Recaps

Kurosaki Ichigo and Shanks fought fiercely, destroying Marineford’s harbor and Marine Headquarters. After Ichigo fell behind in their first exchange, he powered up and his other voice took over, leaving Shanks facing a far stronger opponent.

• Kurosaki Ichigo and Shanks clashed at high speed, and the shockwaves shattered the harbor and collapsed Marine Headquarters.
• Shanks cut through Ichigo’s Getsuga Tensho and wounded his abdomen, while Ichigo’s blade bent Shanks’s rapier without breaking it.
• Ichigo let his Hollow Mask crack away and announced that his warm-up had ended.
• Ichigo’s next clash with Shanks formed a vacuum ring and sent a powerful shockwave across the battlefield.
• Shanks questioned Ichigo’s new horned form as Ichigo’s arrogant other voice argued with him over control of their body and threatened Brother Biao.

Kurosaki Ichigo and Shanks fought to a standstill before Wu Biao called Ichigo back, while Captain-Commander Yamamoto negotiated a plan with Sengoku and Akainu. Ace was freed, bringing the Summit War to a close, though most of the battlefield did not know what had happened.

• Kurosaki Ichigo and Shanks exchanged powerful attacks and ended up evenly matched, with their clash destroying the arena.
• Wu Biao called Kurosaki Ichigo back after the talks elsewhere had apparently finished, ending their fight.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto told Sengoku and Akainu that Shunsui Kyoraku and the Omnitsukido Corps would carry out their plan, and they agreed to provide an area for Soul Society to modify.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto broke Ace's Seastone handcuffs, and the Summit War came to an end.
• The wounded returned to their ships as Whitebeard's fleet and Shanks departed, while Aokiji woke in a secluded corner and wondered if the battle was already over.

Wu Biao spent a quiet day at home with Xia Li and Yuzu Kurosaki, bored by his overwhelming strength and joking about his bald head. Meanwhile, the pirate world had been transformed by a new Council that replaced the Five Elders.

• Wu Biao and Xia Li bickered while watching television, and Yuzu Kurosaki dropped their ice cream after misinterpreting Xia Li’s words.
• Yuzu Kurosaki privately worried that she was the only one who was no longer innocent, while Wu Biao and Xia Li remained confused by her behavior.
• Wu Biao reflected that his restored strength had left him bored and uninterested in fighting, and he rubbed shine-enhancing butter onto his bald head.
• Wu Biao considered visiting Marine Headquarters but decided against it, unaware that the pirate world had entered a new era.
• The Five Elders were replaced by a twelve-member Council, while the Omnitsukido Corps and Shunsui Kyoraku purged the former Elders and their forces.

After the Council stripped the Celestial Dragons of their privileges and sent them to Hell, Wu Biao learned that Hell had discovered a new world. Elsewhere, researchers confirmed a route to the place where a mysterious person had been before appearing a year earlier.

• The Council expelled the Celestial Dragons from Mary Geoise, and Marine Headquarters began using the Gates of Hell to punish executed criminals, deterring mass slaughter.
• Hell summoned Wu Biao and told him that a tiny vortex to a new world had begun forming after the pirate world's cycle was established.
• Wu Biao misunderstood Hell's discovery as a route to the pirate world's New World, then angrily returned through a Hell Cavity to confront it.
• In a secret laboratory, researchers told a scarred man they had confirmed a target point by tracing data from a mysterious person's appearance a year earlier.
• The scarred man looked at a corpse in the laboratory and expressed excitement about reaching the target point.

Wu Biao visited the 4th Division, where he mocked Hirako Shinji and the Visored until Shinji used Bankai and ended up on a stretcher. Wu Biao then entered Unohana Retsu’s office, leaving his reason for visiting unclear.

• The 4th Division treated injured members of the 5th Division who had charged at Wu Biao and been beaten.
• Wu Biao teased Hirako Shinji about being bald and begging under an overpass, then learned Shinji had once been Aizen’s captain.
• Hirako Shinji used Bankai against Wu Biao, but two minutes later he was carried away on a stretcher, shouting that he would chop Wu Biao up.
• Wu Biao walked through the 4th Division barracks and greeted Kotetsu Isane with an insulting nickname.
• Wu Biao entered Unohana Retsu’s office, and she asked what he had come for.

Wu Biao proposed to Unohana Retsu, but after she rejected his clumsy approach, he asked her on a date instead. He recounted the exchange to Yuzu and Xia Li, then asked them to help him plan the date.

• Wu Biao proposed to Unohana Retsu and suggested that a fight could decide whether they married tomorrow.
• Unohana Retsu splashed Wu Biao with hot tea and rejected his proposal, then accepted his suggestion to go on a date.
• Kotetsu Isane reacted with disbelief when Unohana agreed to date Wu Biao.
• At the Kurosaki home, Wu Biao told Yuzu and Xia Li what happened and asked them to help plan his date.
• Wu Biao explained that he had proposed on impulse and had considered carrying Unohana off before deciding to ask her on a date.

Yuzu Kurosaki and Xia Li prepared the house and a meal for Unohana Retsu’s first visit, only to discover that Wu Biao had not arranged a time or told her where they lived. Unohana arrived anyway, charmed the two girls with her gentle manner, and joined them for a meal while Wu Biao behaved as usual.

• Yuzu Kurosaki woke Wu Biao and Xia Li before dawn, and the three cleaned the house and prepared a feast for Unohana Retsu.
• Wu Biao realized he had not given Unohana the household’s address or set a meeting time, but insisted she would come because she had agreed.
• Unohana Retsu descended from the second floor and introduced herself to Yuzu Kurosaki and Xia Li, who were startled by how gentle she seemed.
• Yuzu Kurosaki and Xia Li called Unohana “Sister-in-law Biao,” prompting her to clarify her name as Unohana Retsu.
• Wu Biao began eating from the rice pot and invited Unohana to eat before taking her on a date, while she calmly thanked Yuzu Kurosaki and Xia Li for the meal.
• Unohana Retsu invited the girls to sit with her, and Xia Li and Yuzu Kurosaki silently compared Wu Biao to cow dung.

Wu Biao and Unohana Retsu shared a meal with Xia Li and Yuzu Kurosaki, then teased each other after Unohana wounded him in a brief exchange. Elsewhere, Bogeku’s researchers stabilized a passage to Slope Town, and he ordered them to assess its powerful residents and recall all combat personnel.

• Wu Biao and Unohana Retsu calmly discussed their earlier visit and their date while Xia Li and Yuzu Kurosaki watched in confusion.
• Wu Biao called Unohana Retsu “Wifey,” and she struck at him with her Zanpakuto, drawing a small amount of blood.
• Unohana Retsu served food to Xia Li and Yuzu Kurosaki as they recovered from the frightening exchange, while Wu Biao and Unohana continued trading taunts.
• Bogeku’s researchers reported that they had stabilized a passage and showed him an image of Slope Town.
• Bogeku ordered his researchers to identify strong individuals, capture some for study, and recall all combat personnel stationed outside.

Kurosaki Ichigo returned home from his pirate voyage and learned that Kurosaki Isshin had suddenly disappeared, so he and Yoruichi rushed to investigate. Meanwhile, Wu Biao took Unohana Retsu through Hell on their unusual date.

• Kurosaki Ichigo came home after nearly half a month away and told Karin and Yuzu he had enjoyed his pirate voyage but set aside the idea of searching for the One Piece.
• Kurosaki Ichigo learned that his parents had gone to Slope Town for their anniversary and that Wu Biao was on a date with Unohana Retsu.
• Yoruichi arrived in a burst of destruction and told Kurosaki Ichigo that Kurosaki Isshin had disappeared after his mother contacted Urahara Shop.
• Kurosaki Ichigo changed into his Shihakusho, reassured Yuzu and Xia Li, and left with Yoruichi to search for his father.
• Wu Biao held Unohana Retsu's hand and dragged her through Wanderer's Hell toward the scenery he claimed was worth seeing.

Wu Biao took Unohana Retsu on a date through the strange scenery of Hell, where they shared a quiet moment and he told her how much he liked her. He then proposed doing something enjoyable, and the two began a brutal fight that left the watching Togabito bewildered.

• Wu Biao led Unohana Retsu through the ocean and down to Bone Sand Hell, where they watched the beautiful ocean-like sky as they fell.
• Unohana Retsu recalled Wu Biao's outrageous confession and relaxed in his arms as they shared a quiet moment on the bone-sand beach.
• Wu Biao reflected on the people and memories that had made his life more meaningful, then told Unohana Retsu that he truly liked her.
• Wu Biao asked Unohana Retsu to fight as their first-date activity, and she drew her blade as he attacked.
• Wu Biao and Unohana Retsu fought fiercely, trading serious injuries while the Togabito watched in confusion.

Kurosaki Ichigo and the others searched Slope Town for Kurosaki Isshin, who had vanished near a strange presence. Love Aikawa found a manga account linking the area to Wu Biao, so Urahara Kisuke led them away to wait for Wu Biao’s return.

• Ushoda Hachigen used Hachigyo Sōgai to keep ordinary people away from the street while the group searched for Kurosaki Isshin.
• Kurosaki Masaki explained that Isshin disappeared near a shop after she sensed a presence unlike spiritual pressure.
• Urahara Kisuke suspected the strange presence might be connected to another world and watched the area with his equipment.
• Love Aikawa found a manga account describing Wu Biao jumping into a sinkhole on that street and emerging again.
• Jinta confirmed the sinkhole had appeared before the battle with Aizen, and Kurosaki Masaki recalled Wu Biao had come to Slope Town for work.
• Urahara Kisuke packed his equipment and told the group to leave and wait until Wu Biao returned.

In Bone Sand Hell, Unohana Retsu tested the swordsmanship she had developed after fighting Dracule Mihawk, but Wu Biao still outmatched her. Hell's Will then told Wu Biao that Kurosaki Isshin had disappeared through a passage in Slope Town into a world it could not understand, and Wu Biao went to investigate.

• Unohana Retsu's improved swordsmanship made Wu Biao feel threatened during their fight, though he said she was still not his match.
• Hell's Will told Wu Biao that Kurosaki Isshin had vanished through a passage in Slope Town into an unknown world.
• Hell's Will said the unknown world seemed connected to the Human World, Soul Society, and Hueco Mundo, and warned Wu Biao that a dangerous aura waited beyond the passage.
• Urahara Kisuke, Kurosaki Ichigo, and the others felt watched as they walked through Slope Town.
• The sky turned dark red, and Wu Biao charged out of the Gates of Hell before they closed.

Urahara Kisuke cleared the surveillance and helped the group understand that a powerful world lay beyond the passage, while Wu Biao pushed to charge in and rescue Kurosaki Isshin. Bogeku prepared the passage’s visitors for testing, and the group found Captain-Commander Yamamoto and a large force of Shinigami waiting at the entrance.

• Urahara Kisuke exposed and destroyed the airborne monitors, then asked Wu Biao to explain what Hell had told him.
• The group learned that the world beyond the passage might contain beings stronger than Aizen, but Urahara Kisuke argued that they might not be enemies.
• Wu Biao insisted that the strong should gather in one place so he could defeat them together, then led the group toward the passage to rescue Kurosaki Isshin.
• Bogeku dismissed concerns about the passage being discovered and ordered the visitors to be sent to testing grounds, where Asast and the others would handle them.
• Kurosaki Ichigo and the others encountered Captain-Commander Yamamoto, Shunsui Kyoraku, Unohana Retsu, and the gathered Kido Corps at the ancient wooden door.

Captain-Commander Yamamoto led a powerful group through a passage to investigate the dangerous world beyond, while Shunsui Kyoraku and the others stayed behind to guard Soul Society. After arriving, Kurosaki Ichigo was separated from the group and found himself in an arena-like space.

• Captain-Commander Yamamoto ordered Shunsui Kyoraku to guard the passage and take command if the group failed to return.
• Wu Biao and Kurosaki Ichigo persuaded Kurosaki Masaki and the Visored to stay behind, then joined Unohana Retsu, Captain-Commander Yamamoto, and Urahara Kisuke in the expedition.
• Wu Biao charged ahead through the dark passage, and the others followed him to its glowing exit.
• The group emerged in a vast metal chamber, where Urahara Kisuke, Captain-Commander Yamamoto, and Unohana Retsu were horrified by an ordinary-looking corpse.
• A strange force transported Kurosaki Ichigo to a separate arena-like chamber, where someone greeted him.

Kurosaki Ichigo confronted Bu Yuanluo, one of Bogeku’s Five War Generals, and learned that Bu Yuanluo could manipulate gravity with his Quirk. Ichigo fought back in his partial Hollowfication state, but Bu Yuanluo survived and vowed to crush every bone in his body.

• Bu Yuanluo revealed that he had captured Kurosaki Isshin and attacked Ichigo after learning he was Isshin’s son.
• Ichigo clashed with Bu Yuanluo, who used his gravity-adjusting Quirk to knock him into a metal wall.
• Ichigo entered his partial Hollowfication state and charged Bu Yuanluo, who remarked that Ichigo seemed stronger than Kurosaki Isshin.
• Bu Yuanluo used tenfold gravity, but Ichigo fired a Cero Oscuras and followed with a sword strike.
• Bu Yuanluo briefly increased gravity a hundredfold and attacked Ichigo, who narrowly dodged the blow.
• Bu Yuanluo said he would spare Ichigo’s life but smash every bone in his body.

Urahara Kisuke, Unohana Retsu, and Captain-Commander Yamamoto fought Bogeku’s warriors in separate testing grounds while Bogeku watched from his laboratory. Wu Biao was accidentally teleported outside the base into a strange city, where Bogeku ordered Asast to kill him.

• Urahara Kisuke questioned Rusba about the corpses and Quirks, then released Benihime and attacked him.
• Unohana Retsu overwhelmed Melog with a relentless barrage of sword strikes, forcing her to retreat.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto activated Bankai and unleashed Zanka no Tachi, evaporating the water pressing down on him.
• Bogeku learned that Wu Biao had been teleported outside the base and ordered Asast to kill the ordinary human.
• Wu Biao found himself in a city full of strange people, flying cars, and robots, and wondered whether he had ended up in another world.

Wu Biao searched a bizarre futuristic city for his missing boss and decided to fight his way through its residents and heroes to find him. After confronting the Silver Hero Agency, he caught Silver Armor’s punch with one hand.

• Wu Biao wandered through the strange city, unable to find Kurosaki Ichigo or learn where his boss had been taken.
• Wu Biao shouted for his companions, then declared he would knock down everyone in the city to find them.
• Members of the Silver Hero Agency confronted Wu Biao, and Silver Armor offered to take him to the police or a mental hospital.
• Wu Biao asked where his boss had been locked up, then said he would defeat the agency and anyone stronger until he found him.
• Silver Armor charged Wu Biao with a punch, but Wu Biao caught his fist and pulled downward with overwhelming strength.

Wu Biao rampaged through City T while searching for his kidnapped boss, knocking out Silver Armor and crowds of people with his overwhelming strength and Conqueror's Haki. Asast attacked him, but Wu Biao defeated him with one kick, then helped himself to food from a restaurant and left Deadly Mobility bewildered.

• Wu Biao knocked Silver Armor unconscious with an uppercut, then broke a hero's rapier and sent its wielder crashing into a building.
• Wu Biao unleashed his Conqueror's Haki across City T, incapacitating crowds and prompting an emergency evacuation warning that identified him as a Tiger-Demon-class monster.
• Asast emerged from an alley, identified Wu Biao from a photograph, and sped off to find him.
• Deadly Mobility arrived to confront Asast, but he swiftly injured the heroes before attacking Wu Biao from behind.
• Wu Biao dodged Asast's claw, caught his hand, and kicked him unconscious into a distant building.
• Wu Biao took food from a restaurant and told the injured members of Deadly Mobility to stay down before continuing on his way.

Unohana Retsu pushed her swordsmanship to a new level while fighting Melog in Bogeku’s underground base. After her final slash devastated the sealed space and sent Melog flying, Unohana found a dark passage and entered it without hesitation.

• Unohana Retsu overwhelmed Melog with a barrage of curved-blade slashes, drawing on her renewed desire to grow stronger.
• Unohana unleashed a thousand slashes in a second, forcing Melog to retreat as the attacks tore through the laboratory wall.
• Melog gathered her strength and faced Unohana’s declared final strike with both axes.
• Unohana’s slash carved the sealed space into ruins and sent Melog flying, after which Melog’s presence vanished.
• Unohana noticed a dark passage exposed in the metal wall and walked into it, stepping over the corpses.

Kurosaki Ichigo defeated Rusba while resolving to grow strong enough to protect his friends and support Brother Biao. After Rusba revealed that someone had rescued Kurosaki Isshin, White Ichigo killed Rusba when he tried to attack again, and Ichigo continued into the passage.

• Rusba struggled to track Kurosaki Ichigo, who explained his resolve to become stronger and protect everything when Brother Biao was absent.
• Ichigo used afterimages to confuse Rusba, who claimed that Kurosaki Isshin had been rescued after Lord Bogeku severely wounded him.
• Rusba exploited Ichigo's surprise to locate him, but Ichigo struck him with Getsuga Tensho and blasted open the metal wall.
• Rusba confirmed that someone incredibly fast had rescued Isshin, then attacked Ichigo with black light.
• White Ichigo appeared, cut off Rusba's head, and warned Ichigo not to leave an enemy alive.
• Uncle Zangetsu and White Ichigo reprimanded Ichigo for letting himself be distracted, and Ichigo walked into the passage.

Wu Biao rampaged through City T while searching for his boss, mistakenly believing the city was an enemy base and draining the souls of its adults. He reunited with Kurosaki Isshin, who said Ichigo and the others were in danger and hurried toward the powerful Bogeku.

• Wu Biao found himself surrounded by tens of thousands of children and women after draining the souls of the adults in City T, and realized he had mistaken the city for an organization's base.
• Wu Biao asked the children whether they knew where his boss was, then noticed Kurosaki Isshin on a nearby rooftop.
• Kurosaki Isshin punched Wu Biao on the head, then explained that he had come to save him and questioned him about the destruction in the city.
• Wu Biao told Kurosaki Isshin what had happened since his disappearance and asked about the quiet young man, Nizosuo, who called Isshin his savior.
• Kurosaki Isshin said Ichigo and the others were in danger and rushed toward them, warning Wu Biao that Bogeku had defeated him almost instantly.

Captain-Commander Yamamoto and the others fought Bogeku in the underground base, but his strength overwhelmed them. As Bogeku prepared to press his advantage, Urahara Kisuke appeared among the researchers and revealed that the supposedly ordinary bald boy had been underestimated.

• Captain-Commander Yamamoto attacked Bogeku with Zanka no Tachi, but Bogeku endured the flames and knocked Yamamoto into a wall with a punch that cracked his blade.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto condensed his flames into Zanka no Tachi, East, and charged Bogeku, but the clash sent him flying again.
• A woman used Heavenly Reversal: Caressing Slash to threaten Bogeku, and Kurosaki Ichigo followed with Crescent Moon Flash, but Bogeku deflected the attacks and blasted all three into the walls.
• The researchers praised Bogeku and said Asast had probably dealt with the bald boy who had been teleported outside the base.
• Urahara Kisuke appeared before the researchers, mocked their assessment of the bald boy, and invoked Benihime to bind them.

Unohana Retsu, Kurosaki Ichigo, and Captain-Commander Yamamoto fought Bogeku, who dismissed them as weak and claimed that a bald ordinary human had been thrown outside the base. As the three battled to stall for Wu Biao’s arrival, Unohana pressed Bogeku with a lethal hidden-blade strike.

• Bogeku sent Unohana Retsu, Kurosaki Ichigo, and Captain-Commander Yamamoto flying and taunted them, while Urahara Kisuke noticed Bogeku’s attention from the observation area.
• Bogeku said a bald human had been thrown outside the base during teleportation, and the three realized he was talking about Wu Biao.
• Ichigo and Unohana attacked Bogeku while Captain-Commander Yamamoto gathered power with Zanka no Tachi.
• Bogeku redirected Ichigo’s black-and-red slash with gray energy, then clashed with Unohana’s blood-water blade.
• Unohana followed with a hidden sword aimed at Bogeku’s eye, prompting him to unleash a burst of gray radiance.

Unohana Retsu, Captain-Commander Yamamoto, and Kurosaki Ichigo struggled against Bogeku, whose psychic power let him attack, defend, and teleport. Wu Biao burst through the ceiling and defeated Bogeku with one punch, then mocked Unohana Retsu as she recovered.

• Bogeku blasted Unohana Retsu away, but Yamamoto struck him with Zanka no Tachi and only managed to scorch his combat suit.
• Bogeku offered Yamamoto, Kurosaki Ichigo, and Unohana Retsu a chance to submit, then teleported behind Unohana and knocked her back with his psychic power.
• Explosions and cracks shook the ceiling as someone outside battered through the metal roof.
• Wu Biao dropped into the room, saw Unohana Retsu injured, and attacked Bogeku with a punch that shattered his psychic barrier and embedded him in the wall.
• Wu Biao hurried to Unohana Retsu and scolded her for being beaten, while she silently fumed at his lack of concern.

Urahara Kisuke led the group to Bogeku’s laboratory, where Nizosuo began explaining the events behind the corpse and the laboratory. His explanation veered into a lengthy story about awakening his Speed Force and choosing archaeology, leaving the others still waiting for the relevant answers.

• Urahara Kisuke opened a passage, and the group followed him from the sealed room to his laboratory.
• At the laboratory, Urahara Kisuke presented the corpse in a human-sized capsule and asked Nizosuo to explain what had happened.
• Nizosuo began his account by describing how his Quirk awakened as the Speed Force when he was six.
• Nizosuo explained that he had agonized over his future for a year before choosing archaeology at age seven, prompting Urahara Kisuke to question the choice.