Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan and Rangiku Matsumoto overcame their hesitation and became lovers after a night together. They woke the next morning more confident in their relationship, but Chen Fan had to return to his duties as captain.

• Chen Fan tried to leave Rangiku Matsumoto, but she pleaded with him to stay and then kissed him.
• Chen Fan warned Rangiku Matsumoto that he did not want her to regret being with him, but she pulled him onto the bed.
• Rangiku Matsumoto chose to be with Chen Fan, and they spent the night together.
• Rangiku Matsumoto woke with greater confidence, and she and Chen Fan were intimate again before he returned to his captain's duties.

After a fight between the 10th and 11th Divisions broke out in North Rukon District, Chen Fan arrived and ordered the offenders arrested. Kenpachi Zaraki challenged his authority, and Chen Fan recognized that the 11th Division had a history of repeat offenses.

• Chen Fan left Rangiku Matsumoto resting and went to the captain's office, where he learned that his division's members had clashed with the 11th Division.
• Chen Fan reached the scene and stopped the brawl by releasing his cold spiritual pressure.
• A 10th Division Shinigami reported that drunken 11th Division members had damaged homes, resisted arrest, and insulted Chen Fan, so Chen Fan ordered them taken to the Ninth Division for punishment.
• Kenpachi Zaraki arrived and argued that the 11th Division had always fought and that Chen Fan had made the 10th Division arrogant.
• Chen Fan pointed out that Kenpachi's defense made the 11th Division repeat offenders, leaving its members to realize he meant to settle old and new offenses together.

Chen Fan confronted Kenpachi Zaraki and the 11th Division over their repeated misconduct, then fought them when Zaraki refused to be arrested. Chen Fan defeated Ikkaku Madarame and Ayanasegawa Yumichika, and the 11th Division members were left piled on top of them.

• Chen Fan listed the 11th Division’s offenses and said Zaraki was responsible for failing to discipline his subordinates.
• Kenpachi Zaraki drew his Zanpakuto and refused to let Chen Fan take his men away.
• Chen Fan told the 10th Division to stand aside, then attacked the 11th Division with his Shikai.
• Chen Fan struck Ikkaku Madarame into a doghouse and kicked Ayanasegawa Yumichika down.
• Ikkaku and Yumichika collided, then passed out beneath a pile of 11th Division members sent flying by Chen Fan.

Chen Fan stopped the 10th Division’s fight with the 11th Division and attended a reprimand at the First Division barracks. Back in his office, he learned the clash had helped reassure his members before he and Rangiku Matsumoto became intimate.

• Chen Fan evaded Kenpachi Zaraki and fought until a Hell Butterfly ordered both captains to report to the First Division barracks.
• Chen Fan told the 10th Division to take the defeated 11th Division members to the detention cells and urged his own members to train harder.
• Chen Fan and Kenpachi Zaraki were reprimanded at the First Division barracks, and Chen Fan received the harshest criticism over rumors about his private life.
• Kenpachi Zaraki was confined, while Chen Fan returned to his office and Rangiku Matsumoto thanked him for standing up for the division.
• Rangiku Matsumoto suggested the members had tested their new captain, and Chen Fan admitted he had recognized their intent and gone along with it.
• Chen Fan and Rangiku Matsumoto became intimate in his office after he raised a protective barrier.

Chen Fan enjoyed a quiet life as a captain before heading to Shino Academy with Rangiku Matsumoto to recruit graduates, including Toshiro Hitsugaya. On the way, he met Sosuke Aizen and Momo Hinamori, and Aizen mentioned renewed Hollow trouble in the Human World.

• Chen Fan spent his time off with Yoruichi, Soifon, and Rangiku Matsumoto, while the 10th and 11th Divisions continued to fight.
• Chen Fan visited Mayuri Kurotsuchi's laboratory, spoke with Nemu Kurotsuchi, and urged Mayuri not to treat her harshly.
• Rangiku Matsumoto woke Chen Fan and reminded him that Toshiro Hitsugaya was taking the Shino Academy graduation assessment, so they went to recruit talent.
• Chen Fan stared at Momo Hinamori when he encountered Sosuke Aizen on the way, and Rangiku Matsumoto stomped on his foot.
• Sosuke Aizen told Chen Fan that Hollows had returned to cause trouble in the Human World and that several Shinigami had been lost.

Chen Fan and Aizen visited Shino Academy to scout graduates for their divisions, where Chen Fan watched Toshiro Hitsugaya’s excellent performance and teased Momo Hinamori about recruiting him. The chapter ended with Momo arguing that Toshiro would never join Chen Fan’s division.

• Chen Fan and Aizen exchanged guarded smiles before agreeing to visit Shino Academy together.
• Chen Fan and Aizen watched the graduates demonstrate their abilities while Rangiku helped observe the candidates.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya performed exceptionally, and Chen Fan noticed that he seemed colder than before.
• Momo insisted that Toshiro belonged to the 5th Division, so Chen Fan teased her about his chances of recruiting him.
• Momo called Chen Fan an indecent person, and Chen Fan asked her whether love was not pure.

Chen Fan bet with Momo Hinamori about which division Toshiro Hitsugaya would join, then asked Toshiro why he had become a Shinigami. Toshiro chose the 10th Division, and Chen Fan prepared to take him there as Toshiro resolved to protect Momo.

• Chen Fan proposed a bet to Momo Hinamori that Toshiro Hitsugaya would join his division, with the loser having to call their captain a bastard ten times.
• Toshiro asked Chen Fan why he had become a Shinigami, and Chen Fan said he fought to protect himself and the people he cared about.
• Toshiro agreed to join the 10th Division and said he would challenge Chen Fan to prove his strength.
• Aizen told Momo to respect Toshiro's choice, then left with her.
• Chen Fan asked Toshiro whether he wanted to protect Momo, and Toshiro said he wanted her to be happy.
• Chen Fan told Toshiro to pack for the 10th Division, but Toshiro said he had nothing to pack and looked down at his Zanpakuto.

Chen Fan appointed Toshiro Hitsugaya as the 10th Division's Third Seat Officer and learned why Toshiro was troubled by the Soul Society. Toshiro resolved to grow stronger as a Shinigami, while years passed with Yoruichi joining the division and Chen Fan continuing to leave much of its work to Toshiro.

• Chen Fan appointed Toshiro Hitsugaya Third Seat Officer, and Toshiro defeated the division members who challenged him.
• Chen Fan asked Toshiro about his troubles, and Toshiro explained that Central 46 had killed his friend Soujirou Kusaka after forcing them to duel over their identical Zanpakuto.
• Chen Fan urged Toshiro to become a captain and surpass the captains so he could challenge fate, and Toshiro resolved to keep living as a Shinigami.
• Chen Fan returned to Rangiku Matsumoto and later left much of the division's work to Toshiro, promising to spar with him when he came back.
• Years passed, Yoruichi moved into the 10th Division, and Chen Fan's life there became both happy and painful.

After fifty peaceful years, Chen Fan noticed that the events around Rukia’s capture had begun to stir Soul Society. He entered the 6th Division to visit Rukia, despite Byakuya’s ban on his presence there.

• Chen Fan teased Toshiro about never growing taller, then left him with the 10th Division’s paperwork.
• Chen Fan learned that Rukia had been captured and was being held in the 6th Division.
• Chen Fan entered the 6th Division after greeting its guards, who realized too late that he was forbidden to visit.
• Renji Abarai met Chen Fan at Rukia’s cell, and Chen Fan said he had come to see her.

Chen Fan visited Rukia in her cell and reassured her after Byakuya announced her execution would take place in twenty-five days. He promised Renji that Rukia would be safe, though he left the details unexplained.

• Chen Fan spoke with Rukia, who feared she had no face to meet him as a criminal.
• Renji Abarai asked why Chen Fan had not attended the meeting, and Chen Fan said he had not been notified.
• Byakuya Kuchiki appeared, warned Chen Fan away from the 6th Division, and told Rukia she would be executed in twenty-five days.
• Renji panicked over Rukia's sentence, and Chen Fan slapped him to make him calm down.
• Chen Fan assured Rukia and Renji that Rukia would be safe and asked Renji if he wanted to make a bet.

Chen Fan reassured Rukia that she should not give up, while teasing her and Renji Abarai before leaving the 6th Division. Renji thanked him for lifting Rukia’s spirits, and Chen Fan left him to keep her company as he waited to make a dramatic rescue later.

• Chen Fan told Rukia not to give up, even at the very last moment, and she agreed.
• Chen Fan teased Rukia and Renji Abarai about her food and chest, making Rukia threaten them as they hurried out.
• Renji Abarai bowed to Chen Fan and thanked him for making Rukia lively again.
• Chen Fan said he would wait until Rukia was in the greatest danger before appearing to rescue her, then left Renji to keep her company.

Chen Fan told Toshiro that Byakuya Kuchiki had confirmed Rukia’s execution was scheduled for twenty-five days later, then visited the grieving members of the 13th Division. The chapter left him entering Jushiro Ukitake’s office, where Kaien Shiba, Miako Shiba, Sentaro Kotsubaki, and Kiyone Kotetsu were gathered.

• Toshiro berated Chen Fan for visiting the 6th Division, and Chen Fan reported that Byakuya Kuchiki had confirmed Rukia would be executed in twenty-five days.
• Toshiro asked what Chen Fan intended to do and promised that he and the 10th Division would support him, though the two soon began arguing and roughhousing.
• Chen Fan finished his work and went to the 13th Division to visit its members after Rukia’s arrest and execution sentence had cast a solemn mood over the division.
• Chen Fan entered Jushiro Ukitake’s office, where Kaien Shiba, Miako Shiba, Sentaro Kotsubaki, and Kiyone Kotetsu greeted him.

Jushiro Ukitake told Chen Fan that Rukia Kuchiki’s trial seemed to have been manipulated, and Chen Fan urged everyone to prepare without revealing what he knew. The next day, Chen Fan went to find Kukaku Shiba and was stopped by her guards, Kin Yan and Gin Yan.

• Jushiro Ukitake told Chen Fan that Rukia Kuchiki’s punishment had been made unusually severe and suspected someone was influencing the decision.
• Chen Fan told Ukitake and the others that they should make preparations, though he withheld his knowledge of the situation.
• Kaien Shiba escorted Chen Fan out, and Chen Fan asked where Kukaku had been living.
• Kaien Shiba happily assumed Chen Fan had agreed to become his brother-in-law and said Kukaku had grown into a stunning beauty.
• Chen Fan followed Kaien Shiba’s map to Kukaku Shiba’s remote home, where Kin Yan and Gin Yan stopped him and identified him as a Shinigami captain.

Chen Fan visited Kukaku Shiba and discovered she had lured him into a sealed room to confront him about his past rejection. After he apologized and subdued her attack, Kukaku revealed she had drugged his tea, leaving him to face the consequences.

• Kin Yan recognized Chen Fan and brought him to Kukaku Shiba, while Gin Yan stood guard outside.
• Kukaku Shiba sealed the room and accused Chen Fan of rejecting her despite her years of waiting for him.
• Kukaku Shiba attacked Chen Fan, but he caught her Zanpakuto and pulled her onto his lap.
• Chen Fan apologized for making Kukaku wait, and she blushed as he teased her about clinging to him.
• Chen Fan realized Kukaku had drugged his tea, and she pretended not to understand when he asked about the consequences.

Chen Fan and Kukaku Shiba became lovers after the medicine stirred their desire, and they spent the day together. Chen Fan returned home exhausted, while Toshiro accepted that the immediate problem had been settled.

• Kukaku Shiba urged Chen Fan not to pull away, and the two became intimate.
• Chen Fan and Kukaku Shiba continued their encounter for hours before resting and talking about why he had come.
• Kukaku Shiba angrily slapped Chen Fan after he gave her a tactful explanation for his visit, then renewed their intimacy.
• Chen Fan returned home exhausted, and Toshiro decided the matter could be left to develop naturally for now.

Chen Fan sensed the intruders entering the Seireitei and learned that Toshiro Hitsugaya had gone to confront them. At the West Gate, Toshiro attacked Jidanbo as Ichigo and the others arrived.

• Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, Uryu Ishida, and Yoruichi entered the Soul Society through a gate in the sky.
• Chen Fan sensed the intruders with his spiritual pressure and told a Shinigami that they did not need to intervene.
• Chen Fan learned that Vice-Captain Toshiro had headed to the West Gate and decided not to go himself after sensing Gin Ichimaru nearby.
• Ichigo defeated Jidanbo at the West Gate, and Jidanbo raised the Hakutō Gate as agreed.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya confronted Jidanbo and struck his left arm, startling Ichigo and the others.

Toshiro Hitsugaya stopped Gin Ichimaru from killing Jidanbo, allowing Ichigo Kurosaki and the others to escape through the West Gate. Chen Fan arrived in time to protect Toshiro from Gin, and an emergency assembly was called at First Division headquarters.

• Gin Ichimaru attacked Jidanbo, but Toshiro Hitsugaya blocked him and insisted that Jidanbo be judged according to the rules.
• Yoruichi warned Ichigo Kurosaki to run, and Jidanbo closed the gate as Toshiro rushed to stop the Intruders from escaping.
• Gin blamed Toshiro for letting the Intruders escape and attacked him, but Chen Fan appeared and blocked the strike.
• Chen Fan told Gin to leave, then reassured Toshiro that the escape was the best possible outcome.
• An emergency assembly summoned the captains of all divisions to First Division headquarters.

Chen Fan was sentenced to fifteen days in the First Division prison after Toshiro Hitsugaya’s clash with Gin Ichimaru, keeping him confined until after Rukia’s execution. Central 46 ordered Rukia moved to the Shrine of Penitence, and Renji Abarai arrived to escort her there.

• Chen Fan reassured Toshiro on their way to the emergency assembly, then arrived late and flirted with Soifon.
• Yamamoto held Chen Fan responsible for Toshiro’s actions and sentenced him to fifteen days in the First Division prison.
• Jushiro Ukitake argued that Chen Fan should remain available to defend Seireitei, but Yamamoto refused and ignored Chen Fan’s request for female company.
• Yamamoto named Toshiro acting Captain of the 10th Division and ordered Rukia imprisoned at the Shrine of Penitence until her execution.
• Renji Abarai learned that Chen Fan had been imprisoned and arrived with enforcers to take Rukia to the Shrine of Penitence.

Aizen visited the imprisoned Chen Fan and again invited him to join forces, but Chen Fan refused to respond. As Ichigo Kurosaki and the other Intruders entered Seireitei and scattered into battles, Chen Fan tracked their movements from his cell.

• Renji Abarai told Rukia that Chen Fan had been confined for fifteen days and that Ichigo Kurosaki and the other Intruders had broken into Seireitei.
• Aizen visited Chen Fan in his cell, praised his talent, and offered to make him stronger, but Chen Fan remained silent and Aizen left.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya took charge of the division and ordered his forces to capture the Intruders if they returned.
• Shihōin Yoruichi brought Ichigo Kurosaki and the others to Kukaku Shiba, who agreed to launch them into Seireitei at Chen Fan's suggestion.
• The Spirit Core struck Seireitei's Spirit Barrier and split apart, sending the Intruders into different parts of the city.
• Chen Fan sensed the Intruders' movements from his cell as Kenpachi Zaraki rushed out to seek a fight, Ichigo Kurosaki battled Ikkaku Madarame, and Ganju Shiba led Ayanasegawa Yumichika on a chase.

Chen Fan used a Thought Body to observe Ichigo Kurosaki and Ikkaku Madarame fighting, then contacted Yoruichi. He revealed that he was confined in the First Division barracks, and Yoruichi set off to find him.

• Chen Fan appeared beside Ikkaku Madarame and Ichigo Kurosaki, startling them as Ikkaku explained Chen Fan's reputation as a powerful captain.
• Chen Fan showed the two fighters that his Thought Body had no offensive power, then left while they resumed their fight.
• Ikkaku Madarame became distracted looking for Chen Fan, allowing Ichigo Kurosaki to kick him into a wall before they started fighting again.
• Chen Fan's Thought Body appeared before Yoruichi, who learned he was confined in the First Division barracks and prepared to go find him.