Recaps

Shuichi kept attacking Momotaro after trapping it, then cracked its mask and weakened it enough to land a final blow. Momotaro fell from the air, split apart by Shuichi’s crimson sword energy.

• Shuichi shattered Kurohitsugi and struck Momotaro with Hado #91: Senju Kōten Taihō.
• Shuichi used Ironstone Style to crack Momotaro’s mask, causing Reishi to leak from it and its strength to fluctuate.
• Momotaro tried to retreat and counterattack, but Shuichi escaped its slash as blue butterflies.
• Shuichi gathered Reiatsu in Higan Ten and fired a crimson slash through Momotaro’s torso.
• Momotaro split apart and fell from the air.

Momotaro fell in battle, weakening his subordinates and allowing the Magic Formation Squad captain and the mount dragons to subdue them. Shuichi’s spiritual pressure returned, reassuring the defenders as the wider battle and the protection of the wounded continued.

• Momotaro’s death weakened the Monkey, the Akita Inu Dragon, and the chicken-shaped Hollow, and the Magic Formation Squad captain restrained them while the mount dragons finished them off.
• Shuichi reappeared in midair with his familiar spiritual pressure, and Yanyuan Jinle continued fighting Red Riding Hood nearby.
• Zhu Sibo Zhengyuan sensed Shuichi’s return while defending the ruins from a Dark Dragon.
• Tamamo-no-Mae and the defenders at the medical station sensed Shuichi’s spiritual pressure return and kept guarding the wounded.
• Suzuko recognized her brother’s familiar spiritual pressure, finished treating an injured person, and moved on to the next patient.
• The Magic Formation Squad captain confirmed Shuichi’s return, then drew a search rune as the battle continued.

After Momotaro died, Yanyuan Jinle’s bombardment forced Red Riding Hood to flee, and the Dark Dragons scattered as Reverse London’s defenders regained control. At an evening meeting, the Gotei 13 representatives thanked the Dragon Management Organization for its efforts and prepared to leave the city’s recovery to its own people.

• Red Riding Hood used its remaining strength to escape the battlefield, and Yanyuan Jinle chose not to pursue it.
• The Dark Dragons lost their unified command, and Dragon Management Organization squads and Soul Reaper seated officers killed or drove off the remaining attackers.
• The Dragon Management Organization’s captains thanked the five Gotei 13 representatives for their aid during an evening meeting.
• The captains discussed clearing districts, tending the wounded, rebuilding defensive lines, and repairing magical nodes while Okuharano took notes.
• Yanyuan Jinle told the Dragon Management Organization that the Gotei 13 would leave Reverse London’s remaining affairs to its own people, and Shuichi agreed.

The Soul Reapers returned to Seireitei after their dangerous mission in Reverse London, where Yanyuan Jinle reported that Shuichi's Bankai had displayed a spatial isolation ability. In Reverse London, the Dragon Management Bureau and Hornhead made Red Riding Hood a permanent target and began discussing reforms inspired by Soul Reaper spells, including their healing art.

• The Soul Reapers returned to Seireitei without any deaths, and the exhausted officers looked forward to resting and eating in Rukongai.
• Shuichi submitted an expedition report to Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto before leaving the First Division office.
• Yanyuan Jinle told Yamamoto that Shuichi's new Bankai form had obscured his position and Reiatsu, suggesting it could isolate space or create a domain.
• The Dragon Management Bureau and Hornhead unanimously designated Red Riding Hood a permanent wanted target.
• The captains discussed classifying and numbering their magic after studying Seireitei's Kidō system, while the Sacred Affairs Division proposed guarding the catalog.
• The captain of the Flute Squad raised the Soul Reapers' Kaidō, and the captain of the Spell Song Squad described how it healed wounds without formations, incantations, or tools.

A group of marginalized Lower Nobility in Rukongai discussed how Central 46’s quick approval of the West Tip Bureau expedition reflected the Gotei 13’s growing authority and the Five Great Noble Houses’ acceptance of the changing order. They recognized that their own influence was shrinking and asked what place they could claim in the future.

• Okuharano filed his expedition research in the Twelfth Division’s laboratory, while Zhu Sibo Zhengyuan adjusted his spiritual pressure training after witnessing captains use Bankai.
• A former Central 46 sage told the gathered Lower Nobility that Central 46 had quickly approved support for the West Tip Bureau expedition.
• The group discussed the Five Great Noble Houses’ silence, and the man by the window said it showed their acquiescence to the Gotei 13’s expanding power.
• The former sage warned that the Lower Nobility risked losing their voice unless they found a place in the changing order.
• One attendee asked what they should do.

Fallen nobles considered creating a Reishi Puppet Corps to challenge the Gotei 13, but most abandoned the plan over the following years. Yushima Ouko, a talented Twelfth Division researcher with ambitions of his own, took up their Artificial Soul Reaper Project.

• A group of fallen nobles discussed building a puppet force to rival Captain-Class Soul Reapers and agreed to pursue the idea only if they found a capable researcher.
• The nobles warned one another to keep the plan secret because the Gotei 13 and the Second Division's Onmitsukidō were watching them.
• Over several years, most of the nobles withdrew from the project as their family troubles and the risks of failure overwhelmed their ambitions.
• Yushima Ouko worked alone on detailed Reishi Circuit diagrams and material calculations in an abandoned residence in central Rukongai.
• Yushima, a former Ninth Division member who had transferred to the Twelfth Division, accepted the fallen nobles' project while harboring ambitions to prove himself and seize power.

Yoruichi met the drowsy Kisuke Urahara on a hillside and brought him back to the Shihōin estate. As evening fell, she invited him to stay with her, and he admitted that he liked the wind there.

• Yoruichi found Kisuke Urahara napping among the wildflowers and woke him to ask his name.
• Yoruichi brought Kisuke Urahara through the Shihōin estate gates and introduced him as someone she had brought back.
• The estate’s attendants heard that Yoruichi had picked up a boy, but soon returned to their usual preparations.
• Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara sat together on the corridor as the sun set, and he said the wind there was pleasant.
• Yoruichi laughed and told Kisuke Urahara to stay with her from then on.

Unohana reviewed Sōya Azashiro’s academy record and arranged for him to join the Eleventh Division, while her memories of a boy she had once sought left her disappointed. Azashiro earned respect through years of precise combat, but jealousy among fallen noble families began stirring a quiet threat against his clan.

• Minamoto Yishou brought Unohana the academy graduates’ list and reported that Sōya Azashiro excelled in combat but neglected Kidō.
• Unohana learned that Azashiro was the eldest son of the Lower Nobility Azashiro House and, disappointed that he was not the boy she sought, decided to speak to Qianri about recruiting him.
• Azashiro joined the Eleventh Division and kept to himself as a new recruit.
• Azashiro’s consistent victories and battlefield precision earned him the respect of Eleventh Division Squad Members.
• Squad Members from fallen noble families resented Azashiro’s standing, and their grudges reached the elders of their houses as a threat against the Azashiro Clan gathered.

Unohana reflected on her past as the Fourth Division underwent a major restructuring. Chikiri Shijima retired, Unohana became captain of the Fourth Division, and Minamoto Yishou reluctantly took command of the Eleventh Division.

• Unohana arranged camellias and reflected on her search for a boy, her old wound, and the life she had built since.
• Chikiri Shijima announced that he planned to step down as Fourth Division captain and become the chief Kaidō instructor at Shin'ō Academy.
• The Fourth Division developed a specialized medical relief system and began seeking a successor capable of leading it.
• Unohana submitted a request to leave the Eleventh Division, prompting unrest among its members.
• Minamoto Yishou reluctantly accepted the appointment as captain of the Eleventh Division.
• The transfer orders were confirmed: Chikiri retired, Unohana became captain of the Fourth Division, and Minamoto took command of the Eleventh.

Wuchuan Benchang retired from the Eighth Division, and Shunsui Kyōraku became its new lieutenant. The next morning, Kyōraku began facing the paperwork and duties he had hoped to avoid.

• Wuchuan Benchang said farewell to the Eighth Division and left the Seireitei barracks.
• Captain Bakuzan Katori announced that Third Seat Shunsui Kyōraku would succeed Wuchuan as lieutenant.
• Kyōraku endured a long appointment celebration, then lamented that his new rank meant paperwork and fewer chances to slack off.
• The next morning, Katori assigned Kyōraku responsibility for daily attendance and patrol schedules.
• Katori told Kyōraku that Wuchuan had taken his hidden plum wine and ordered him to check three stacks of documents by noon.

The chapter follows Unohana’s growing bond with the Fourth Division and the Eleventh Division’s struggle to adapt under Minamoto Yishou. In a private visit, Yamamoto asks Unohana why she transferred, and she says she was tired and wanted to reduce casualties.

• Unohana gradually eased the Fourth Division’s fear through patient care and personal attention to difficult cases.
• Minamoto Yishou maintained strict training and efficient operations in the Eleventh Division, but its members lost the battle fervor they had felt under Unohana.
• Yamamoto visited Unohana privately in the Fourth Division captain’s office and asked why she had chosen to transfer there.
• Unohana told Yamamoto she had been tired and believed the Fourth Division needed a strong captain who could reduce squad-member casualties.
• Yamamoto reflected that Unohana would never have said such words in the past, while Unohana quietly accepted the change in herself.

Yoruichi watched Qianri demonstrate how his Zanpakutō Shiranui combined with Hakuda, inspiring her to learn Hakuda. Years later, she entered Shin'ō Academy with Kisuke Urahara, where Shuichi taught Hakuda, Kidō, and theory.

• Yoruichi asked Qianri to show her his Zanpakutō, so he took her and several Shihōin Clan juniors to Rukongai.
• Qianri released Shiranui and demonstrated how its flames enhanced his punches and struck inside an enemy's body.
• Qianri ordered the juniors to train by smashing rocks, and Yoruichi asked him to teach her Hakuda.
• Several years later, Yoruichi walked through Shin'ō Academy with Kisuke Urahara after arranging for him to enroll.
• Shuichi expanded his teaching at Shin'ō Academy from Hakuda to include Kidō and theory, and he taught some of Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara's Hakuda lessons.

Ise Akira returned to the Thirteenth Division to receive the Eight-Mirror Sword from Shuichi before departing for her role as the Ise Clan’s High Priestess. Shuichi was left grieving the sacrifice she faced and the bond he could no longer reach.

• A squad member told Shuichi that the Ise Clan’s convoy had arrived, and Shuichi took the Eight-Mirror Sword from its rack.
• Ise Akira arrived with Kuchiki Ginrei, Konishi Qianyi, Jūmonji Quando, and the escort, then accepted the sword from Shuichi.
• Shuichi told Akira that she had never come to have tea with him, and she paused but did not turn or reply.
• Kuchiki Ginrei silently watched as Akira boarded the carriage and the convoy departed.
• Shuichi returned to the lounge and reflected on Akira’s fate as High Priestess and the sacrifice he had helped pass on to her.

Shuichi gathered Yi Liang, Shunsui Kyōraku, Jūshirō Ukitake, Yoruichi Shihōin, Kisuke Urahara, and Kyoraku Haruyama for a sukiyaki meal that turned into a lively drinking party. Yi Liang revealed that her vision had become doubled after the Winter Solstice ritual, and the chapter ended with Haruyama watching her while Shunsui focused on her glasses.

• Shuichi secured the Ise Clan elders’ permission for Yi Liang to attend by drawing on his captaincy and the influence of the Kyoraku and Shihōin clans.
• Yoruichi arrived with Kisuke, and Haruyama joined Shunsui after catching him sneaking home to avoid Eighth Division reports.
• Ukitake asked Yi Liang about the Winter Solstice ritual, and she said it had gone smoothly but her vision had become doubled afterward.
• Yoruichi revived the subdued gathering, and the guests turned the meal into a boisterous drinking party.
• As the party wound down, Haruyama’s gaze settled on Yi Liang, while Shunsui watched the thin-framed glasses on her face.

Minamoto Yishou’s lieutenant urged him to find the Eleventh Division a true successor, and Minamoto showed him a file bearing Sōya Azashiro’s name. In the Twelfth Division, Okuharano named Kirio Hikifune as the next lieutenant, while a lost new Squad Member wandered the corridors.

• The Eleventh Division lieutenant reported that the squad’s personnel and training had stabilized, then told Minamoto Yishou that the division needed a true successor.
• Minamoto Yishou slid the lieutenant a prepared file with Sōya Azashiro’s name on it.
• Twelfth Division Seated Officers asked Okuharano to fill the vacant lieutenant position, and he named Kirio Hikifune as his choice.
• Okuharano explained that Kirio Hikifune needed more time before taking the role, and the Seated Officers agreed to inform the division.
• A petite new Squad Member got lost in the Twelfth Division corridor and headed toward the only direction where she sensed someone was nearby.

Yanyuan Jinle, Entetsu Kumenoi, and Nobutsuna Shigyo arranged to leave their captain posts, with their lieutenants set to succeed them. Later, the new leaders discussed their responsibilities and Jūmonji Quando considered how to spur Shinji Hirako into action.

• Captains began quietly transferring meetings and paperwork to their lieutenants across the Third, Seventh, and Ninth Divisions.
• Entetsu Kumenoi said he would teach at Shin'ō Academy, while Yanyuan Jinle prepared to hand the Third Division to Oda Tenza.
• Nobutsuna Shigyo arranged for Konishi Qianyi to succeed him and planned to search Rukongai for Saito.
• Oda Tenza, Konishi Qianyi, and Jūmonji Quando discussed their upcoming captain roles at an izakaya.
• Jūmonji Quando raised Shinji Hirako's lack of resolve, and Oda Tenza suggested that someone smarter or unreasonable could push him.

Tenjirō Kirinji accepted Ichibē Hyōsube’s invitation to join the Zero Division after learning he could keep running his hot spring in Rukongai. He arrived at the Soul King Palace and was greeted by Ōetsu Nimaiya’s chaotic rap, while Senjumaru Shutara calmly welcomed him.

• Ichibē Hyōsube invited Tenjirō Kirinji to join the Zero Division, praising his Basic Kaidō and the two medicinal pools he had created.
• Ichibē Hyōsube told Tenjirō Kirinji he could return to Rukongai and continue running the hot spring, and Tenjirō Kirinji accepted the invitation.
• Tenjirō Kirinji arrived at the Soul King Palace, where Ōetsu Nimaiya greeted him with erratic clapping and an improvised rap.
• Tenjirō Kirinji asked Senjumaru Shutara to stop Ōetsu Nimaiya, but she welcomed him and said he would get used to it.
• Ōetsu Nimaiya finished his song and asked Tenjirō Kirinji if he had liked it, prompting Tenjirō Kirinji to protest.

Zaraki heard that Yachiru Unohana had retired and remembered the woman who had scarred him. In the wilderness, he met a little girl who followed him, and he named her Yachiru Kusajishi as they continued traveling together.

• A merchant told Zaraki that Yachiru Unohana had retired from her position as captain of the Eleventh Division.
• Zaraki met a pink-haired girl trying to climb onto him while he rested in a forest, and she refused to leave him.
• The girl began calling Zaraki “A-Ken,” and he told her to call him Zaraki.
• When the girl said she had no name, Zaraki named her Yachiru Kusajishi after her pink hair and the district where he had been staying.
• Yachiru rode on Zaraki’s shoulder as they walked out of the forest together.

Fukaiya Raia kept getting lost in the Twelfth Division and began visiting Okuharano’s office, where her presence seemed to improve his luck. After seeing how capable she was with paperwork, Okuharano appointed her as his assistant.

• Okuharano found Raia lost outside his office again and took her along to deliver documents.
• Raia began appearing near Okuharano’s office more often, and he noticed that his work went unusually smoothly when she was nearby.
• A cup spilled water on Raia as she passed, and Okuharano gave her a towel while she wondered why she was so unlucky.
• Okuharano saw that Raia organized and filed documents accurately despite her poor sense of direction.
• Okuharano appointed Raia as his assistant and told her she did not need to know the way because she could follow him.

Central 46 linked suspicious noble payments in Rukongai to Twelfth Division Squad Member Yushima Ouko’s secret research and ordered the Onmitsukidō to keep him under observation. Unaware that shadows were watching his hidden workshop, Yushima continued working on a human-shaped Reishi frame.

• A Sage reported that the Onmitsukidō had found noble payments flowing into untraceable accounts, and Central 46 ordered the money monitored without alerting the nobles.
• A Sage connected the payments to Yushima Ouko, a Twelfth Division Squad Member secretly conducting experiments with resources from outside the division.
• Central 46 learned that Yushima had kept an unremarkable profile for years and decided to have the Onmitsukidō observe him within the Twelfth Division.
• Yushima worked alone in a hidden Rukongai workshop, tracing Reishi Circuits across a human-shaped frame as hidden shadows watched outside.

Yoruichi trained Kisuke Urahara in Shunpo while Wang Tuchuan Yuxuji processed veteran officers' transfers to the Spiritual Arts Academy and reviewed Seireitei's new captains. The chapter ended with Wang reflecting on the old generation stepping aside as younger officers took their places.

• Yoruichi pushed Kisuke Urahara through another round of combat and ordered him to attend an afternoon Shunpo session.
• Wang Tuchuan Yuxuji reviewed Yanyuan Jinle's transfer application to become chief Kidō instructor.
• Wang read Danjiro Obana's application to become chief Shunpo instructor and Entetsu Kumenoi's application to become chief theory instructor.
• Wang noted that Chikiri Shijima had become chief Kaidō instructor and considered which subject still lacked a chief instructor.
• Wang reviewed the new captains, including Oda Tenza, Zhu Sibo Zhengyuan, Konishi Qianyi, and Jūmonji Quando, then reflected on the generational change in Seireitei.

Graduates at Shin'ō Academy received their division assignments, while a handful were held back and returned the following term to retake subjects. At Hakudo Gate, Aizen Sōsuke took the Soul Reaper recruitment test and recorded Spiritual Might: Grade Fifteen.

• Graduates gathered around the assignment list, celebrating or reacting anxiously to their placements, while a separate list named the students held back.
• The held-back students returned to Shin'ō Academy the following spring and quietly rejoined classes to retake subjects.
• Aizen Sōsuke joined the recruitment line at Hakudo Gate and calmly took the Reishi test.
• The recruitment Soul Reapers retested Aizen Sōsuke and recorded his Spiritual Might as Grade Fifteen.

Six years later, Aizen was nearing graduation from Shin'ō Academy while classmates speculated about his exceptional Kidō grades and Seireitei's recent losses in Hueco Mundo. His assignment placed him in the Fifth Division, where classmates expected him to rise quickly, but he showed no visible reaction.

• Aizen declined a classmate's suggestions that he join the Kidō Corps or choose a division based on his Kidō grades.
• Students discussed the retirement of the Chief of Kidō, Tessai Tsukabishi's appointment, and the heavy losses suffered by the Kidō Corps during the Hueco Mundo expedition.
• Aizen found his name under the Fifth Division column on the graduation assignment notice.
• A classmate suggested Captain Zhu Sibo might make Aizen vice-captain, and Aizen calmly returned his gaze to the notice.

Graduating students learned their new assignments, including Hachigen Ushōda joining the Kidō Corps, Lisa Yadōmaru joining the Eighth Division, and Rose Ōtoribashi and Love Aikawa joining the Seventh Division. Kensei Muguruma asked Jūmonji Quando to teach him boxing, was welcomed into the Ninth Division, and left the training ground as the academy’s final winter ended.

• Hachigen Ushōda waited for the crowd to clear, then learned he had been assigned to the Kidō Corps.
• Lisa Yadōmaru learned she was assigned to the Eighth Division and heard classmates tease her about Shunsui Kyōraku.
• Rose Ōtoribashi heard that he might train as a vice-captain and learned that Love Aikawa was also going to the Seventh Division.
• Kensei Muguruma asked Jūmonji Quando to teach him boxing, explaining that its directness suited him better than conventional Hakuda.
• Jūmonji Quando welcomed Kensei Muguruma to the Ninth Division, and Kensei bowed before leaving the training grounds.

Jūmonji Quando maneuvered the reluctant Shinji Hirako into becoming Ninth Division lieutenant by first keeping him busy with paperwork and then arranging for the Seated Officers to assess him. The chapter leaves Hirako serving as lieutenant, while Quando found him asleep with an unsigned training summary.

• Quando noticed that Hirako had left his training summary unsigned for two days and recalled how he had once assigned Hirako a mountain of paperwork.
• Hirako sorted the documents efficiently, and Quando continued assigning him work until Hirako learned to finish it quickly and return to basking in the sun.
• After becoming captain, Quando asked the Seated Officers whether Hirako was still slacking and prompted them to assess his abilities.
• The Seated Officers judged Hirako the most qualified candidate for lieutenant and presented him with an appointment document signed by Quando.
• Hirako reluctantly accepted the appointment and cursed Quando, while Quando later found him asleep beneath a tree with another unsigned document.