Chapter Summaries

Ichigo Kurosaki encountered Nozomi Kujō after she fell through a spatial rift into Karakura Town, then protected her from masked Soul Reapers pursuing her. Nozomi distrusted Ichigo and collapsed, so he carried her toward the Kurosaki Clinic while the reason for the pursuit remained unknown.

• Ichigo noticed a spatial rift open above the street, and Nozomi Kujō fell out, exhausted and wary.
• Kon lunged at Nozomi, but she kicked him away and accused Ichigo of being a Soul Reaper sent to capture her.
• Three masked Soul Reapers emerged from the rift and attacked Nozomi, so Ichigo transformed and drove them back.
• The masked Soul Reapers retreated through the unstable rift, which then closed before Ichigo could learn who they were.
• Nozomi rejected Ichigo's help, argued with him, and kicked Kon into a trash can before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Ichigo picked up Nozomi and her Asauchi and carried her toward the Kurosaki Clinic with Kon in his schoolbag.

Nozomi Kujō encountered three Hollows while fleeing through Karakura Town, and Kon risked his life to protect her. His sacrifice awakened Nozomi's Shikai, Benihikō, and she defeated the Hollows before thanking Kon.

• Nozomi Kujō left the Kurosaki Clinic with her Zanpakuto, and Kon followed her through the streets of Karakura Town.
• Three Hollows emerged from a Garganta and attacked Nozomi, who was too exhausted to fight them.
• Kon shielded Nozomi and struck one Hollow, then endured another's blow rather than abandon her.
• Nozomi pulled Kon behind her and awakened her Shikai, Benihikō, which absorbed a Hollow's Cero.
• Nozomi fired the stored Reiatsu from Benihikō and destroyed all three Hollows.
• After Benihikō reverted to an Asauchi, Nozomi thanked Kon for protecting her.

Ichigo pursued Nozomi Kujō after sensing a powerful Reiatsu surge, but a rift opened above Karakura Town and Nozomi fled from the pursuers she knew had found her. Ichigo followed to protect her, and they arrived at a barrier that had knocked her down, with a powerful Reiatsu waiting ahead.

• Ichigo found Nozomi Kujō exhausted after she returned the battered Kon, and she rejected his offer of help.
• A black rift opened above Karakura Town, releasing captain-level Reiatsu, and Nozomi realized her pursuers had found her.
• Nozomi urged Ichigo to stay away and ran from the rift, but Ichigo transformed into a Soul Reaper and chased after her.
• Kon took over Ichigo's body while Ichigo pursued Nozomi with Zangetsu.
• A space barrier blocked Nozomi at an intersection, knocked her down, and sent her Asauchi skidding away.
• Ichigo arrived behind Nozomi and sensed a powerful Reiatsu ahead.

Ichigo Kurosaki confronted Reigai versions of Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya when they came to take Nozomi Kujō, and learned they believed she posed a threat to the Soul Society. He refused to let them take her, and Byakuya released Senbonzakura as Hitsugaya froze the street exits.

• Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya appeared and ordered Ichigo Kurosaki to let them take Nozomi Kujō.
• Nozomi revealed that the two captains were Reigai created by Kagerōza, with the originals’ abilities and combat habits.
• Byakuya said Nozomi could absorb and release Reiatsu, making her a potential threat to the Soul Society.
• Ichigo refused to abandon Nozomi, and she urged him to leave while he told her to retrieve her sword and escape.
• Hitsugaya froze the street exits as Byakuya drew his Zanpakuto and released Senbonzakura.

Ichigo fought Byakuya Kuchiki while trying to protect Nozomi Kujō from Tōshirō Hitsugaya, but the battle damaged the residential neighborhood. He carried Nozomi away across the rooftops as Byakuya and Hitsugaya pursued them, hoping to lead them somewhere open.

• Byakuya Kuchiki overwhelmed Ichigo with Senbonzakura, while Ichigo held back from using Getsuga Tenshō to avoid harming nearby residents.
• Ichigo discovered Nozomi Kujō had stayed behind, and Tōshirō Hitsugaya revealed that ice had sealed off both intersections.
• Ichigo promised to protect Nozomi, but Byakuya Kuchiki fired Hadō #63: Raikōhō and blasted apart part of the street.
• When Tōshirō Hitsugaya moved to seize Nozomi, Ichigo drove him back, picked her up, and fled toward the rooftops.
• Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya chased Ichigo as he crossed rooftops, seeking somewhere open to continue the fight.

Ichigo carried Nozomi Kujō to an empty park while Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Byakuya Kuchiki pursued them. After the two reigai released their Bankai, Ichigo prepared to fight them at full strength.

• Tōshirō Hitsugaya released Bankai and attacked Ichigo with ice spikes, piercing both of Ichigo's arms as he shielded Nozomi Kujō.
• Nozomi Kujō urged Ichigo to hand her over, but Ichigo insisted he would keep his promise to protect her.
• Ichigo brought Nozomi Kujō to a park, removed the ice spikes, and told her to stay back while he faced his pursuers.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Byakuya Kuchiki arrived, agreed to eliminate Ichigo, and Byakuya released Bankai.
• Ichigo released Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu, and declared that he would no longer hold back.

Ichigo fought the Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya Reigai in Bankai, but Gin Ichimaru joined them and left Ichigo badly wounded. Nozomi Kujō offered to surrender to save him, but Ichigo stood by his promise to protect her as a Senkaimon opened overhead and someone called out to him.

• Ichigo used Bankai to battle Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya, breaking through their attacks but struggling to get close to Byakuya.
• Byakuya and Tōshirō kept Ichigo occupied while Gin Ichimaru attacked from the shadows with Shinsō and pierced his chest.
• Byakuya and Tōshirō struck Ichigo with their Bankai attacks, crushing his Getsuga Tenshō and sending him into a crater.
• Gin Ichimaru appeared and criticized Byakuya and Tōshirō for taking so long to capture Ichigo.
• Nozomi Kujō offered to go with the Reigai to spare Ichigo, but Ichigo rose and insisted on protecting her.
• A Senkaimon opened overhead, and a voice called to Ichigo.

Yoriichi arrived in the World of the Living and destroyed the three Captain-level Reigai pursuing Nozomi Kujō. After Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked for Nozomi to be brought in for research, Yoriichi questioned whether she would be safe, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Yoriichi emerged from the Senkaimon and joined the injured Ichigo, who explained that the Reigai were pursuing Nozomi Kujō.
• Yoriichi stopped Gin Ichimaru's Shinsō with two fingers, then defeated the Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Byakuya Kuchiki Reigai and destroyed their Reishi cores.
• Yoriichi immobilized Gin Ichimaru when he aimed Shinsō at Nozomi, then cut down the Gin Ichimaru Reigai.
• Yoriichi contacted Mayuri Kurotsuchi and reported the three defeated Reigai and Nozomi's identity.
• Mayuri asked Yoriichi to bring Nozomi to Soul Society for research, while Ichigo objected and Nozomi recoiled from Mayuri.
• Yoriichi asked Mayuri whether Nozomi's life would be in danger, and Mayuri claimed he only needed to analyze her Reiatsu.

After defeating three Captain-level Reigai, Yoriichi told Ichigo and Nozomi that Kagerōza had attacked Soul Society and urged Nozomi to return with him for protection. Ichigo agreed to go despite his injuries, while Nozomi hesitated until Yoriichi revealed he would take her by force if she chose to stay behind.

• Mayuri ended the communication after ordering the group to bring Nozomi back and recover the Reigai remains.
• Yoriichi told Ichigo and Nozomi that Kagerōza had likely launched a large-scale attack on Soul Society.
• Nozomi feared being handed over to Mayuri, but Yoriichi promised to protect her and explained that staying in the World of the Living left her vulnerable.
• Yoriichi told Ichigo to come to Soul Society, and Ichigo agreed to help protect Nozomi despite his wound.
• Nozomi asked whether she still had a choice, and Yoriichi said he would knock her out and take her if she stayed.

Inaba Kagerōza monitored his Reigai laboratory in the Dangai and learned that Ichigo Kurosaki and Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s battle was destabilizing the area. When Nozomi Kujō escaped amid the chaos, Kagerōza ordered his forces to retrieve her while he went to collect the fighters’ Reishi.

• Inaba Kagerōza watched his Reigai stabilize and planned to use them to destroy the Seireitei.
• A powerful Reiatsu collision shook the laboratory, and Kagerōza examined damaged surveillance feeds.
• Kagerōza saw Ichigo Kurosaki and Yoriichi Tsugikuni battling in the Dangai and resolved to collect the Reishi they left behind.
• A Reigai told Kagerōza that Nozomi Kujō had escaped through the weakened barrier, and Kagerōza struck him in anger.
• Kagerōza ordered his Reigai to bring Nozomi Kujō back and set out to collect Ichigo Kurosaki and Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s Reishi himself.

Inaba Kagerōza collected the lingering Reishi from the devastated Dangai, hoping to replicate Ichigo Kurosaki and Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s powers. When Twelfth Division Soul Reapers arrived to investigate, Kagerōza used his Reigai of Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake to kill them and continue collecting.

• Inaba Kagerōza entered the ruined Dangai with Reigai resembling Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake.
• Kagerōza used a device to collect lingering Reishi, including traces of Ichigo Kurosaki and Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s Reiatsu.
• Twelfth Division Soul Reapers arrived to investigate the Dangai, and Kagerōza told them Kyōraku and Ukitake were assisting him.
• Kagerōza stabbed the leading Soul Reaper and ordered the two Reigai to kill the others.
• Kagerōza told the Reigai to dispose of the bodies while he continued collecting Reishi.

Kagerōza rushed the final fusion of his unfinished Reigai after Yoriichi Tsugikuni uncovered two of his creations in the Dangai. He succeeded in creating powerful Reigai modeled on Ichigo Kurosaki in Mugetsu form and Yoriichi, but admitted he could not fully control them and still needed to find Nozomi Kujō.

• Kagerōza failed to stabilize Reigai using the residual Reiatsu of Ichigo Kurosaki and Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
• Kagerōza learned that Yoriichi had entered the Dangai and sent Kyōraku's and Ukitake's Reigai to delay him.
• Yoriichi defeated both Reigai and took their remains, prompting Kagerōza to fear that Mayuri Kurotsuchi would uncover his research.
• Kagerōza ordered the final fusion procedure and poured the laboratory's reserve Reishi into two unfinished vessels.
• Kagerōza successfully awakened Reigai modeled on Mugetsu Ichigo and Yoriichi, then vowed to find Nozomi Kujō and destroy the Soul Society with her.

The Reigai Army attacked the Seireitei across multiple sectors while the Gotei 13 fought to contain it. Reigai Yoriichi ambushed Yamamoto at the First Division Barracks, and their battle left Yamamoto wounded but determined to trust the real Yoriichi and the Gotei 13.

• Reigai forces emerged from spatial rifts throughout the Seireitei and attacked several divisions at once.
• Kenpachi Zaraki fought the Reigai in the 11th Division's sector, while Soi Fon directed the Stealth Force to destroy devices near the rifts.
• Yoriichi Tsugikuni arrived at the First Division Barracks, but Yamamoto recognized that he was an impostor.
• Reigai Yoriichi attacked Yamamoto with Hekyō and used Kidō to restrain Chōjirō Sasakibe.
• Yamamoto released Ryūjin Jakka and clashed with Reigai Yoriichi, who wounded his left shoulder.
• Yamamoto declared that he believed in the Gotei 13 and the real Yoriichi as the battle continued.

A powerful Reigai resembling Ichigo Kurosaki attacked the Seireitei, forcing Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake to fight him together. While the captains tried to hold him back, Inaba Kagerōza reached the Maggot's Nest to retrieve Yushima Oko's original body.

• The Reigai Ichigo devastated the street between the Eighth and Thirteenth Divisions, and Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake confronted him.
• The Reigai Ichigo overpowered both captains, while Ukitake's Sōgyo no Kotowari reflected his Getsuga Tenshō back at him.
• Kyōraku noticed cracks forming in the Reigai Ichigo's body and coordinated with Ukitake to exploit its instability.
• Kyōraku and Ukitake continued fighting together, deciding to stall the Reigai Ichigo until the Twelfth Division made a breakthrough.
• Inaba Kagerōza entered the Maggot's Nest with several Reigai and prepared to retrieve Yushima Oko's original body.

Kagerōza attacked the Maggot's Nest to retrieve what lay inside and capture Nozomi Kujō, but Nemu Kurotsuchi stood in his way. After the Reigai badly wounded Nemu, Mayuri Kurotsuchi emerged from the passage.

• Kagerōza used Laikū to breach the Maggot's Nest defenses, and his Reigai killed the Second Division guards.
• Nemu Kurotsuchi confronted Kagerōza and fought his Reigai while blocking the prison entrance.
• Kagerōza redirected Nemu into an encirclement, and the Reigai severed her right leg and left arm.
• Nemu declared that she would obey Mayuri's order and prepared to release toxins from her body.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi appeared and called Nemu useless for failing to stall Kagerōza.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi restored Nemu Kurotsuchi’s severed limbs before confronting Kagerōza and his Reigai. He unleashed Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, which bound and swallowed the attacking Reigai, leaving Kagerōza facing Mayuri alone.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi injected Nemu Kurotsuchi’s arm and leg stumps, rapidly regrowing both limbs.
• Kagerōza and Mayuri Kurotsuchi traded insults over their research and treatment of their creations.
• Kagerōza ordered the Reigai to attack, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi told Nemu Kurotsuchi to stand aside.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi released Bankai, summoning Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo and filling the underground space with poisonous mist.
• Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo bound the charging Reigai with tentacles and swallowed them all.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi used Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo to dismantle Kagerōza’s Reigai into powerless Mod-Souls, exposing the flaws in his technology. Kagerōza escaped Mayuri’s attack and warned that Soul Society had already lost, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo swallowed Kagerōza’s Reigai, cutting off Kagerōza’s control signals.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo spewed out the Reigai as stripped-down Mod-Souls, and Mayuri explained how he had dismantled them.
• Kagerōza denounced Mayuri’s methods and insisted that the Reigai were expendable and that Soul Society had already lost.
• Mayuri ordered Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo to attack Kagerōza, who escaped through spatial ripples and vowed the game was not over.
• Mayuri watched Kagerōza vanish and called him a rat for running away.

Inaba Kagerōza gathered his surviving Reigai at the Senkaimon Management Office as the captains closed in, then removed Ichigo Kurosaki’s Reigai’s combat restrictions to unleash its overwhelming power. With the battle raging and Kagerōza guarded by Yoriichi’s Reigai, three figures arrived through the Senkaimon.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi ordered Nemu to collect the Mod-Souls after Kagerōza recalled his Reigai, and Reigai across Seireitei withdrew toward the Senkaimon Management Office.
• Inaba Kagerōza arrived at the office and saw that only a handful of damaged Reigai had returned as Yamamoto and the other captains gathered around him.
• Kagerōza released all combat restrictions on Ichigo Kurosaki’s Reigai, which surged with Reiatsu and overwhelmed several captains in combat.
• Yoriichi’s Reigai guarded Kagerōza while the captains fought both Reigai, and the Senkaimon opened to admit three figures.

Yoriichi Tsugikuni, Ichigo Kurosaki, and Nozomi Kujō returned to Soul Society amid a battle against Kagerōza’s Reigai, including copies of Yoriichi and Ichigo. Kagerōza ordered his Reigai Yoriichi to capture Nozomi, and Yoriichi intercepted the attack as their identical blades clashed.

• Yoriichi, Ichigo, and Nozomi emerged from the Senkaimon and found the administration office devastated by the fight between the captains and the Reigai.
• Ichigo recognized the black-haired Reigai Ichigo as a copy of his Final Getsuga Tenshō, while Yoriichi judged that its body was close to breaking down.
• Yoriichi saw that Reigai Yoriichi was more stable and dangerous because Kagerōza had adjusted its Sun Reiatsu and given it combat data.
• Kagerōza spotted Nozomi and ordered Reigai Yoriichi to bring her to him so he could complete his fusion and become Yushima Oko again.
• Reigai Yoriichi sped toward Nozomi, evading the captains, and Yoriichi drew his blade to intercept him.
• Reigai Yoriichi’s blade struck Yoriichi’s identical blade, and their clash tore up the ground.

Yoriichi dragged Reigai Yoriichi away from the Senkaimon administration office, while the Soul Reapers cornered Kagerōza after Mayuri Kurotsuchi destroyed the remaining Reigai and sealed the area against spatial escape. The battle paused when another clash between Yoriichi and his Reigai sent Sun Reiatsu blazing across the wasteland.

• Yoriichi used Nisshun to take Reigai Yoriichi to a distant wasteland, drawing their fight away from the other Soul Reapers.
• Kira and Rukia tried to reach Kagerōza but were blocked by their Reigai counterparts.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi used needles to destroy the battered Reigai, revealing the Mod-Souls inside them.
• Reigai Ichigo crumbled, while Unohana began treating the wounded Soul Reapers and Yamamoto stopped Zaraki from joining the fight against Reigai Yoriichi.
• Kagerōza tried to escape through space, but Mayuri's devices blocked Laikū's transfer and trapped him inside a barrier.
• Yoriichi and Reigai Yoriichi clashed again, sending Sun Reiatsu skyward and halting the Soul Reapers around Kagerōza.