Recaps

Shuichi sought advice after Suzuko invited him to a mixed-bathing hot spring, but Yamamoto and Shiba Ichisegawa offered little help while Tokinada teased him about the rumor spreading through the Thirteenth Division. Meanwhile, Ukitake ran into Kyōraku with a liquor bottle and invited him to dinner.

• Suzuko told Shuichi about a mixed-bathing hot spring and readily accepted when he agreed they could go.
• Yamamoto told Shuichi to look within, and Shiba Ichisegawa joked that Shuichi had taken in a sworn little sister for this sort of thing.
• Tokinada told Shuichi that Suzuko’s invitation had spread through much of the Thirteenth Division and repeated Ichisegawa’s joke.
• Ukitake confronted Kyōraku about his absences and the liquor bottle he was hiding, then invited him to dinner.
• Kyōraku accepted Ukitake’s invitation, and they walked away together.

Shuichi and Suzuko visited Kirinji's mixed hot spring and soaked together, with Suzuko gradually relaxing beside her brother. Shuichi revealed that the owner was a Captain-Class Soul Reaper, startling Suzuko into a loud cry.

• Shuichi and Suzuko arrived at Kirinji Hell Hot Spring, where Tenjirō Kirinji welcomed them and led them to the private mixed-bathing room.
• Tenjirō explained that the room had a changing room and tea room, then left Shuichi and Suzuko to soak.
• Shuichi entered the pool first, and Suzuko joined him, inching closer while they sat quietly in the water.
• Shuichi told Suzuko that the hot spring's owner was a Soul Reaper and Captain-Class.
• Suzuko hugged her head and cried out in surprise.

After visiting Kirinji’s hot spring, Shuichi went to the First Division to report that a Captain-Class Soul Reaper in Rukongai ran a spring that could heal wounded soldiers. Yamamoto took charge of the matter, and Shuichi left the First Division.

• Shuichi paid Kirinji for the hot spring visit and left with Suzuko, who studied Kirinji before disappearing around the alley.
• Kyōraku and Ukitake arrived, and Ukitake thought he recognized Suzuko before Kyōraku distracted him with his sake.
• Shuichi reached the First Division, where Okiba Genshirō stopped him at the gate and heard why he had come.
• Shuichi told Okiba Genshirō that a Captain-Class Soul Reaper in Rukongai ran a healing hot spring that could help the many wounded soldiers.
• Yamamoto told Shuichi he had heard the conversation and would handle what came next.
• Shuichi bowed to Yamamoto, left the First Division, and vanished with Shunpo.

Senjumaru Shutara gave Vice-Captain Okuharano a new Reiatsu-responsive garment to test, and he brought it to the Kidō Corps training grounds. The garment resisted attacks up to Raikōhō, which damaged it slightly but did not destroy it.

• Senjumaru Shutara gave Okuharano a garment woven from a new material that synchronized with Reiatsu to form a defense.
• Okuharano took the garment to the Kidō Corps training grounds to test its protective strength.
• Usami struck Okuharano with Sho and Shakkahō, and the garment remained nearly undamaged.
• Usami hit Okuharano with Raikōhō, tearing and wrinkling the garment but leaving it mostly intact.
• Okuharano concluded that the new fabric could reduce clothing damage in future battles.

Senjumaru Shutara presented Yamamoto with a new reiatsu-responsive fabric that protected its wearer, and he ordered it made into uniforms for captains and lieutenants first. At the Twelfth Division, Okutano began training squad members to weave the new Shihakushō fabric.

• Senjumaru Shutara showed Yamamoto the new defensive garment, which she called the Shihakushō after the lieutenant suggested the name.
• Yamamoto ordered Shutara to replace the captains' and lieutenants' uniforms first.
• Okutano explained to the Twelfth Division Engineering Department that its members would learn to weave the Shihakushō.
• The squad members studied the weaving diagrams, practiced with reishi thread, and tested their samples while Okutano guided them.
• Okutano watched the squad members work, then picked up an undistributed book and began reading.

Sakaki delivered Shuichi a new Shihakushō and told him about the progress of former First Division members, including Kujo’s Shikai. Suzuko came to Shuichi’s office and, after admitting she had not finished her Kidō training, was allowed to stay quietly beside him while he worked.

• Sakaki delivered a Shihakushō to Shuichi and explained that captains and vice-captains would receive the new uniform first.
• Sakaki told Shuichi that Endo’s Shunpo had improved, Sakamoto had learned a close-range Kidō, and Kujo had achieved Shikai with her Zanpakutō, Moon Haze.
• Suzuko entered Shuichi’s office and admitted she had not finished her Kidō training because she wanted to stay with him longer.
• Shuichi warned Suzuko that neglecting practice would weaken her Kidō foundation, then allowed her to remain quietly in the office.
• Suzuko settled into her usual corner and watched Shuichi work.

Ten years later, Shuichi and the others witnessed Ukitake reveal his Shikai, Sōgyo no Kotowari. The story then returned to Yi Liang’s graduation four years earlier, when the Ise Clan recalled her for priestess training and she stopped contacting Shuichi.

• Suzuko told Shuichi that Ukitake’s two Zanpakutō blades had merged, so Shuichi summoned Ukitake and asked Suzuko to fetch Kyōraku.
• Ukitake released Sōgyo no Kotowari before Shuichi, Yamamoto, Kyōraku, and Suzuko, explaining that one sword absorbed Reishi attacks and the other released them.
• At Yi Liang’s graduation, an Ise Clan retainer delivered her a letter ordering her to return home for Shinto training, while the clan sent Shuichi a letter asking him not to keep her.
• Yi Liang spent three months performing rituals, reciting scriptures, and learning to become the next High Priestess.
• Yi Liang sent Shuichi a short letter saying she had settled in, and the two never contacted each other again.

Shuichi confronted Suzuko about neglecting her Shikai and Kidō training and gaining weight, then invited her to dinner. After sharing an elaborate seafood meal, Suzuko promised to treat him next time.

• Shuichi asked Suzuko about her Shikai training, and she admitted she still could not hear her blade's voice.
• Shuichi praised Suzuko for casting Hadō Number Fifty without an incantation, then told her she had gotten fatter.
• Shuichi invited Suzuko to his lounge for seafood from the east, and she eagerly agreed.
• Suzuko arrived for dinner and ate a feast of lobster, tuna, seaweed salad, and seafood hot pot with Shuichi.
• Suzuko said she was full and promised to treat Shuichi next time.

Shuichi refined a sword strike he had practiced for ten years, while Shunsui Kyōraku gave a new Eighth Division member an ill-fitting birthday gift. The chapter left Shuichi's mastery demonstrated and Kyōraku quietly departing after the awkward exchange.

• Shuichi drew and sheathed his sword, cutting a distant straw mat cleanly in half with a nearly invisible strike.
• Shunsui Kyōraku waited in the Eighth Division corridor with a birthday gift for a new female member.
• Kyōraku gave the newcomer thin-framed glasses and encouraged her to try them on.
• The glasses were too large, and the newcomer awkwardly returned them to the box as veteran members quietly laughed.
• Kyōraku shrugged off the members' amused looks and left the corridor.

Tenjirō Kirinji and Senjumaru Shutara completed an experimental healing Kidō called Kaidō, which quickly healed a dog's wound. With Central 46's assignment finished, Kirinji left to expand his hot springs.

• Tenjirō Kirinji used green Reiatsu to heal a dog's injured hind leg in minutes.
• Senjumaru Shutara examined the healed tissue and recorded that full natural recovery would take about three days.
• Kirinji credited Senjumaru's Reishi research for making Kaidō precise, and Senjumaru agreed that the experimental healing Kidō was complete.
• Kirinji celebrated completing Central 46's assignment and planned to use the payment to expand his hot springs.
• Kirinji left the research lab to return to his hot springs.

Yamamoto arranged for Tenjirō Kirinji to teach Kaidō to the captains, who showed varying degrees of interest in learning the healing technique. The chapter ended with Kaidō set to become standard military training at the Shin'ō Academy, available to all Gotei 13 squad members and noble students alike.

• Yamamoto announced that Kirinji would teach Kaidō to the captains after the initial research was completed.
• The captains discussed Kaidō's usefulness, and most agreed to learn it; Shutara revealed that she already knew how and left.
• Kirinji accepted Yamamoto's offer to teach the captains in exchange for compensation, abandoning his plan to teach the nobles directly.
• Noble family heads confronted Yamamoto over their contracts with Kirinji, but Yamamoto drew Ryujin Jakka slightly and told them Kaidō courses would be offered at the Shin'ō Academy.
• The nobles accepted the official courses as a way for their children to learn Kaidō, while Yamamoto arranged for it to become standard training for the Gotei 13.

Kirinji taught the captains Kaidō in the Twelfth Division, where they learned at different paces and some collaborated on improving its techniques. After ending the course, Kirinji returned to his hot springs and began planning experiments to combine spring water with healing.

• Kirinji taught Kaidō to the captains in the Twelfth Division laboratory, where Yachiru Unohana mastered it quickly and refined her healing technique.
• Yanyuan Jinle learned Kaidō rapidly, while Shuichi improved his precision with Jinle's advice and repeated practice.
• Entetsu Kumenoi, Nobutsuna Shigyo, and Furoufushi Saito completed their studies, while Bakuzan Katori and Shiba Ichisegawa worked with Yanyuan Jinle to optimize Kaidō's Reishi arrangements.
• Chikiri Shijima continued practicing to build confidence, and Shihōin Qianri learned the technique quickly before becoming the last captain to attend.
• Kirinji ended the course and returned to his hot springs, where he conceived of using spring water to assist Kaidō.
• Kirinji gathered tools and medicinal materials and began recording plans for experiments combining the springs with healing.

Shin'ō Academy announced new Kaidō classes and courses taught by division officers, while Shuichi asked Suzuko whether she wanted to study Medical Kidō. Suzuko agreed, and Shuichi began teaching her immediately.

• Students gathered around the bulletin board and learned that Shin'ō Academy would offer Kaidō classes and expand enrollment with courses taught by vice-captains and seated officers.
• Two instructors discussed the new Medical Kidō course, and the younger instructor suggested making Zanjutsu and Hakuda classes more intense now that students could learn Kaidō.
• Wang Tuchuan Yuxuji was noted as having learned Kaidō as well.
• Shuichi watched Suzuko studying an advanced Bakudo textbook and asked whether she wanted to learn Kaidō.
• Suzuko agreed to learn from Shuichi, who stood and prepared to begin teaching her right away.

Baraggan Louisenbairn demanded that the wounded Tier Harribel submit to him, but she escaped before he could finish speaking. He sent ten Adjuchas to hunt her down and declared that Soul Society would soon experience his power.

• Baraggan Louisenbairn announced himself as the King of Hueco Mundo and ordered Tier Harribel to submit.
• Harribel launched a sudden attack and escaped into the desert, scattering the watching Adjuchas with her Reiatsu.
• Baraggan named ten Adjuchas, including Mosqueda, Goran, and Haniel, and ordered them to bring him Harribel’s head.
• Baraggan said it was time for Soul Society to experience the power of the King of Hueco Mundo.

Quincy forces reappeared as a Hollow invasion struck East District Three, forcing the captains to split their response. As the Soul Reapers and local defenders struggled to hold the streets, an unfamiliar Adjuchas broke through their lines and threw the battle into chaos.

• Yachiru Unohana called for the Quincy to be killed, but after an Onmitsukidō operative reported multiple Adjuchas in East District Three, Yamamoto assigned her command of the Quincy operation and sent Shiba Ichisegawa to the Hollow attack.
• Hollows poured through Garganta into East District Three, killing members of a Tenth Division patrol and driving wandering souls from the streets.
• A local armed group led by a bald man stood against the Hollow horde so vulnerable residents could escape, while a second group was wiped out by an Adjuchas's Bala.
• Seated Officers from several divisions rushed to the battlefield and fought across the neighborhoods as their lines began to stabilize.
• An unfamiliar Adjuchas broke through the eastern defense, used Sonído to reach the supply point, and killed Seated Officers while the other Adjuchas surged back into action.

Lieutenants from Seireitei reached the collapsing East District front and used their varied Zanpakutō abilities to hold back the Adjuchas and protect the wounded. They stabilized the defensive line temporarily, but their reiatsu and stamina were running low as the Hollow assault continued.

• Oda Tenza arrived first and used Shuten Dōji to stun and kick an Adjuchas, then kept it occupied while awaiting the captains.
• Kuga Cheng restrained an Adjuchas with wind blades while Akizuki Qitailang raised rock barriers to trap it and shield the wounded.
• Fujiki Yihui, Konishi Qianyi, and Wuchuan Benchang defended the retreating squads with lightning, healing light, and fire.
• Jūmonji Quando, Minamoto Yishou, Kashima Karasuma, Okuharano, Ōmaeda Xiquanzhi, and Tezuka Laiming fought Adjuchas using striking power, swordsmanship, freezing cuts, foxfire, gravity, and wind blades.
• Lieutenants, seated officers, squad members, and the Kidō Corps filled gaps in the front and reorganized the defenses across East District Two and East District Three.
• The front stabilized for the moment, but the defenders' reiatsu and stamina dwindled while the Adjuchas kept attacking.

Shiba Ichisegawa confronted three powerful Adjuchas and used his Bankai, Linyue Wuran, to trap them in rain and mist that slowed their Reiatsu and froze their bodies. As the Hollows weakened, Shiba emerged from the fog and prepared to attack.

• Shiba Ichisegawa rushed to the core threats and blasted a small Adjuchas with Getsuga Tensho, but it regenerated with High-Speed Regeneration.
• A shelled Adjuchas and a crab Adjuchas joined the small Adjuchas, and the three surrounded Shiba while firing Cerós and attacking with Sonído.
• Shiba activated Bankai, Linyue Wuran, and filled the battlefield with rain and mist.
• Shiba severed the shelled Adjuchas’s forearm and used the fog to evade the trio while they hesitated to approach him.
• The rain corroded the Adjuchas’s Reiatsu and froze their bodies, leaving them increasingly unable to move or regenerate.
• Shiba emerged from the mist and declared that it was his turn.

Shuichi arrived to aid the Soul Reapers in South District Two, killing one Adjuchas and forcing the other to flee. He pursued the survivor through Rukongai, ready to strike it down.

• Shiba Ichisegawa’s Bankai trapped Adjuchas in freezing rain and fog while the Kidō Corps and seated officers restrained two Hollows near South District Two.
• Shuichi appeared and killed the weaker Adjuchas with Caress Slash, allowing the Soul Reapers to withdraw.
• The large-clawed Adjuchas fired a Cero at Shuichi, but he dodged and attacked it with Mist Slash.
• Shuichi sensed the cleaved Adjuchas was still alive, dodged its final Cero, then finished it with red sword arcs.
• The surviving Adjuchas fled with Sonído, and Shuichi pursued it through Rukongai with Shunpo.

At the edge of the battlefield, Ukitake, Kyōraku, and Suzuko found a group of badly wounded Soul Reapers. Suzuko used Basic Kaidō to treat them, leaving their bleeding reduced and their injuries partially healed.

• Ukitake, Kyōraku, and Suzuko walked through the chaotic ruins at the battlefield’s outer edge.
• Suzuko noticed several wounded Soul Reapers huddled behind a collapsed wall and went to help them.
• Suzuko used Kaidō to slow the bleeding of a Soul Reaper with a deep abdominal wound.
• Suzuko treated a second Soul Reaper’s injured arm and told him to have it checked at the Shin'ō Medical Institute.
• Suzuko continued applying Basic Kaidō to the wounded, focusing on stopping bleeding and restoring their ability to move.

Suzuko and the wounded were nearly attacked by a camouflaged Hollow, but Third Seat Zhu Sibo Zhengyuan killed it with a lightning strike. He criticized Kyōraku and Ukitake before leaving, and the others called him a gentle senior, leaving Suzuko bewildered.

• Suzuko's healing slowed, and Ukitake and Kyōraku watched the ruins as an injured squad member warned them of a Hollow.
• A camouflaged Crawling Hollow lunged at Suzuko while she was treating a patient, and neither Kyōraku nor Ukitake could reach her in time.
• Zhu Sibo Zhengyuan struck the Hollow with purple lightning, killing it before it could harm Suzuko.
• Zhu Sibo Zhengyuan introduced himself as the Third Seat of the Fifth Division and reprimanded Kyōraku and Ukitake for failing to stay vigilant.
• After Zhu Sibo Zhengyuan left with Shunpo, a wounded squad member described him as a gentle senior, leaving Suzuko confused.

Tenjirō Kirinji defended Four-Point Junction from the Hollow attack, first destroying waves of Hollows with an oar and then cutting down an approaching Adjuchas with his Zanpakutō. Shuichi arrived just in time to witness the strike, then returned to the main battlefield.

• Hollows overwhelmed the town’s armed guards as residents fled through the streets.
• An attendant warned Tenjirō Kirinji that the town was falling, but Kirinji went outside and smashed the Hollows with an oar.
• Kirinji told the watching residents that the oar was his Zanpakutō after they praised his fighting.
• Kirinji sensed an approaching Adjuchas and another Reiatsu pursuing it, then transformed his oar into a broad-bladed Zanpakutō.
• Kirinji killed the Adjuchas with one strike, and Shuichi arrived, watched him, then Shunpoed back to the main battlefield.

Konishi Qianyi was attacked by a flying Adjuchas while tending to the wounded, and she revealed her Bankai, Heaven's Door, to stop its Cero. The gate opened behind her as she faced the enemy, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Konishi Qianyi flew toward wounded squad members while a flying Adjuchas spotted her and fired a Cero.
• The Cero struck Konishi Qianyi and sent her falling as the Adjuchas charged a second blast to hit her at close range.
• Konishi Qianyi changed her fall into an ascent and rose into the sky before the Adjuchas could fire again.
• Konishi Qianyi summoned a towering white gate, which opened and formed a barrier that intercepted the Adjuchas's full-powered Cero.
• Konishi Qianyi transformed her golden staff into a longsword and announced her Bankai, Heaven's Door.

Oda Tenza, Jūmonji Quando, and Minamoto Yishou unleashed their Bankai and turned the battle against the Adjuchas into a counterattack. Kashima Karasuma advanced behind Minamoto Yishou as the vice-captains pushed forward across the battlefield.

• Oda Tenza used his Bankai to batter an Adjuchas and ordered Tezuka Laiming to support the other Soul Reapers.
• Jūmonji Quando activated his Bankai and overwhelmed his Adjuchas with a relentless barrage of punches.
• Minamoto Yishou summoned a five-meter steel giant with his Bankai and attacked an Adjuchas alongside it.
• Kashima Karasuma followed Minamoto Yishou as the vice-captains counterattacked across the battlefield.

After the Adjuchas threat was brought under control, a Garganta unleashed a vast horde of Gillian and lesser Hollows over East District Three. Shuichi and Shiba charged into the horde and began cutting it down, inspiring the Squad Members holding the defensive line.

• Shuichi confirmed the lieutenants could handle the remaining Adjuchas and joined Shiba above the battlefield.
• A huge Garganta opened and released swarms of lesser Hollows and numerous Gillian, threatening the Soul Reapers’ defensive line.
• Shuichi and Shiba drew their Zanpakutō and charged toward the Hollow horde.
• Shuichi used sword attacks and Kidō to destroy Gillian and clear lesser Hollows, while Shiba used Mist Cloud, attacks, and Bakudo to divide and control the horde.
• The Squad Members watched Shuichi and Shiba cut through the Gillian, and a young Squad Member was inspired to become a Soul Reaper like them.

Shihōin Qianri’s Onmitsukidō and Punishment Force joined the battle in East District Three, helping the Soul Reapers defeat the remaining ordinary Hollows. As the survivors prepared to attack the Adjuchas, a Garganta opened and Negación beams rescued them, leaving the Soul Reapers to begin cleanup and reconstruction.

• Shihōin Qianri arrived with the Onmitsukidō and Punishment Force, and they cut down Gillians and other Hollows with swift, precise attacks.
• Danjiro Obana joined the fight while his Combat Rescue Team continued evacuating the wounded.
• The Kidō Corps sheltered and treated the injured as officers reorganized the defensive line and reinforcements filled its gaps.
• The Soul Reapers defeated the remaining ordinary Hollows, bringing the battle over East District Three to a close.
• A Garganta opened and Negación beams lifted the surviving Adjuchas beyond the Soul Reapers’ reach.
• The Garganta closed, and Seated Officers prepared to search for lesser Hollows, rescue souls, and rebuild Rukongai.