Chapter Summaries

As the Seireitei recovered from the Quincy War, Jūmonji Quando passed the Ninth Division captaincy to Kensei Muguruma, and Kuchiki Ginrei named Kōga Kuchiki his successor in the Sixth Division. At Shin'ō Academy, young Byakuya Kuchiki encountered Yoruichi Shihōin, who teased him as she had when he was a child.

• Jūmonji Quando told Kensei Muguruma he would hand over the Ninth Division, and Kensei became its new captain.
• Kensei appointed Mashiro Kuna lieutenant and promoted Heizō Kasagi, Shinobu Ejima, Zaemon Tōdō, and Tōsen Kaname to seated positions.
• Kuchiki Ginrei entrusted the Sixth Division to Kōga Kuchiki, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto approved the succession despite objections from conservative nobles.
• Byakuya Kuchiki began attending Shin'ō Academy as the Kuchiki heir.
• Yoruichi Shihōin encountered Byakuya in the academy corridor, teased him about their past, and ruffled his hair before leaving.

Central 46 approved Kuruyashiki’s Blood Trial challenge against Eleventh Division Captain Shibata Takanobu, setting the stage for a deadly contest. As recruits treated the trial as a spectacle, veterans and Ashido watched in silence, troubled by Kuruyashiki’s choice.

• A Sage presented Kuruyashiki’s application to challenge Shibata Takanobu through the Blood Trial, and Central 46 approved it under the old rules.
• Central 46 assigned Shuichi to oversee the trial and ordered an Onmitsukidō team to monitor and seal off the grounds.
• New Eleventh Division recruits discussed the Blood Trial as an unfamiliar way to claim the captaincy, while veterans silently polished their Zanpakutō.
• Ashido watched the captain’s office from the training grounds and wondered why Kuruyashiki had chosen a deadly path into Seireitei.

At the Eleventh Division’s Blood Trial, Kuruyashiki challenged Captain Shibata Takanobu and overwhelmed his attacks with immense Reiatsu and golden armor. Shibata unleashed his Bankai, but Kuruyashiki released Starving Pleasure Corridor, whose monsters began devouring the Bankai’s torii.

• Shibata Takanobu mocked Kuruyashiki, released Ōmagatsu, and attacked him with a gravity-boosted strike.
• Kuruyashiki blocked Shibata’s blow with his sheathed Zanpakutō and counterattacked, forcing Shibata to retreat while resisting Ōmagatsu’s gravity.
• Shibata used rapid Shunpo attacks, but Kuruyashiki’s dense golden Reiatsu armor stopped every slash.
• Shibata activated Bankai, Ōmagatsu no Mikoto Hi, and boasted before the spectators as a crimson torii appeared behind him.
• Kuruyashiki released Starving Pleasure Corridor, summoning white, fang-mouthed creatures that bit a chunk from Shibata’s Bankai torii and caused him searing pain.

After becoming captain of the Eleventh Division, Kuruyashiki struggled with paperwork and won over the squad through his generosity and warmth. His rapid learning and the division’s growing discipline left the Eleventh Division stronger and more united.

• Central 46 confirmed Kuruyashiki’s appointment but ordered the First Division to inspect copies of the Eleventh Division’s paperwork until he learned the job.
• New squad members doubted Kuruyashiki’s ability to lead because he seemed unfamiliar with Shunpo and administrative duties.
• Kuruyashiki misplaced an urgent defense document, and Ashido recovered it and urged him to manage the division’s paperwork more carefully.
• Kuruyashiki learned Shunpo and division procedures, and Yamamoto eventually rescinded the First Division’s filing order.
• Kuruyashiki supported his squad with meals, encouragement, leave, and bonuses, helping the Eleventh Division grow more cohesive and disciplined.

Central 46 summoned Kuruyashiki to verify his Bankai, and he demonstrated its vast, indiscriminate devouring power in the Dangai. The witnesses fled, and Central 46 banned him from releasing it in Seireitei as the Gotei 13 reacted to the unprecedented order.

• Central 46 summoned Kuruyashiki to demonstrate his Bankai and chose the Dangai as a place where its destruction would cause no property damage.
• Kuruyashiki released Starving Pleasure Corridor, opening enormous jaws that swallowed the Dangai’s Kōryū and erased it.
• Kuruyashiki explained that his Bankai devoured anything within range and prevented him from releasing his Zanpakutō again for half a year.
• The Sages fled the Dangai, and Central 46 issued an urgent ban forbidding Kuruyashiki from using his Bankai in Seireitei.
• The Gotei 13 divisions received the ban alongside Isshin Shiba’s appointment as Tenth Division Lieutenant, but their members focused on Kuruyashiki’s restriction.

Years after the Quincy War, Byakuya Kuchiki joined the Sixth Division and was assigned to learn its duties from Lieutenant Ginjiro. Gin Miyu caught sight of Byakuya and developed an immediate crush, which she tried to hide from her father that evening.

• Byakuya Kuchiki reported to the Sixth Division and told Lieutenant Ginjiro that he had been assigned there to learn from him.
• Ginjiro accepted the responsibility of instructing Byakuya on the division's duties.
• Gin Miyu secretly watched Byakuya and was struck by his appearance.
• At dinner, Ginjiro asked why Miyu was distracted, and she claimed she was thinking about unfinished files before hurriedly eating.