Chapter Summaries

Yamabuki Chidori discovered that his Zanpakuto could create short-lived, isolated Space Spheres that blocked attacks, and he tested the ability against Unohana. Meanwhile, Hane Hane Chiyo’s Hollow-hunting exercise turned into a disaster when a Gillian drove her over a cliff, while students arrived at Yamabuki Chidori’s home.

• Shunshun Shidō tried to surprise Yamabuki Chidori with a Shunkō attack, but an unseen space blocked his fist.
• Yamabuki Chidori created a small Space Sphere that could isolate its interior and protect him from attacks, then used it to block Unohana’s sword strikes.
• Hane Hane Chiyo and her teammates encountered a Gillian, and she stayed behind to let the others escape.
• Hane Hane Chiyo used Kiri ni Kagami and several Kidō spells to fight the Gillian, but it resisted her attacks and drove her to a cliff.
• The cliff gave way beneath Hane Hane Chiyo and the Gillian, and both fell into the darkness.
• Yamabuki Chidori went upstairs during his fight with Unohana and found a group of students waiting.

Yamabuki Chidori tricked Thomas Yang and the Quincy in Rukongai into believing he was Yhwach’s agent, then infiltrated their gathering. After learning they planned to attack Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Chidori revealed his betrayal and attacked them.

• Yamabuki Chidori rushed to help Hane Hane Chiyo but encountered a swarm of Menos Grande and killed them with one stroke.
• Thomas Yang appeared, and Chidori convinced him that he was a Quincy agent inside Soul Society by showing a Spirit Bow and a stolen badge.
• Thomas led Chidori to a Quincy base in Rukongai, where Chidori met Mary and later six gathered Quincy.
• Chidori claimed to be the Gotei 13's Chief Strategist and handed over a fake plan before asking the Quincy to reveal their mission.
• Mary explained that the Quincy planned to kill Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and Chidori laughed before declaring that they had met him.
• Chidori ambushed the gathering with a Holy Spirit Arrow, killing Mary and another Quincy, then told the survivors that His Majesty had ordered their deaths.

Yamabuki Chidori killed three infiltrating Quincies, reported their ability to enter Soul Society to the Captain Commander, and learned he would have to resolve his Bankai problem himself. Meanwhile, Hane Hane Chiyo woke in a hut with a suspicious old man, tried to escape, and watched him effortlessly kill a Menos Grande.

• Yamabuki Chidori tricked Thomas into killing his two Quincy companions, then shot Thomas and left him to die confused about why His Majesty had turned against him.
• Yamabuki Chidori destroyed the Quincy corpses and hurried to the First Division Barracks to report the infiltration to the Captain Commander.
• The Captain Commander summoned Zendouji Yuuhin to investigate the Quincy invasion method, and Zendouji Yuuhin agreed to try despite doubting his expertise.
• Yamabuki Chidori asked the Captain Commander for advice about getting his Blade Spirit to lend him her Bankai, but the Captain Commander told him to communicate with her.
• Hane Hane Chiyo woke in an old man's hut, poured out his foul medicine, and tried to flee before a Menos Grande appeared.
• The old man pierced the Menos Grande's mask with his cane and killed it, leaving Hane Hane Chiyo stunned.

Hane Hane Chiyo was trapped by a poison-using Old Man until Yamabuki Chidori arrived and fought to rescue her. Yamabuki Chidori cleared the valley of poison gas with Hadō #99, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Old Man forced Hane Hane Chiyo to drink poison-based medicine and a succession of antidotes while treating her injuries.
• Yamabuki Chidori found Hane Hane Chiyo and tried to take her away, but Old Man attacked him with his cane and poisonous gas.
• Yamabuki Chidori used Shunkō and his Zanpakuto abilities to strike Old Man and evade the poison gas.
• Yamabuki Chidori cast Hadō #99, Goryū Tenmetsu, and its five dragons blasted away the poison gas and damaged the valley.

Yamabuki Chidori fought Sakurane Saizo, the former captain of the original Thirteenth Division, whose poisonous Zanpakuto pushed him into releasing Bankai. Yamabuki unleashed Perfect Sanctification and a powerful counterattack, but faced Sakurane’s Poison Dragon Cannon with all three of his powers united.

• Yamabuki Chidori fought Sakurane Saizo and survived Poison Viper’s bite by cutting off his arm and regrowing it with Super Regeneration.
• Yamabuki trapped Poison Viper with a Space Sphere and attacked Sakurane with Cero, but the snake regenerated and continued the fight.
• Sakurane revealed his identity, released Bankai, and transformed Poison Viper into Demon Eye Poison Dragon, filling the area with toxic flames and mist.
• Sakurane summoned a swarm of venomous winged snakes, and Yamabuki activated Perfect Sanctification before destroying them with Hadō #90, Black Coffin.
• Yamabuki struck Demon Eye Poison Dragon’s belly with Shunkō, severed his poisoned arm, and regenerated it as Sakurane prepared Poison Dragon Cannon.
• Sakurane fired Poison Dragon Cannon, and Yamabuki chose to meet it head-on by uniting his Soul Reaper, Hollow, and Quincy powers.

Yamabuki Chidori defeated Sakurane Saizo, recruited him toward the Gotei 13, and brought Hane Hane Chiyo along. In the Human World, Yhwach learned that his Soul Society squad had died, executed Edward, and ordered the Quincies to gather intelligence while he recovered his power.

• Yamabuki Chidori’s Otherworldly Slash cut through Sakurane Saizo’s poison dragon and destroyed his Zanpakuto’s immediate advantage.
• Yamabuki Chidori beat Sakurane Saizo until he surrendered, then told him about the Gotei 13 and its Captain Commander, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
• Sakurane Saizo agreed to visit Yamamoto, explained that his Bankai could heal itself, and Yamabuki Chidori seized Hane Hane Chiyo before she could flee.
• Edward reported to Yhwach that the Quincy squad sent to Soul Society had gone silent, and Yhwach revealed that its members were dead.
• Yhwach executed Edward, devoured his soul, and ordered the Quincies to gather intelligence instead of attacking until he regained his true power.

Yamabuki Chidori brought Sakurane Saizo to the Gotei 13, where the old man’s grudge with Yamamoto led to his assignment to the Thirteenth Division. With Yhwach’s final battle only six months away, Chidori tried to reach Bankai but found his Blade Spirit avoiding him, then recruited Senbu to help him investigate before taking her to the Shihōin estate to escape the summer heat.

• Yhwach postponed the final battle for six months so he could awaken the All-Knowing All-Powerful and grow stronger.
• Yamabuki Chidori returned with Sakurane Saizo, who traded insults with Yamamoto and explained that Yamamoto had pulled out his hair after he poisoned him centuries earlier.
• Yamamoto assigned Saizo to lead the Thirteenth Division, and Saizo asked for Hane Hane Chiyo to work under him.
• Chidori tried to contact his Blade Spirit in his Inner World but found her hiding, leaving him worried that he would not master Bankai in time to face Yhwach.
• Chidori asked Senbu for advice, helped her finish her paperwork, and invited her to get ice at the Shihōin estate.
• Chidori found Shunshun Shidō at home instead of working, and they both acknowledged that they had skipped work to keep cool.

Yamabuki Chidori realized his Blade Spirit feared that Bankai would change her, but agreed to learn it when she offered. Bankai split her into two Sword Spirits, and the newly awakened, possessive Scarlet Angel confronted him as he attacked with Space Severance.

• At shaved-ice with Senbu and Shunshun Shidō, Yamabuki Chidori considered why his Blade Spirit resisted teaching him Bankai and suspected she feared being replaced or changed.
• Yamabuki Chidori returned to his Inner World and assured his Blade Spirit he would not force her to teach Bankai, but she explained the dangerous process and asked whether he still wanted to proceed.
• Yamabuki Chidori chose to learn Bankai, and the Blade Spirit transformed Silver Radiant Angel into two blades and released Scarlet Angel.
• A second, nearly identical but possessive Bankai Sword Spirit appeared and caught the crimson blade, while Yamabuki Chidori realized his Blade Spirit had become two distinct personalities.
• Yamabuki Chidori attacked the Bankai Sword Spirit with Space Severance, but she retreated and warned him about his wound.

Yamabuki Chidori fought his Bankai Sword Spirit and discovered that she controlled time, making her nearly impossible to defeat. She stopped time with Crimson World and moved to strike him, but the chapter ended at the critical moment.

• The Bankai Sword Spirit wounded Yamabuki Chidori with attacks he could not perceive, and he eventually guessed that she controlled time.
• The Bankai Sword Spirit demonstrated Time Stop, Asura—Three Worlds Sword, and Super Time Acceleration, while Yamabuki Chidori struggled to defend himself.
• Yamabuki Chidori activated Perfect Sanctification, but the Bankai Sword Spirit matched his power and abilities.
• The Bankai Sword Spirit invoked “Time, stop flowing—Crimson World!” and froze the world as she prepared to pierce Yamabuki Chidori.

Yamabuki Chidori fought his Bankai Sword Spirit, whose time-manipulating abilities overwhelmed him until he neutralized them with a vast Space Sphere. Their battle of attrition left his sword broken, his heart pierced, and the Inner World collapsing, forcing him to demand that they merge or die together.

• Yamabuki Chidori used a Space Sphere around his hand to move during the Bankai Sword Spirit’s stopped time, but she countered with other time-based abilities and repeatedly cut him down.
• The Bankai Sword Spirit slowed the flow of time in Yamabuki Chidori’s body and began pushing her blade toward his heart.
• Yamabuki Chidori created a massive Space Sphere that nullified time and space, then fought the Bankai Sword Spirit with blades, Kidō, and hand-to-hand combat.
• As their Reiatsu dwindled, Yamabuki Chidori and the Bankai Sword Spirit traded wounds until his Silver Radiant Angel snapped and her blade pierced his heart.
• Yamabuki Chidori embraced the Bankai Sword Spirit and warned that the collapsing Inner World would kill them both unless they merged.

Yamabuki Chidori gained the Red Blade Spirit’s acknowledgment and learned Bankai, but his strongest time-stopping ability drained his Reiatsu almost instantly. He decided to train by fighting Baraggan in Hueco Mundo and set out with Chōjirō Sasakibe and Zendouji Yuuhin.

• Yamabuki Chidori woke in the Inner World after the Space Sphere shattered and learned that the Red Blade Spirit had acknowledged him as her master.
• The White Blade Spirit and Red Blade Spirit argued, then began fighting each other as Yamabuki Chidori left the Inner World.
• Yamabuki Chidori released Scarlet Angel and found that Crimson World stopped time for less than 0.01 seconds before exhausting his Reiatsu.
• Yamabuki Chidori tested his other Bankai abilities, decided to increase his Reiatsu, and planned to return to Hueco Mundo to challenge Baraggan.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe asked Yamabuki Chidori to teach him Bankai, and Yamabuki invited him to Hueco Mundo; Zendouji Yuuhin joined them to study Hollows.
• Yamabuki Chidori, Chōjirō Sasakibe, and Zendouji Yuuhin traveled through a Garganta to Hueco Mundo.

Yamabuki Chidori invaded Las Noches and overwhelmed Baraggan and his Hollows before discovering the Forest of Great Hollows. While she explored deeper and Sasakibe fought Menos Grande on his own, a powerful unknown presence appeared and cornered him in the darkness.

• Yamabuki Chidori openly attacked Baraggan at Las Noches, defeated him with ease, and incinerated the Hollows who came to his aid.
• Yamabuki Chidori and Sasakibe discovered the Forest of Great Hollows beneath the sand and were surrounded by Menos Grande.
• Yamabuki Chidori encouraged Sasakibe to fight, then wandered deeper into the forest as they battled the Hollows.
• Sasakibe became separated from Yamabuki Chidori and fought Menos Grande until he neared his limit.
• A swarm of fleeing Hollows rushed past Sasakibe before an unfamiliar Reiatsu killed them, and a voice from the darkness asked who was there.

Chōjirō Sasakibe encountered a powerful stranger in the Forest of Great Hollows, and Yamabuki Chidori intervened when the man nearly killed him. After Yamabuki Chidori gained the upper hand in their fight, the stranger released his Zanpakuto and revealed its chilling Shikai.

• The stranger cut down the Menos Grandes and challenged Chōjirō Sasakibe to fight.
• Chōjirō Sasakibe failed to land a blow, used Kidō to escape, and was nearly killed when his attack could not pierce the stranger’s skin.
• Yamabuki Chidori arrived after capturing Baraggan and blocked the stranger’s killing strike.
• Yamabuki Chidori and the stranger clashed at high speed, while Chōjirō Sasakibe dragged Baraggan away from the fighting.
• Yamabuki Chidori emerged largely unharmed while the stranger suffered numerous wounds, then the stranger activated his Zanpakuto, “Blood Dance.”

Yamabuki Chidori fought Shikkōgai Musashi, a powerful Soul Reaper whose Bankai transformed him into a devastating monster, and survived his brutal assault. He unleashed Bankai of his own and faced Musashi again, while Chōjirō Sasakibe kept Baraggan between himself and the battle as a shield.

• Yamabuki Chidori outmaneuvered Shikkōgai Musashi in Shikai, severed his arm with Space Severance, and learned that Musashi could rapidly regenerate.
• Musashi revealed himself as the first Captain of the Seventh Division and activated Bankai, Eight Directions Annihilation, overwhelming Yamabuki Chidori with a barrage of attacks.
• Yamabuki Chidori survived his crushed bones and organs, recovered, and urged Musashi to join the Gotei 13.
• Yamabuki Chidori activated Bankai, Scarlet Angel, splitting Silver Radiant Angel into a silver-white saber and a scarlet short sword.
• Musashi charged at Yamabuki Chidori again, but his attack missed.

Yamabuki Chidori defeated Shikkōgai Musashi and persuaded him to join the Gotei 13, then captured Baraggan for Zendouji Yuuhin’s research. Back in Soul Society, Yamabuki introduced Shikkōgai to Yamamoto, where Tsunayashiro Fūka stepped forward to challenge him.

• Yamabuki Chidori activated Perfect Sanctification and beat Shikkōgai Musashi until he agreed to join the Gotei 13.
• Yamabuki healed Shikkōgai and convinced Baraggan to help the Soul Reapers, then revealed he intended to take Baraggan as a test subject.
• Yamabuki summoned Zendouji Yuuhin, who examined Baraggan, and the group returned to Soul Society through a Garganta.
• Yamamoto welcomed Shikkōgai as a potential colleague, while Tsunayashiro Fūka objected to the prospect of another Captain.
• Shikkōgai challenged Yamamoto to a fight, and Tsunayashiro drew Kyōten'en and offered to face him instead.

Yamabuki Chidori arranged intensive combat training for the Gotei 13 Captains and promising squad members to prepare for the coming Blood War. The training began with the group beating Chidori, who then taught Chōjirō Sasakibe about Bankai and spoke with the uneasy Shijima Chiru.

• Shikkōgai Musashi challenged Tsunayashiro Fūka, then fought Yamamoto and was defeated by Ryūjin Jakka.
• Yamabuki Chidori proposed training the Captains, and Yamamoto agreed to include promising squad members.
• Yamabuki Chidori gathered the Captains and Lieutenants in the underground training ground and explained that its Bone Hell and Blood Pond would help them recover from fierce battles.
• The Captains and Lieutenants turned on Yamabuki Chidori and beat her before splitting up to spar; Zendouji Yuuhin finished the pile-on with Mount Tai Nebula Crash.
• Yamabuki Chidori punished Chōjirō Sasakibe with a one-on-one beating, then explained the requirements for mastering Bankai.
• Yamabuki Chidori asked Shijima Chiru why he was not joining the others, and he said his assassin background made him unsuited to direct combat.

Yamabuki Chidori accepted the mission to capture Quincy for experiments and investigate their headquarters, then traveled to the Human World with Saitō Fubōfu. The pair arrived in a small city with no clear leads on where to search.

• Shijima Chiru demonstrated that his Zanpakuto, Guiramo, could erase his body and Reiatsu, while explaining that attacking broke the effect.
• Unohana defeated Shikkōgai Musashi, and Zendouji Yuuhin presented Hollow Reiatsu powder intended to test its effects on Quincy.
• Yamamoto assigned Yamabuki Chidori to capture Quincy, and Yamabuki planned to investigate them in the Human World.
• The Captains returned to Yamabuki's home for barbecue, where Unohana persuaded him to keep cooking by promising to wear Black Silk Stockings.
• Yamabuki chose Saitō Fubōfu as his companion, and the two entered the Human World through a Soul Gate and arrived in a small city.

Yamabuki Chidori and Saitō Fubōfu entered Heian-kyō in Giglios to investigate traces of the Quincy, but robbed a noble and took his gold after learning his daughter needed an exorcist. At the noble’s estate, they sensed a second soul inside Kumohime and discovered an evil spirit had possessed her.

• Yamabuki Chidori and Saitō Fubōfu wore Giglios so they could speak with humans, then realized they had no usable money.
• When a samurai threatened them in the street, Yamabuki Chidori and Saitō Fubōfu beat the guards and robbed the noble in the carriage.
• Saitō Fubōfu found a chest of gold and jewels, and Yamabuki Chidori offered to exorcise the spirit haunting the noble’s daughter in exchange for it.
• The noble explained that Kumohime had begun eating enormous amounts of food and sometimes spoke in a strange man's voice.
• At the estate, Yamabuki Chidori and Saitō Fubōfu sensed something strange in Kumohime, and Yamabuki Chidori detected two souls inside her body.

Yamabuki Chidori and Saitō Fubōfu followed a lead to a renowned exorcist in Kyoto, where Chidori discovered the young lady was a Quincy. He claimed to be one as well and asked her where to find His Majesty’s palace, leaving her suspicious.

• Yamabuki Chidori expelled the evil spirit possessing a nobleman's daughter, then learned that an out-of-town exorcist had recently arrived in Kyoto.
• Yamabuki Chidori persuaded Saitō Fubōfu to pretend to be possessed so they could visit the exorcist, and they bribed the estate guards to let them in.
• The young lady accepted their jewels, recognized that Saitō Fubōfu was not possessed, and ordered them to leave.
• When the young lady threatened them with a Spirit Bow, Yamabuki Chidori revealed his own bow and identified her as a Quincy.
• The young lady explained that her mother was from the West and that she had recently received His Majesty's summons; Yamabuki Chidori asked for directions to His Majesty's palace, making her wary.

Yamabuki Chidori and Saitō Fubōfu captured the Quincy Ishida Oboro and tortured her for information, learning that Yhwach had fallen into a coma. As Oboro began to reveal the Quincy’s main fighting force, a Quincy named Bard attacked and interrupted the interrogation.

• The Quincy Ishida Oboro exposed Yamabuki Chidori and Saitō Fubōfu as Shinigami, but Saitō defeated her and the pair captured her alive.
• Yamabuki Chidori healed Oboro, then tortured her until she revealed that His Majesty Yhwach had fallen into a coma and that his palace lay about a hundred and fifty li west.
• Oboro resisted further questioning until Yamabuki threatened to mutilate her face, then began identifying the Quincy’s main fighting force as the Sta—.
• Bard blasted through the estate wall with a Reishi Arrow, and Yamabuki knocked Oboro unconscious before Bard confronted the two Shinigami.