Recaps

Jūmonji Quando used the devastating Hado #96, Ittō Kasō, to defeat Siegfried Hess, but the technique destroyed his left arm. As the technique was declared forbidden, Jūmonji began preparing Kensei Muguruma to succeed him, just as Mashiro Kuna went out to fight the Quincy again.

• Jūmonji Quando unleashed Hado #96, Ittō Kasō, and defeated Siegfried Hess, but the flames charred and destroyed Jūmonji's left arm.
• Yamada Kiyonosuke found that Jūmonji's bones and Spirit Network had carbonized beyond repair and warned that a Reishi prosthesis would not work.
• Kensei Muguruma visited Jūmonji in the hospital and promised to cover his left side in future battles.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto classified Ittō Kasō as a forbidden technique, and the Kidō Corps added the Commander-in-Chief's permission requirement to its textbook entry.
• Jūmonji told Kensei he would begin teaching him, then a Seated Officer reported that Mashiro Kuna had led a squad out to fight the Quincy alone again.

Walthraud Ethel’s blizzard and ice powers were countered by a coordinated Soul Reaper assault led by Lisa Yadōmaru and Kensei Muguruma, who killed her. Shuichi kept Candice Catnipp, Liltotto Lamperd, and Meninas McAllon occupied until Walthraud’s defeat forced them to retreat.

• Lisa Yadōmaru ordered the Soul Reapers to retreat beyond the snow line while Sajin Komamura and Tōsen Kaname blocked Walthraud Ethel’s attacks.
• Shūsuke Amagai opened a path through the blizzard with fire, allowing Kensei Muguruma to charge Walthraud with his Bankai.
• Lisa Yadōmaru pinned Walthraud in place and staggered her, leaving her vulnerable to Kensei Muguruma’s attacks.
• Kensei Muguruma knocked Walthraud unconscious and shattered her heart, causing the blizzard to subside.
• Shuichi held off Candice Catnipp, Liltotto Lamperd, and Meninas McAllon until Walthraud’s Reiatsu vanished, after which the three Quincy retreated.

Kōga Kuchiki struggled to hold off Victor Brandt and his poisonous fog until Shinji Hirako and Sosuke Aizen arrived to take over. With Gin Ichimaru’s long-range strike creating an opening, Aizen trapped Victor in Black Coffin, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Victor Brandt changed his poison fog, weakening the targeted antidote, while Kōga Kuchiki fought him with Bankai and high-level Kidō until the poison and exertion nearly overcame him.
• Shinji Hirako and Sosuke Aizen arrived, and Aizen raised Dankū to shield the retreating Soul Reapers from the fog.
• Aizen used Kyōka Suigetsu and Shinji used Sakanade to disorient Victor and land a slash, leaving him unable to strike either of them.
• Gin Ichimaru shot Victor from a distant clock tower, interrupting his Reishi gathering and briefly immobilizing him.
• Aizen and Shinji struck Victor with Raikōhō from opposite sides, and Aizen completed the incantation for Hadō #90: Black Coffin, trapping Victor inside.

After the third inconclusive battle between the Wandenreich and the Soul Reapers, growing despair among the Quincy erupted into a failed coup. A few survivors escaped the Wandenreich and fled through the Dangai to the World of the Living.

• Jugram Haschwalth avoided captain-class Soul Reapers and killed seated officers across the battlefront with Holy Arrows.
• The Soul Reapers and Quincy withdrew after suffering heavy losses, ending the fighting without a decisive victory.
• Quincy soldiers and officers began doubting Yhwach as the Sternritter and rank-and-file forces continued to die in repeated wars.
• Disillusioned Quincy launched a coup against the Wandenreich, but Jugram Haschwalth and the Sternritter's iron guard crushed it.
• A few defeated rebels escaped through a spatial rift and the Dangai, fleeing to the World of the Living.

After the Quincy War, Central 46 approved generous compensation for the survivors and the fallen, while Yamamoto ordered expanded Shin'ō Academy enrollment to address the divisions’ severe officer shortages. The chapter ended with young Squad Members drinking together and voicing anger over the final battle’s chaos and the captains’ absence.

• The war’s end left the Gotei 13 with heavy losses among Seated Officers, and casualty reports flooded Central 46.
• Central 46 approved special war bonuses in addition to the usual death benefits and disability allowances for those who fought.
• The next day, compensation payments reached the divisions, and Yamamoto ordered expanded enrollment for the next two Shin'ō Academy intakes.
• Young Squad Members who had survived the war gathered over sake and complained that repeated officer deaths had left them without clear orders.
• The Squad Members accused Quincy leaders of deliberately targeting Seated Officers and demanded to know why the captains had not intervened.