Chapter Summaries

Yamabuki Chidori failed to withstand his Blade Spirit’s single strike, then took Sashō Chōjirō and three trainees on patrol through Rukongai. At the edge of Kusajishi District, they discovered a mountain of corpses, including residents and powerful Hollows killed by swift, decisive attacks.

• The Blade Spirit defeated Yamabuki Chidori with one sword strike, leaving him unable to learn her name or control her ability.
• Yamabuki Chidori joined Sashō Chōjirō and three trainees on a patrol to improve Rukongai’s security.
• In Gomukui District, Yamabuki Chidori forced Sashō Chōjirō to fight a thug, and Sashō Chōjirō killed him with one strike using Genryūmaru.
• Yamabuki Chidori and the trainees moved on to Kusajishi District, where they found the streets eerily silent and followed a group of crows.
• The group discovered a vast pile of corpses, including Rukongai residents, Menos Grande, and Adjuchas, all killed by swift attacks.

Yamabuki Chidori’s patrol discovered a heap of corpses left by a powerful woman who had killed Central 46 nobles with a single slash. Later, he followed Katoru Hatsunoya and Senbu, only to witness Katoru reveal her bloodthirsty hobby when bandits attacked them.

• Yamabuki Chidori and his recruits found a mountain of corpses in Kusajishi District, then fled and reported that specialists should investigate.
• After the recruits left, the black-haired woman who had killed the victims rose from the corpse pile and decided to seek worthy opponents in Seireitei.
• Yamabuki Chidori recognized Katoru Hatsunoya and Senbu visiting the Shiba Clan, then secretly followed their carriage toward Seireitei.
• Bandits stopped the carriage and threatened the sisters, so Katoru Hatsunoya agreed to stay behind while Senbu and the driver escaped.
• Katoru Hatsunoya revealed her steel naginata, severed the bandit leader’s hand, and attacked him while explaining how much she enjoyed watching blood spill.

Katoru Hatsunoya slaughtered a bandit gang, then tried to kill Yamabuki Chidori after he discovered her secret hobby. Yamabuki Chidori fled toward the Seireitei, where the Gotei 13 mistook their desperate chase for flirtation.

• Katoru Hatsunoya killed the bandits in gruesome fashion, and Yamabuki Chidori appeared and invited her to join the Gotei 13.
• Katoru Hatsunoya attacked Yamabuki Chidori to silence him, but he blocked her strike and tried to escape using Flash Step.
• Yamabuki Chidori passed Senbu's carriage while fleeing, and Katoru Hatsunoya reassured her sister before continuing the chase.
• Yamabuki Chidori claimed he would use Bankai, then escaped under cover of Sekienton, but Katoru Hatsunoya caught up and cut off a lock of his hair.
• Yamabuki Chidori bound Katoru Hatsunoya with Bakudo and fled again, but both improved their Flash Step as they raced toward the Seireitei.
• Gotei 13 members saw Yamabuki Chidori running from Katoru Hatsunoya and mistook the pursuit for a couple flirting.

Yamamoto stopped Yamabuki Chidori and Katoru Hatsunoya’s fight, recruited Katoru into the Gotei 13, and dismissed reports of killings in Kusajishi District. In Rukongai District 69, Unohana Yachiru revealed her deadly nature when bandits confronted her at a food stall.

• Yamabuki Chidori fled Katoru Hatsunoya and sought help in Yamamoto’s room, where their fight damaged half the house before Yamamoto stopped them.
• Yamamoto heard Yamabuki’s account and persuaded Katoru Hatsunoya to join the Gotei 13 because of her strength and fighting instinct.
• Yamabuki reported finding many blade-wounded corpses in Kusajishi District, but Yamamoto refused to investigate due to a lack of manpower.
• Unohana visited Geng Jiro’s glutinous rice ball stall in Rukongai District 69 and said she had killed a man because she was unhappy.
• A band of mounted attackers confronted Unohana, and she killed their leader and cut down another bandit before giving her name as Unohana Yachiru.

Yamabuki Chidori brought Katoru Hatsunoya to the Gotei 13, where she defeated Tsunayashiro Fūka when he challenged her for a Captain’s position. The next day, Yamabuki rushed to collect his salary, but watched as others were paid before him.

• Yamabuki Chidori told Katoru Hatsunoya that strength, not noble status, granted privileges in the Gotei 13, then provoked Tsunayashiro Fūka into fighting her.
• Katoru Hatsunoya defeated Tsunayashiro Fūka twice, including after he copied Ryūjin Jakka with his Zanpakuto, Kyōten'en.
• Gen'en Kinra told Yamabuki Chidori that the Captain Commander had reassigned them to train academy students and regular members.
• Sashō Chōjirō woke Yamabuki Chidori to tell him the salaries had been paid, and Yamabuki hurried to the Captain Commander's office.
• Yamabuki Chidori watched Yamamoto pay several Captains, Reserve Captains, and squad members while anxiously waiting for his own salary.

Yamabuki Chidori discovered that souls were vanishing in the Human World and suspected the Quincy, prompting Yamamoto to send him, Katoru Hatsunoya, and Gen'en Kinra to investigate. The trio reached a desolate farming area and found a skeleton, with the cause of the devastation still unknown.

• Yamabuki Chidori received IOUs instead of his wages and vowed to give up gambling and drugs.
• Yamabuki Chidori began training Genji Academy students with help from four Gotei 13 members, then discussed a safer role for Senbu with Katoru Hatsunoya.
• Hachisato summoned Yamabuki Chidori and Katoru Hatsunoya after Soul Reapers in the Human World lost contact and souls began disappearing.
• Yamabuki Chidori suspected the Quincy and accepted Yamamoto's order to investigate with Katoru Hatsunoya and Gen'en Kinra.
• Yamabuki Chidori and his teammates traveled through Shunshun Shidō's Soul Gate and reached a bleak, abandoned farming area in the Human World.
• Yamabuki Chidori found a skeleton, and Katoru Hatsunoya suggested they search separately for a nearby village.

Yamabuki Chidori, Hatsunoya, and Gen'en Kinra investigated a slaughtered village and learned that a strange man had taken the villagers’ souls. Yamabuki stayed behind with a surviving child and was confronted by Zendouji Yuuhin, the Original 12th Division Captain, who attacked at incredible speed.

• Yamabuki Chidori, Hatsunoya, and Gen'en Kinra found a village full of corpses and discovered that none of the villagers’ souls remained.
• The group found a dead boy’s soul hiding in a chest, and he said a huge, strange man had taken the villagers’ souls.
• Hatsunoya and Gen'en Kinra left to investigate while Yamabuki Chidori stayed with the boy and frightened him with stories about Soul Reapers.
• A huge man appeared behind Yamabuki Chidori, introduced himself as Zendouji Yuuhin, and said he wanted to use Yamabuki as a test subject.
• Zendouji Yuuhin vanished and reached for Yamabuki’s head, forcing Yamabuki to use Flash Step to evade him.

Yamabuki Chidori fought Zendouji Yuuhin, whose pills boosted his strength, speed, and durability until Chidori was on the verge of defeat. Katoru Hatsunoya and Gen'en Kinra arrived and turned the fight against Zendouji Yuuhin, though he remained standing as Gen'en Kinra pierced his neck.

• Yamabuki Chidori wounded Zendouji Yuuhin, but his blade could not penetrate the man's hardened body, and Zendouji Yuuhin battered him with powerful punches.
• Yamabuki Chidori's Reiatsu rose under pressure, letting him break free with Hadō #88, Dragon of Thunder, and strike Zendouji Yuuhin with Twin Bone.
• Zendouji Yuuhin healed with a pill, then swallowed a Physique Enhancement Pill that transformed him into a faster, stronger, and more durable opponent.
• Yamabuki Chidori struggled to keep up with Zendouji Yuuhin's enhanced attacks, while the Blade Spirit remained silent when Chidori called for its name.
• Katoru Hatsunoya and Gen'en Kinra arrived and blocked Zendouji Yuuhin's punch aimed at Yamabuki Chidori.
• Katoru Hatsunoya struck Zendouji Yuuhin's insides with a kick and wounded his shoulder, while Gen'en Kinra peeled his skin and pierced his muscles and neck.

Yamabuki Chidori captured Zendouji Yuuhin, then discovered that the missing Soul Reaper had been taken by Quincy. He fought Martin Davis, wounded him with a decoy technique, and blocked his escape, leaving the two poised to continue their battle.

• Gen'en Kinra, Katoru Hatsunoya, and Yamabuki Chidori captured Zendouji Yuuhin, who confessed to using human souls for experiments but denied killing the missing Soul Reaper.
• Yamabuki Chidori sent a village boy to Soul Society and searched the surrounding area for the missing Soul Reaper after Gen'en Kinra and Katoru Hatsunoya departed.
• A Menos Grande attacked Yamabuki Chidori, but a Quincy named Martin Davis killed it with a Reishi Arrow and revealed that Quincies had captured the missing Soul Reaper.
• Martin Davis identified Yamabuki Chidori as a Soul Reaper and attacked him with Spirit Bows, while Yamabuki Chidori dodged the arrows and blocked a barrage with Bakudo #81: Splitting Void.
• Yamabuki Chidori used the Shihōin Clan's Utsusemi to trick Martin Davis and stab him in the lower back, then appeared in front of him when he tried to flee with Hirenkyaku.

Yamabuki Chidori discovered that he could absorb Reishi and wield Quincy abilities, then killed Martin to keep the power secret. After reporting a Quincy attack to Yamamoto, he discussed the threat and left reassured by the Captain Commander's confidence.

• Yamabuki Chidori tortured Martin until Martin showed him how to form a Spirit Bow, and Chidori copied the technique and absorbed Reishi.
• Yamabuki Chidori killed Martin, resolved to hide his new ability, and returned to Soul Society through a Soul Gate.
• A group of white-robed figures found Martin's remains and reported that a Quincy had killed him.
• Yamabuki Chidori and Katoru Hatsunoya brought Zendouji Yuuhin into custody, and Chidori offered him a choice between being roasted or joining the Gotei 13.
• Yamabuki Chidori privately told Yamamoto that Quincies had attacked him in the Human World and discussed their threat to Soul Reapers.
• Yamamoto reassured Yamabuki Chidori that he would face any enemies, and Chidori joked by asking for his next month's wages in advance.

Yamabuki Chidori was sent to Hueco Mundo with only Chōjirō Sasakibe and Hachisato, where they encountered and subdued a Lizard Menos Grande. After discovering that it was still alive, Yamabuki came up with an idea for the little team.

• Yamabuki Chidori proposed a strike against Baraggan Louisenbarn, and Yamamoto assigned him to lead the Hueco Mundo Extermination Squad.
• Only Chōjirō Sasakibe and Hachisato signed up, and Yamamoto revealed they were the entire team before kicking Yamabuki through the Soul Gate.
• Yamamoto told the captains he had sent Yamabuki to Hueco Mundo to develop his potential, while the chapter included an author’s paid-release and bonus-chapter notice.
• Yamabuki, Sasakibe, and Hachisato crossed Hueco Mundo’s empty white sands and found a tiny Hollow that Sasakibe let escape.
• A Lizard Menos Grande emerged from beneath the sand and attacked the group.
• Sasakibe and Hachisato struck the Lizard Menos Grande with their Zanpakuto and venom, leaving it unconscious, and Yamabuki stopped Sasakibe from killing it.

Yamabuki Chidori tamed a Menos Grande as a mount, then fought off a massive Hollow horde with Kidō and Spirit Bows before escaping five Adjuchas. He reunited with Chōjirō Sasakibe and Hachisato, but more Hollows surrounded them before they could arrange a return to Soul Society.

• Yamabuki Chidori beat the Lizard Menos Grande into obedience, named it Lizard Maru, and rode it across Hueco Mundo with Chōjirō Sasakibe and Hachisato.
• Yamabuki Chidori and his companions discovered two huge groups of Hollows fighting, but the battle exposed them as Soul Reapers and drew more than a thousand Hollows into pursuit.
• Yamabuki Chidori held back the Hollow tide with Kidō and five Spirit Bows, then used a decoy and concealment Kidō to escape the five Adjuchas.
• Yamabuki Chidori found Chōjirō Sasakibe and Hachisato struggling against four Menos Grande and bound the Hollows with Kidō.
• Yamabuki Chidori called for a Soul Gate to return to Soul Society, but more Hollows appeared and surrounded the group.

Yamabuki Chidori and his companions fled a horde of Hollows through Hueco Mundo, where Chidori’s Hollow mask fused into his body and awakened his ability to fire Ceros. They reached Las Noches and decided to wait there for Soul Society to open a Soul Gate, unaware of what Baraggan might do.

• Chidori disguised himself and his companions with Hollow masks, but his mask fused into his body and vanished beneath his skin.
• When Soul Society reported that opening a Soul Gate would take two hours, Chidori fought off the pursuing Hollows using Kidō and newly awakened silver Ceros.
• Chōjirō praised Chidori’s unusual attacks, while Hachisato noticed his powers were strange and chose not to question him.
• The Hollows stopped pursuing the group at Las Noches, and Chidori recognized it as Baraggan’s domain.
• Chidori told his companions to rest near Las Noches and ask Soul Society to open the Soul Gate nearby.

Yamabuki Chidori’s stop at Las Noches drew the attention of Baraggan, who challenged him after Chidori refused to come before him. Chidori used Hollow techniques to stall for time, but Baraggan’s superior Reiatsu began to overwhelm him.

• Yamamoto authorized a Soul Gate to open near Las Noches in two hours after Hachisato reported Yamabuki Chidori’s location.
• Yamabuki Chidori refused Baraggan’s summons, and Chōjirō Sasakibe defeated the two Hollows sent to fetch him.
• Baraggan executed the messengers, then pursued Yamabuki Chidori and his companions through Las Noches.
• Yamabuki Chidori challenged Baraggan to a fight for the throne and told Chōjirō Sasakibe and Hachisato to conceal his unusual powers.
• Yamabuki Chidori dodged Baraggan’s attacks with Sound Steps and fired Spirit Bows and Cero, but Baraggan’s greater Reiatsu overwhelmed his attacks.

Yamabuki Chidori broke through to Captain-level Reiatsu during his fight with Baraggan, then faced his Blade Spirit in his Inner World to learn her true name. He unlocked Perfect Sanctification and defeated her in their duel, but her released Zanpakuto severed one of his wings with an unseen attack.

• Baraggan ambushed Yamabuki Chidori, injured his shoulder, and prepared to kill him as Yamabuki Chidori's Reiatsu reached Captain-level.
• Yamabuki Chidori awoke in his Inner World, where his Blade Spirit challenged him and warned that she would take control of his body if he lost.
• The Blade Spirit used Soul Reaper, Quincy, and Hollow powers against Yamabuki Chidori, who responded by absorbing vast amounts of Reishi and unlocking Perfect Sanctification.
• Yamabuki Chidori overwhelmed the Blade Spirit with his new form and demanded her name, forcing her to release her Zanpakuto as Reverse, Silver Radiant Angel.
• The Blade Spirit attacked without a visible Reiatsu fluctuation, and her slash severed one of Yamabuki Chidori's wings of light despite his attempt to dodge.

Yamabuki Chidori awakened Silver Radiant Angel, a Zanpakuto that could sever and erase space, and used it to fight Baraggan. After exhausting his Reiatsu and escaping, he activated Perfect Sanctification when Baraggan returned, forcing Baraggan to flee.

• The Blade Spirit revealed Silver Radiant Angel's space-based powers and defeated Yamabuki Chidori in their Inner World sparring match.
• Yamabuki Chidori released Silver Radiant Angel, cut off part of Baraggan's skull and arm, and erased attacking Hollows with Space Erasure.
• Yamabuki Chidori ran out of Reiatsu, tricked Baraggan with a bluff and Sekienton, and hid with Chōjirō Sasakibe and Hachisato while he recovered.
• Baraggan found Yamabuki Chidori again and attacked, so Yamabuki Chidori activated Perfect Sanctification despite the pain.
• Yamabuki Chidori erased Baraggan's charging Menos Grande, and Baraggan fled rather than face his transformed opponent.

Yamabuki Chidori survived the devastating side effects of his incomplete Perfect Sanctification after Tenjirō Kirinji treated him with his experimental springs. Recovered and stronger, he rejoined the Captains while Yamamoto ordered those who knew his secret to keep silent.

• Yamabuki Chidori escaped Hueco Mundo through the Soul Gate after chasing Baraggan, then collapsed from severe organ and cell damage caused by Perfect Sanctification.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe and Hachisato brought Yamabuki Chidori to Soul Society, where Tenjirō Kirinji rushed him to his clinic for treatment.
• Yamamoto learned from Chōjirō Sasakibe that Yamabuki Chidori could control Reishi and fire Cero, then ordered Chōjirō and Hachisato to keep the secret.
• Tenjirō Kirinji treated Yamabuki Chidori for three days by alternating him between Bone Hell and Blood Pool Hell, restoring his body and Reiatsu.
• Yamabuki Chidori woke stronger than before, reflected on how his incomplete Perfect Sanctification nearly killed him, and found the Captains waiting as he left the springs.
• Saitō Fubōfu kicked Yamabuki Chidori for emerging naked, and he joked that he could defeat her in three seconds.

Yamabuki Chidori defeated Saitō Fubōfu, turned down a Captain position, and received a two-week leave and two subordinates. Hoping to start a clothing business, he tracked down Shūtara Senjumaru and asked her to make custom clothes and stockings.

• Yamabuki Chidori used poisoned-smoke claims and Silver Angel's teleportation to outmaneuver Saitō Fubōfu, then won their clash and secured her promise to do one thing for him.
• Yamamoto offered Yamabuki Chidori command of the First Squad, but Yamabuki refused and stayed on as Staff Officer.
• Yamamoto assigned Chōjirō Sasakibe and Hachisato to Yamabuki and gave him half a month off.
• Yamabuki visited a Seireitei tailor shop, learned the cost of opening a business, and decided he needed a skilled tailor and workers.
• Yamabuki sent Hachisato to find Shūtara Senjumaru and traveled to her shop in Rukongai's West 14th District.
• Yamabuki showed Shūtara Senjumaru designs for a maid outfit and stockings, and she agreed to try making them.

Yamabuki Chidori secured money to commission a maid outfit and white stockings from Shūtara Senjumaru, then persuaded her to join him in producing them. He convinced Katoru Hatsunoya to fund the venture, leaving the new business ready to begin.

• Yamabuki Chidori found himself unable to pay Shūtara Senjumaru’s deposit and borrowed startup money from Katoru Hatsunoya after Shunshun Shidō refused to lend him more.
• Three days later, Yamabuki Chidori collected the finished maid outfit and stockings, then persuaded Shūtara Senjumaru to become his technical consultant for the business.
• Yamabuki Chidori brought Shūtara Senjumaru to Katoru Hatsunoya’s home and pitched the outfit as a profitable fashion venture.
• Yamabuki Chidori gave the outfit to Senbu to try on, and Katoru Hatsunoya agreed to invest after seeing how it looked.
• Katoru Hatsunoya offered the Katori Family’s capital and manpower while Yamabuki Chidori and Shūtara Senjumaru handled the design and production.

Yamabuki Chidori opened an apparel store with Saitō Fubōfu as its poster girl, then secretly stole samples from Tenjirō Kirinji’s Bone Hell and Blood Pool Hell. After Yamamoto ordered recruitment across the Soul Society, Yamabuki proposed that his workshop supply standardized Shinigami uniforms, and Yamamoto approved.

• Yamabuki Chidori opened his store with Saitō Fubōfu working as a maid-dressed poster girl, and its stock sold out within an hour.
• Yamabuki bought a modest courtyard house, then dug a secret underground training ground beneath it.
• Yamabuki sneaked into Tenjirō Kirinji’s home and took water from Bone Hell and Blood Pool Hell, but Tenjirō caught him and struck him in the eye as he escaped.
• Tenjirō confronted Yamabuki at work the next day, gave him bruise medicine, and warned him to keep the springs’ technology out of the wrong hands.
• Yamamoto ordered the Captains to recruit across all four regions and 320 districts, while Yamabuki, Saitō Fubōfu, and Gen'en Kinra stayed to guard Seireitei.
• Yamabuki proposed that his workshop produce standardized Shinigami uniforms, Yamamoto approved the plan, and Shūtara Senjumaru agreed to handle the work.