Recaps

Wu Biao fought the Gillian that had emerged over Karakura Town, overpowering it despite taking severe injuries. After killing the Hollow, he absorbed an overwhelming surge of heat and lost consciousness.

• Ichigo and Uryu fought off the surrounding Hollows until a Gillian tore open the sky and appeared above them.
• Wu Biao arrived, killed an attacking Hollow with a punch, and charged the Gillian after Ichigo suggested cutting its feet.
• Wu Biao stopped the Gillian from crushing him, wounded its foot, and climbed its leg before Ichigo used his Zanpakuto to help launch him toward the monster.
• Wu Biao and the Gillian exchanged punches, both crashing to the ground, while Urahara contained the shockwaves.
• Wu Biao charged again, shattered the Gillian's forming Cero, and pierced its mask and head, killing it.
• Wu Biao absorbed the Gillian's energy as heat overwhelmed and injured his body, and he fainted.

Wu Biao recovered at the Urahara Shop, where his hunger and insults bewildered Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi. As dusk fell, two dangerous Shihakusho-clad men appeared in the Human World, and Wu Biao sensed their arrival.

• Wu Biao woke from his injuries at the Urahara Shop and frightened Xiaoyu by saying he was starving.
• Wu Biao followed the smell of food and devoured the meal while Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi watched in shock.
• Wu Biao insulted Yoruichi and Urahara Kisuke, then quickly apologized when Urahara threatened to withhold his food.
• Wu Biao bought cigarettes and returned to the shop while Urahara Kisuke argued with Kurosaki Isshin over the cost of feeding him.
• Two men in Shihakusho appeared through a sliding door on the outskirts of the Human World, and Wu Biao sensed their overwhelming danger.

Rukia left the Kurosaki home to avoid involving Ichigo in her arrest, but Renji Abarai and Byakuya Kuchiki confronted her. As Ichigo and Uryu became caught up in the fight, Wu Biao sensed Ichigo’s danger and rushed out despite Yoruichi’s warning, determined to protect the people he cherished.

• Wu Biao sensed a terrifying presence at the Urahara Shop and asked Ururu and Jinta where Urahara was.
• Rukia left a letter for Ichigo and fled the Kurosaki home, but Renji Abarai and Byakuya Kuchiki intercepted her.
• Renji tried to get Rukia to claim that someone had forcibly taken her powers, while Byakuya watched and Rukia dodged Renji’s strikes.
• Ishida fired a spiritual arrow at Renji, and Ichigo followed it to the battlefield, where he found Uryu lying in a pool of blood.
• Wu Biao felt Ichigo’s spiritual pressure change, ignored Yoruichi’s warning, and headed out to protect the people he cherished.

Byakuya defeated Ichigo and wounded him so severely that he could no longer use his spiritual power, prompting Wu Biao to attack in a rage. Wu Biao endured Byakuya’s Senbonzakura even after losing consciousness, and the chapter ended with Byakuya leaving through a Senkaimon while Wu Biao remained standing beside the injured Ichigo and Uryu.

• Ichigo overwhelmed Renji, but Byakuya broke Ichigo’s Zanpakuto and struck him down, damaging his spiritual power channels.
• Renji restrained Rukia, but Wu Biao arrived and hurled Renji away before confronting Byakuya.
• Wu Biao clashed with Byakuya, who released Senbonzakura and attacked him with a storm of blade petals.
• Wu Biao fought through the petals and charged at Byakuya, but the blades engulfed him and left him badly wounded.
• Byakuya bound Wu Biao with Rikujokoro, then realized Wu Biao had already lost consciousness but remained standing.
• Byakuya, Renji, and Rukia departed through the Senkaimon, leaving Ichigo and Uryu injured on the ground and Wu Biao standing nearby.

After waking, Ichigo learned that Wu Biao had survived their defeat, but Wu Biao struggled with his helplessness over failing to protect him. Wu Biao resolved to train for the Soul Society rescue mission and left with Don Kanonji for half a month of training.

• Ichigo woke at the Urahara Shop and learned that Ishida had recovered enough to leave while Wu Biao had returned alive, badly bandaged and hungry.
• Wu Biao left his food behind and sat outside, brooding over his first defeat and his inability to protect Ichigo.
• Ichigo confronted Wu Biao and told him not to join the rescue mission, but Wu Biao refused to stay behind.
• Urahara Kisuke warned Wu Biao that he lacked spiritual power and that many Soul Society fighters could kill him, including the man who had defeated him, who had used only one-fifth of his strength.
• Don Kanonji arrived by helicopter, and Wu Biao announced that he would train with him for half a month before joining the Soul Society mission in seventeen days.

As Ichigo and his friends prepared to rescue Rukia, Wu Biao traveled with Kanonji to a Hollow-infested mountain range to train. The departure for Soul Society arrived after seventeen days of preparation.

• Urahara Kisuke bound Kurosaki Ichigo in the Pit of Despair and gave him seventy-two hours to become a Shinigami and escape before turning into a Hollow.
• Yoruichi asked Chad Yasutora and Orihime Inoue to accompany Ichigo to Soul Society and offered to help them awaken their powers.
• Byakuya Kuchiki told Renji that Central 46 had sentenced Kuchiki Rukia to execution at Sokyoku Hill in twenty-five days.
• Ishida Uryu completed his Reishi Bow and thanked his master.
• Wu Biao traveled with Kanonji to the Ancient Mountain Range, jumped into the Hollow territory to train, and vowed to grow stronger.
• After seventeen days of preparation, Ichigo and his companions reached the night of their departure for Soul Society.

Ichigo and his friends gathered beneath Urahara Shop to enter Soul Society, but Wu Biao arrived by crashing through the underground ceiling in a bizarre outfit. Urahara opened the Senkaimon, and the group entered while Wu Biao jumped through after them.

• Ichigo, Uryu Ishida, Orihime Inoue, and Sado Yasutora met at Urahara Shop and learned from Urahara Kisuke how the Senkaimon would take them to Soul Society.
• Urahara warned that the gate would remain open for only four minutes and that anyone left behind would be trapped between worlds.
• Wu Biao crashed through the underground ceiling wearing an orange Turtle Hermit Gi and argued with Urahara about his outfit and his plans to fight a Soul Reaper.
• Urahara opened the Senkaimon, and Ichigo and the others leaped through before Wu Biao realized they had gone.
• Wu Biao jumped into the gate after them, while Urahara resisted the urge to shut it on him.

Ichigo and his friends entered Rukongai, where Ichigo defeated the gatekeeper Jidanbo before Captain Ichimaru Gin stopped them from passing through the White Road Gate. Wu Biao lifted the gate with ease and went into Seireitei alone, eager to face its powerful fighters, while Gin watched with interest.

• Wu Biao carried the group through the Dangai and reached Rukongai, where he dragged a frightened elder out of a barbershop and prompted Jidanbo to appear.
• Ichigo challenged Jidanbo at the White Road Gate and defeated him, while Wu Biao ate and waited with the others.
• Ichimaru Gin wounded Jidanbo, repelled Ichigo with Shinsō, and shut the White Road Gate, leaving the group outside.
• Wu Biao lifted the enormous gate with one hand, slipped into Seireitei alone, and drew Ichimaru Gin’s surprised attention.

Wu Biao entered Seireitei and challenged the Shinigami as he searched for a long-haired man with a girly face. After Ichimaru Gin left him to the guards, Wu Biao began overwhelming the Shinigami gathered at the west gate, and the fight continued.

• The Surveillance Department detected Wu Biao at Seireitei’s west gate and announced an emergency alert, but most Shinigami dismissed him because he had no spiritual power.
• A man in the Fifth Division captain’s office recognized Wu Biao as the human who had caught Aizen’s interest.
• Ichimaru Gin encouraged the Shinigami to handle Wu Biao, then vanished after winking at him.
• Wu Biao asked the gathered Shinigami to help him find a long-haired man with a girly face, and Togakushi Riku tried to arrest him.
• Wu Biao knocked Togakushi unconscious, broke a Shinigami’s Zanpakuto, and defeated more Seated Officers as the guards attacked together.
• Wu Biao fought through the Shinigami’s released Zanpakuto and techniques, smashing blades and sending their wielders flying.

Wu Biao attacked the 12th Division’s Surveillance Department, where the Shinigami recognized him as the human who had killed a Gillian, then continued through Seireitei without killing anyone. Hungry and looking for the strongest Shinigami, he entered the 5th Division barracks after smelling food and headed for its cafeteria.

• The 12th Division supervisor identified Wu Biao as the human who had killed a Menos Grande Gillian and ordered all divisions alerted, but Wu Biao broke into the Surveillance Department before they could act.
• Wu Biao knocked out the Surveillance Department members, clarified that he intended to flatten Seireitei, and ate a large meal before leaving.
• Wu Biao wandered through Seireitei, incapacitating patrolmen without killing them as he searched for Rukia and the girly boy.
• Wu Biao headed toward central Seireitei, smelled food at the 5th Division barracks, and walked into its cafeteria.

Wu Biao entered the 5th Division cafeteria, learned that meals were free, and eagerly joined the food line. After hearing Shinigami discuss the intruder in Seireitei, he asked the cook to fill a wooden basin with food, insisting he could eat it all.

• Wu Biao met a bearded Shinigami who mistook him for a new recruit and explained that division cafeteria food was free.
• Wu Biao learned the bearded Shinigami had also come from Rukongai and celebrated the chance to eat as much as he wanted.
• Wu Biao heard Shinigami discussing the intruder in Seireitei and decided to deal with them after eating.
• Wu Biao asked the cook to serve his meal in a wooden basin, and the cook reluctantly began filling it.

Hinamori Momo found Wu Biao eating in the 5th Division dining hall and learned he was the Ryoka who had invaded Seireitei. A Level One Alert revealed his strength, and Wu Biao knocked down two Shinigami before asking where Rukia was.

• Hinamori Momo searched for Captain Aizen and found Wu Biao eating in the 5th Division dining hall.
• Hinamori Momo questioned Wu Biao, who denied attending Shino Academy and announced that he would steamroll Seireitei.
• A Level One Alert identified Wu Biao as a dangerous human who had killed a Menos Grande-class Gillian and reported that Shinigami across Seireitei had been injured.
• Wu Biao knocked down two Shinigami who approached him and asked where Rukia and the sissy were.

Wu Biao broke into the 5th Division barracks while searching for Rukia and Ichigo, and fought Vice-Captain Hinamori and the Shinigami who attacked him. He survived their Kidō barrage, but his hair was burned away, leaving him furious and threatening to make them all bald.

• Kenpachi Zaraki heard the Level One Alert and decided the Ryoka who had killed a Gillian sounded worth fighting.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto ordered Chōjirō Sasakibe to reinforce the western district, while Aizen Sōsuke and Kaname Tōsen watched events unfold from the blood-soaked Central 46.
• Rukia recognized that the arriving Ryoka was Wu Biao and feared for Ichigo, while hoping he would survive.
• Hinamori confronted Wu Biao when he asked where Rukia and the “girly guy” were, but his punch knocked her Zanpakuto aside and forced her to retreat.
• The 5th Division Shinigami attacked Wu Biao with Zanpakuto and Kidō, but he endured their fireball barrage and charged through the flames.
• Wu Biao discovered that the Kidō had burned off his hair and roared that he would make every attacker bald.

Wu Biao used Kanonji’s specially developed Kanonji-dan to devastate a crowd of 5th Division Shinigami, then fought Hinamori Momo and knocked her unconscious. He shaved the heads of the injured squad members and Hinamori before disappearing ahead of the 4th Division rescue team.

• Wu Biao formed and launched a Kanonji-dan, blasting apart the cafeteria and leaving nearly a hundred Shinigami injured while Hinamori Momo survived behind Enkosen.
• Wu Biao tore the hair from dozens of unconscious 5th Division members, and Hinamori Momo confronted him with Tobiume and an empowered Sōkatsui.
• Wu Biao countered Hinamori Momo’s Sōkatsui with another Kanonji-dan, then struck her in the face and knocked her unconscious.
• Wu Biao shaved Hinamori Momo’s head and continued his head-shaving campaign before vanishing.
• A 4th Division rescue team arrived to find the 5th Division members bald, including Hinamori Momo, whose scalp gleamed in the moonlight.

While Ichigo’s group prepared to enter Seireitei, Wu Biao’s rampage left more than 600 Shinigami injured and the 5th Division bald. Hitsugaya learned that Wu Biao was seeking Rukia, while Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru remained lost as they searched for him.

• Yoruichi briefed Ichigo and the others on Seireitei’s defenses, then told them to rest until the Kukaku Cannon was ready around dawn.
• Hitsugaya and Rangiku visited the injured 5th Division and found Hinamori hiding her bald head and missing front teeth.
• Kotetsu Isane reported that Wu Biao had injured more than 600 people, could not be tracked by spiritual pressure, and had killed no one.
• Hinamori explained that the 5th Division had burned off Wu Biao’s hair, prompting him to shave their heads in revenge.
• Hinamori told Hitsugaya that Wu Biao had come to rescue Rukia, and Hitsugaya planned to report her account to the Captain-Commander.
• Kenpachi Zaraki followed Yachiru’s directions through southern Seireitei, but the two remained lost and far from Wu Biao.

Wu Biao fought through waves of Shinigami in Seireitei to clear the way for Ichigo and the others, then collapsed asleep in an abandoned barracks. A silver-haired man found him and secretly erased the blood trail, leaving open the possibility that Wu Biao might become a seed of resistance in the future.

• Wu Biao fought Jidanbo Ikkanzaka and his patrol through the night, overwhelming the Shinigami with relentless hand-to-hand attacks.
• Wu Biao defeated Jidanbo Ikkanzaka and continued toward another patrol, intent on clearing obstacles for Ichigo and the others' rescue mission.
• Wu Biao knocked down the next group of thirty Shinigami, then staggered into an empty squad barracks, ate his remaining food, and fell asleep.
• A silver-haired man found the sleeping Wu Biao in an abandoned 3rd Division barracks and erased the bloodstains leading to him.

Ichigo and his companions launched their invasion of Seireitei, where the captains declared a wartime order after Aizen’s apparent death and the arrival of the Ryoka. Ichigo and Ganju landed in the crowded western district, reunited with Wu Biao, and began fighting their way through the Shinigami pursuing him.

• Ganju joined Ichigo’s group, explaining that he wanted to learn why his brother had thanked the Shinigami who killed him, and Kūkaku launched the group toward Seireitei.
• Yamamoto lifted the restrictions on captains using Bankai, and the captains discovered Aizen’s corpse on the East Great Holy Wall.
• Wu Biao woke in an abandoned barracks and watched the Reishi Cannonball split into four streams, while Ichigo and Ganju landed in the heavily guarded west.
• Ikkaku and Yumichika confronted Ichigo and Ganju, but Wu Biao arrived and knocked Ikkaku back with a punch.
• Wu Biao blasted through the pursuing Shinigami with Kannonji-dan, then led Ichigo and Ganju into a breakout attempt.

Wu Biao, Ichigo, and Ganju fled a large group of Shinigami through Seireitei, but their attempt to use Hanataro as a hostage failed to stop the pursuit. Meanwhile, Kenpachi and Yachiru arrived at the 4th Division and ran into Kotetsu Isane.

• Wu Biao told Ichigo and Ganju he had taken down every Shinigami he encountered, then threw spiritual-power balls at the pursuing crowd as they ran.
• Ichigo and Ganju seized Yamada Hanataro and threatened the Shinigami with him, but the pursuers recognized him as a member of the 4th Division and attacked anyway.
• Wu Biao tried to plead with the Shinigami by calling the trio thugs who collected protection money, and Ganju fled with Hanataro as the pursuers charged.
• Kenpachi complained about Yachiru's sense of direction when they reached the 4th Division, and Yachiru said she wanted to visit the Women's Shinigami Association chairwoman.
• Kenpachi and Yachiru entered the 4th Division to check on injured squad members and look for the Ryoka, where they encountered Kotetsu Isane.

Ichigo, Ganju, and Wu Biao followed Hanataro through the sewers toward the Senzaikyū, where Rukia was being held. Wu Biao sensed Renji Abarai outside and charged ahead, with Ichigo rushing after him to face his own rival.

• Hanataro offered to lead Ichigo, Ganju, and Wu Biao through the sewers to Rukia, and Ichigo agreed to trust him.
• Hanataro told Ichigo that Rukia had spoken often about him and trusted him, leaving Ichigo troubled by his weakness and guilt.
• Wu Biao encouraged Ichigo to keep going, and Hanataro guided the group through the sewers toward an exit near the Senzaikyū.
• Wu Biao recognized a scent outside as belonging to the redhead who had appeared with the sissy and rushed out of the sewer.
• Ichigo identified the redhead as Renji Abarai and ran after Wu Biao, while Hanataro and Ganju realized they were facing a lieutenant.

Renji confronted Ichigo and Wu Biao outside the Senzaikyu, questioned Wu Biao about Captain Aizen’s death, and accepted that someone else had killed him. Sensing a kindred spirit, Wu Biao rushed off and attacked Kenpachi Zaraki, leaving their clash poised to begin.

• Renji confronted Ichigo and Wu Biao at the Senzaikyu, while Ganju and Hanataro struggled under his spiritual pressure.
• Renji revealed that Wu Biao had defeated over a thousand Shinigami and wiped out the 5th Division, then asked whether he had killed Captain Aizen.
• Ichigo pointed out that Aizen had been stabbed with his own Zanpakuto, and Wu Biao insisted he would never use a weapon and had not killed him.
• Renji believed Wu Biao and prepared to fight Ichigo, but Wu Biao sensed an approaching kindred spirit and launched himself away at tremendous speed.
• Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru Kusajishi discussed the fight before Wu Biao crashed down toward Kenpachi, who dodged the impact.

Wu Biao and Kenpachi fought a savage close-combat battle, trading powerful blows and techniques. After Wu Biao caught Kenpachi in a joint lock, Kenpachi reset his dislocated shoulder with spiritual pressure, and Wu Biao offered to teach him the technique.

• Yachiru left the ruins after Kenpachi told her to get away, and Kenpachi challenged Wu Biao to fight.
• Wu Biao and Kenpachi exchanged rapid punches and sword strikes, each wounding the other and relishing the battle.
• Kenpachi's spiritual pressure intensified, and Wu Biao countered with a black-glowing punch that sent them both flying.
• Wu Biao dodged Kenpachi's slash, grabbed him in midair, and used a joint lock to slam him into the ground.
• Kenpachi reset his dislocated shoulder with spiritual pressure and asked about Wu Biao's technique, prompting Wu Biao to offer to teach him.

Wu Biao fought Kenpachi Zaraki with close-range martial arts but was badly wounded when Kenpachi removed his eyepatch and unleashed his full Spiritual Pressure. Refusing to surrender, Wu Biao used Onefold Kannon Fist to draw Reishi into his body and overwhelm Kenpachi with astonishing speed and power, leaving the battle amid a devastated crater.

• Wu Biao and Kenpachi argued over whether martial arts meant trading punches or fighting to the death, then resumed their battle.
• Wu Biao used rapid footwork, punches, and grapples to stay close to Kenpachi, while both fighters wounded each other.
• Wu Biao knocked Kenpachi's eyepatch loose, and Kenpachi's released Spiritual Pressure blasted Wu Biao through a building with a single strike.
• Kenpachi mistook Wu Biao's trembling for fear and began to walk away, but Wu Biao revealed that he was trembling with excitement and rose again.
• Wu Biao drew Reishi into his blood and activated Onefold Kannon Fist, then struck Kenpachi with blows that sent him crashing through buildings and into a vast crater.

Yachiru found Kenpachi badly wounded after his fight with Wu Biao, while Ichigo learned that Wu Biao had faced Kenpachi and worried about his fate. Wu Biao woke in a Seireitei prison, removed his restraints, and tore off the cell door.

• Yachiru found Kenpachi standing in the crater with Wu Biao, and Kenpachi admitted that he had lost before collapsing.
• Sado advanced toward Senzaikyu and encountered Shunsui Kyoraku, captain of the 8th Division.
• Ichigo, Ganju, and Hanataro met Yoruichi, who told Ichigo that Wu Biao had likely fought Kenpachi and urged the group to begin Urahara's Bankai training.
• Yoruichi said Wu Biao was either recovering or captured, and Ichigo agreed to go with her after she warned that he needed Bankai to save Rukia.
• Wu Biao woke in a prison cell beside Sado, pulled off his spiritual-pressure-suppressing handcuffs, and removed the cell door.

Uryu Ishida fought Mayuri Kurotsuchi to protect Orihime Inoue and learned that Mayuri had experimented on and killed his grandfather, Soken Ishida. Wu Biao arrived before Ishida unleashed the Sanrei Glove, and the group faced Mayuri together.

• Uryu Ishida and Orihime Inoue were exposed near the prison, where Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s human-bomb subordinates attacked them; Orihime’s shield saved them and Makiuzo Aramaki.
• Mayuri targeted Orihime, but Ishida held him off while Makiuzo carried her away; Nemu Kurotsuchi helped Mayuri wound Ishida and was brutally injured by her captain.
• Mayuri showed Ishida a photograph of Soken Ishida and admitted that he had delayed the Shinigami’s rescue so he could experiment on the Quincy; Ishida recognized his grandfather and fought on despite Ashisogi Jizō’s paralysis.
• Wu Biao and Sado escaped the prison, found Makiuzo carrying Orihime, and followed him back to Ishida’s battle with Mayuri.
• As Ishida prepared to remove the Sanrei Glove, Wu Biao burst through a wall and struck Mayuri, giving Ishida time to stop; Wu Biao then introduced himself with an elaborate string of poses.

Wu Biao fought Mayuri Kurotsuchi and defeated him with Ichibai Kanon Ken, but the technique left him desperately hungry. As Mayuri escaped as a pool of purple liquid and vowed to return for Wu Biao, Wu Biao mistook him for rice porridge and lunged after him.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi tried to recruit Wu Biao for experiments, but Wu Biao ignored him and demanded a fight because he was hungry.
• Wu Biao dodged Mayuri's attack and struck a Gigai, then pursued Mayuri as he used Bankai to summon Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō.
• Mayuri's poisonous Bankai trapped Wu Biao, so Wu Biao activated Ichibai Kanon Ken and punched through Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō.
• Wu Biao struck Mayuri into the ruins, then collapsed from exhaustion and complained that he was starving.
• Mayuri escaped as purple liquid and promised to come for Wu Biao again, but Wu Biao mistook the liquid for rice porridge and lunged after it before Sado grabbed him.