, and proposed that they support each other as allies.
• After Aizen returned to his room, the baby cried, and Matsuba later brought her along to his newly assigned class.
• Matsuba mocked a bronze-skinned girl, who identified herself as not Black, and a classmate warned him that she belonged to the prestigious Shunpo clan.
• Matsuba suspected the girl was Shihoin Yoru and continued provoking her, saying her family would not stop her from challenging him.

Hyuga Matsuba clashed with Yoruichi Shihoin at school and at his dorm while caring for the baby he had picked up. He accelerated time to make the child’s body grow, but her mind remained at a child’s level.

• Hyuga Matsuba insulted Yoruichi Shihoin in class, and she became his deskmate while Urahara Kisuke tried to calm them.
• Hyuga Matsuba slept through the lesson with the baby until the child cried, prompting the teacher to send him out.
• Yoruichi Shihoin found Hyuga Matsuba’s dorm and attacked him, but he struck her in the eye before returning inside.
• Hyuga Matsuba sped up time around the baby, making her body grow ten years while her intelligence remained unchanged.

Hyuga Matsuba cared for Kusaka Yachiru after she began calling him Dad, then faced Shihoin Yoruichi’s anger over skipping class. Their clash ended with Yachiru asking Yoruichi if she was her mother.

• Kusaka Yachiru kept calling Hyuga Matsuba Dad and quickly learned to walk, run, and cling to people as he cared for her.
• Shihoin Yoruichi came to confront Hyuga Matsuba for missing classes and warned that the school might expel him.
• Shihoin Yoruichi revealed she was the class monitor, and Hyuga Matsuba mocked her before stopping her kick with ease.
• Kusaka Yachiru asked Shihoin Yoruichi if she was her mother, then praised her looks despite Hyuga Matsuba’s insults.

Hyuga Matsuba brought Yachiru to class, where the students learned that Captain-Commander Yamamoto would inspect them and choose promising trainees. When Yamamoto arrived, Matsuba insulted him for frightening Yachiru, and Kyōraku Shunsui tried to keep the confrontation from escalating.

• Hyuga Matsuba brought Yachiru to class, where Urahara Kisuke and Aizen took notice of her.
• Yoruichi kicked Urahara Kisuke out of the classroom after he laughed at her exchange with Yachiru.
• The teacher announced Yamamoto's inspection and explained that students would receive Asauchi models; Hyuga Matsuba gave his model to Yachiru.
• Yoruichi asked Hyuga Matsuba about his plans after graduation, and he said he would return to his hometown.
• Yamamoto arrived with his subordinates, and Hyuga Matsuba told him to leave after Yachiru called him frightening.
• Kyōraku Shunsui urged Yamamoto to control his temper and warned him about the consequences of harming a student.

Hyuga Matsuba turned down Unohana Retsu’s offer to join her organization, then spent half a year at the academy without learning how to communicate with his weapon. He considered seeking Unohana Retsu’s help, but the chapter ended with Yoruichi bringing him snacks.

• Yachiru called Unohana Retsu her mother, and Unohana Retsu responded gently while Yamamoto Genryusai let the earlier incident go.
• Unohana Retsu offered Hyuga Matsuba a vice-captain or captain position, but he declined because he wanted to become a doctor.
• Yoruichi questioned Matsuba about his closeness with Unohana Retsu, and Yachiru called Unohana her mother again, upsetting Yoruichi.
• Matsuba joked with Yoruichi and Aizen about becoming a gigolo, then fell asleep instead of attending to his studies.
• After half a year of failing to learn how to communicate with his weapon, Matsuba considered asking Unohana Retsu for help.
• Yoruichi offered Matsuba snacks, and he immediately took them from her as Yachiru perked up.

Chen visited Unohana Retsu to learn how to communicate with his Zanpakuto and achieve Shikai. After studying her notes, he began meditating with his sword, which responded with a brilliant flash of light.

• Chen took Yachiru to visit Unohana Retsu, while Yoruichi secretly followed them and joined the group after being caught.
• Unohana Retsu gave Chen notes explaining that he needed to learn his Zanpakuto’s name and communicate with it to achieve Shikai.
• Chen and Yoruichi left the Fourth Division, and Chen teased her by asking if she wanted to become his woman.
• Chen returned to his dormitory, studied Unohana Retsu’s notes, and prepared to communicate with his Zanpakuto behind a barrier.
• Chen synchronized his spiritual fluctuations with the floating Zanpakuto, which trembled and erupted in a blinding flash.

Hyuga Matsuba met the spirit inside his Zanpakuto, a girl he called Kasugano Sora, and learned that his sword was named Spear of Annihilation. He brought her out of his inner world, where she met Yoruichi, who was surprised to find a young girl with him.

• Hyuga Matsuba encountered a little girl in his Zanpakuto’s white inner world, and she said she had been created from his soul.
• The girl accepted the name Kasugano Sora, then took Hyuga Matsuba’s snacks and told him the sword was called Spear of Annihilation.
• Hyuga Matsuba offered to help Qiong leave the inner world, and she excitedly pounded him before checking whether he was hurt.
• Hyuga Matsuba found that his Zanpakuto had turned pitch-black and gained ornate patterns, then brought Kasugano Sora out of the sealed space.
• Kasugano Sora hugged Hyuga Matsuba, then insulted him and let go when Yoruichi arrived.
• Yoruichi noticed Kasugano Sora and was surprised to see a young girl with Hyuga Matsuba.

Hyuga Matsuba introduced Yoruichi to his younger sister, Qiong, but the two immediately clashed and nearly fought. The next morning, Qiong followed Matsuba to class and fought Yoruichi over her seat until Matsuba moved them both to the back row.

• Qiong challenged Yoruichi to a fight and transformed her rabbit plushie into the Spear of Annihilation before Hyuga Matsuba stopped them.
• Hyuga Matsuba introduced Qiong as his younger sister, and Qiong threatened to kill Yoruichi if they fought.
• Yoruichi told Hyuga Matsuba that he had skipped school, though she had already arranged his leave for the day.
• Qiong followed Hyuga Matsuba to class and argued with Yoruichi over the seat beside him.
• Hyuga Matsuba dragged Qiong and Yoruichi to the last row and pushed three desks together so they could sit together.

The students’ practical combat test turned dangerous when a Gillan evolved into a powerful threat, and Yoruichi slipped away to challenge it. Hyuga Matsuba noticed her departure and let her go, believing the encounter would show her where she stood.

• The teacher brought the students to the testing grounds for a practical combat lesson, where Yoruichi eagerly awaited a chance to fight Hollows.
• Qiong and Yoruichi competed against the Hollows, and Qiong’s display of strength impressed the students and unsettled Yoruichi.
• A Gillan evolved into the testing grounds’ strongest creature and crushed the Hollows, prompting the guards to evacuate the students and call for a captain.
• Yoruichi decided to prove herself by confronting the Gillan and quietly slipped away from the group.
• Hyuga Matsuba saw Yoruichi leave and allowed her to go, confident that the Gillan was no match for her.

Yoruichi defeated Gillan and impressed the Soul Reapers, while Hyuga Matsuba decided that the academy had nothing more to teach him and applied to graduate early. Yoruichi chose to graduate as well, but a teacher questioned Hyuga Matsuba’s request and had yet to approve it.

• Yoruichi overwhelmed Gillan in battle, defeating him repeatedly while the watching Soul Reapers praised her strength.
• Hyuga Matsuba warned Yoruichi not to become proud, and the students returned to the academy after dangerous practical classes were canceled.
• Hyuga Matsuba said he wanted to graduate early because he had mastered the academy’s lessons, and Yoruichi immediately decided to do the same.
• Hyuga Matsuba disappeared to handle his graduation request, but the teacher doubted his explanation and refused to approve it without a more convincing reason.