Recaps

Wu Biao found himself in Karakura Town in a younger body and mistook the sudden change of location for having fought his way into another prefecture. After beating up a gang, he met Kurosaki Ichigo and Sado Yasutora, then left still unaware of how he had arrived.

• Wu Biao realized that the night and street around him had changed, and he saw his teenage face reflected in a stream.
• Wu Biao convinced himself that he had charged through a crowd and turned around to fight his way back.
• Wu Biao punched the lip-pierced gang leader and defeated the gang when its members attacked him.
• Kurosaki Ichigo told Wu Biao that they were in Karakura Town, and Sado Yasutora gave his name.
• Wu Biao introduced himself, offered to help if anyone bullied them, and walked away.

Kurosaki Ichigo encountered Wu Biao again and learned that the stranded young man believed he had transmigrated from another world. After Wu Biao devoured a huge ramen meal, Ichigo offered to ask his father about work at the family clinic.

• Kurosaki Ichigo ignored a ghost who tried to lure him into conversation by boasting about his daughter.
• Kurosaki Ichigo spotted Wu Biao selling himself as a human punching bag and heard that Wu Biao had spent the night searching for a way home.
• Wu Biao explained that he had found an ocean and mountains beyond Karakura Town, could not read local signs, and had been unable to buy food with his money.
• Kurosaki Ichigo bought Wu Biao more than ten large bowls of ramen, and Wu Biao concluded that he had transmigrated.
• Kurosaki Ichigo offered to ask his father about letting Wu Biao help at the family clinic, and Wu Biao agreed.

Wu Biao devoured an enormous amount of food at the Kurosaki home, leaving Kurosaki Isshin worried about the cost of keeping him. After Kurosaki Ichigo explained that Wu Biao had appeared out of thin air, Isshin briefly grew serious before making an absurd alien-defense claim, and the chapter ended with Yuzu cooking more rice.

• Wu Biao ate through the Kurosaki family's dinner while Kurosaki Isshin complained to Kurosaki Ichigo about the expense of feeding him.
• Shyarly and Karin Kurosaki left in anger after Wu Biao mistook Shyarly's irritation for a sign that she was on her period.
• Kurosaki Isshin considered buying Shyarly sanitary pads, and Kurosaki Ichigo kicked him to the floor.
• Kurosaki Ichigo told Kurosaki Isshin that Wu Biao had appeared out of thin air the previous day, prompting Isshin to question him before claiming to command the Planetary Defense Force.
• Kurosaki Ichigo insisted that the Kurosaki family should let Wu Biao stay, and Yuzu announced that she would cook another pot of rice after Wu Biao finished the supply.

Wu Biao settled into life at the Kurosaki Clinic, where Kurosaki Isshin offered him food and lodging instead of a salary. While training at the clinic, Wu Biao discovered he could lift a ton for far more repetitions than before, leaving Kurosaki Isshin astonished by his strength and appetite.

• Kurosaki Isshin showed Wu Biao around the clinic and gave Kurosaki Ichigo money before Ichigo left for school.
• Wu Biao declined a salary, saying that food and lodging were enough, then asked Kurosaki Isshin for a pack of cigarettes.
• After Kurosaki Isshin left him to watch the clinic, Wu Biao wondered how to keep busy and began exercising.
• Kurosaki Isshin found Wu Biao doing squats with a ton of medical equipment and counted past ten thousand repetitions.
• Wu Biao wondered if he had grown stronger, and Kurosaki Isshin called him in for lunch before marveling at his appetite.

Wu Biao accidentally threw Kurosaki Isshin while being woken to buy soy sauce, then saved Mayi from a speeding truck on his way back. He fled before the truck driver could ask him to pay for the damage.

• Kurosaki Isshin tried to wake Wu Biao and send him to buy soy sauce, but Wu Biao grabbed him in his sleep and slammed him into the clinic floor.
• Wu Biao bought soy sauce and complained that there were too few punks left to fight on the street.
• Wu Biao returned a ball to Mayi and warned her not to call him big brother because he was twenty-five.
• Wu Biao saw a speeding truck bearing down on Mayi and pulled her out of its path, stopping the truck by striking its hood.
• Mayi reunited with her parents, while Wu Biao ran away before the truck driver could ask him to pay for the damage.

Wu Biao accidentally destroyed the ghost that had followed Kurosaki Ichigo home, despite being unable to see it. Isshin realized Wu Biao had reacted through terrifying instincts, while Wu Biao remained unaware of what he had done.

• Kurosaki Ichigo came home and began fighting with Kurosaki Isshin until Yuzu called them to dinner.
• Shyarly told Ichigo that a ghost had followed him home, and Wu Biao said he could not see spirits.
• The ghost approached Wu Biao and reached out to touch him.
• Wu Biao instinctively punched the ghost, making it burst apart and vanish.
• Isshin concluded that Wu Biao had destroyed the ghost without seeing it, while Wu Biao sat back down and wondered who had attacked him.

Ichigo encountered a Hollow and met Kuchiki Rukia, while Wu Biao’s overwhelming strength disrupted Rukia’s attempt to transfer her powers to Ichigo. After Wu Biao crushed the Hollow, he gained the ability to see spirits and found himself hungry again.

• Ichigo saw a Hollow attack the commercial district, and Kuchiki Rukia appeared and destroyed it before anyone else could see her.
• Kuchiki Rukia visited Ichigo at home, explained Shinigami and Hollows, and bound him after he mocked her.
• A Hollow attacked the Kurosaki home and seized Shyarly, so Rukia fought to protect Ichigo and was badly wounded.
• Rukia tried to transfer her Shinigami powers to Ichigo, but Wu Biao arrived and stood between Ichigo and the Hollow.
• Wu Biao fought the invisible Hollow with his bare hands, slammed it into the ground until it vanished, and gained the ability to see Ichigo’s spirit.
• Ichigo returned to his body, and Wu Biao assured him he was fine but said he was hungry again.

Wu Biao learned about the Hollow attack from Kurosaki Isshin and rushed to fight another monster, only to arrive after Kurosaki Ichigo had defeated it. He asked Ichigo to take him home, while Rukia remained puzzled by his apparent ability to sense Hollows.

• Wu Biao nearly revealed the previous night's Hollow fight, but Kurosaki Ichigo stopped him and asked him to keep quiet.
• Kurosaki Isshin tricked Wu Biao into describing the fight, then realized Wu Biao had killed a Hollow and seen two versions of Ichigo.
• Wu Biao sensed a strong opponent, and Kurosaki Isshin sent him out on an errand while he headed toward the sensation.
• Wu Biao reached a park and saw Kurosaki Ichigo defeat a Hollow, then cried that Ichigo had stolen his monster.
• Rukia questioned how Wu Biao had sensed the Hollow, and Wu Biao mistook her for Ichigo's mating partner before asking Ichigo to take him home.

Kurosaki Ichigo fought a snake-shaped Hollow whose shattered mask revealed Orihime Inoue's brother, but Wu Biao intervened and dragged the Hollow away. After the Hollow escaped, Rukia realized Orihime was in danger, and Wu Biao raced toward the Inoue family home when the monster reappeared.

• Kurosaki Ichigo's Zanpakuto struck the snake-shaped Hollow's mask, revealing part of Orihime Inoue's brother's face.
• Wu Biao burst into Ichigo's room, pulled Inoue's Brother out of a black hole, and dragged him outside.
• Kurosaki Ichigo recognized the Hollow as Orihime's brother and stopped Wu Biao from attacking, allowing the Hollow to escape.
• Rukia told Ichigo that Orihime was in danger and said she would explain as they went.
• Wu Biao sensed the Hollow near the Inoue family home and dashed ahead, while Ichigo and Rukia set off after him.

Wu Biao arrived at Orihime Inoue’s home as Inoue’s Brother attacked Orihime and Tatsuki, then fought the Hollow and rescued them. Kurosaki Ichigo and Rukia arrived after the house was badly damaged, while Wu Biao pinned Inoue’s Brother to the street.

• Inoue’s Brother entered Orihime Inoue’s home, knocked Orihime’s soul from her body, and attacked Tatsuki.
• Wu Biao burst through a window, grabbed Inoue’s Brother, and smashed him through the house’s walls while worrying about the repair costs.
• Wu Biao told Tatsuki that Orihime was dead, and Orihime’s soul confirmed that Tatsuki had not killed her.
• Inoue’s Brother charged at Wu Biao, who punched him into the air, pulled him back down, and hurled him onto the street.
• Kurosaki Ichigo and Rukia arrived, and Wu Biao stomped Inoue’s Brother’s head into the ground.

Wu Biao destroyed Inoue's Brother's Hollow form, then unexpectedly brought his soul back as a Plus, shocking Ichigo and Rukia. The chapter ended with Wu Biao asking whether the adult spirit could be his son.

• Ichigo and Rukia found Wu Biao pinning the Hollow and hurried to check on Orihime and Tatsuki.
• Wu Biao played with the bound Hollow until it knocked him down, prompting him to claim that the world had tilted.
• Rukia's memory-replacement device failed on Wu Biao, and he tossed her into the night before Ichigo caught her.
• Wu Biao punched the Hollow's head off, and Rukia revealed that his victims had vanished instead of returning to the Soul Society.
• Wu Biao released a grieving energy from within himself, which took the shape of Inoue's Brother as a Plus.
• Wu Biao stared at Inoue's Brother and asked whether he could be his son.

Wu Biao and Kurosaki Ichigo treated victims of a traffic accident, then discovered that Sado Yasutora had been attacked by a Hollow. Shibata Yuichi explained that the Hollow was targeting him, and Wu Biao decided to use the parrot as bait so he could confront it.

• Wu Biao prepared the clinic for a major traffic accident and helped treat and transfer the injured with Kurosaki Ichigo and Kurosaki Isshin.
• Sado Yasutora arrived injured, and Kurosaki Ichigo recognized the Hollow aura on the claw marks covering him.
• Wu Biao questioned the parrot and pressured Shibata Yuichi to explain the Hollow's connection to Sado's injuries.
• Shibata Yuichi revealed that the Hollow had been pursuing him and had hurt Sado because of him.
• Wu Biao took the parrot onto his shoulder and planned to keep it with them to draw out the Hollow, while Kurosaki Ichigo assured Sado that Wu Biao could handle it.

Wu Biao left the Kurosaki Clinic to hunt the Hollow that had tormented Yuichi, with Sado, Ichigo, and Rukia joining him. At an abandoned factory, Wu Biao sensed the Hollow approaching before the Shinigami could detect it.

• Wu Biao asked Isshin for the day off and left the clinic to search for Yuichi's killer.
• Sado said he wanted to help, and Wu Biao let him come along; Ichigo and Rukia followed soon after.
• Rukia explained that Hollows hid between the Human World and Soul Society when they were not attacking.
• The group reached an abandoned factory that Wu Biao had found while looking for delinquents to fight.
• Yuichi said the Hollow emerged from hiding several times a day, and Wu Biao soon sensed it approaching.
• Ichigo sensed the Hollow moments later, and Rukia saw its dark shape speeding toward them.

Wu Biao fought the Bat Hollow that had tormented Shibata Yuichi and stopped the Gates of Hell from taking it before he could fulfill his promise. The gates vanished, but Wu Biao collapsed from his injuries after surviving their gaze.

• The Bat Hollow mocked Yuichi and revealed that it had sent frog-like monsters to attack Wu Biao and his companions.
• Wu Biao attacked the Bat Hollow, tore off its wings and arm, and nearly ripped out its head before the Gates of Hell appeared.
• After Rukia explained that the gates claimed Hollows guilty of grave sins, Wu Biao charged toward them and threw Yuichi’s parrot aside.
• Wu Biao deflected the gate’s spike, seized the Bat Hollow’s Hollow Hole, and tore the Hollow in half despite being badly wounded.
• The Gates of Hell watched Wu Biao, then closed and vanished; Rukia scolded him before he passed out in Ichigo’s arms.

Wu Biao woke after surviving a brutal fight and amazed the Kurosaki family with how quickly his injuries healed. After breakfast, they put him back to bed, where his right arm still remained numb.

• Wu Biao arrived at the Kurosaki home wrapped in bandages and begged Kurosaki Isshin to let him eat.
• Wu Biao seized Yuzu Kurosaki's pot of rice and ate it eagerly, revealing that his left arm had almost healed overnight.
• Kurosaki Isshin and Kurosaki Ichigo questioned Wu Biao about his recovery and learned that a train had once taken him more than half a year to recover from hitting him.
• Wu Biao explained that the spike from Gates of Hell had caused his current injuries, while the Kurosaki family marveled at his inhuman constitution.
• The Kurosaki family went to school or work and put Wu Biao back in bed, since his right arm still had no feeling.

The Kurosaki family traveled to Masaki's grave for the anniversary of her death, with Wu Biao joining them. At the cemetery, Wu Biao sensed someone in the woods whose presence felt similar to Ichigo's and rushed off to investigate.

• Isshin held a family meeting and assigned Wu Biao to carry luggage for the trip to Masaki's grave.
• The family climbed the mountain to the cemetery, where Wu Biao sensed Rukia nearby and Ichigo pulled her aside to talk.
• The family visited Masaki's gravestone, and Isshin proposed a gravestone dominoes tournament before Shyarly kicked him.
• Wu Biao sensed someone in the woods with an aura similar to Ichigo's and sprinted off to investigate.

Rukia faced Eijiro Nishido, a Stealth Force officer sent to bring her back to Soul Society, while trying to hide that she had given Ichigo her powers. After Ichigo revealed he was a Substitute Soul Reaper, Wu Biao overwhelmed Nishido, then rushed toward the cemetery when a Hollow threatened Yuzu and the others.

• Rukia told Eijiro Nishido she would not return to Soul Society, and he drew his Zanpakuto to take her back by force.
• Ichigo arrived with Kon and revealed that he was a Substitute Soul Reaper before Rukia could stop him.
• Wu Biao appeared behind Nishido, gripped him effortlessly, and asked whether he was strong enough to fight.
• Rukia's Denreishinki detected a Hollow near the cemetery, where Yuzu and the others were in danger.
• Wu Biao blasted off toward the cemetery, leaving Nishido staring at the crater and questioning whether Wu Biao was human.

Wu Biao rescued Shyarly and Yuzu from Grand Fisher, then learned the Hollow had caused Ichigo’s mother’s death. He stepped aside to let Ichigo face Grand Fisher alone, leaving the two poised to fight beside the cemetery.

• Wu Biao tore Grand Fisher’s tentacle, freed Yuzu and Shyarly, and sent them away with Yuichi.
• Ichigo recognized Grand Fisher’s disguise as the figure from the night his mother died, and Rukia explained the Hollow’s history.
• Grand Fisher mocked Ichigo and provoked him, while Wu Biao pretended his arm hurt and yielded the fight to Ichigo.
• Ichigo told Rukia not to interfere and charged Grand Fisher as Wu Biao and Xitang stayed by the gravestone.

Wu Biao watched Ichigo’s fight against Grandfissur until Grandfissur used Ichigo’s mother’s image to exploit his weakness. Wu Biao then knocked Ichigo unconscious and took over the battle, revealing the tremendous strength of his mutated right arm.

• Ichigo fought Grandfissur with renewed resolve but was outmatched and pierced through the chest.
• Wu Biao refused to let Rukia interfere, insisting that the fight belonged to Ichigo, even as Grandfissur mimicked Kurosaki Masaki.
• After learning that Masaki’s memory fragment might still remain, Wu Biao walked onto the battlefield and kicked Ichigo away, knocking him unconscious.
• Wu Biao challenged Grandfissur and attacked it with his bare hands, moving faster than it could react.
• Wu Biao’s marked right arm struck Grandfissur with overwhelming force, and he drove its head into the ground while Rukia and Xitang watched in shock.

Wu Biao killed Grandfissure and used the Hollow’s energy to restore Kurosaki Masaki’s soul, though she did not wake. Ichigo, Rukia, and Isshin set off for Urahara Kisuke’s place with Masaki, while Wu Biao stayed behind after Ichigo thanked him.

• Wu Biao chased Grandfissure across the mountain and beat it to death after it tried to escape.
• Wu Biao separated a fragment of Kurosaki Masaki’s soul from Grandfissure’s energy and used the energy to restore her spirit.
• Ichigo attacked Wu Biao for interfering in his fight, then stopped when Wu Biao revealed Masaki’s restored soul.
• Rukia examined Masaki and said she was healthy but might need help from someone at Urahara Kisuke’s place.
• Wu Biao called out Kurosaki Isshin, who agreed to accompany Rukia and Ichigo with Masaki to Urahara Kisuke’s place.

At the Urahara Shop, Urahara Kisuke examined Kurosaki Masaki and explained that she would remain unconscious while powerful energy inside her body adjusted to her soul. Kurosaki Isshin and the others left her in Urahara’s care, while Wu Biao ate the shop’s entire pot of rice.

• Urahara Kisuke welcomed Kurosaki Isshin, Ichigo, Rukia, and the others into the shop, then helped Isshin leave his special Gigai.
• Wu Biao searched for food, learned the shop did not sell any, and eagerly joined the meal being prepared inside.
• Wu Biao devoured the whole pot of rice, alarming Jinta and Ururu with his appetite and jokes about eating people or himself.
• Urahara Kisuke examined Kurosaki Masaki and told the group that she was unconscious because powerful energy in her body needed to balance with her soul.
• Kurosaki Isshin decided to return home while Masaki stayed at the shop, and Jinta and Ururu told Urahara that Wu Biao had eaten all their food.

The Kurosaki family and Wu Biao attended Kanonji’s live broadcast at an abandoned hospital, where Kanonji’s interference caused an Earth-bound Spirit to become a Hollow. Ichigo pursued the Hollow into the hospital to protect the crowd, and Wu Biao charged in after him.

• Isshin and Yuzu brought the Kurosaki family to Kanonji’s broadcast, where Wu Biao enthusiastically copied Kanonji’s signature pose.
• Ichigo sensed an Earth-bound Spirit at the hospital, while Rukia explained that it was not yet a Hollow.
• Wu Biao urged Kanonji to stir the Spirit’s Hollow Hole, and Kanonji’s actions made the Spirit shatter and disappear.
• A new Hollow formed on the hospital rooftop, so Ichigo grabbed Kanonji and fled into the hospital to draw it away from the spectators.
• Wu Biao knocked aside the security guards and charged into the hospital after Ichigo, while Rukia worried about the public spectacle.

Ichigo, Kanonji, and Wu Biao confronted a toad-like Hollow in the hospital, where Wu Biao unexpectedly destroyed it with a powerful palm strike. Ichigo left Kanonji to finish the hero’s work while Wu Biao excitedly asked his new master to take him along on future exorcisms.

• Kanonji refused to flee because he wanted to set a courageous example for the children who watched his show, and Wu Biao joined him as his disciple.
• Wu Biao revealed that he had sensed the Hollow below them from the start, just as it burst through the floor and attacked.
• Kanonji demonstrated his Kannonji Bullet, but the weak spiritual attack barely affected the Hollow.
• Wu Biao stepped in to fight and destroyed the Hollow with a palm strike, astonishing Kanonji and Ichigo.
• Ichigo dragged Wu Biao away and told Kanonji to finish things as a hero while Wu Biao called for his master to take him along next time.

Uryu Ishida, a Quincy who hates Shinigami, challenged Ichigo to prove their superiority after Ichigo refused to fight him at first. Ichigo accepted, and Uryu prepared to lure Hollows to them with bait.

• At home, Shyarly questioned Wu Biao about the monster at the cemetery, but he said Ichigo had told him not to explain.
• Uryu Ishida appeared before Ichigo and Rukia, detected a Hollow they had missed, and destroyed it with a blue energy arrow.
• Uryu introduced himself as a Quincy and said he hated Shinigami before leaving.
• The next day, Ichigo followed Uryu after school, and Uryu challenged him to prove that Quincy were superior to Shinigami.
• Uryu provoked Ichigo by calling him a powerless substitute Shinigami, so Ichigo changed into his Shinigami form and accepted the challenge.
• Uryu produced bait that would attract Hollows as the two prepared to fight.

Wu Biao eagerly hunted the Hollows pouring into the Human World, but found them too weak to challenge him. He turned the Hollows he defeated into leashed pets and ended the chapter riding through the sky in a hammock pulled by them.

• Wu Biao left Yuichi in charge of the clinic and rushed out to find Hollows.
• Wu Biao defeated a Bat Hollow, beat out all its teeth, and named it Wangcai.
• Wu Biao tied a rope around Wangcai’s neck and trained it to perform tricks.
• Wu Biao defeated a Wolf Hollow, named it Fugui, and caught nearly thirty Hollows to use as pets.
• Wu Biao braided his borrowed rope into a hammock and let the Hollows carry him through the sky while he smoked and sang.