Chapter Summaries

Yamamoto launched the Soul Reapers’ counterattack to retake the Seireitei as Decimo led the manifested Zanpakuto toward their owners. Renji defeated his replica with Zabimaru’s help, while the wider battle across the Seireitei began.

• Yamamoto assigned the Soul Reapers their roles and led them through the Senkaimon into the Soul Society.
• Decimo gathered the manifested Zanpakuto and led them toward the Seireitei to reunite them with their owners.
• Renji confronted a replica that wielded two Zabimaru and provoked the Snake Man into fighting him.
• The Monkey Woman revealed that she had never betrayed Renji and used Higa Zekkou to destroy the replica’s Hihio Zabimaru.
• Renji anticipated the replica’s Higa Zessou, restrained its bone segments with Zabimaru, and ordered the Monkey Woman to destroy the replica completely.

Decimo and Byakuya investigated the modified-soul technology while the Soul Reapers found their divisions mostly undisturbed. Urahara concluded that Inaba was targeting the Seireitei's barrier, as Chōjirō struggled against his replica and Genryūmaru.

• Byakuya proved his identity to Decimo, and the materialized Zanpakuto entered the Seireitei with Byakuran's help to find their masters.
• Decimo showed Byakuya a particle of Reishi from his modified soul, and they headed for Squad 12 to preserve the technology.
• Soul Reapers reported that their divisions were operating normally, prompting Urahara to infer that Inaba's replicas were targeting the Seireitei's barrier and send Tsuna toward the Kido Corps.
• Yamamoto dismissed the replica's ability to use Zanka no Tachi, but Urahara urged Tsuna to kill it if he encountered it.
• Chōjirō reported that his replica and Genryūmaru were attacking him, and Yamamoto moved toward the 1st Division to help.

Chōjirō returned to Squad 1 and was nearly killed by Fake Jirō and Genryūmaru before Yamamoto rescued him. Yamamoto and Ryūjin Jakka confronted Fake Jirō, but the modified soul vanished, leaving Yamamoto convinced that Inaba Kagerōza’s scheme threatened the Soul Society.

• Chōjirō emerged into Squad 1’s ambush and fought Fake Jirō and Genryūmaru, who worked together to kill him.
• Genryūmaru realized Fake Jirō had used him as a tool, but Yamamoto arrived and engulfed the attackers in flames.
• Yamamoto rescued Chōjirō, who apologized, and told him to focus on training the younger generation.
• Ryūjin Jakka attacked Fake Jirō and revealed that he could not sense the fake Yamamoto in Squad 1.
• Yamamoto and Ryūjin Jakka questioned Fake Jirō about Zanka no Tachi, prompting him to release a red pill and vanish as a modified soul.
• Yamamoto destroyed Fake Jirō’s remaining Reigai and shared his concerns about Inaba Kagerōza’s scheme with Urahara Kisuke and Tsuna.

Decimo and Byakuya raced toward Squad 12 to protect its experimental data while Toshiro confronted counterfeit captains at the barracks. Toshiro defeated the fake Isshin and overwhelmed the fake Toshiro, who escaped with both Modified Souls, leaving two lifeless Reigai behind.

• Decimo used Hard Flame to fly toward Squad 12 with Byakuya pulled behind him by his scarf.
• Mayuri attacked the fake Toshiro guarding Squad 12, then used False Skin to slip past him and enter the barracks.
• The fake Isshin arrived and tried to break into Squad 12, but Toshiro froze him and sealed the gates with ice.
• Toshiro released Hyōrinmaru and overwhelmed the fake Toshiro, whose Bankai proved to be a weak imitation.
• The fake Toshiro used Ryūsō no Kogetsu to extract the fake Isshin's Modified Soul and teleport away with it, leaving two lifeless Reigai.

Toshiro discovered Inaba Kagerōza’s laboratory mass-producing Modified Souls and learned that Inaba might be gathering them to empower Yamamoto’s Reigai. Decimo preserved the laboratory, and the group set out to find Mayuri and locate Inaba.

• Mayuri returned to Squad 12, confirmed his research was safe, and became distracted solving the restrictions on a door made by his fake.
• Toshiro entered the underground laboratory and found Modified Souls being mass-produced as Inaba’s prerecorded message announced his plan to destroy the Soul Society.
• Toshiro tried to stop the machinery, but Decimo and Byakuya arrived, and Decimo used Rain Flame to calm and preserve the laboratory.
• Toshiro told Decimo and Byakuya what he had found, and they concluded Inaba was collecting Modified Souls to increase the power of Yamamoto’s Reigai.
• Decimo ordered them to find Mayuri and reactivate Squad 12’s strength so they could track down Inaba.

Tsuna and the World of the Living team rescued the Kido Corps and learned that Inaba Kagerōza was likely hiding in The Maggots' Nest. Tsuna headed there with Ichigo and the others while the captains prepared to fight the released replicas in Seireitei.

• Tsuna, Ichigo, and Uryū arrived at the Kido Corps barracks and helped defeat the attacking replicas, with Tsuna trapping them in an illusionary space using playing cards.
• Hachigen organized the rescue effort, and Unohana Retsu arrived with Squad 4 healers to treat the wounded.
• Urahara identified The Maggots' Nest as Inaba's likely hiding place, where the real Yushima Ōshū was imprisoned and modified souls were sent.
• Tsuna agreed to head to The Maggots' Nest with Nozomi Kujō and the World of the Living team, warning them that they might have to kill released prisoners.
• Ichigo chose to accompany Tsuna, while Orihime stayed behind to heal the wounded.
• Fake Kenpachi broke out of Tsuna's illusionary space and clashed with the real Kenpachi as Tsuna released the other replicas for the captains to fight.

Yoruichi and Tsuna's group reached the Maggots' Nest and confronted Inaba as he prepared a ritual involving Yushima Ōshū and Nozomi Kujō. Inaba unleashed techniques copied from the Gotei 13, and the chapter ended as Yamamoto's flaming attack surged toward Tsuna's group.

• Yoruichi led Tsuna's group into the Maggots' Nest, where Ichigo and Uryū swiftly subdued two criminals who revealed that Inaba had entered and slaughtered prisoners and guards.
• Tsuna's group found Inaba beside Yushima Ōshū, a coffin, and a woman resembling Nemu Kurotsuchi, while Nozomi Kujō refused to join him and raised her Zanpakuto against him.
• Yoruichi attacked Inaba, but he used Raikū to make Soi Fon appear and clash with her Flash Cry.
• Tsuna ordered Tatsuki to protect Nozomi Kujō and the others to stop Inaba, who unleashed Byakuya Kuchiki's Senbonzakura Kageyoshi from a spatial seal.
• Tsuna used the Earth Ring to increase gravity around Inaba, but Inaba's modified Raikū spun on its own and summoned Yamamoto's Great Fire Sword.
• As Yamamoto's flaming slash surged toward them, Tsuna's gravity vanished and the six-pointed star behind him shifted to Glacier's freezing pattern.

Tsuna and his allies survived Inaba’s Great Fire Sword attack and fought through the captains he released from sealed spaces. After Tsuna redirected Suzumebachi Raikōben and Inaba surrounded the ritual with powerful attacks, Tsuna created a path for Yoruichi to reach it.

• Tsuna formed Diamond Castle from hardened Glacier Flame, surviving the Great Fire Sword’s attack with his allies.
• Inaba released several sealed captains at once, and Tsuna’s group engaged the opponents they knew while trying to reach the ritual.
• Tsuna used Ice Men to obstruct Fake Jirō, then recognized the warhead of Fake Soi Fon’s Suzumebachi Raikōben and warned everyone to retreat.
• Tsuna used Ground Flame to create a gravity-emitting planet that pulled Suzumebachi Raikōben off course, while he and Inaba protected themselves from its explosion.
• Inaba surrounded the ritual with four powerful wide-area attacks, but Tsuna placed four small planets around it to make a path for Yoruichi to destroy it.

Tsuna and his allies immobilized Inaba Kagerōza and empowered Nozomi Kujō to strike him down, but Inaba survived by using Raikū to contain the attack and relying on the fake Nemu Kurotsuchi’s contingency plan. The fake Nemu fed his modified soul to Yushima Ōshū’s living corpse as the ritual flared blood-red.

• Yoruichi attacked the fake Nemu Kurotsuchi, who drove her back and warned Inaba not to disrupt the ritual.
• Inaba unleashed his sealed powers against Yoruichi, but Tsuna used a hidden planet and enhanced black holes to pin him in midair.
• Tsuna’s allies poured their spiritual pressure into Nozomi Kujō’s Retreating Crimson Rain, and she fired its power at Inaba.
• The fake Nemu Kurotsuchi used Gikon Jūrin Sō to turn Inaba into a modified soul, while Inaba had sealed the space around himself to protect the ritual.
• The fake Nemu Kurotsuchi retrieved Inaba’s modified soul and fed it to Yushima Ōshū’s living corpse as blood-red light erupted from the ritual.

Inaba Kagerōza used Bokgetsuin and countless Modified Souls to possess Fake Mountain, then unleashed the power of Ryūjin Jakka in the Maggots' Nest. After Yamamoto and Tsuna arrived, Inaba activated a vastly amplified Zanka no Tachi, and Ryūjin Jakka warned that he had gone berserk.

• Tsuna and the others held back as Inaba used Bokgetsuin to gather the Modified Souls and draw Fake Mountain from the coffin.
• Inaba sealed his core Modified Soul inside Fake Mountain, sacrificing Yushima Ōshū and taking control of the replica.
• Tsuna tried to crush Inaba with gravity, but Inaba used Flash Step to escape and unleashed Ryūjin Jakka, setting the Maggots' Nest ablaze.
• Yamamoto and Ryūjin Jakka arrived, and Tsuna explained how Inaba had taken over Fake Mountain and flooded the body with Spiritual Pressure.
• Inaba absorbed the flames into his Zanpakuto and released an amplified Zanka no Tachi, prompting Ryūjin Jakka to warn that he had gone berserk.

As Inaba Kagerōza’s uncontrolled Zanka no Tachi raised Soul Society’s temperature, Tsuna prepared to counter it with Beyond Bankai. Byakuran revealed that Tsuna could use the Rain Attribute, and Tsuna’s blue Rain Flame began cooling Soul Society as Inaba turned to attack him.

• Ryūjin Jakka tried to attack Inaba with Great Fire Sword, but Yamamoto stopped him to avoid worsening the destruction spreading across Soul Society.
• Tsuna called Decimo and Byakuran to his side, then learned from Byakuran that the Rain-Attribute Beyond Bankai had been unsealed for him.
• Tsuna combined the Rain-Attribute powers and spread blue flames that rapidly lowered the temperature throughout Soul Society.
• Inaba attacked Tsuna, but Yamamoto’s materialized Zanpakuto blocked the strike, and Ryūjin Jakka transformed into Great Fire Sword to defend him.
• Ichigo and the others surrounded Tsuna while Inaba increased his spiritual pressure and intensified the flames of Zanka no Tachi.

Sawada Tsunayoshi completed his Rain Flame Beyond Bankai and used its absolute Sedation and Fish Dragon daggers to outmaneuver Inaba. Inaba’s attacks failed to break through Tsuna’s defenses, but he renewed his power with West - Zanjitsu Gokui as the fight continued.

• Tsuna gathered the Rain Flame covering Soul Society and completed his five-sword Beyond Bankai, Final Sedation, Rain.
• Inaba dismissed Tsuna’s transformation and attacked him, but Tsuna’s Fish Dragon daggers blocked the flames and struck back.
• Tsuna used his imperceptible movements to wound Inaba and then effortlessly parried his frantic sword attacks.
• Rain Flame suppressed the power of Inaba’s Zanka no Tachi, allowing Tsuna to keep him at bay with his dagger and Fish Dragon blades.
• A Fish Dragon dagger pierced Inaba’s chest, and Inaba responded by igniting his body and Zanpakuto with West - Zanjitsu Gokui.

Tsuna tested how his Rain Flame could counter Inaba’s Zanka no Tachi and discovered that Inaba’s power was weaker than Yamamoto’s. When Inaba sent an army of modified souls toward Tsuna and Soul Society, Tsuna unleashed a vast localized downpour that covered the attackers while sparing his companions.

• Tsuna’s Rain Flame briefly suppressed Inaba’s Zanjitsu Gokui, letting his slash threaten Inaba and reveal the weakness of the copied technique.
• Unohana Retsu praised Tsuna’s Shigure Soen Ryu, while Yamamoto warned her not to challenge Tsuna before raising her Zanpakuto’s recognition.
• Inaba summoned skeletal copies of Gotei 13 members from modified souls, but Tsuna cut down every attacker that approached him.
• Inaba spread the dead souls toward the others, prompting Tsuna to fuse his Rain power with Jirō’s and gather moisture overhead.
• Tsuna brought down a torrential localized rain that engulfed the dead-soul army while leaving Ichigo and the others untouched.

Tsuna overwhelmed Inaba with Celestial River Downpour, but Inaba unleashed a desperate version of Everything’s Gone that blanketed the battlefield in ash and fire. Tsuna split the gray sky open with Opening the Heavens, leaving Inaba defeated and stunned beneath the clear sky.

• Tsuna’s Celestial River Downpour extinguished Inaba’s flames and destroyed the resurrected undead, leaving Inaba drenched and disarmed.
• Inaba broke through Sedation by igniting his spiritual pressure and unleashed North: Everything’s Gone, scattering burning fragments of Zanka no Tachi across the battlefield.
• Unohana Retsu protected Ichigo and the others inside a blood pool as Inaba’s attack filled the sky with ash and heat.
• Tsuna used Kojirō the swift and Gentle Rain Flame to split apart the ash with Special Technique: Opening the Heavens.
• Tsuna and the defeated Inaba watched the sky clear, while Inaba stood unable to fight and wondered whether he had discovered its beauty too late.

Tsuna killed Inaba Kagerōza with Myriad Scales Ferry - Return to the Void, ending the disturbance at The Maggots' Nest. After the group dispersed, Nozomi Kujō joined the 13th Division and began a new life in Soul Society.

• Tsuna used Rain Flame to lull Inaba into unconsciousness, burned his broken body, and shattered his Modified Soul with Myriad Scales Ferry - Return to the Void.
• Tsuna apologized to Yamamoto for killing Inaba, but Yamamoto accepted the execution and announced that the incident had ended before leaving to address the noble factions.
• Unohana Retsu asked Tsuna not to use his final technique on her, then left to help the injured.
• Tsuna took Tatsuki and Nozomi Kujō to the 13th Division, while Ichigo, Uryū, and Chad split up to find friends or help in Seireitei.
• Byakuran and Decimo emerged from Tsuna's Zanpakuto and went their separate ways, with Decimo heading to Squad 12 to arrange research on Inaba's remains.
• Kiyone Kotetsu and Sentarō Kotsubaki inducted Nozomi Kujō into the 13th Division after she signed the division roster.

Byakuya Kuchiki came to Karakura Town to arrange a gift for Decimo, but a girl named Akina recognized him and drew him into a strange spiritual disturbance. After helping her defeat a swarm of ghostlike beings, Byakuya was left questioning who Akina was and why she seemed to know him.

• Byakuya walked through Karakura Town toward Urahara Shop to oversee the transport of furniture for Decimo's new home.
• Akina approached Byakuya, called him Lord Byakuya, and introduced herself, though she said she did not know why she felt she knew him.
• Byakuya followed Akina toward a commercial plaza after sensing strange spiritual pressure and found a swarm of ghostlike beings.
• Akina shed her Gigai, released her Zanpakuto as Miroku Maru, and destroyed the ghosts with a whirlwind.
• Byakuya intercepted a green-glowing sword aimed at Akina, but the attacker escaped into the crowd of ghosts.
• After Akina cleared the plaza, Byakuya asked which squad she belonged to, and she replied that she did not know what a squad was.

As Soul Society and the World of the Living faced a possible collision caused by a Kido, Tsuna identified the Thought Bead as Akina and went to find her. He discovered her shopping with Byakuya, while his friends hurried over to watch; Byakuya continued to indulge in their time together without understanding his feelings.

• Soul Society's captains learned that a giant Kido was connecting the two worlds and could cause them to collide as its deficient souls were depleted.
• Tsuna told Yamamoto that the Thought Bead looked like a purple-haired high school girl and revealed that he had asked Ichigo to search for her.
• After Kuchiki reported abnormal spiritual pressure in the World of the Living, Yamamoto sent Toshiro to lead a team there, and Tsuna decided to go as well.
• Tsuna found Byakuya shopping with Akina at Diwang Plaza and messaged Ichigo and the others to come watch without being recognized.
• Byakuya recalled how Akina had persuaded him to accompany her and chose to keep shopping with her, despite knowing they looked like a couple.

Byakuya learned that Akina was the Thought Bead and carried the memories of his late wife, Hisana Kuchiki, and that she would disappear when the Valley was destroyed. As Tsuna arranged for the Valley’s destruction the next morning, Byakuya chose to spend Akina’s remaining time with her.

• Byakuya confronted Ichigo, Orihime, Tsuna, and Tatsuki after discovering they had been following him and introduced them to Akina.
• Tsuna urged Byakuya to read Squad 12’s report, which explained the Thought Bead and the danger posed by the Valley.
• Tsuna concluded that Hisana Kuchiki’s memories were inside Akina and explained that she would disappear without anyone remembering her when the Valley was destroyed.
• Ichigo asked whether Akina could be saved, but Tsuna said the ending could not be changed and promised to report to Yamamoto and schedule the Valley’s destruction for the next morning.
• Byakuya decided to spend Akina’s remaining time with her, and she eagerly listed places she wanted them to visit.

Akina discovered that her memories belonged to many different people and that the festival she visited was an illusion created by Hollows. After Hisana saved Akina from an arrow, Byakuya confronted the Ryūdōji Clan, who had come for her.

• Akina found a cemetery instead of her remembered home and realized the grave held no record of her name.
• Akina and Byakuya visited a festival where Byakuya reunited with his deceased wife, Hisana Kuchiki.
• Akina accepted that she was a collection of many people's pasts, and the Hollows' festival illusion vanished.
• Hisana knocked Akina aside to save her from an arrow, then merged into Akina as Byakuya prepared to protect her.
• Byakuya recognized the six attackers as members of the exiled Ryūdōji Clan.

Byakuya fought Ganryu and the Ryūdōji Clan, whose members used Blanks to strengthen their attacks. After Byakuya released his spiritual pressure restriction and rescued Akina, Ganryu sacrificed his subordinates to escape.

• Ganryu demanded that Byakuya hand over the Thought Bead, and Byakuya attacked the Ryūdōji Clan with Senbonzakura.
• Akina joined the fight while Byakuya defeated several of Ganryu’s subordinates with Kido and his Zanpakuto.
• Ganryu’s group absorbed Blanks, and the greatsword wielder wounded Akina while Ganryu struck Byakuya with a powerful sword of light.
• Byakuya released his spiritual pressure restriction, shattered Ganryu’s attack, and rescued Akina from his grasp.
• Ganryu controlled his five subordinates to shield himself from Senkei Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, and Byakuya realized Ganryu had escaped.