Chapter Summaries

Chidori arranged for Ginjo to push Ichigo to the brink so he would awaken his Quincy power, while Isshin learned of the plan and accepted its purpose. Ichigo manifested a Spirit Bow and then a Reishi sword, but Ginjo stabbed him from behind as the fight continued.

• Chidori ordered Ginjo to seal Ichigo's Fullbring and attack him, hoping to awaken his Quincy power.
• Isshin confronted Chidori, who explained that Ichigo's Quincy abilities could help Soul Society face Yhwach.
• Ginjo defeated Ichigo and drove him to despair, while Chidori stopped Rukia from intervening.
• When Ginjo's blade struck Ichigo, Quincy power protected him and he summoned a Spirit Bow.
• Ichigo attacked Ginjo with a Holy Spirit Arrow and a Reishi sword, then Ginjo distracted him and stabbed him in the abdomen from behind.

Ichigo learned that Yamabuki Chidori and Isshin had orchestrated his power awakening, then chose to fight for the Soul Reapers to protect the people he loved. Meanwhile, Yhwach prepared to invade Soul Society through Hueco Mundo, where Gerrard's Quincy forces attacked and Gerrard fought Baraggan.

• Yamabuki Chidori revealed that he had pushed Ichigo to awaken his Quincy, Fullbring, and Soul Reaper powers, and Rukia explained how the Captains had helped restore Ichigo's Soul Reaper abilities.
• Ichigo punched Yamabuki Chidori, then returned home and heard Isshin explain the ancient war between Soul Reapers and Quincy and Yhwach's return.
• Ichigo decided to side with the Soul Reapers to protect his loved ones, while Isshin warned him not to tell Uryu Ishida about the coming conflict.
• Yhwach revealed that he had rebuilt the Sternritter, mastered Perfect Sanctification, and created Cross-Star Badges to steal Soul Reaper Bankai; he ordered his army to conquer Hueco Mundo first.
• Gerrard led the Quincy into Hueco Mundo and ordered them to kill Hollows who would not submit to Yhwach, then challenged Baraggan.
• Baraggan broke Gerrard's Saber, slowed him with his power, severed his arm, and kicked him away after Gerrard's attacks failed to hurt him.

Baraggan defeated Gerrard’s Quincy forces in Hueco Mundo, while Yhwach ordered Haschwalth to recruit Uryu Ishida. Uryu joined the Quincy and met Yhwach, who offered him power and described his goal of creating a world without death.

• Baraggan’s decay destroyed Gerrard’s Jail and defeated the Quincy who attacked him, while Gerrard fled in a desperate attempt to reach Yhwach.
• Ulquiorra killed the wounded Gerrard, and Yhwach absorbed Gerrard’s soul before ordering Haschwalth to find a descendant of the Ishida Family.
• Haschwalth invited Uryu Ishida to join Yhwach, and Uryu accepted despite warning that war with the Soul Reapers could destroy the balance of the Three Realms.
• Haschwalth brought Uryu to Wahrwelt, where Uryu met Yhwach and asked what would happen after the war.
• Yhwach said he wanted to create a world without death and offered Uryu a cup of blood that would grant him power.

Uryu Ishida joined the Sternritter, became Yhwach’s heir, and watched the Quincy conquer Hueco Mundo. Nel Tu reached Soul Society to warn Yamabuki Chidori, while Quincy forces launched an attack and Driscoll Berci stole Chōjirō Sasakibe’s Bankai.

• Uryu Ishida drank Yhwach’s blood, awakened The Antithesis, and was named heir to the Wandenreich despite his protests.
• Yhwach led the Quincy invasion of Hueco Mundo, captured Tier Harribel, and ordered Haschwalth to recruit powerful Menos Grande.
• Nel Tu escaped to Soul Society and told Yamabuki Chidori that Hueco Mundo had fallen and Tier Harribel had been captured.
• Yamabuki Chidori accompanied Chōjirō Sasakibe on patrol after recognizing the danger at the West Gate, where Driscoll Berci and other Quincy attacked.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe released his Bankai against Driscoll Berci, but Driscoll used a medallion to steal it.

Yamabuki Chidori killed Driscoll and warned Yhwach that he would be waiting in Soul Society, while Yhwach prepared to invade and sought Kurosaki Ichigo’s power. As the Quincy war approached, Ichigo joined Kisuke Urahara’s plan to strike Hueco Mundo, and the Gotei 13 prepared for the invasion before Yhwach released Gremmy.

• Yamabuki Chidori killed Driscoll, eliminated the other Quincy attackers, and sent a surviving messenger back to Yhwach with a challenge.
• Yhwach ordered his forces to retreat if they encountered Yamabuki Chidori and revealed that he wanted Kurosaki Ichigo, whose Quincy powers had awakened.
• Salkapolo and a group of Vastolorde Arrancar arrived at Kurosaki Ichigo’s home and explained that the Quincy had occupied Hueco Mundo and captured Tier Harribel.
• Kisuke Urahara told Kurosaki Ichigo that the Quincy could melt Bankai and asked him to help rescue Tier Harribel by attacking the enemy’s rear in three days.
• Kurotsuchi Mayuri distributed Hollow-particle pills to the Gotei 13 Captains to protect their Bankai, and Yamabuki Chidori proposed taking action before the Quincy invaded.
• Yhwach released Gremmy from prison shortly before the war began.

Yamabuki Chidori confronted Gremmy and Liltotto, warned them about Yhwach’s plans, and then the Quincy invaded an empty Seireitei only to be caught in a trap. As the Gotei 13 surrounded the invaders and Yamamoto faced Fake Yhwach, Renji Abarai began fighting As Nodt at the East Gate.

• Yamabuki Chidori met Gremmy and Liltotto, urged them to abandon Yhwach, and claimed Yhwach’s world without death would become Hell.
• Liltotto reported her meeting with Yamabuki Chidori to Yhwach, who ordered the Quincy army to begin its invasion.
• The Quincy arrived in an empty Seireitei, searched for Soul Reapers, and discovered too late that they had entered a trap.
• Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni confronted Fake Yhwach as the Gotei 13 surrounded the Quincy army.
• At the East Gate, Renji Abarai attacked As Nodt, who identified himself as a Sternritter with the Schrift F.

Byakuya and the other captains struggled against Sternritter whose abilities threatened the Soul Reapers, while the Quincy medallions unexpectedly failed to steal their Bankai. A Fourth Division doctor and an unidentified man intervened in separate battles as the fighting continued.

• As Nodt preyed on Renji Abarai and Byakuya’s fear, but Byakuya released Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, which the Quincy Medallion failed to steal, and wounded As Nodt.
• As Nodt activated Perfect Sanctification and overwhelmed Byakuya with fear, just as a gentle voice offered Byakuya help.
• Bambietta Basterbine used her Reishi bombs to damage Komamura Sajin and his Bankai, but a girl wielding a massive sword destroyed her bombs and offered to treat the wounded.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya’s Bankai resisted Cang Du’s Quincy Medallion, and a Fourth Division man appeared to ask the combatants to let him evacuate the wounded.
• Bi Jienaiyin used his information analysis and machine-gun attack against Soi Fon, but a man stepped in front of her and withstood the bullets.

Retired captains Kuruyashiki, Hyakki-ji, and Kamishirokawa joined the battle and swiftly defeated their Quincy opponents. Huo Ying fought Bambietta, endured devastating injuries, and left her unconscious and restrained.

• Kuruyashiki crushed As Nodt, devoured him with his Zanpakuto, and offered to treat the Sixth Division members.
• Hyakki-ji overwhelmed Bi Jienaiyin, who fled, while Kamishirokawa severed Cang Du's arm and killed him with his Bankai.
• Huo Ying charged Bambietta despite Komamura's warning, and Bambietta's ability blew off Huo Ying's hand.
• Huo Ying released her Bankai and grew stronger as her injuries worsened, eventually cutting Bambietta's wings and knocking her unconscious.
• Huo Ying had the Shinigami restrain Bambietta with Quincy-specific restraints, then asked who needed treatment.

Kisuke Urahara led Kurosaki Ichigo and the Arrancar in a raid on Las Noches, forcing Uryu Ishida to release Tier Harribel before they escaped. In Soul Society, Kenpachi Zaraki confronted Haschwalth and Fake Yhwach and attacked them with Nozarashi.

• Kisuke Urahara and Kurosaki Ichigo led the Arrancar into Las Noches while the Wandenreich's strongest fighters were away.
• The Arrancar overwhelmed the Quincy guards, but Uryu Ishida stopped their attack and confronted Kurosaki Ichigo.
• Kisuke Urahara negotiated with Uryu Ishida, who released the chained Tier Harribel in exchange for the attackers leaving Hueco Mundo.
• Kisuke Urahara opened a Garganta and took Tier Harribel and the Arrancar toward Soul Society as Uryu Ishida concealed his intentions.
• Kenpachi Zaraki confronted Haschwalth and Fake Yhwach, then attacked Fake Yhwach with Nozarashi.

Kenpachi Zaraki and the Soul Reapers overwhelmed Fake Yhwach and Lille Barro, while the Captain Commander prepared to face Fake Yhwach with Ryūjin Jakka. The chapter left Lille Barro trapped under attacks from Kenpachi Zaraki, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tōsen as Haschwalth refused to help him.

• Kenpachi Zaraki released Bankai and battered Fake Yhwach until Lille Barro shot him and joined the fight.
• Kaname Tōsen trapped Lille Barro in Enma Kōrogi, but Gin Ichimaru's attack failed to kill him, and Lille Barro countered with a bullet.
• Kenpachi Zaraki withdrew from Bankai as the Captain Commander ordered him to deal with Lille Barro and challenged Fake Yhwach with Ryūjin Jakka.
• Fake Yhwach activated Blut Vene and fought the Captain Commander, while Lille Barro activated Perfect Sanctification against Kenpachi Zaraki, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tōsen.
• Lille Barro begged Haschwalth for help, but Haschwalth refused, leaving Lille Barro to dodge Kenpachi Zaraki's descending blade alone.

Yamabuki Chidori’s trap disrupted Yhwach’s plan to recruit Aizen, while Captain Commander Yamamoto defeated Yhwach’s decoy. The chapter ended with Yhwach facing Yamabuki in a place he had mistaken for Mugen Jigoku, as Yamabuki called for Haschwalth to act.

• Penida disabled Kenpachi, and Lille wounded Gin before Captain Commander Yamamoto released Zanka no Tachi and forced the Quincy back.
• Captain Commander Yamamoto defeated Fake Yhwach with Zanka no Tachi, then discovered he was Y, a decoy who revealed the real Yhwach’s interest in Aizen beneath the First Division.
• Yhwach emerged from an explosion and told Haschwalth that the transport would activate in three minutes as Yamabuki Chidori confronted him.
• Yamabuki told Yhwach that the Sternritter were not united and called for Haschwalth to act.
• Ten minutes earlier, Yhwach entered Mugen Jigoku to recruit Aizen but found Yamabuki waiting in Aizen’s empty chair.
• Yamabuki mocked Yhwach and questioned whether he had seen any prisoners in what he believed was Mugen Jigoku.

Yamabuki Chidori trapped Yhwach in a false Seireitei, defeated him, and tried to turn Haschwalth against him. Yhwach withdrew to Hueco Mundo after Kurosaki Ichigo’s attack, while Haschwalth began to question the world Yhwach wanted to create.

• Yamabuki Chidori revealed that the apparent Seireitei was a space he had created and overpowered Yhwach in a clash.
• Yamabuki Chidori accused Haschwalth of being a spy, then privately urged him to join forces against Yhwach.
• Yamabuki Chidori let Yhwach and the Quincies return to the Shadow Space, and Yhwach warned him that their next battle would be different.
• Yhwach returned to Las Noches and learned that Kurosaki Ichigo’s assault had killed many Quincies and taken Tier Harribel.
• Haschwalth told Yhwach that Yamabuki Chidori had called Hell the only place without a distinction between life and death, then affirmed his loyalty while privately forming his own judgment.

After the Gotei 13 returned victorious from the war, the Fourth Division treated the wounded while Kurosaki Ichigo arrived too late to join the battle. Yamabuki Chidori reviewed the casualties and asked Ichigo to watch over Huo Ying, leaving him to confront the toll of war.

• Haschwalth decided he could not lead the Sternritter to their deaths after considering Yamabuki Chidori’s warning about a world without life or death.
• Kurosaki Ichigo reached a peaceful Seireitei, where Unohana explained that Yamabuki had created a separate battlefield; before Ichigo could go there, the Gotei 13 returned victorious.
• The Fourth Division rushed to treat Huo Ying, Kenpachi Zaraki, and the other wounded, while Ichigo encountered Salkapolo, Kurotsuchi Mayuri, Renji, Rukia, and Byakuya.
• Kuruyashiki told Rukia that Byakuya had been endangered by an enemy who stirred fear, while Chizome Souya treated Huo Ying’s severe injuries and then went to check on Zaraki.
• Yamabuki Chidori gave Huo Ying an anesthetic, reviewed the report of 142 dead and 231 severely wounded, and asked Ichigo to watch over her while she operated on the injured.
• Ichigo stayed behind and felt the terror of war as he considered how many lives had been lost.

Yamabuki Chidori treated Kenpachi Zaraki and assessed Kurosaki Ichigo and Rukia, then brought them to his underground training ground to prepare them for the coming war. He pushed Ichigo into a desperate fight by threatening Rukia, and the chapter ended as he withdrew his defense and grabbed Tensa Zangetsu.

• Chizome Souya repaired Kenpachi Zaraki’s severely twisted body, while Yamabuki Chidori and Yamabuki Chidori’s medical team treated the other wounded.
• Yamabuki Chidori told Kurosaki Ichigo he could leave the war, but Ichigo insisted on fighting to protect his family and the people close to him.
• Yamabuki Chidori took Ichigo and Rukia to his underground training ground, estimated their strength in Kensei Muguruma units, and promised to train them.
• Yamabuki Chidori told Rukia to learn Bankai to help Kuchiki Byakuya and began testing Ichigo through combat.
• Yamabuki Chidori threatened to kill Rukia if Ichigo could not defeat him within a minute, while his Blut Vene Anhaben blocked Ichigo’s attacks.
• Yamabuki Chidori withdrew Blut Vene Anhaben as time ran out and reached for Tensa Zangetsu.

Yamabuki Chidori broke Kurosaki Ichigo’s Bankai sword and urged Kuchiki Byakuya to overcome his fear by becoming stronger. Later, he interrogated captured Bambietta Basterbine, shifting from crude questions to asking how many Sternritter were loyal to Yhwach.

• Yamabuki Chidori snapped Tensa Zangetsu in two and told Kurosaki Ichigo that a Bankai-damaged Zanpakuto could not be restored.
• Yamabuki Chidori encouraged Kuchiki Byakuya to face his fear, and Byakuya asked to join his upcoming training camp.
• Kurosaki Ichigo learned from Kurotsuchi Mayuri that Tensa Zangetsu could not be properly repaired and returned to Yamabuki Chidori’s home.
• Yamabuki Chidori entered the Military Police Force prison to question Bambietta Basterbine, first asking inappropriate personal questions.
• Yamabuki Chidori turned serious and asked Bambietta how many Sternritter were completely loyal to Yhwach, and she insisted that everyone was.

Yamabuki Chidori coerced Bambietta into becoming his informant and arranged for Ichigo to meet the Zero Division about repairing his broken sword. The Zero Division arrived, and Ichigo went with them while Yamabuki Chidori told him the others had a separate route.

• Yamabuki Chidori threatened Bambietta with a Reishi bomb and forced her to name four Sternritter girls as possible recruits.
• Yamabuki Chidori ordered Bambietta to contact the named girls and bring at least one back within three days or he would detonate the bomb.
• Yamabuki Chidori told Ichigo that the Zero Division could help repair his broken sword, then sent him to stay at Kuchiki Byakuya's home.
• Rukia woke Ichigo and told him that she, Renji, and Byakuya would accompany him to meet the Zero Division.
• The Zero Division arrived, and Kirimaru Tsukishima embraced Yamabuki Chidori before he explained that he had called them to help Ichigo.
• Ichibē Hyōsube agreed to take Ichigo to have his sword repaired, and Yamabuki Chidori told him to go with the Zero Division.

Kurosaki Ichigo and his companions trained at the Soul King Palace while Yamabuki Chidori and Monk discussed the coming war and the possibility of Ichigo becoming a Soul King substitute. After returning to the Seireitei, Yamabuki offered Tōshirō Hitsugaya help completing his Bankai in exchange for Rangiku Matsumoto’s photo book.

• Monk explained that the Royal Key came from the Soul King's power, and Ichigo learned Yamabuki Chidori could travel to the Soul King Palace through his Space Ability.
• Monk considered Ichigo an ideal Soul King substitute, while he and Yamabuki discussed Yhwach and the possibility that one of them might become the replacement.
• Yamabuki left Rukia, Renji, Byakuya, and Ichigo to train with the Zero Division; Kirimaru Tsukishima strengthened them with Reiatsu-infused meals and Tenjirō Kirinji’s Purgatory Pool.
• Shūtara Senjumaru gave Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, and Byakuya clothes, then kept Byakuya and Rukia behind to continue training while Ichigo and Renji moved on.
• Yamabuki returned to the Seireitei and told Tōshirō Hitsugaya that his Bankai was incomplete, offering to teach him true Bankai if he obtained Rangiku Matsumoto’s photo book.

Yamabuki Chidori forced Tōshirō Hitsugaya through an illusory battle with Aizen to awaken his true Bankai, then revealed the deception. At the Soul King Palace, Kurosaki Ichigo failed to choose an Asauchi because he could not answer who he was, and Nimaiya Ōetsu sent him back to Seireitei.

• Yamabuki Chidori began training Tōshirō Hitsugaya by making him believe he was fighting Aizen, who repeatedly defeated and taunted him.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya reached his full power and used Four Worlds Ice Bind, but Yamabuki Chidori revealed that he had created the Aizen illusion with Kyōten'en.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya tried to attack Yamabuki Chidori, but Yamabuki Chidori stopped his Bankai and offered him sweet Natto as they left.
• Nimaiya Ōetsuya had Kurosaki Ichigo and Renji Abarai fight the souls of Asauchi, and Renji succeeded while Kurosaki Ichigo failed.
• Nimaiya Ōetsuya asked Kurosaki Ichigo whether he was a Soul Reaper, Quincy, Fullbringer, or Hollow, and Kurosaki Ichigo could not define himself.
• Nimaiya Ōetsuya sent Kurosaki Ichigo away, and he woke on a street in Seireitei.

Kurosaki Ichigo sought answers about his many powers and learned from Aizen Sōsuke and Yamabuki Chidori that Chidori had shaped his family history and passed his abilities down through Masaki Kurosaki. After making peace with his identity, Ichigo went to the Soul King Palace while Chidori went to meet the Soul King.

• Gin Ichimaru brought Kurosaki Ichigo to Mugen Jigoku, where Aizen Sōsuke revealed that he had created White Ichigo and manipulated events surrounding Ichigo’s birth under Yamabuki Chidori’s direction.
• Yamabuki Chidori told Ichigo about the Soul King, the origins of the Three Realms, and how his own power entered a Quincy family descended from Ishida Oboro.
• Chidori explained that Masaki Kurosaki inherited his power, which gave Ichigo his Shinigami, Quincy, Hollow, Hell, and Fullbring abilities.
• Ichigo confronted Chidori about arranging his parents’ relationship, and Chidori explained that Masaki’s inherited power had protected her and Ichigo from Yhwach’s Auswählen.
• Ichigo thanked Chidori and went with him to the Soul King Palace; Ichigo headed to the Phoenix Palace as Chidori went to see the Soul King.

Yamabuki Chidori prepared for Yhwach’s imminent second attack after the Soul King asked him to let Yhwach’s assault set him free. Bambietta lured Liltotto into Soul Society, where Yamabuki offered her a chance to defect, while Kuchiki Byakuya, Renji, and Rukia returned stronger from the Soul King Palace.

• The Soul King told Yamabuki Chidori he was tired after a million years and asked him not to stop Yhwach from freeing him during the next attack.
• Bambietta feared the bomb inside her and decided to bring her friends to Soul Society rather than risk returning to Wahrwelt alone.
• Liltotto worried over Bambietta’s capture and questioned Gremmy about the Soul Reapers’ offer of peace, while Gremmy admitted he had never been loyal to anyone.
• Bambietta tricked Liltotto into leaving Wahrwelt, knocked her unconscious, and brought her to Soul Society, where Yamabuki Chidori offered her a chance to join his side.
• Kuchiki Byakuya, Renji, and Rukia returned from the Soul King Palace with greatly increased strength, and Yamabuki Chidori asked where Ichigo was.