Chapter Summaries

Iori Aizen, a transmigrator living in Soul Society, bragged to his sister Yuki about earning three Gold Koban and endured her teasing massage before they competed over their shop sales. He reflected on how he had survived after arriving in Soul Society, and the chapter left him established as a young Soul Reaper Academy student with an unusual art-style-based power.

• Iori told Yuki that he had earned three Gold Koban, and she tried to hide her jealousy before giving him a forceful head massage.
• Granny interrupted the siblings and reminded them to focus on their Soul Reaper Academy studies rather than spend their free time helping at her shop.
• Yuki revealed that she had earned one and a half Gold Koban selling belts, and she vowed to beat Iori in their next sales competition.
• Iori reflected that his strength could grow with his art style and that he had secretly earned money by publishing erotic novels with Shunsui.
• Iori recalled transmigrating from another world into Soul Society, struggling to survive in a dangerous district, and being taken in by Granny.

Iori considered his connection to the Aizen name and resolved to gain enough strength and influence to control his own fate, despite his weak spiritual pressure. He gave Yuki black-rimmed glasses as a way to help her conceal her sharp presence, but his choice of words made her suspect he was hiding something.

• Iori reflected that either he or Yuki might have taken Aizen's place, and decided he would put himself first and build power rather than remain passive.
• Iori recognized that his spiritual pressure was too weak for conventional training to make him strong quickly, so he relied on improving his style.
• Yuki noticed Iori's unusual attention to his shoulder bag and teased him about hiding erotic pictures.
• Iori gave Yuki a wooden box containing decorative glasses and explained that they could soften the impression she made on people at the academy.
• Yuki liked the glasses, but grew suspicious when Iori called her Aizen and said the glasses made her feel like Aizen.

After Yuki accepted Iori Aizen as family and thanked him for her glasses, Iori gained a Bond CG reward that strengthened his abilities. He reflected on how his CG album system raised his reiatsu and potential, but concluded that ordinary cheats were no longer enough as he compared his progress with Soul Society’s true prodigies.

• Yuki told Iori Aizen that his secrets did not matter because she considered him family, then thanked him for the glasses.
• Iori’s system recorded the Black-bellied Glasses: The First Day Bond CG and awarded him attribute boosts, Spell Discard Chant, and the Black-bellied Glasses talent.
• Iori reviewed how his CG album system exchanged collected images for rewards, with Art Style CGs expanding his capacity and Reiatsu Limit.
• Iori noted that he had reached 375 reiatsu with a limit of 390 after only a few years, putting him near Vice-Captain-level strength.
• Iori dismissed his reputation as a prodigy by comparing himself with Gin Ichimaru and Aizen, whose achievements far exceeded ordinary standards.

Iori Aizen and Yuki encountered Tousen Kaname after he was harassed by fellow students, and Iori learned that his own fight had been arranged for the next day. At the academy dojo, Iori faced Tetsuzaemon Shojiba in a sword match and broke Shojiba’s ribs before Shojiba prepared a desperate counterattack.

• Iori and Yuki passed a group of students threatening Tousen Kaname, causing them to leave after warning Iori about the next day.
• Iori teased Tousen about using violence to resolve conflicts, while Tousen explained his belief in mutual understanding.
• Iori told Tousen that he could not help with the upcoming match and said he would need to control his strength.
• Iori and Tetsuzaemon Shojiba faced off in the dojo as students watched their swordsmanship.
• Shojiba attacked with a Kesa Slash, but Iori evaded it and struck him with Reverse Wind, breaking his ribs.
• Shojiba suppressed his pain, deflected Iori’s follow-up strikes, and prepared a final counterattack.

Iori defeated Shojiba, healed him, and turned a challenge arranged by jealous students into a friendship. Three days later, Iori continued training alone at the dojo, while his increased reiatsu limit left him closer to Vice-Captain levels.

• Iori defeated Shojiba by exploiting an opening, then healed his dislocated shoulder and other injuries with Kido.
• Shojiba realized his friends had manipulated him into challenging Iori and tried to apologize, but Iori reassured him and praised his character.
• Iori and Shojiba became friends and declared themselves rivals, earning Iori a Bond CG and attribute increases.
• Iori received an Art Style CG that raised his reiatsu limit to 420, with his current reiatsu at 381.
• Three days later, Iori practiced Suburi alone in the Thirteenth Division Dojo, repeating precise swings with a heavy bamboo sword.

Iori used his rapid growth in swordsmanship, Hakuda, Flash Step, and Kido to defeat six masked students who ambushed him at the dojo. He threatened to expose their failure to their families, leaving the attackers injured and afraid as he demanded to know what they wanted.

• Iori trained alone with a bamboo sword and reflected on how his catalog accelerated his physical and spiritual growth.
• Six masked men entered the dojo and said they had come to teach Iori a lesson, but Iori attacked their leader with Flash Step before they could act.
• Iori used Hakuda, Flash Step, and Kido to overpower the attackers, including a strike that burned his arm.
• The last two masked men tried to leave with their injured companions, but Iori stopped them and warned that their families would learn they had lost to him.
• The leader, who had pretended to be unconscious, demanded to know what Iori wanted as the group trembled before him.

After beating six masked students, Iori attracted the attention of Captain Saitō Fuyōfushi, who challenged him to keep up with her Shunpo. Their rooftop chase pushed Iori to refine his technique, and the chapter ended as he began moving with extraordinary lightness and efficiency.

• Iori demanded that the six masked students stay and let him use them as live targets for training, then beat them while gaining Art Style Value.
• Saitō Fuyōfushi watched Iori from a rooftop and noticed that his reiatsu seemed to have grown stronger.
• After leaving the dojo, Iori accepted Saitō's invitation to drink and recognized her as a First Generation Captain.
• Saitō repeatedly used Shunpo to move between rooftops, and Iori followed her beyond the Soul Reaper Academy.
• As Iori's reiatsu ran low, he adjusted his movements and discovered a smoother, more efficient way to use Shunpo.

Iori learned that Saitō Fuyōfushi served with the Vasto Lorde Extermination Army in Hueco Mundo and bonded with her over a night of drinking. When Saito recognized the Aizen name, she revealed that Iori had been caught up in an attack because of his sister, Yuki Aizen.

• Iori realized that Shunpo depended on precise control of spiritual pressure, and he saw Saito maintain her balance and keep her wine from spilling during their chase.
• Saito invited Iori to drink and explained that she had once served in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads before being sent to Hueco Mundo with the Vasto Lorde Extermination Army.
• Iori inferred that Central 46 had sent away the First Generation Captains to weaken their influence, then decided that growing stronger mattered more than their political schemes.
• Iori and Saito spent the night trading stories, and Saito offered to teach him Shunpo when she was on rotation leave.
• Saito learned that Iori was named Aizen and asked whether Yuki Aizen was his sister, then concluded that Iori had been ambushed because of her.

Iori learned that Yuki Aizen was being considered for a seated position in the Thirteenth Division, while rivals targeted him to undermine her chances. Exhausted after drinking with Saito, he impressed his Kido instructor, who mistook his hangover for overwork and ordered him to rest.

• Saito told Iori that Yuki Aizen had been recommended for the Fourth Seat in the Thirteenth Division after saving students during a Spirit Art Academy exam.
• Saito explained that people seeking to curry favor with a First Division Third Seat had ambushed Iori, hoping harm to him would unsettle Yuki and cost her the promotion.
• Iori learned that Yuki had to win the Spirit Art Academy Festival grand prize and demonstrate her Shikai to secure the position.
• Despite arriving at Kido class exhausted, Iori successfully cast Sōkatsui after his instructor assigned him the advanced spell.
• Iori cast White Lightning without its incantation, surprising the class, and his instructor sent him home with a day and a half off, believing he had been practicing all night.

Iori visited Kurotsuchi Mayuri to collect the Killing Aura Stone talismans he had commissioned and considered using them to disguise his rapid growth and heighten his dramatic entrances. He also asked Mayuri about the Gigai technology he had commissioned, but the chapter ended before Mayuri answered.

• After accepting his reward and sleeping through the day, Iori left the Spirit Art Academy and traveled to an abandoned doll shop to meet Kurotsuchi Mayuri.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri let Iori into his hidden laboratory and gave him the Killing Aura Stone talismans he had ordered.
• Iori planned to use the talismans to smooth out the apparent growth of his Reiatsu and create a dramatic reveal during battles.
• Iori asked Kurotsuchi Mayuri about the artificial body technology called Gigai.

Iori explained how he used the Dangai’s time distortion to spend far longer in another world without raising suspicion in Soul Society. He crossed into that world again, where his limited spiritual energy and the need to recover a buried supply box shaped his next steps.

• Iori learned from Kurotsuchi Mayuri that Gigai research was only a project and was being handled by Hikifune Kirio and another researcher.
• Iori used a small Senkaimon to enter the Dangai, then explained how its time flow let him accelerate time in another world by following a specific crossing sequence.
• Iori crossed into the other world as a spirit body and found that its low Reishi density steadily drained his spiritual pressure.
• Iori explained that Mayuri’s Killing Aura Stone talismans could contain his leaking Reishi and extend how long he could remain there.
• Iori searched beneath the trees and dug up an iron box of ordinary supplies he had buried during an earlier visit.

Iori learned that Akame had fled the Empire after joining Nadjeta and tracked her to a town where she was hiding. He watched her through an inn window and discovered she was coping with the effects of an aphrodisiac, leaving him shocked as the Imperial pursuers closed in.

• Iori bought wanted posters from an information broker and recognized Akame among them.
• Iori recalled his past duels with Akame and inferred that she had turned against the Empire.
• Iori gathered intelligence on Akame's pursuit and reached the town ahead of the Empire's Assassination Unit.
• Akame had joined Nadjeta and lured the Empire's pursuers away so the injured general could escape.
• Akame killed an Imperial hunter but was exposed to an aphrodisiac, then checked into an inn to wait out its effects.
• Iori looked through Akame's window and saw her struggling with the drug's effects.

Iori defeated Imperial forces pursuing Akame, then discussed her defection to the Revolutionary Army and warned that it might one day become tyrannical itself. After leaving her, he continued secretly watching Akame’s battle against the Empire’s assassins, concerned that his spiritual pressure was running low.

• Iori confronted a group of Empire lackeys outside the inn and killed them to protect Akame’s privacy.
• Iori collected a Ministerial Arms sniper rifle from one of the fallen enemies.
• Akame thanked Iori and told him she had defected from the Empire to join the Revolutionary Army.
• Iori asked whether Akame would still fight if the Revolutionary Army became another Empire, and she said she would fight for the people regardless.
• Iori warned Akame that she might someday have to destroy what she had fought for, then vanished after teasing her about her embarrassment.
• Iori stayed nearby in spirit form to observe Akame’s pursuit battle, despite the gradual loss of his spiritual pressure.

Iori watched Akame and Kurome clash, then intervened when Kurome’s corpse dolls overwhelmed her. He destroyed one doll and helped Akame turn the fight around, leaving Kurome immobilized by his Kidō.

• After the Revolutionary Army ambushed the Empire’s forces, Akame escaped but was confronted by her younger sister Kurome.
• Kurome used Eight Branches of the Dead Army to summon corpse dolls and press Akame, whose Murasame could not poison them.
• Iori revealed himself, blasted the gorilla doll with his Rifle-type Imperial Regalia, and released the female gunner doll’s soul with Soul Burial Ritual.
• Akame and Iori attacked Kurome together, forcing her to retreat toward a tree branch.
• Iori cast Kidō #61: Six Rods of Light and bound Kurome in midair.

Iori defeated Kurome and persuaded Akame to take her captive sister away from the Empire, promising to find a way to undo her brainwashing and drug dependence. After arranging to meet Akame in Glow Town eight days later and taking Yatsufusa, Iori was asked why he was helping her.

• Iori bound Kurome with Kidō, took Yatsufusa from her, and spun her through the air until she was too dazed to resist.
• Iori urged Akame to take Kurome with her and argued that stronger conditioning and an antidote could free her from the Empire's control.
• Akame agreed to keep Kurome with her and said Kurome's drug dependence also needed an antidote.
• Iori collected Kurome's blood and medicine, took Yatsufusa, and arranged to meet Akame at the Hat House inn in Glow Town eight days later.
• As Iori prepared to leave, Akame asked why he was helping her.

Iori explained that he had protected Akame because he liked her, then left her flustered as she departed with Kurome. After recording his gains, he hid his weapons and treasures and reflected on why he had avoided seeking an Asauchi, fearing the Zero Division might target him as a candidate for the Soul King.

• Iori told Akame that her beauty attracted him and that he wanted to become closer to her, and Akame left with Kurome after promising to meet him in ten days.
• Iori recorded a new Bond CG that granted him the Precision talent and Assassination Swordsmanship, while his Reiatsu Limit rose to 460.
• Iori traveled to a remote lake and retrieved his hidden cache, adding a silver sniper rifle and Yatsufusa to the stored weapons and treasures.
• Iori considered Yatsufusa a backup weapon and continued searching for a suitable blade blank to forge his own Zanpakuto.
• Iori explained that he had avoided seeking an Asauchi because Nimaiya Ōetsu and the Great Monk of the Zero Division could control Zanpakuto and might choose him as a Soul King candidate.

Iori commissioned Kurotsuchi Mayuri to finish a Reishi conversion device and reverse-engineer a drug, then sparked the scientist’s interest in soul-splitting research by suggesting it could enable backup bodies and immortality. Afterward, Iori prepared to meet Kyōraku Shunsui, hoping to ease his money troubles while waiting to hear whether Saitō Fuyōfushi would teach him Shunpo.

• Iori visited Kurotsuchi Mayuri and offered bonuses for completing the Reishi conversion device and drug reverse-engineering work ahead of schedule.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri explained that Shinigami could not become human by materializing their souls, since they lacked a separate soul to inhabit the resulting body.
• Iori proposed splitting or copying a Shinigami’s soul to create an outer body and inner soul, then suggested using backup souls to preserve knowledge and will.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri chased after Iori, demanding that he explain his ideas, but Iori escaped with Shunpo.
• Iori reflected that Mayuri’s research might help him prepare for Yhwach’s soul-related abilities, then went to choose a gift before seeking Kyōraku Shunsui’s help with money.

Iori learned that Tousen Kaname had been arrested after a clash with nobles and visited him in prison, bringing food and promising to help. Iori won Tousen’s loyalty by claiming they shared an ideal of replacing Soul Society’s unjust order, while privately acknowledging his own self-interest.

• At the Seireitei gate, a guard told Iori that a blind, dark-skinned academy student had been arrested after a dispute involving a grave, and Iori realized it was Tousen Kaname.
• Iori found Tousen Kaname imprisoned in a cell made with Killing Aura Stone, with his hands bound and his Zanpakuto confiscated.
• Iori gave Tousen a red bean bun and said he had called in favors to help resolve the case.
• Iori told Tousen that he admired him and wanted to build a new order that would prevent nobles from abusing commoners.
• Tousen accepted Iori’s help and pledged never to betray him, while Iori privately recognized that his motives were not purely selfless.

After Tousen Kaname was released, Iori helped him uncover why the Tsunayashiro family had targeted Kyouka and explained that she might have possessed a fragment of the Soul King’s power. Iori and Tousen agreed to gather strength, while Iori continued training with the knowledge that Bankai alone did not make someone a top-level fighter.

• Iori discovered that a special CG gave him the One-Hearted Admiration · Reverse talent, which could accelerate the growth of those who admired him and might grant Art Style Value.
• Kyōraku Shunsui intervened in Tousen Kaname’s case, exposing the nobles’ pressure and securing Tousen’s release.
• Tousen visited Kyouka’s grave, and Iori suggested the Tsunayashiro family had targeted her because they wanted her corpse and the power she possessed.
• Iori told Tousen about fragments of the Soul King’s power, leading Tousen to suspect Kyouka’s fragment had contributed to his rapid growth.
• Iori urged Tousen to build strength and pursue Bankai, then continued his own training while reflecting on the vast differences between captains’ power.

Iori was drafted as the temporary Ninth Seat of the 12th Division amid preparations for war against the Quincy, where he reunited with Kurotsuchi Mayuri and received the antidote and a brainwashing device. He brought the antidote and device to Akame, who prepared to treat Kurome.

• Iori collected Kurome's blood sample and medicinal snacks for Kurotsuchi Mayuri, who made an antidote and offered him an obedience-inducing drug.
• Iori learned that negotiations with the Quincy had failed and that elite academy students were being assigned to fill gaps in the Seireitei's defenses.
• The instructors appointed Iori temporary Ninth Seat of the 12th Division, where Kurotsuchi Mayuri had become Vice-Captain.
• Iori paid Kurotsuchi Mayuri for the antidote and promised to fund his research, prompting Mayuri to give him an enhanced modification drug and a brainwashing device.
• Iori brought Akame the antidote and the brainwashing device, explaining how she could use it to correct Kurome's altered personality.