Chapter Summaries

Tsuna explained to Yamamoto that Zanpakuto both unlocked Bleach potential and imposed limits set by the Soul King Palace, then described how Beyond Bankai could transcend those limits. After Yamamoto learned that a trace of Hollow power and Shadow-Infusion Medicine might enable him to advance, Tsuna urged him to call a captains’ meeting to discuss the coming threat to the Three Worlds.

• Yamamoto questioned Tsuna about Zanpakuto, and Tsuna called them keys and shackles imposed by the Soul King Palace.
• Tsuna said Urahara Kisuke, Kurotsuchi Mayuri, and Aizen had likely recognized the restrictions, and explained that Beyond Bankai fused a Bleach’s powers to unleash their potential.
• Tsuna told Yamamoto that achieving Beyond Bankai required a Zanpakuto’s complete acknowledgment and reforging the blade with one’s own Bleach power, with a trace of Hollow power serving as a neutralizing agent.
• Yamamoto worried that Hollowfication would make him uncontrollable, but Tsuna revealed that Urahara’s Shadow-Infusion Medicine contained only a tiny amount of Hollow power.
• Yamamoto asked Tsuna about the shadows and the future danger, and Tsuna urged him to convene the captains to discuss the threat to the Three Worlds.
• Yamamoto agreed to arrange a captains’ meeting for the following day.

Toshiro challenged his former captain Isshin to a sparring match, hoping to test his strength against a Flame-type Zanpakuto and force Isshin to reveal his Bankai. After Isshin escaped Toshiro’s strongest ice techniques, he finally released Bankai, leaving its form and power about to be revealed.

• Toshiro opened the sparring match with Bankai, and Isshin countered his ice attacks with Engetsu and Getsuga Tensho.
• Isshin’s explosive strike wounded Toshiro, who froze the injury and resumed the fight more cautiously.
• Toshiro trapped Isshin with Sennen Hyōrō and kept attacking from range to make him use Bankai.
• Isshin used his blood to amplify Engetsu’s flames, broke free of Ryūsō no Kogetsu, and taunted Toshiro.
• Isshin released Bankai, declared Setsuna Enka, and began transforming Engetsu.

Isshin revealed that Engetsu was a Kido-type Zanpakuto and tested Toshiro with the explosive power of its Bankai. After their fierce battle, Isshin entrusted Toshiro with the 10th Division captain’s haori and recognized him as the division’s current captain.

• Isshin explained that Setsuna Enka specialized in explosive fireworks and used its Bankai to bombard Toshiro across the field.
• Toshiro planted hidden ice flowers while evading the attacks, then trapped Isshin in a field of expanding ice lotuses.
• Toshiro attacked with Ryūsō no Kogetsu, but Isshin countered with Getsuga Tensho: Flying Phoenix, leaving both fighters badly injured.
• Isshin ended the battle and told Toshiro he was the current captain of the 10th Division.
• Isshin gave Toshiro the 10th Division captain’s haori, which bore the number 10.

Tsuna warned the Soul Reapers that Yhwach and the Quincy would return, presenting evidence that the Quincy King had used The Auswählen and explaining how Ichigo and Uryū’s families were affected. Urahara’s investigation suggested that an invisible Quincy empire might be hidden beneath the Seireitei’s shadow, leaving the assembled fighters with a mystery to investigate.

• Tsuna convened the Captain-level fighters and told them that Yhwach would regain his power and reclaim the world in just over two years.
• Yamamoto reacted angrily to the Quincy threat, while Tsuna described The Auswählen and its use against Mixed-blood Quincy.
• Uryū asked whether The Auswählen had affected his mother, and Tsuna confirmed that it had also affected Ichigo’s mother.
• Tsuna revealed that Ichigo and Uryū’s families shared a grudge against Yhwach, prompting Yamamoto to demand his location.
• Urahara presented his investigation of the Seireitei’s shadows, concluding that they contained unusual Reishi and required further investigation.

Tsuna challenged the captains’ confidence that Yamamoto could defeat Yhwach, explaining that Yhwach’s true ability, The Almighty, had likely been sealed during their battle a thousand years ago. Yamamoto began to reconsider how he had won, and the chapter ended before he finished his thought.

• Mayuri questioned Urahara’s evidence and objected to the meeting, prompting Tsuna to defend his warning and criticize the captains for dismissing the Quincy threat.
• Yamamoto insisted he could defeat Yhwach again, so Tsuna asked whether he understood the danger of The Almighty.
• Yamamoto recalled Yhwach’s powers, including Blut and Auswählen, and maintained that the current Gotei 13 was stronger than the first generation.
• Tsuna pointed out that Yamamoto had never mentioned The Almighty and proposed that Yhwach’s ability had been sealed by someone connected to the Soul King Palace.
• Tsuna suggested that Yhwach had deliberately sought death to break the seal, and Yamamoto recalled moments when Yhwach had seemed to hesitate during their battle.
• Yamamoto realized that Yhwach had held back and that his own victory had depended on Yhwach’s incomplete ability, but the chapter ended before he finished the thought.

Sawada Tsunayoshi warned Yamamoto and the assembled captains that Yhwach and the Sternritter posed a grave threat, then agreed to become the Gotei 13's Chief Instructor. The meeting ended with the captains confronting the threat of Bankai theft and learning that Urahara's untested Shadow-Infusion Medicine might help counter it.

• Yamamoto agreed to consider Tsuna's warning and offered him a nominal Gotei 13 position, which Tsuna accepted as Chief Instructor.
• Tsuna explained that the Sternritter had Saint Letter abilities and Vollständig forms, and estimated that at least twenty-five Quincy could wield both.
• Tsuna revealed that the Quincy could use star-shaped badges to steal Bankai, prompting Hirako and Kyōraku to consider whether Hollow power could prevent the theft.
• Urahara explained that his prototype Shadow-Infusion Medicine mixed a trace of Hollow spiritual pressure into a Bleach's power, but had not been tested against a star badge.
• Tsuna warned that the captains' current strength might not be enough against the Sternritter's conceptual abilities, then had Urahara present intelligence about several Quincy.

Tsuna outlined plans to prepare Soul Society for the Wandenreich, including searching for its hiding place and improving the combat strength of Captains and Vice-Captains. Yamamoto appointed Ikkaku as a Bankai training instructor, while Unohana agreed to help him improve his Bankai.

• Tsuna proposed that Urahara, the Research and Development Bureau, Kyōraku, and Kurotsuchi search the shadows for the Wandenreich and Yhwach.
• Tsuna urged the Captains to delegate daily duties, strengthen their Shikai and Zanpakuto bonds, and train for the coming war.
• Tsuna proposed centralized Bankai training for Vice-Captains and identified Ikkaku as a teacher who had trained Renji and others to achieve incomplete Bankai.
• Yamamoto appointed Ikkaku Bankai Training Instructor for three years, and Tsuna arranged for Unohana to guide him in improving Hozukimaru.
• Unohana accepted and said she wanted to witness Tsuna's Rain Attribute Beyond Bankai.

Ichigo went to the Ishida Residence with Uryū and Orihime to begin training in Quincy abilities under Ryuuken. Ryuuken trapped Masaki and Orihime and forced Ichigo to fight, leaving Masaki shouting instructions as the battle continued.

• Ichigo and his friends went to the Ishida Residence so Ichigo could learn Quincy abilities, while Masaki revealed she was a Quincy and had grown up there.
• Masaki comforted Ichigo about the past and confirmed that Tsuna had saved her during the Auswählen.
• Ryuuken fired an arrow at Ichigo as soon as the group reached the training grounds, but Orihime blocked it with her shield.
• Ryuuken knocked Ichigo into spirit form and trapped Masaki and Orihime in a Reishi cage, demanding that Ichigo learn a Quincy ability to free them.
• Ichigo attacked Ryuuken with Zangetsu, and Masaki shouted that Quincies used their abilities by controlling Reishi.

Ishida Ryūken pushed Ichigo through a brutal training fight, using precise attacks to make him confront his weaknesses and learn Quincy abilities. The chapter ended with Ichigo narrowly dodging an arrow using an improvised Hirenkyaku, and Ryūken recognizing that he had begun to master the technique.

• Ryūken countered Ichigo’s attacks, absorbed his Getsuga Tensho with Sklaverei, and wounded him with Soul Cutter after Ichigo activated Bankai.
• Masa explained Quincy abilities from inside the cage while Ryūken kept Ichigo under pressure, forcing him to learn in the middle of combat.
• Ichigo tried Getsuga Tensho and a Fullbring arrow together, but Ryūken broke both attacks and continued tracking Ichigo through his movement techniques.
• Ichigo realized that Reishi control and Hirenkyaku could help him evade Ryūken’s precise attacks, and he began gathering Reishi beneath his feet.
• Ichigo slipped aside at the last moment, dodged an arrow, and fired one back at Ryūken, who recognized that Ichigo had opened the door to mastering Hirenkyaku.

Ikkaku and Yumichika prepared the new Vice-Captain boot camp and assessed Chad’s strength as the trainees began arriving. The assembled group included Shinigami with varied experience and abilities, and Rukia arrived last after recovering her spiritual pressure.

• Ikkaku and Yumichika discussed their Bankai limitations while preparing the training ground and its arrangements.
• Chad demonstrated the power of his Devil’s Left Arm by destroying half a rocky hill, and Yumichika welcomed him as an assistant.
• Kira and Hisagi arrived, and Ikkaku explained that Sawada Tsunayoshi had proposed the boot camp and selected its participants.
• Hiyori, Lisa, Rangiku, Shiba, Omaeda, Isane, and Hanatarō arrived, with Hisagi questioning Chad about Tsuna.
• Rukia arrived last after recovering her spiritual pressure and putting on her Shinigami Uniform.

Tsuna explained that Renji’s Bankai was incomplete because Zabimaru’s snake side had not acknowledged him, then used an illusion to show him a vision of his completed Bankai. Renji was left unconscious after losing to the future version Tsuna had created, with Tsuna hoping the experience would awaken his power.

• Tsuna questioned Renji about Zabimaru and revealed that its spirit was a baboon with a snake tail, and that Renji needed the Snake King’s recognition to complete his Bankai.
• Tsuna warned Renji that Urahara’s Zanpakuto Manifestation Device could only be used once and that failure would cost him the chance to learn Bankai.
• Tsuna kicked Renji into action, activated his Moth Resurrección, and transformed into a vision of Renji wielding Double King, Zabimaru.
• Renji fought the imagined future version of himself, who countered his attacks with the powers of Hihio and the Snake King.
• Tsuna’s illusion overwhelmed Renji, leaving him kneeling among the scattered pieces of Hihio Zabimaru while Tsuna hoped the vision would awaken his true power.

Tsuna trained Byakuya Kuchiki to strengthen Senbonzakura’s Shikai by increasing its number of petals. Byakuya broke through a mental limit and created a new petal, leaving him with a feeling he could use to develop his Shikai further.

• Tsuna entered the Kuchiki Clan grounds by a secret route and met Byakuya in his courtyard.
• Tsuna explained that Byakuya should increase the number of Senbonzakura petals in Shikai until they approached the strength of his Bankai.
• Byakuya fought Tsuna, whose Sky Flame transformed the attacking petals into stone and steadily reduced their numbers.
• With Tsuna about to strike, Byakuya poured spiritual pressure into Senbonzakura and created a new petal.
• Tsuna told Byakuya to remember the feeling so he could continue developing his Shikai.

Tsuna guided Sajin Komamura toward removing Black Rope Heavenly Punisher’s armor, explaining that it reflected Komamura’s past shame and wasted spiritual pressure against powerful Quincy. Their sparring showed that Tenken’s armor could be cracked, and Komamura agreed to practice keeping the armor off his arm.

• Tsuna told Komamura that Black Rope Heavenly Punisher’s armor reflected his former urge to hide his appearance and would leave him vulnerable in a war against strong Quincy.
• Tsuna advised Komamura to shed the armor and focus his Bankai’s power into swift, precise attacks rather than making it a conspicuous battlefield target.
• Komamura released Tenken and attacked Tsuna, who used Electric Horn Armament to block and counter its strikes.
• Tsuna used Flash Step to ram Tenken’s arm with Electric Horn, cracking its armor and causing a small injury to Komamura’s corresponding arm.
• Tsuna proposed that Komamura work on removing the armor from that arm through Blade Zen, and Komamura agreed to try.

Tsuna revealed the truth behind Nanao’s family curse and proposed that she learn Zanjutsu so she could potentially wield the Eight Mirror Sword against the Quincy. Nanao chose to face the danger, while Kyōraku agreed to train her and Tsuna hinted that reaching the Soul King Palace might become possible.

• Kyōraku welcomed Tsuna to the 8th Division office, where Tsuna asked him and Nanao to discuss her sword training.
• Tsuna urged Nanao to practice Zanjutsu with Kyōraku, even though she could not wield an Asauchi’s power.
• Tsuna revealed that the Ise family’s curse came from the Eight Mirror Sword and explained that Nanao’s mother had given it to Kyōraku before Central 46 executed her.
• Tsuna said the Eight Mirror Sword had dismembered the Soul King and could be effective against Quincy who called themselves gods.
• Nanao volunteered to face the curse if needed, and Kyōraku promised they would face the future together.
• Tsuna suggested they might ask the Soul King to lift the curse, and Kyōraku recognized that Tsuna was considering a path to the Soul King Palace.

Tsuna visited Squad 11 and fought Kenpachi Zaraki in his combined Bankai and Resurrección form, revealing that Kenpachi was too weak to challenge him directly. Yachiru joined the training, and she and Kenpachi began coordinating their movements as they fought Tsuna.

• Tsuna entered Squad 11, where Yachiru spotted him and called Kenpachi over to fight.
• Kenpachi asked Tsuna to use the blue swordsmanship he had seen before, and Tsuna guessed he wanted to learn swordsmanship.
• Tsuna explained that Kenpachi would regain his strength through battle, then revealed his combined Bankai and Resurrección form.
• Yachiru reassured Kenpachi and joined him in challenging Tsuna, whose sedating rain slowed them while her invisible sword beasts launched attacks.
• Yachiru directed Kenpachi to cover her with spiritual pressure, then coordinated his movements as he attacked Tsuna.
• Tsuna exchanged blows with the pair and noticed Kenpachi's movements growing smoother as their minds synchronized.

Tsuna and Ukitake learned that the Tsunayashiro Clan had dissected Ginjo’s former companions to search for Soul King fragments, and Tsuna suspected Dohane Aura was now working for Tokinada Tsunayashiro. Tsuna proposed using Tokinada and Aura to break the clan’s defenses, leaving Ukitake to arrange access to Enrakyōten.

• Ukitake thanked Tsuna for his past help, and Tsuna came to ask how Ginjo and Tsukishima’s investigation of the Tsunayashiro Clan was going.
• Ginjo and Tsukishima showed Tsuna and Ukitake a memory of Tsunayashiro Clan members dissecting Ginjo’s former companions to find Soul King fragments.
• Ginjo revealed that a Fullbringer had attacked them, and Tsuna suspected Tokinada Tsunayashiro had taken Dohane Aura under his control.
• Tsuna proposed letting Tokinada turn against his own clan by helping him obtain Enrakyōten, while Ukitake agreed to discuss easing the guards’ vigilance with Yamamoto.
• Ginjo reluctantly accepted Tsuna’s plan and asked Ukitake to show Dohane Aura mercy when the Gotei 13 moved against the Tsunayashiro Clan.

Tsuna discovered that Toshiro's Hyōrinmaru seemed incomplete and learned that the flaw might be connected to Toshiro's past. Toshiro left to search Central 46's records for answers, thinking of his late friend Sojiro Kusaka.

• Rangiku asked Tsuna to remove her from the Bankai training camp, and he encouraged her to keep training by promising to protect Gin Ichimaru.
• Tsuna found Toshiro training beside a frozen river and blocked his delayed ice explosion with the C.A.I. System.
• Tsuna proposed helping Toshiro practice his complete Bankai, then examined Hyōrinmaru and noticed its spiritual pressure was unstable.
• Toshiro confirmed that controlling Hyōrinmaru's spiritual pressure had always been difficult, and Tsuna suggested the blade was incomplete.
• Toshiro recalled a painful event involving his best friend and decided to search Central 46's old records, leaving training with Tsuna for another day.

Tsuna returned to the World of the Living for the start of school, then arranged for a Modified Soul to attend classes in his place so he could focus on preparing for the coming crisis. After spending time with Tatsuki and his friends, the chapter ended with Toshiro preparing to retrieve Rangiku and lead the 10th Division on a mission involving the King's Seal.

• Tsuna walked to school with Tatsuki and said he would stay in the World of the Living until Nana left, then return to the Soul Society.
• Tatsuki described her progress combining her Fullbring with Flash Cry and said she had copied Soi Fon's assassination techniques.
• At lunch, Tsuna heard Ichigo and Uryū discuss their training, including Ichigo's powerful Fullbring form and his unusual use of a bow as blades.
• At Urahara Shop, Tsuna asked Tessai for a Modified Soul and a gigai to attend school in his place; Kurahito agreed to start in three days.
• Ichigo obtained the Modified Soul Kon to help him separate from his body and use his powers.
• Toshiro planned to retrieve Rangiku from the training unit and take the complete 10th Division on a mission to escort the King's Seal.

Tsuna discovered that Toshiro had not truly defected but had fled to investigate the return of his former friend Sojiro Kusaka, whom he believed had been secretly executed. After Toshiro explained his guilt and determination to face Sojiro, Tsuna let him stay the night and planned to go to the Seireitei the next day.

• Ichigo told Tsuna that Toshiro had supposedly defected and that the Gotei 13 were searching for him in Karakura Town.
• Tsuna found a wounded Toshiro hiding in his house, treated him, and fed him the meal Mom Nana had prepared.
• Toshiro explained that he had left during a mission escorting the King's Seal after Sojiro Kusaka attacked the guard unit.
• Toshiro revealed that he and Sojiro had both been recognized by Hyōrinmaru, but Central 46 forced them to duel and later ordered Sojiro's secret execution.
• Tsuna realized Toshiro had deliberately held back against Sojiro and was acting out of guilt, then told him to rest and planned to visit the Seireitei the next day.

Tsuna brought Toshiro’s letter and haori to Isshin, but Arrancar attacked the Kurosaki Residence demanding Toshiro. Tsuna and Isshin fought them, and Ichigo and Uryū arrived to help destroy the Hollow swarm as Tsuna confronted the two attackers.

• Tsuna visited the Kurosaki Residence and told Isshin that Toshiro had stayed at his home and that Tsuna planned to return to the Soul Society to revoke the order to hunt him.
• Two Arrancar attacked the Kurosaki Residence and demanded that Tsuna hand over Toshiro Hitsugaya, whom they had tracked through his spiritual pressure.
• Isshin released Engetsu and blocked the Arrancars’ attack while Tsuna fought the blue-haired Arrancar and resisted her lightning with his Lightning Attribute Shikai.
• The Arrancars opened Gargantas and unleashed a Hollow swarm, which Ichigo and Uryū destroyed with a barrage of arrows.
• Tsuna asked the Arrancars about Aizen’s research, but they denied knowing him and praised Lord Kusaka.