Recaps

Nara Dan went to the moon, met Otsutsuki Hamura, and learned that Otsutsuki Isshiki and other Otsutsuki could threaten the planet. As the moon’s descendants slaughtered one another, Nara Dan took their gigantic Byakugan and then examined the moon, spotting Kaguya Otsutsuki sealed within its core.

• Nara Dan reached the moon and spoke with Otsutsuki Hamura, who asked him to spare his descendants and warned him about Otsutsuki Isshiki and other Otsutsuki on Earth.
• Otsutsuki Hamura faded away, while the moon’s Main Family and Branch Family descendants began killing one another.
• Nara Dan entered the clan’s ancestral hall, found the young Otsutsuki Toneri, and took the gigantic Byakugan into the Spirit World.
• Nara Dan watched the descendants’ slaughter until the last one had died, then moved away to view the moon as a whole.
• Nara Dan looked through the moon’s core and saw the sealed body of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Nara Dan shattered the moon, freed Kaguya Otsutsuki, and forced her to reveal what she knew about the Otsutsuki Clan. After taking the God Tree Fruit she had left behind, he fed it to Samehada, which survived and entered an evolutionary slumber.

• Nara Dan used Heaven-Earth Reversal to strike the moon, breaking it into countless chunks of rock.
• Nara Dan freed Kaguya Otsutsuki from the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei seals and demanded information about the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki agreed to tell Nara Dan about her clan after he wounded her and threatened to kill her.
• Nara Dan took the God Tree Fruit formed from Kaguya Otsutsuki's sacrifice of half of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and considered its power.
• Nara Dan sent the fruit to the Void Spirit Realm, where Samehada swallowed it and fell into an evolutionary slumber.

Ōnoki learned that Nara Dan had grown stronger after the moon was shattered, while Konoha’s candidates trained for the approaching Chunin Ninja Exams. Nara Dan then convened the Five Kage in Konoha and proposed a shared organization to manage Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki.

• Ōnoki’s subordinate confirmed that the enormous figure in the sky resembled Nara Dan, and Ōnoki wondered who Dan had fought to shatter the moon.
• Ino Rinya and Hyuga Nana discussed their training and the approaching exams as Might Father and Might Guy trained nearby.
• Ino Rinya speculated that Nara Dan might unify the Ninja World, but Hyuga Nana said Dan was more focused on pursuing strength.
• The Four Kage waited in Konoha for Nara Dan, who arrived and unsettled them with his presence.
• Nara Dan told the Kage that his first reason for summoning them was to establish a Tailed Beast Monitoring Team to oversee free Tailed Beasts and standardize Jinchuriki selection and evaluation.

Nara Dan proposed standardizing jinchuriki treatment and establishing a Five-Village Alliance backed by a Tailed Beast Monitoring Team, using his overwhelming power to pressure the Kage into accepting. The other Kage stayed silent until Fourth Kazekage Rasa became the first to support the proposal.

• Nara Dan proposed standardizing jinchuriki selection and assessment, creating public gathering areas, ending abuse, and forming a Tailed Beast Monitoring Team.
• Nara Dan announced a Five-Village Alliance that could use military force, with the monitoring team serving as an enforcement body.
• The Fourth Raikage rejected the proposal, but Nara Dan threatened to reclaim the Tailed Beasts and reminded the Kage of his power.
• The Kage recognized that the alliance could give Konoha a pretext to control the other villages, but none dared to oppose Nara Dan first.
• Fourth Kazekage Rasa broke the silence and agreed to put Nara Dan's proposal into practice.

Nara Dan secured the other villages’ agreement to Konoha’s Five-Village Alliance before using his True Spirit Reincarnation method to enter a new world. He awoke in a fragile Spirit Body in Meteor City, where he recognized Sosuke Aizen and pretended to be unconscious as Aizen and Gin Ichimaru left for the night’s events.

• Nara Dan used his promised aid to Sunagakure to persuade Rasa to support the alliance, prompting the other Kage to agree as well.
• Nara Dan left the alliance’s practical arrangements to Nara Shikaku and sent a fragment of his True Spirit into another world.
• Nara Dan’s Cheat System eased the world’s rejection, and he took over a boy’s body, erasing the original owner’s identity.
• An explosion buried Nara Dan in the ruins, leaving his new Spirit Body badly injured.
• Nara Dan recognized Sosuke Aizen and Gin Ichimaru, played dead, and heard Aizen say that the real show was about to begin.
• Aizen noticed Nara Dan but dismissed him as a gravely injured boy, then left with Gin Ichimaru.

Nara Dan recovered in Meteor City after his clash with Aizen, tested the limits of his weak Shinigami spirit body, and began training to protect himself. He concluded that Hollows survived by devouring other spirit bodies as he worked to strengthen his own.

• Nara Dan considered the Spirit King, Hollows, and other mysteries of Bleach before heading toward Meteor City.
• A starving man tried to rob Nara Dan, but Nara Dan killed him and seized a nearby house after driving out its occupant.
• Nara Dan examined his spirit body and found that Life Essence could heal it only slowly because it replenished Reishi rather than repairing physical cells.
• Nara Dan judged his spirit body's density to be extremely low and decided to build basic strength before relying on contingencies from his main body.
• The next day, Nara Dan trained with push-ups and the Breathing Technique while Life Essence aided his recovery.
• Nara Dan concluded that Hollows fed on other spirit bodies because Reishi-rich spirit bodies were their best source of nourishment.

Nara Dan discovered that Blood Qi martial arts were poorly suited to his spirit body, so he trained to strengthen it through Spiritual Power and Reishi. After seven days of intensive practice, he revived his Swordsmanship and learned to cut with a Flying Slash, leaving him with a method he could use before becoming a Shinigami.

• Nara Dan examined his spirit body and concluded that physical training could increase its density and Spiritual Pressure as he depleted and replenished Spiritual Power and Reishi.
• Nara Dan realized his True Spirit could gradually cleanse his body and transform its limited aptitude, potentially allowing him to reach Captain-level.
• Nara Dan trained for seven days in Rukongai, absorbing Reishi and Life Essence while trying to sense his Zanpakutō.
• Nara Dan used a Wooden Sword to cut through a tree stump with a Flying Slash he had learned from One Piece World Swordsmanship.

After the Soul Society condemned the captains involved in Hollowfication, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto ordered Shino Academy to hold an admissions round to fill the ranks with new recruits. Nara Dan entered the test alongside Rukia and Renji Abarai, and the chapter ended with all three registering B-level Spiritual Power aptitude.

• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto rejected Chojiro Sasakibe's doubts and upheld Central 46's judgment against those accused of Hollowfication.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto assigned vacant Division positions to qualified Shinigami and called for another Shino Academy admissions round.
• Nara Dan learned about the admissions test, defeated a gang of thugs, and headed to the registration site in western Rukongai.
• Rukia impressed the examiners with a bright test result, while her childhood friend Renji Abarai celebrated her success.
• Nara Dan took the test and received a B-level aptitude rating, matching Rukia and Renji Abarai.

Nara Dan enrolled at Shino Academy, demonstrated his strength to Rukia and Renji Abarai, and developed Spiritual Power Self-Weight Armor to train his Spirit Body. During a practical assessment, he impressed the examiners with his Hakuda and earned an A-rank talent evaluation.

• Nara Dan shook hands with Rukia and Renji Abarai, quietly overpowering Renji and making him realize how much stronger he needed to become.
• Nara Dan and four other students passed the entrance exam, and Nara Dan received a dormitory room, an ID Tag, and Shihakusho.
• Nara Dan developed Spiritual Power Self-Weight Armor overnight and used it to increase the weight and training strain on his Spirit Body.
• At the next assessment, Nara Dan fought a stern examiner with a relentless Hakuda barrage before stepping aside after the examiner forced him back with a powerful kick.
• The examiner judged Nara Dan's Hakuda talent to be A-rank after using more Spiritual Power than the standard amount to suppress him.

Nara Dan demonstrated an unprecedented, powerful sword slash during Shino Academy’s aptitude tests, impressing the examiners with his exceptional abilities across the Four Shinigami Arts. Examiner Denichi said his technique would be reported to higher-ranking officers and offered him the choice of continuing at the academy or joining a Division directly.

• Rukia and Renji Abarai attacked Examiner Denichi in the Hakuda test, but he quickly knocked them down while Nara Dan watched.
• Nara Dan released a nearly ten-meter blade of energy with a Wooden Sword, forcing Denichi to defend himself with Bakudo #8: Repulse and leaving his clothing torn.
• Nara Dan claimed he had simply concentrated and swung, while the examiners recognized his slash as an unprecedented technique and judged him an extraordinary genius.
• Nara Dan performed well in the Kido and Shunpo tests, while Rukia showed strong Kido talent and Renji Abarai stood out in Swordsmanship.
• After the tests, Examiner Denichi told Nara Dan that his technique would be reported to a Captain or the Captain-Commander and offered him a choice between Shino Academy and joining a Division directly.

Nara Dan chose to continue studying at Shino Academy, while Yamamoto reviewed his talent and assigned several new division leaders. Aizen anticipated becoming a captain and spoke with Gin Ichimaru about their ambitions.

• Nara Dan declined to join a division and chose to keep studying at Shino Academy so he could develop without taking on missions.
• Examiner Denichi approved of Nara Dan's choice, and Yamamoto instructed Sasakibe to mark him as exceptionally talented and let him continue training.
• Yamamoto reviewed the captain candidates and appointed Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Sajin Komamura, and Isshin Shiba to lead divisions, leaving the Third Division vacant.
• Aizen practiced calligraphy as Gin Ichimaru congratulated him on his expected promotion to captain.
• Aizen remarked that Gin's talent could make him a captain too, noting that Gin had completed Shino Academy in a year.

Gin Ichimaru reflected on Aizen's overwhelming strength while Nara Dan trained to apply the principles of One Piece swordsmanship in the Bleach world. After Nara Dan nearly struck a boy who had been watching him, the boy introduced himself as his neighbor, Kira Izuru.

• Gin Ichimaru praised Aizen and privately feared that even his own talent would not let him defeat him.
• Nara Dan reasoned that he could adapt Sword Intent and the principles of the Black Blade to manifest Spiritual Power through his weapon.
• Nara Dan slashed with his Wooden Sword, sending Blade Qi through several trees and narrowly missing a boy hiding behind them.
• Nara Dan asked the frightened boy his name, and the boy identified himself as Kira Izuru, his neighbor in the Dormitory.

Nara Dan discovered that Kira Izuru had been watching his training and examined Kira’s Asauchi, recognizing how it could develop into a Zanpakutō. He advised Kira to awaken its spirituality through battle, then returned to his dormitory.

• Nara Dan stopped attacking Kira Izuru and asked why he had watched him meditate for several days.
• Kira Izuru explained that he had come to learn from Nara Dan’s Sword Meditation and showed him his Asauchi.
• Nara Dan examined the Asauchi and understood how a Soul Reaper’s spirit could awaken it into a Zanpakutō.
• Nara Dan advised Kira Izuru to repeatedly cover the Asauchi with Spiritual Pressure during battle to stimulate its spirituality.
• Kira Izuru thanked Nara Dan and confirmed his name before Nara Dan entered his Dormitory.

Nara Dan encountered Aizen, now a captain, at Shin'ō Academy and realized he would be teaching Sword Meditation Class. As Aizen and Nara Dan recognized each other as secretive and ambitious, they sized one another up, leaving Nara Dan calmly watching Aizen begin the lesson.

• Nara Dan entered his classroom and saw Aizen wearing a Captain's Haori, realizing Aizen had risen to captain after the Hollowfication Incident.
• Nara Dan identified Aizen's Sword Meditation Class as instruction about Asauchi and Zanpakutō awakening and considered ways to resist Aizen's Complete Hypnosis.
• Aizen began class by asking the new students to introduce themselves, and Renji Abarai and Nara Dan presented themselves to the class.
• Nara Dan and Aizen exchanged searching looks, each sensing that the other concealed powerful secrets and ambitions.
• Nara Dan reflected that he pursued power without abandoning his humanity, unlike Aizen, and watched him teach with a calm smile.

Aizen taught Nara Dan and the other students about Zanpakutō before demonstrating his Shikai, Illusion, and its control over the senses. Nara Dan appeared to perceive through the illusion, prompting Aizen to test him by reaching for his eyes.

• Aizen finished his final Sword Meditation Class after becoming captain of the Fifth Division.
• Aizen released Illusion with the command “Shatter, Illusion” and filled the classroom with fog.
• Aizen demonstrated how Illusion used mist and flowing water to create convincing images, while Nara Dan considered how controlling all five senses blurred reality and falsehood.
• Nara Dan shifted his gaze toward the space in front of him, making Aizen wonder whether the boy could see through the illusion.
• Aizen reached toward Nara Dan’s face, then suddenly accelerated his hand toward the boy’s eyes.

Dan endured Aizen’s test and concealed his resistance to Illusion while considering the risks of confronting him directly. He left Aizen wary and prepared for more schemes, while resolving to conserve World Origin and gather resources in Soul Society.

• Aizen tested Dan by approaching under Illusion and thrusting a finger toward his eye, but Dan sensed the attack and remained still.
• Aizen concluded that Dan’s instincts and Sixth Sense were exceptional, noticed faint Reishi fluctuations around him, and returned to the lectern.
• Dan recognized Illusion’s mark on his soul and used his True Spiritual Light, intuition, and Spiritual Power Self-Weight Armor to resist its effects and protect himself.
• Dan considered abandoning his body and bringing his original body to Soul Society, but decided that the World Origin cost and risk of opposing the Gaia God made it unwise.
• Dan reflected on his dwindling reserves and decided to keep a low profile, gather important resources, and see whether he could obtain World Origin from Soul Society.
• Dan watched Aizen leave and anticipated further tests, resolving to find out what Sōsuke Aizen would do next.

Nara Dan practiced with the Asauchi he had received from Shino Academy and decided to suppress its urge to form a Zanpakutō while pursuing a new path of Swordsmanship. He concluded that he needed repeated battles to temper his blade and planned to seek out Soul Society’s captains, then noticed Kira Izuru had arrived.

• Nara Dan practiced precise sword forms with his Asauchi and reflected on how souls could awaken powers by reflecting their hearts.
• Nara Dan suppressed his True Spiritual Light to prevent the Asauchi from forming a Zanpakutō, choosing instead to imbue it with his will and cultivate Sword Intent.
• Nara Dan unleashed a powerful slash that cut nearby trees into stumps and assessed himself as roughly comparable to a seated officer proficient with Shikai.
• Nara Dan decided that he needed constant battles to temper his Asauchi and improve his Swordsmanship, so he planned to spar with Soul Society’s captains.
• Nara Dan turned to Kira Izuru, who had appeared beside him, and asked what he wanted.

Kira Izuru thanked Nara Dan for helping him awaken his Zanpakutō and gained permission to watch Nara's sword training. During Swordsmanship Class, Nara swiftly defeated Rukia, and Kira challenged Renji Abarai before Renji could challenge Nara.

• Kira Izuru thanked Nara Dan for his advice, and Nara invited him to watch his swordsmanship practice in the future.
• Nara Dan defeated Rukia in a brief Swordsmanship Class match by disarming her defense and placing his Asauchi against her neck.
• Renji Abarai decided to challenge Nara Dan after seeing Rukia's defeat and wanting to test his own swordsmanship.
• Kira Izuru challenged Renji Abarai first, and the two took their places in the arena as Nara Dan watched with surprise.

Kira Izuru awakened his Zanpakutō during a fight and defeated Renji Abarai, then Nara Dan watched Rukia train before confronting her and Renji in the woods. Nara Dan’s overwhelming display of power left both students wary as he approached them.

• Kira Izuru and Renji Abarai fought until Kira awakened his Zanpakutō, used Shunpo, and knocked Renji unconscious.
• Rukia rushed to Renji after the fight, while Kira bowed to Nara Dan for approval.
• Nara Dan followed Rukia into the woods and watched her practice swordsmanship.
• Renji discovered Nara Dan hiding nearby and charged at him, but Nara Dan’s slash cut through the ground and trees beside him.
• Rukia stood between Nara Dan and Renji, who struggled to his feet, and demanded to know what Nara Dan was doing as he walked toward them.

Nara Dan offered Rukia and Renji Abarai swordsmanship training, then revealed that he was using the Hōgyoku inside Rukia to accelerate his evolution by integrating Hollow power. He considered the Spirit King's unusual influence over Soul Society and wondered whether the Spirit King had sought to escape his role as a Gaia God.

• Nara Dan corrected Rukia's sword form and taught Renji Abarai to focus his strength instead of relying on brute force.
• Rukia asked Nara Dan why he was helping them, and he said he liked her but not Renji Abarai before leaving.
• Nara Dan sensed the Hōgyoku inside Rukia and used its power to awaken and integrate Hollow power with his Shinigami strength.
• Nara Dan reasoned that Hollow power could speed his evolution without taking control of his consciousness, and considered how it might help him reach the Spirit King's level.
• Nara Dan reflected on the Spirit King's apparent plans and questioned how a Gaia God could develop the desire to escape his duties.

Nara Dan trained Rukia, Renji Abarai, and Kira Izuru before confronting Gin Ichimaru, who had come to test him at Aizen’s request. Their duel revealed Nara Dan’s exceptional combat instincts and blade technique, and it left Gin Ichimaru’s clothes slashed as the fight continued.

• Nara Dan praised Rukia’s silent Kido casting and demonstrated a stronger silent White Lightning.
• Nara Dan left Rukia, Renji Abarai, and Kira Izuru practicing sword techniques in the woods.
• Nara Dan confronted Gin Ichimaru, who admitted he had been watching the students and attacked with Shinsō.
• Nara Dan blocked Gin Ichimaru’s strikes with his Asauchi and countered with a Flying Slash that cut Gin Ichimaru’s clothes.

Nara Dan fought Gin Ichimaru, escaped after Aizen revealed he had been watching, and later met Gin in secret to propose a deal. Gin agreed to hear what Nara wanted in exchange for a way to break Aizen’s Illusion.

• Gin Ichimaru attacked Nara Dan with Shinsō, but Nara defended himself with Flying Slash and Clear and Murky despite being outmatched in Spiritual Pressure.
• Nara Dan used the distraction to leave, and Aizen appeared to Gin Ichimaru, praised Nara’s hidden strength, and demonstrated that he could imitate Nara’s Flying Slash.
• Nara Dan studied spatial techniques and decided that Hueco Mundo offered the intense battles he needed to grow.
• Gin Ichimaru visited Nara Dan’s room and questioned how he knew about Aizen and Illusion.
• Nara Dan silently named Rangiku Matsumoto, provoking Gin, then offered to tell him how to break Illusion in exchange for his help.

Nara Dan told Gin Ichimaru how to counter Aizen’s Complete Hypnosis and arranged for Gin to plant a rune-marked stone in Hueco Mundo. Gin left considering an assassination, while Nara Dan planned to use the world’s secrets and resources to pursue transcendence and the World Origin.

• Nara Dan gave Gin Ichimaru a rune-marked stone and asked him to hide it in Hueco Mundo without Aizen finding out.
• Gin Ichimaru agreed after Nara Dan promised to explain how to counter Illusion, then asked for his payment first.
• Nara Dan explained that Illusion controlled the five senses and could be resisted through battle instinct or by avoiding Aizen’s Shikai.
• Nara Dan told Gin Ichimaru that touching Illusion’s blade completely negated Complete Hypnosis, and warned him to act before Aizen mastered the Hōgyoku.
• Gin Ichimaru left to consider how to verify the advice and carry out his assassination plan, while Nara Dan reflected on transcendence and the World Origin.

Nara Dan forged his Asauchi into a Dharma Blade and reached the Great Swordsman realm, while reflecting on the limits of his sealed power and his new path through swordsmanship. He then challenged Rukia, Kira Izuru, and Renji Abarai to spar.

• Nara Dan used his Spiritual Power and Sword Intent to transform his Asauchi into a Dharma Blade, which strengthened his flying slash.
• Nara Dan inspected his Talent Entries and found that his Transcendent True Lord entry remained sealed while a new Swordsmanship Master entry had appeared.
• Nara Dan concluded that he had reached the Great Swordsman realm, though his weak Spirit Body limited the force he could bring to bear.
• Nara Dan considered the damaged training ground and his need for a better place to test his growing power.
• Nara Dan leaped down and challenged Rukia, Kira Izuru, and Renji Abarai to spar, and Renji eagerly accepted.

Nara Dan used a crude Flying Thunder God Formation to travel from Soul Society to Hueco Mundo, while Aizen and Mayuri Kurotsuchi noticed the spatial disturbance. He arrived inside a cramped, dark space, wrapped in a substance that made it difficult to breathe.

• Nara Dan waited until midnight, then used his Flying Thunder God Formation to travel to Hueco Mundo using the mark Gin Ichimaru had placed there.
• Aizen sensed a spatial fluctuation in Soul Society and resolved to keep testing Gin Ichimaru, considering whether Rangiku Matsumoto was the source of his changed demeanor.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi ordered his subordinate to improve the Technology Development Bureau's equipment after it detected a brief spatial fluctuation and traces of Negación activity.
• Nara Dan emerged in Hueco Mundo inside a cramped, dark space, where a strange substance tightly wrapped his body and hindered his breathing.