Chapter Summaries

Iori identified Kage no Minoru’s need for an organization and gave him the resources and Magic Energy Serum to build one of his own. He set Kage no Minoru the trial of secretly taking control of Japan and named the organization Las Noches.

• Iori told Kage no Minoru that his focus and determination were strengths, but that he needed an organization to serve as his claws and fangs.
• Iori gave Kage no Minoru Magic Energy Serum, explaining that it could help others gain magical power and that the doses were for his disciple’s organization.
• Iori told Kage no Minoru to establish an organization independently rather than remain under his protection.
• Iori provided supplies, gold, and about a hundred doses of serum, then set Kage no Minoru the goal of secretly controlling Japan and securing every shelter’s allegiance.
• Kage no Minoru accepted the trial and asked Iori to name the organization; Iori called it Las Noches.

Iori returned to Soul Society to train with Yamamoto and thanked him for creating the Soul Reaper Academy, which had given commoners like Iori and his sister a chance to cultivate. Yamamoto accepted Iori’s gratitude, and Iori gained a Legendary bond with the Flame Demon, leaving their relationship closer.

• Iori considered his rapid growth in Art Style Value and spiritual pressure, then decided to return to Bleach and train with Yamamoto.
• Yamamoto praised Iori’s progress and urged him to aim beyond the title of Strongest Shinigami of the Millennium.
• Iori explained that Yamamoto’s Soul Reaper Academy had given him and his sister their start, and credited its teachings for his growth.
• Yamamoto advised Iori to balance humility with the authority expected of a future captain.
• Iori’s system recorded a Legendary bond with the Flame Demon and awarded slight increases to all attributes.

Iori trained under Yamamoto, whose rigorous tests revealed the young Shinigami’s extraordinary physical strength and gave him a deeper appreciation for his teacher’s combat skill. Later, Shunsui asked Iori which vacant captaincy he wanted, and Iori admitted he would rather choose neither the Third Division nor the 7th Division.

• Yamamoto praised Iori’s fundamentals and challenged him to demonstrate his strength and Hakuda.
• Iori struck Yamamoto with a powerful punch that knocked the old man’s arm aside, and Yamamoto praised his talent despite a nosebleed.
• Yamamoto tested Iori’s swordsmanship and fought him in hand-to-hand combat, ultimately defeating him through superior experience and technique.
• Shunsui told Iori that Yamamoto had seemed reinvigorated by training him and asked which division he favored for a captain’s post.
• Iori considered the Third Division’s support duties and the 7th Division’s authority and restrictions, then said he would choose neither if he could.

Iori declined Shunsui’s suggestions that he become a Captain or marry into the Shihoin Clan, while Shunsui explained that Saito might become a temporary Captain. Jushiro then confronted Shunsui about Mayuri stealing Quincy corpses and secretly crossing to the World of the Living, and Shunsui asked Iori to restrain Mayuri before the matter escalated.

• Iori rejected Shunsui’s suggestion that he become a Captain and joked that he could not handle a secretary.
• Shunsui told Iori that the Shihoin Clan wanted him to marry Yoruichi and said Saito might be appointed temporary Captain.
• Jushiro arrived and accused Mayuri of stealing Quincy corpses for research and crossing to the World of the Living without authorization.
• Iori reminded Shunsui that he had approved Mayuri’s Quincy research during the war, and Shunsui agreed that Mayuri still had to be punished for his unauthorized crossing.
• Shunsui asked Iori to restrain Mayuri while Captain Hikifune was away, and Jushiro agreed that Hikifune should handle the matter and report the outcome.

Iori tracked down Kurotsuchi Mayuri and found evidence of his experiments on Quincy and Bleach souls, including a project to replicate souls. After reading Mayuri’s records and seeing the clones in his laboratory, Iori questioned why they differed from Mayuri himself.

• Iori accepted Shunsui’s order to detain Kurotsuchi Mayuri, seal his home and laboratory, and report back after Captain Hikifune Kirio finished her work.
• Iori searched Mayuri’s safe houses and found him in a secret laboratory in District 10 of West Rukongai, where Mayuri’s body had been badly mutilated by his experiments.
• Iori discovered tanks of experimental tissue and Quincy corpses, then confronted Mayuri over his crimes and the Bleach corpses he had obtained.
• Mayuri revealed that he was near the end of his research into soul replication and urged Iori to understand his work.
• Iori read Mayuri’s records on consciousness, the soul, and the heart, then found tanks of test subjects and unfinished clones grown from Mayuri’s own flesh.
• Iori noticed the clones differed in appearance and age from Mayuri and asked what he had done.

Iori Aizen confronted Kurotsuchi Mayuri over his experiments and fought him after Mayuri unleashed his Bankai. Iori defeated and restrained Mayuri, leaving him in custody as members of the 12th Division and the Stealth Force arrived.

• Iori Aizen questioned Kurotsuchi Mayuri about creating different defective products, and Mayuri explained that he valued varied abilities and new possibilities over perfect copies.
• Iori told Mayuri that Central 46 would stop his research and ordered him to draw his sword, while Mayuri accused Iori of hypocrisy.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri unleashed Kinjiki Ashisogi Jizo and filled the area with poisonous mist, but Iori resisted the poison and countered the Bankai.
• Iori defeated Kurotsuchi Mayuri and bound him with Kido, and members of the 12th Division and the Stealth Force arrived to find them among the battle's destruction.

Iori discovered Mayuri’s artificial child, Zero, and accepted her as his daughter after she called him “Daddy.” Meanwhile, Yuki spoke with Granny about the siblings’ experiences and the dangers of war, leaving them reflecting on how little safety Soul Society could offer.

• Iori found Mayuri’s secret Project Nemu materials and rescued Subject Zero from her cultivation tank.
• Zero awakened in confusion, clung to Iori for comfort, and called him “Daddy,” prompting him to decide to raise her.
• At Aizen’s Clothing Store, Granny served Yuki tea and admitted she had worried about the siblings going to war.
• Yuki and Granny discussed how war and danger could reach them even if they stayed in Soul Society.

Yuki reunited with Iori at Grandma’s home, where he introduced Otoyo as his daughter and Otoyo mistook Yuki for her mother. At a captains’ meeting, Soul Society reviewed the Hueco Mundo threat and sentenced Kurotsuchi Mayuri to indefinite imprisonment for dissecting and stealing Quincy and Bleach souls.

• Yuki reassured Grandma that Iori’s busy career was going well and explained her rank and privileges in Seireitei.
• Iori returned to Grandma’s home with Otoyo and introduced her as his daughter, asking Grandma to accept her into the family.
• Otoyo called Yuki her mommy, and Yuki cheerfully offered her candy while Iori and Yuki fell silent.
• Yamamoto convened the captains to discuss the Hueco Mundo king and the recovery effort after the Quincy war.
• The captains learned that Kurotsuchi Mayuri had dissected more than two thousand Quincy and tampered with mission records.
• The captains sentenced Kurotsuchi Mayuri to indefinite imprisonment in the Maggot’s Nest.

Iori met with Third Division veterans who were uneasy about the new officer roster and promised them a fair chance to compete. He ordered the squad members gathered at the dojo so the matter could be settled that day.

• Four Third Division members requested an audience with Iori to raise the veterans’ concerns about the officer roster.
• Iori set aside his Captain’s Haori and spoke with them as a fellow member of the division.
• The veterans explained that most of the new officers were outsiders and that the surviving squad members wanted a fair chance to compete for lower seats.
• Iori acknowledged that he had not considered their concerns fully, but said he would not appoint anyone unfit just to fill positions.
• Iori ordered the squad members to gather at the dojo so they could settle the matter that day.

Iori won over the Third Division by testing its members with his spiritual pressure and showing compassion to those who fell. After restoring the division’s operations, he learned that the Shiba clan had been stripped of its noble status and expelled from the Seireitei, and sought out Shunsui and Yoruichi to learn why.

• Iori adjusted the Third Division roster through a spiritual-pressure assessment, leaving only twenty members standing and demonstrating the strength of his chosen officers.
• Iori helped a struggling veteran to his feet and urged him to support comrades on future battlefields, earning his fervent loyalty and the Leader’s Aura talent.
• Iori restored the Third Division’s operations and prepared to hand its daily work to Kyoraku.
• The other branches of the Five Noble Clans stripped the Shiba clan of its noble status and expelled it from the Seireitei.
• Iori asked Shunsui and Yoruichi about the reason behind the Shiba clan’s expulsion.

Iori and Shunsui discussed the Shiba clan’s removal from the Five Noble Clans and Sumori’s failed bid to replace them with its Bakyō Blade. The chapter ended as the Thirteen Court Guard Squads began investigating a growing number of souls disappearing from Soul Society.

• Iori and Shunsui discussed the Shiba clan’s conflict with the other noble families and learned that the Shiba had withdrawn rather than resist losing their title.
• Shunsui explained the strengths of the remaining noble clans and the Shiba clan’s exceptional potential for producing Captain-level fighters.
• Iori received a report that Sumori, backed by Tsunayashiro affiliates, sought the Shiba clan’s seat by offering its Bakyō Blade secret art.
• Central 46 rejected Sumori’s claim after tests revealed that the Bakyō Blade caused irreversible harm, and ordered its research and finished products destroyed.
• Hikifune Kirio reported that around fifteen hundred more souls than usual had disappeared in a week, prompting Yamamoto to dispatch divisions to guide souls and investigate the disappearances.

Iori and the captains moved against the Sumori family after Bakyō Blades helped rebels stall the Thirteenth Court Guard Squads. At the Sumori estate, a Bakyō Blade transformed one fighter into a powerful monster that could seal Bankai, and Iori confronted it after identifying its strength and likely source.

• Iori sent reinforcements to districts under attack, and Central 46 authorized Yamamoto to suppress the rebellion and destroy the Sumori family.
• Kuchiki Ginrei led the operation at the Sumori estate, but the patriarch refused to surrender, so Iori and the others began suppressing the mansion.
• A Bakyō Blade transformed a Sumori fighter into a monster, and Ginrei warned that it could interfere with Bankai.
• Iori blocked the monster’s attack with Kido while Yoruichi fought it, then questioned Ginrei about how the Bankai-sealing effect worked.
• Iori struck the monster with lightning, recognized that its growing power came from soul-devouring gems, and stepped forward to confront it.
• The monster attacked Iori, but he stopped its blade with one hand as Yoruichi, Ginrei, and the gathered officers watched in shock.

Iori defeated a Sumori family Bakyō Blade wielder and destroyed both him and his blade’s Spirit Core. He ordered a wider search for Bakyō Blades, then suspected the blades’ parasitic influence had driven their users toward fanaticism.

• Iori blocked the sword wielder’s attacks, struck him down with Ikkotsu, and heard him blame Central 46 and the Tsunayashiro clan for rejecting the Sumori family’s Bakyō Blade research.
• Iori explained that Bakyō Blades consumed their users and condemned the wielder’s plan to create weapons by sacrificing souls.
• Iori burned the wielder and his Captain-level Spirit Core with Hadō #54: Haien, while Kuchiki Ginrei accepted that destroying the dangerous technology was necessary.
• Iori asked Yoruichi to secure the streets, search the Sumori estate, destroy every Bakyō Blade, and alert the Captain-General and other divisions.
• Iori told Kuchiki Ginrei and Yoruichi that Bakyō Blades might damage their users’ souls and minds, gradually turning them into puppets of the blades.

After secretly keeping the highest-grade Bakyō Blade Core, Iori returned to Akame ga Kill! and helped Ciel guide the first Ley Line into being. He then visited Esdeath at her northern fortress, where she resisted his surprise appearance and ordered her guards away, leaving them alone together.

• Iori concealed the highest-grade Bakyō Blade Core and sealed it as a contingency against future enemies.
• Iori and Ciel used the Greater Holy Grail to guide the formation of the Empire’s first north-south Ley Line while preventing a disaster.
• Esdeath suppressed rebellions and remained stationed at the northern frontier to avoid Iori.
• Iori traveled to Esdeath’s fortress and entered her bedroom, where she attacked him with ice and Mahapadma.
• Esdeath recognized Iori, stopped her guards from entering, and Iori teased her about hiding their meeting.

Iori persuaded Esdeath to return to the Imperial Capital by offering her another challenge and a trial that could grant her his immense stamina. After bringing her back, he visited Kurome and was met with suspicion and resentment before she recognized and respectfully greeted him.

• Iori confronted Esdeath about avoiding him and offered her another chance to challenge him at a time and place of her choosing.
• Esdeath admitted she liked Iori and accepted his invitation to return, eager to undergo a trial that could give her a body like his.
• Esdeath's decision to return strengthened the New Empire, while Nadjeta's efforts drew opposition factions into surrendering and brought the purge toward its final stage.
• Iori visited the garden where Akame and Kurome lived and found Kurome tending a sapling.
• Kurome recognized Iori's voice, complained about his past treatment of her, and accused him of trying to get close to Akame.
• After Kurome realized who Iori was, she knelt and respectfully addressed him as His Majesty.

Iori planned a gradual recovery for Kurome and helped her accept that Akame should receive the chance to gain Soul Materialization. He prepared the Greater Holy Grail to grant that power to Esdeath and Akame, leaving Kurome to begin a new path away from combat.

• Iori explained that Kurome’s physical weakness could be treated, but her mental wounds required a slower recovery.
• Iori planned to give Kurome ordinary education and later send her to Nadjeta for support.
• Esdeath examined the Greater Holy Grail and said she intended to train until she caught up to Iori.
• Iori offered Esdeath and one of the Akame sisters the chance to gain Soul Materialization using the energy stored in the Greater Holy Grail.
• Kurome declined the opportunity and insisted that Akame needed it more, so Akame accepted the chance to grow stronger.

Akame accepted a chance to receive Heaven's Feel, while Iori and Ciel began stabilizing a new ley line beneath the Imperial Capital. Later, Iori sparred with Esdeath and discovered her new army of ice clones, but the battle took a strange turn as the air grew heavy.

• Akame accepted the Heaven's Feel ritual slot, and Ciel explained how she and Iori would channel earth essence through the Greater Holy Grail to create a ley line beneath the Imperial Capital.
• Iori and Ciel synchronized their efforts, sending two pillars of light through the palace as the ley-line stabilization began.
• Esdeath demonstrated her strengthened ice powers in a wilderness spar with Iori, then summoned more than a hundred combat-capable ice clones.
• Iori identified weaknesses in Esdeath's clone tactics and destroyed the clones faster than she could replace them, while Esdeath watched with delight.
• As the fight continued, Iori noticed that the air around him had become unusually heavy.

Iori escaped Esdeath’s Great Lotus and overwhelmed her with his power before using their contest as an excuse to intensify her sensory sensitivity. The chapter then showed Esdeath’s expanded potential after Soul Materialization and ended with her battling Akame, who revealed her own dramatic increase in speed and strength.

• Esdeath trapped Iori in her Great Lotus domain, but he broke free by sustaining energy that surpassed its freezing effect.
• Iori invoked Hadō #91: Thousand-Hand Bright Sky Cannon, then later explained how Esdeath’s fused body had heightened senses that he could further adjust.
• Iori judged Esdeath to be his strongest subordinate after himself and noted the vast potential she gained through Soul Materialization.
• Akame attacked Esdeath with Murasame, but Esdeath slowed her with cold air and began encasing her in ice.
• Akame shattered Esdeath’s frost with lightning and moved too quickly for Esdeath to track, prompting Esdeath to take the fight seriously.

Iori checked on Kage no Minoru’s growing Las Noches, returned the Flame Dragon to its home world, and found a powerful fight near the Gobi Desert. The chapter ended with a gray figure fleeing a pursuing organization, apparently close to being surrounded.

• Iori watched Akame and Esdeath train, and Akame struck Esdeath after Esdeath briefly lost focus while watching Iori and Ciel.
• Iori secretly inspected Las Noches and discovered that Kage no Minoru had built a thriving organization with Akane Nishino among its senior members.
• Iori found the Flame Dragon in Mount Fuji and agreed to take it back to its home world.
• Iori and the Flame Dragon crossed Purgatory, where Iori observed that its magecraft density had fallen after the magic tide but was slowly recovering.
• Iori sensed a fierce battle near the Gobi Desert and saw a gray figure evading a large force that was tracking her.

Iori and the Flame Dragon rescued Beatrix from Diablo Cult pursuers, then learned she had been protecting a child who was her only remaining family. After the battle, Beatrix began explaining her situation, and the child woke and called her Mommy.

• Beatrix fought Diablo Cult assassins while protecting a child wrapped in gray cloth.
• Iori and the Flame Dragon arrived and killed the pursuers after the assassins refused to surrender.
• Iori realized that five years had passed for Beatrix while less than a year had passed for him.
• Beatrix told Iori that the Cult had pursued her for over half a month and that the child was her only family.
• Beatrix insisted she trusted Iori, and the child woke and called her Mommy.