Recaps

Three years after the Hollowfication incident, Tsunayashiro Su Feng had become a powerful Third Seat and a contender for the vacant Ninth Division Captain position. He arrived late at the Captains’ gathering, where the Assessment Battle was about to begin.

• The Gotei 13 filled several vacancies after the Hollowfication incident, with Soi Fon, Aizen Sosuke, and Sajin Komamura becoming Captains while other divisions remained without permanent leaders.
• Su Feng completed his thousandth day of disciplined training and received increased spiritual pressure, combat skills, and mastery of Binding Spell No. 75, Gochu Tekkan.
• Su Feng reflected that his strength was still insufficient for the dangers posed by the Wandenreich, the Espada, and powerful figures such as Aizen Sosuke, Yamamoto, and Yhwach.
• With the Ninth Division Captain position open, Su Feng and Kaname Tosen became its leading candidates, and Su Feng decided the position was worth pursuing.
• A Shinigami Soldier hurried Su Feng to the Ninth Division dojo, where Yamamoto and the other Captains waited for the Assessment Battle.
• Su Feng entered the dojo calmly and announced to Yamamoto that the Assessment Battle could begin.

Su Feng faced Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s anger over arriving late, then entered the Assessment Battle against Kaname Tosen to compete for the Ninth Division captaincy. After overpowering Tosen in their first clash, Su Feng watched him release Suzumushi.

• Su Feng explained that he had been training, and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto let the matter go before ordering the Assessment Battle to begin.
• Su Feng challenged Kaname Tosen, and Shunsui Kyoraku started their fight as their captain-level Spiritual Pressures shook the dojo.
• Kaname Tosen attacked with his Zanpakuto, but Su Feng stopped him and overwhelmed him with superior strength.
• Kaname Tosen rose after being driven back, raised his Zanpakuto, and released Suzumushi.

Su Feng overwhelmed Kaname Tosen in their duel, using powerful Kido and an astonishing variety of sword styles. After Tosen unleashed Suzumushi: Second Form, Benihikou and destroyed the dojo, Su Feng emerged from the dust unharmed and declared the fight over.

• Kaname Tosen activated Suzumushi: First Form, but Su Feng countered with an incantationless Raikoho that drove Tosen back.
• Tosen attacked with Sōkatsui and close-range sword strikes, but Su Feng blocked the Kido and matched him in combat.
• Su Feng displayed a succession of distinct Kendo styles, steadily forcing Tosen into the role of his sparring partner.
• Tosen accused Su Feng of underestimating him and unleashed Suzumushi: Second Form, Benihikou, reducing the dojo to ruins.
• Su Feng emerged unharmed from the dust and told Tosen that the fight would end there.

Su Feng defeated Kaname Tosen in the captain assessment, winning Yamamoto Genryusai’s recognition as the victor. After the battle, the system unlocked an achievement task for Su Feng as the Ninth Division captain, leaving him pleased with his new role.

• Kaname Tosen’s rain of blades failed to penetrate Su Feng’s materialized spiritual pressure, astonishing the watching captains.
• Su Feng used swift Shunpo and Shihoin Third Style: Utsusemi to evade Kaname Tosen and cut him across the chest.
• Yamamoto Genryusai declared Su Feng the victor of the captain assessment, and the captains accepted the result.
• Seinosuke Yamada’s Fourth Division members carried the critically wounded Kaname Tosen away from the dojo.
• The system unlocked the achievement “The Self-Disciplined Captain of the Ninth Division!” for Su Feng.

After defeating Kaname Tosen and completing the Assessment Battle, Su Feng returned to the Ninth Division to take up his new duties. He found a backlog of cases involving powerful Shinigami and nobles, and began by examining a report about Ikkaku Madarame.

• Ginrei Kuchiki praised Su Feng after Kaname Tosen was carried away, and the other captains joined their exchange before the Assessment Battle ended.
• Su Feng returned to the Ninth Division barracks and received a mountain of unresolved case files.
• Fujio Ryukawa explained that the cases involved nobles, captains, and the Kidō Corps Commander, whose status had kept Seated Officers from handling them.
• Su Feng reviewed reports of abuses and unresolved incidents, then noted that the division also needed replacements for officers lost in the Hollowfication incident.
• Su Feng opened a case file reporting that Ikkaku Madarame had entered the Ninth Division Prison to challenge its prisoners, seriously injuring seventeen of them.

Su Feng took Fujio Ryukawa to the Eleventh Division to arrest Ikkaku Madarame for his numerous crimes. After Su Feng blasted open the division’s gates and Fujio read out the charges, Ikkaku challenged Su Feng to defeat him first.

• Fujio Ryukawa warned Su Feng that Ikkaku Madarame was a powerful Third Seat who would not respect him, and that Kenpachi Zaraki might challenge him.
• Su Feng brought Fujio to the Eleventh Division and declared that the Ninth Division would become an insurmountable milestone in Soul Society history.
• Ikkaku Madarame won a strength contest at the barracks and called for a stronger opponent.
• Su Feng blasted open the Eleventh Division’s gates and entered with Fujio to arrest Ikkaku.
• Fujio recited Ikkaku’s crimes, including breaking into the Ninth Division Prison, injuring prisoners, and destroying streets in Rukongai.
• Ikkaku recognized Su Feng’s purpose and challenged him to a fight before agreeing to face arrest.

Su Feng went to the Eleventh Division barracks to arrest Ikkaku Madarame, who resisted and challenged him to a fight. Su Feng defeated and bound Ikkaku, then ordered Fujio Ryukawa to arrest the soldiers who had shown the most disregard for law and discipline.

• Ikkaku Madarame refused Su Feng's arrest order, while Eleventh Division soldiers mocked Su Feng and urged Ikkaku to fight.
• Su Feng blocked Ikkaku's opening strike with Bakudo #39: Enkosen, then overwhelmed him with a Hakuda technique and slammed him into the ground.
• Su Feng bound the defeated Ikkaku with Bakudo #4: Hainawa and told Fujio Ryukawa to take him away.
• When a soldier objected to Ikkaku's arrest, Su Feng agreed and ordered Fujio Ryukawa to arrest several of the disorderly soldiers too.

Su Feng arrested Ikkaku Madarame and sixteen other Eleventh Division members, changing the law on the spot to justify their detention. Yamamoto Genryusai told his lieutenant to leave Su Feng alone, while Su Feng went to Floating Life Dye, where he focused on a short-haired figure.

• Su Feng ordered Fujio Ryukawa to arrest the Eleventh Division members after declaring that the laws had changed, and the men submitted without resisting.
• Fujio Ryukawa bound the men, carried the unconscious Ikkaku Madarame, and prepared a mission dossier for the First Division.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe reported the arrests to Yamamoto Genryusai, who ordered that Su Feng be left alone and arranged for his Captain's Haori to be made.
• Su Feng went to the Floating Life Dye izakaya and fixed his attention on a short orange-haired figure at the counter.

Su Feng persuaded Rangiku Matsumoto to transfer from the Tenth Division to the Ninth by promising her ten times her current salary. Rangiku hurried to submit her application, leaving Captain Isshin Shiba stunned when he saw it.

• Rangiku Matsumoto demanded drinks at an izakaya despite her unpaid tab, and Su Feng agreed to put the bill on his account.
• Su Feng reminded Rangiku of their agreement that she would become his Lieutenant if he became a captain, then offered her ten times her current salary to transfer divisions.
• Rangiku accepted the offer and used Shunpo to head to Seireitei to submit her transfer application to Isshin Shiba.
• Su Feng ordered the owner to bring Kikuhime Tayuu and the tavern's prized Ryusen Sake.
• Isshin Shiba stared at Rangiku's transfer application and wondered how his Lieutenant had left while he was out drinking.

Rangiku Matsumoto transferred to Su Feng’s Ninth Division after Isshin Shiba tried to negotiate a higher salary and asked her to seek compensation from Su Feng. Su Feng appointed her his personal secretary and Lieutenant, leaving her to face years of neglected case files.

• Isshin Shiba tried to stop Rangiku Matsumoto from transferring, then asked her to request compensation from Su Feng after learning she had been offered ten times her current pay.
• Rangiku Matsumoto told Su Feng about Isshin Shiba’s request, and Su Feng explained that the Shiba Family had ample resources despite Isshin’s complaints.
• Su Feng told Rangiku Matsumoto she would become his Lieutenant and personal secretary in the Ninth Division.
• Su Feng showed Rangiku Matsumoto the case files Kensei Muguruma had left unsorted and asked her to organize them.
• Su Feng gently ruffled Rangiku Matsumoto’s hair and said he would rely on her.

Su Feng’s appointment as Ninth Division Captain drew Aizen’s attention after Su Feng defeated Ikkaku Madarame and chose Rangiku Matsumoto over Kaname Tosen as his lieutenant. Su Feng went to the Ninth Division prison, where Ikkaku was being held, intent on using the opportunity to grow stronger.

• Su Feng teased Rangiku Matsumoto, then left her in charge of the Office while he handled official business.
• Gin Ichimaru told Aizen that Su Feng had defeated and arrested Ikkaku Madarame and had arranged for Rangiku Matsumoto to transfer to the Ninth Division instead of choosing Kaname Tosen.
• Aizen recognized that he had misjudged Su Feng, whose unexpected rise to captain-class strength had disrupted his plans, and decided to watch how events unfolded.
• Su Feng reflected on the danger posed by Tokinada Tsunayashiro and resolved to take every opportunity to strengthen himself.
• Su Feng arrived at the Ninth Division prison, where a barrier opened and a Spiritual Pressure Bridge extended to him.

Su Feng entered the Prison and confronted Ikkaku Madarame about his defeat, arguing that Ikkaku had lost by imitating Kenpachi Zaraki instead of relying on his own skills. Ikkaku was left shaken as he reconsidered his fighting style and the cost it had imposed on the Eleventh Division.

• Su Feng inspected the neglected Spiritual Pressure Bridge and had the guards open the Prison's sealing gate.
• Ikkaku Madarame pondered how he had lost his recent battle while sitting in his cell.
• Su Feng told Ikkaku that his mindset, technique, and unquestioning trust in Kenpachi Zaraki had contributed to the defeat.
• Su Feng revealed that the Eleventh Division's casualties had more than tripled and challenged Ikkaku to consider the consequences.
• Ikkaku realized he had been imitating Kenpachi Zaraki's reckless fighting style since losing to him in Rukongai.

Su Feng broke Ikkaku Madarame’s resistance and got him to sign the record of his crimes. In the Eleventh Division, Yumichika Ayasegawa and Kenpachi Zaraki learned of Ikkaku’s defeat, and Zaraki looked forward to fighting Su Feng.

• Su Feng told Ikkaku Madarame that he had undermined his psychological defenses to secure a confession, and Ikkaku signed the case file.
• Su Feng dismissed the file as useless to his self-discipline mission and planned to use the confession to mark a new era of accountability in Soul Society.
• Yumichika Ayasegawa questioned Eleventh Division soldiers and learned that Ninth Division captain Tsunayashiro Su Feng had defeated Ikkaku without using his Zanpakuto.
• Kenpachi Zaraki entered the training room, heard about Su Feng’s victory, and eagerly anticipated a battle with him.
• Yumichika Ayasegawa worried that the situation might grow beyond control.

Su Feng sentenced Ikkaku Madarame for destroying the Prison and injuring a criminal, then gained spiritual pressure and Hado mastery through his captain’s mission. He left Ikkaku imprisoned for three months pending a later decision.

• Su Feng considered the sentence for Ikkaku Madarame, and a prison guard explained the available penalties.
• Ikkaku chose the Central Underground Great Prison, but Su Feng told him he had no right to choose after entering the Prison.
• Su Feng sentenced Ikkaku to three months in the Prison and postponed deciding his next punishment until after the Captain Inauguration Ceremony.
• Su Feng completed his Autonomous Daily Mission, increased his Spiritual Might, and mastered Hado #73: Sōren Sōkatsui.
• Su Feng reflected that he needed far greater strength to control his fate in a dangerous world.

Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru Kusajishi chased the person who had taken Ikkaku, while Shunsui Kyoraku prepared to attend the Captain Inauguration Ceremony. Su Feng dressed for his own inauguration with Rangiku Matsumoto’s help, then hurried toward the ceremony carrying her with Shunpo.

• Yachiru Kusajishi directed Kenpachi Zaraki down the right alley as they searched for the person who had taken Ikkaku.
• Shunsui Kyoraku watched them disappear toward the Sixth Division’s Noble District, then restrained Enjōji Tatsufusa and left for the ceremony.
• Rangiku Matsumoto helped Su Feng put on his new Captain’s Haori, which bore the Tsunayashiro Family crest and blue collar tassels.
• Rangiku Matsumoto fixed Su Feng’s hair with a Kenseikan and praised his appearance before they set out for the ceremony.
• Su Feng carried Rangiku Matsumoto in a princess carry and used Shunpo to hurry from the Ninth Division barracks.

Su Feng brought Rangiku Matsumoto to the First Division Barracks for his inauguration as Ninth Division captain, arriving just as the ceremony began. Yamamoto Genryusai formally appointed him captain after confirming the Assessment Battle’s result.

• Su Feng and Rangiku Matsumoto traveled to the First Division Barracks, and Rangiku recalled how Su Feng had once rescued her in Rukongai.
• Shunsui Kyoraku criticized Su Feng for being late, then learned from Retsu Unohana that the azalea root in his mouth was poisonous.
• Sajin Komamura complained that Kaname Tosen would have been a better Ninth Division captain, while Aizen defended Su Feng’s appointment.
• Su Feng arrived with Rangiku and suggested that Komamura could transfer Kaname Tosen to Squad 7.
• Yamamoto Genryusai announced that the Assessment Battle had met requirements and appointed Tsunayashiro Su Feng as the Ninth Division’s new captain.

Su Feng completed his captain appointment ceremony and used his authority to arrange Kaname Tosen’s transfer to Squad 7, where Sajin Komamura agreed to receive him. Afterward, Shunsui Kyoraku reminisced with Su Feng about the guidance he had given him before Su Feng entered the Soul Reaper Academy.

• Yamamoto Genryusai concluded Su Feng’s captain appointment ceremony and asked whether he had concerns about his duties.
• Su Feng proposed transferring Kaname Tosen to Squad 7, and Sajin Komamura agreed because Tosen was his friend.
• Su Feng said Tosen would report to Squad 7 after recovering from his injuries, while privately noting that Tosen remained loyal to Aizen.
• The appointment ceremony ended, and Shunsui Kyoraku walked with Su Feng and recalled how Su Feng had once sought his training advice.

Su Feng asked Shunsui Kyoraku to let Nanao Ise join the Ninth Division and offered to teach her Kido, arguing that strength could prevent danger. After Su Feng demonstrated his advanced Kido mastery, Shunsui began considering entrusting Nanao to him.

• Su Feng asked Shunsui Kyoraku about the Ninth Division's losses and explained that the division needed new recruits.
• Su Feng asked for Nanao Ise to join the Ninth Division, and Shunsui warned him that she still needed time to grow.
• Su Feng said that he would teach Nanao Kido and demonstrated an incantation-free Hadō No. 73, Sōren Sōkatsui.
• Shunsui was shocked by Su Feng's mastery and said he might entrust Nanao to him.

Su Feng discussed Kenpachi Zaraki’s whereabouts with Shunsui Kyoraku, who hurried to the Noble District after learning Zaraki might cause trouble there. Zaraki fought Byakuya Kuchiki until Byakuya bound him, and Shunsui arrived to reinforce the spell.

• Su Feng warned Shunsui Kyoraku that Kenpachi Zaraki’s presence near the Noble District could endanger the Kyoraku Family, so Shunsui rushed back to check on the area.
• Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru Kusajishi encountered Byakuya Kuchiki near the Sixth Division barracks, and Zaraki challenged him to a fight.
• Zaraki attacked Byakuya, who drew his Zanpakuto and struggled to defend against Zaraki’s relentless strikes.
• Byakuya used Utsusemi to evade Zaraki and cast Bakudo #61: Rikujokoro to bind him.
• Shunsui arrived and cast Bakudo #61: Rikujokoro as well, pinning Zaraki with twelve beams of light.

Shunsui Kyoraku stopped Kenpachi Zaraki and Byakuya Kuchiki from continuing their fight, then redirected Kenpachi toward the First Division. After Shunsui’s advice left Byakuya questioning the rules he had been taught, Su Feng focused on rebuilding the Ninth Division with an iron fist.

• Shunsui Kyoraku restrained Kenpachi Zaraki with Rikujōkōrō and warned that reckless fighting could worsen Ikkaku Madarame’s punishment.
• Shunsui Kyoraku assured Kenpachi Zaraki that Ikkaku Madarame would soon return, calming him enough to release his spiritual pressure.
• Kenpachi Zaraki left the Noble District with Yachiru Kusajishi to seek out Yamamoto Genryusai at the First Division.
• Shunsui Kyoraku advised Byakuya Kuchiki to adapt rather than defend every rule, leaving Byakuya uncertain about his grandfather Ginrei Kuchiki’s teachings.
• Su Feng, unaware of the fight, began planning to rebuild the Ninth Division through forceful action.

Su Feng convened his first Ninth Division meeting amid resentment over his appointment and dozens of absent soldiers. As the meeting began, Kaname Tosen returned to the barracks to demand justice over his transfer out of the division.

• Rangiku Matsumoto recorded the many soldiers who skipped Su Feng's meeting and teased him about their lack of respect.
• Su Feng said the soldiers' attachment to Kensei Muguruma and unfamiliarity with him explained their resentment, and he believed winning them over would be simple.
• Nanao Ise reported to Su Feng after Shunsui Kyoraku transferred her from the Eighth Division to serve as the Ninth Division's Third Seat.
• Su Feng surveyed the assembled soldiers and lingered on Kaname Tosen, who was troubled by losing the captaincy and being transferred out of the Ninth Division.
• Kaname Tosen returned to the barracks as the meeting was about to begin, determined to demand justice for himself.

Su Feng took command of the Ninth Division and imposed his authority by crushing the squad members with his Spiritual Pressure. After they accepted his rules, Kaname Tosen challenged the order transferring him to Squad 7, and Su Feng reminded him that the new rules applied to him too.

• Su Feng announced his appointment as captain, named Rangiku Matsumoto lieutenant and Nanao Ise Third Seat, and declared that his orders took precedence within the Ninth Division.
• When the division members showed little respect, Su Feng flooded the courtyard with Spiritual Pressure until nearly everyone collapsed.
• Su Feng lifted the pressure and declared his three rules established, leaving the squad members afraid to oppose him.
• Kaname Tosen asked Su Feng to withdraw his transfer to Squad 7, saying the position did not suit him.
• Su Feng answered that his rules also applied to Tosen, whom he called former Fifth Seat.

Kaname Tosen challenged Su Feng for the captain’s position, then trapped them both in Suzumushi’s Bankai, Enma Koorogi. As Tosen prepared to strike in the sensory-depriving darkness, Su Feng gathered Spiritual Pressure and invoked reason as his answer.

• Kaname Tosen explained the three ways to become a captain and challenged Su Feng to reclaim the position by defeating him before the division members.
• Su Feng drew his sword and confronted Tosen over his ideas of justice and the harm done to the Visoreds, Ninth Division officers, and Rukongai civilians.
• Kaname Tosen activated his Bankai, Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Koorogi, enclosing himself and Su Feng in darkness that suppressed every sense except touch.
• Kaname Tosen approached Su Feng and raised his blade, confident that the Bankai would leave Su Feng helpless.
• Su Feng gathered Spiritual Pressure and declared that reason set humans apart from beasts.

Su Feng countered Kaname Tosen’s Suzumushi Bankai by controlling the barrier with Kido, then overwhelmed Tosen in close combat. As his spiritual pressure waned and Tosen waited him out, Su Feng prepared one final strike with Storm Howl.

• Su Feng used Enkōsen to block Kaname Tosen’s slash, then unleashed Sōren Sōkatsui and spread Blue Flame throughout the Suzumushi barrier to sense and control everything inside it.
• Su Feng attacked Tosen with Mikazuki no Mai, endured Suzumushi’s sound waves, and forced him into a losing close-combat exchange.
• Tosen recognized that Su Feng was rapidly consuming his spiritual pressure and decided to hold out until it ran dry.
• Su Feng stopped attacking, raised his Zanpakuto, and declared that Tosen could claim the captain’s position if he blocked one final strike.
• Su Feng invoked Storm Howl as blue-white Wind Breath coiled around his blade and a violent gale drowned out the Blue Flame.

Su Feng defeated Kaname Tosen in their captaincy battle, revealing his Shikai, Storm Howl, and leaving Tosen gravely wounded. He ordered Tosen taken to the Fourth Division for treatment, while the Ninth Division members watched him in fear and respect.

• Su Feng broke Kaname Tosen's Suzumushi barrier, severed his left arm, and struck him with a near-fatal slash.
• Su Feng emerged with his Shikai, Storm Howl, before returning the blade to its Asauchi state as his spiritual pressure nearly ran out.
• Su Feng ordered Yanagawa Ki and Satoya to take the still-living Kaname Tosen to the Fourth Division for Captain Unohana to treat.
• Yanagawa Ki and Satoya carried Tosen away, and the Ninth Division members regarded Su Feng with fear and respect.