Recaps

Yamabuki Chidori trained Kuchiki Kyōka, investigated a revenge plot, and took Kyōraku Tōshirō and the Chizome siblings into his orbit while Aizen pursued Hollowfication experiments. The arc ended with Chizome Tano dead, Tsubaki and Souya recovering, and Hirako confronting Chidori about his secret research.

• Yamabuki Chidori trained Kuchiki Kyōka in swordsmanship and other combat skills, then sent him to investigate a series of murders and attacks.
• Aizen and Kuchiki Kyōka exposed the Tsunayashiro Clan remnants, and Aizen killed Tsunayashiro Chiaki before taking Kyōten'en for himself.
• Yamabuki Chidori recruited Kyōraku Tōshirō into the Gotei 13 and began teaching Chizome Tsubaki and Chizome Souya swordsmanship.
• Aizen secretly tested Hollowfication on Death Row Inmates, while Hirako Shinji and Kyōraku Tōshirō discovered his hidden laboratory and confronted the Hollowed Soul Reapers.
• A Menos Grande attacked Chizome Tano and his children, and Chizome Tsubaki used Yamabuki’s sword technique to wound it while protecting Souya.
• Yamabuki Chidori killed the Menos Grande, but Chizome Tano and several servants died, and Tsubaki and Souya were hospitalized.
• After Tsubaki attended her father’s funeral, Hirako Shinji warned Yamabuki Chidori that he knew about his secret research, and Chidori asked him to take his money and pretend he knew nothing.

Yamabuki Chidori recruited allies for his secret plan while Kuruyashiki became the 11th Division Captain and refused the Zero Division’s invitation. Ten years later, Chidori began training the young Yoruichi, whose attempts to learn his weaknesses led Kisuke Urahara to suggest exploiting his fear of centipedes.

• Yamabuki Chidori revealed his plan to Hirako and gave him a Simplified Hogyoku, while Aizen sent Aseria to assassinate him and Hirako escaped the attack with Kuruyashiki’s help.
• Yamabuki Chidori recruited Lisa Yadōmaru, Kensei Muguruma, and Hiyori for his secret organization, while Aizen arranged a Hollow attack to observe Kuruyashiki and the Soul Reapers.
• Kuruyashiki declined the offer to become the Seventh Kenpachi at first, but later accepted Huo Ying’s challenge for the 11th Division captaincy.
• Kuruyashiki defeated Huo Ying in the succession battle after unleashing his dangerous Bankai, and Yamabuki Chidori sent its rampaging power away from the arena.
• Huo Ying joined the Fourth Division, Kuruyashiki became the 11th Division Captain, and Chizome Souya met his Zanpakuto, Amatsuyu Tsuru.
• Kuruyashiki refused Tenjirō Kirinji’s invitation to join the Zero Division, and ten years later Yamabuki Chidori forced the young Yoruichi to become her disciple.
• Yamabuki Chidori trained Yoruichi in speed and reactions, enrolled her at Shino Academy, and brought her into a household that included Kisuke Urahara and Shiba Kukaku.
• Yoruichi tried to uncover Yamabuki Chidori’s weaknesses through pranks and training, then gave Kisuke a live centipede and learned that Chidori feared them.

Yamabuki Chidori advanced Soul Society’s technology and mentored its young Shinigami as Chizome Souya defeated Kuruyashiki Kenpachi and became the eighth Kenpachi. Souya’s plan to turn ordinary souls into weapons was approved by Central 46, leaving Yoruichi and others troubled by what he intended to do.

• Yamabuki Chidori expanded the Shino Academy curriculum, strengthened the 12th Division’s research, and won approval to produce Spirit Particle Cannons and use wormholes.
• Aizen Sōsuke formed the Espada, while Zendouji Yuuhin left the 12th Division, opened a successful pharmacy, and recruited Aikawa Ramu to become a Shinigami.
• Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi, Kūkaku Shiba, and Aikawa Ramu encountered Hollowed Soul Reapers in a Tsunayashiro laboratory, and Yamabuki Chidori arrived to defeat them and confront Aizen.
• Chizome Souya fought Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, defeated him without killing him, and accepted the 11th Division captaincy as the eighth Kenpachi.
• Chizome Souya proposed turning ordinary souls into weapons against Hollows, and Central 46 approved the plan by a vote of 24 to 20 with registration required for every Modified Weapon.
• Aizen Sōsuke offered to reveal the truth of the world to Chizome Souya, but Souya refused and began preparing to transform souls, including nobles without Soul Reaper potential.
• Yoruichi and Shunshun Shidō challenged Yamabuki Chidori over Central 46’s decision, but Chidori trusted Chizome Souya and said the decision was final.

Yamabuki Chidori exposed a noble-Quincy conspiracy, defeated the invading Quincy forces, and spared the young Longyin. Afterward, Kensei Muguruma and Kyōraku Tōshirō earned Captain posts through a rescue mission, while Kuna Shiro joined Chidori’s secret organization and gained Hollowfication.

• Chizome Souya transformed kidnapped noble scions into Modified Weapons, but Central 46 stripped him of his captaincy and assigned him to the Fourth Division, and Gosuke took over the 11th Division after the Kenpachis trained him.
• Kawakami allied with the Quincy to overthrow the Gotei 13, but Aizen infiltrated their conspiracy and helped Yamabuki Chidori thwart their attacks on Seireitei.
• Yamabuki Chidori led the Soul Reapers in a campaign that devastated the Quincy forces, while Gosuke Kenpachi and Shunshun Shidō helped defeat their armies and the Ishida Family contingent.
• Yamabuki Chidori killed Bensheng Wuzhong, gave the Quincy family roster to Shunshun Shidō, and spared Longyin before telling Kurosaki to take the child away.
• Yamabuki Chidori made Kuna Shiro’s rescue the Captain assessment for Kensei Muguruma and Kyōraku Tōshirō, who entered Hueco Mundo and clashed with Salkapolo before returning with Kuna Shiro.
• Yamabuki Chidori appointed Kensei Muguruma and Kyōraku Tōshirō as Captains and invited Kuna Shiro into his secret organization, where she gained Hollowfication and joined the Visored Army’s training.
• Yoruichi lured Kuchiki Byakuya into chasing her through Rukongai, then slipped away to join Yamabuki Chidori for hot pot while Byakuya got lost.