Chapter Summaries

Rin Tsubokura detected a Hollow entering Soul Society, but a silver-haired man named Shiraishi killed it before the assigned Shinigami arrived. When Rin recognized Shiraishi as a murderer wanted by the Second Division, Yachiru Kusajishi used her Reiatsu to stop him from reporting the man, intending to leave him for Ken-chan.

• Rin Tsubokura monitored the Projection Hall while Yachiru Kusajishi visited and helped herself to his snacks.
• Rin detected a Hollow opening a Garganta toward West District 4 and sent a warning to the responsible Shinigami.
• Yachiru told Rin that a silver-haired man had killed the Hollow before a Shinigami arrived.
• Rin slowed the surveillance footage and identified the man as Shiraishi, wanted by the Second Division for killing Hasegawa Taizo.
• Yachiru threatened Rin with her Reiatsu and stopped him from contacting the Second Division, saying Ken-chan should get the chance to fight Shiraishi.

Shiraishi hired Ichirō Yagyū to arrange a quiet home in West District Ten where Hollows appeared frequently, agreeing to pay a referral fee partly in debt. After reaching the district, he sensed several rough Reiatsu signatures and went to meet his new neighbors.

• Shiraishi visited Odd Jobs and asked Ichirō Yagyū for a secluded place to live where he could fight Hollows.
• Shiraishi admitted that he had killed Hasegawa Taizo, and Ichirō Yagyū recognized him as Lord Shiraishi and offered to arrange the move for five thousand kan.
• Shiraishi paid three thousand eight hundred kan and agreed to owe the balance, accepting that Kawakami Saburō might claim credit for his Hollow kills.
• Ichirō Yagyū gave Shiraishi a map to Kawakami Saburō’s post near Ox Horn Mountain in West District Ten.
• Shiraishi traveled to West District Ten, sensed several rough Reiatsu signatures, and went to greet his new neighbors.

Shiraishi arrived in Beginning of Summer and stopped Kenji and his companions from tormenting children. After Kenji’s companions betrayed him and begged for mercy, Shiraishi killed them and continued searching for the Shinigami stationed there.

• Kenji began a blindfolded killing game with a boy outside Rice Village, while his four companions watched.
• Shiraishi arrived, frightened Kenji and his companions into fleeing, and comforted the children before leaving them to find their mothers.
• Shiraishi caught up with Kenji and his companions in a grove and challenged them to fight.
• Kenji drew his sword, but his four companions stabbed him and asked Shiraishi to spare them.
• Shiraishi killed the four men with Steel Tempest, then searched for the Shinigami stationed in Beginning of Summer.

Shiraishi visited Kawakami Saburō’s residence, where Kawakami hired him to handle Hollows in West District Ten after learning Shiraishi had killed Kenji and his group. Shiraishi agreed to the work and left to retrieve the Denreishinki from Kenji.

• Shiraishi entered the Kawakami residence and flirted with the maid who welcomed him.
• Kawakami Saburō praised Shiraishi for killing Hasegawa Taizo and introduced him to Akimoto Osamu.
• Shiraishi revealed that he had killed Kenji and his group, and Kawakami celebrated their deaths.
• Kawakami hired Shiraishi to handle Hollows in West District Ten for five hundred kan per Hollow.
• Shiraishi agreed to retrieve Kenji’s Denreishinki and vanished from the hall.

Shiraishi hunted Hollows around Beginning of Spring while saving money and experience, then rushed to a Gillian sighting near Bamboo Village. Just as he prepared to fight it, an unseen attacker killed the Gillian from far away, and Shiraishi set out to find whoever had stolen his kill.

• Shiraishi killed a small Hollow, checked his status, and found himself 220 experience points from the next level.
• Shiraishi returned to Rice Village to look for work, explaining that he preferred repaying money rather than owing Kawakami Saburō a favor.
• Shiraishi received a Denreishinki alert about a Hollow near Bamboo Village and raced to the location.
• Shiraishi saw a Gillian emerge through cracks in the sky and moved to attack it.
• An unseen attacker killed the Gillian from more than three kilometers away, and Shiraishi headed toward the mountains to find them.

Shiraishi met Retsu Unohana at a mountain hot spring and tried to flirt with her, then proposed to Isane Kotetsu when she arrived. Unohana threatened him over his advances, while Isane remained stunned by his claim that he wanted both women as wives.

• Shiraishi approached Retsu Unohana after seeing her defeat a Gillian Menos Grande and introduced himself as a wandering ronin called The Unforgiven.
• Unohana concealed her identity as a Shinigami and invited Shiraishi to join the 11th Division, but he declined because he valued his freedom.
• Isane Kotetsu arrived with gathered herbs and shyly introduced herself to Shiraishi.
• Shiraishi proposed to Isane, leaving her flustered, and Unohana warned him that she knew ways to treat sexual urges.
• Shiraishi denied being a filthy person and said any man would want to marry both Unohana and Isane, shocking Isane.

Shiraishi joined Retsu Unohana and Isane Kotetsu in a hot spring, where Unohana drew information from him while he admired Isane’s legs. Unohana invited Shiraishi to accompany them to West District Twenty-Six to search for Dragon Lantern Fungus, and her mention of a knowledgeable male colleague with glasses stirred him.

• Retsu Unohana invited Shiraishi and Isane Kotetsu to bathe with her, and Shiraishi eagerly accepted.
• Unohana used Kyokkō to conceal herself and Isane’s intimate parts, while Shiraishi praised Isane’s long legs.
• Unohana asked about Shiraishi’s Zanpakuto, and he explained that Infinity hid his Reiatsu.
• Shiraishi admitted that he was wanted for killing Hasegawa Taizo but withheld that he had settled in West District Ten.
• Unohana invited Shiraishi to West District Twenty-Six to search for Dragon Lantern Fungus and said a knowledgeable man with glasses had told her about it.

Shiraishi grew suspicious that Aizen had arranged the Gillian Menos Grande attack and went with Retsu Unohana to gather herbs in West District Twenty-Six. In Hueco Mundo, Aizen sent Nnoitra to test Shiraishi, leaving him to travel to Soul Society with Tesla.

• Shiraishi suspected Aizen had engineered the Gillian Menos Grande's appearance and accepted Retsu Unohana's invitation to gather herbs.
• Aizen met Nnoitra outside Las Noches and gave him a photograph of Shiraishi, explaining that Shiraishi had detected and attacked him while he concealed his presence.
• Nnoitra crushed the photograph and said he wanted to kill Shiraishi.
• Aizen ordered Nnoitra to go to West District Twenty-Six and meet Takehiko Tsunayashiro, who would arrange a hiding place until it was discovered.
• Aizen promised Nnoitra a fight to the death with Nelliel after the mission and instructed Tesla to accompany him to Soul Society.

Nnoitra and Tesla arrived in the Dangai under Takehiko Tsunayashiro’s cover, while Shiraishi searched a vast mountain for Dragon Lantern Fungus with Retsu Unohana and Isane Kotetsu. After getting lost in the dark, Shiraishi stumbled upon Kūkaku camping in a clearing.

• Aizen concealed Nnoitra and Tesla from the Research and Development Institute, and Nnoitra met Takehiko Tsunayashiro in the Dangai.
• Nnoitra pretended to obey Takehiko while sensing the area through the ground, then detected a powerful Reiatsu far to the east.
• Retsu Unohana brought Shiraishi and Isane Kotetsu to search a huge mountain for Dragon Lantern Fungus and promised a kiss as a reward.
• Isane resolved to find the fungus before Shiraishi, while Retsu kept her suspicions about Shiraishi’s Reiatsu to herself.
• Shiraishi got lost in the dark forest and, searching for a place to rest, found Kūkaku grilling meat at a campfire.

Shiraishi met Kūkaku Shiba in the forest, where she attacked him after mistaking him for someone investigating Takehiko Tsunayashiro. After they cleared up the misunderstanding, Shiraishi agreed to investigate the Tsunayashiro branch family's compound while Kūkaku helped him find Dragon Lantern Fungus.

• Kūkaku Shiba attacked Shiraishi with Kidō and Hakuda, then demanded to know why he was investigating Takehiko Tsunayashiro.
• Shiraishi explained that he had come with friends to search for Dragon Lantern Fungus, and Kūkaku realized she had mistaken his purpose.
• Kūkaku told Shiraishi that she suspected Takehiko Tsunayashiro had killed her big brother and stolen his body for a Hollowfication Experiment.
• Shiraishi deduced that Aizen had shifted suspicion onto Takehiko Tsunayashiro and offered to investigate the branch family's compound.
• Kūkaku agreed to help Shiraishi find Dragon Lantern Fungus and warned him to be careful in the compound.

Shiraishi infiltrated the Tsunayashiro branch family's estate to investigate Takehiko Tsunayashiro, but a Reishi trap exposed him and forced him to flee. Takehiko watched him escape and said the actors had not all arrived yet.

• Shiraishi reached the Tsunayashiro estate and identified its central six-story building as the likely residence of Takehiko Tsunayashiro.
• Shiraishi entered the upper district, triggered a Reishi trap, and was pinned in place as the guards raised the alarm.
• Tsunayashiro guards attacked Shiraishi with Kidō and trapped him behind a barrier, while a Captain-level Reiatsu emerged from the central building.
• Shiraishi used Steel Tempest to block Raikōhō and evade the guards, then fled toward the outskirts rather than continuing his reconnaissance.
• Takehiko Tsunayashiro watched Shiraishi leave and said there was no need to hurry because not all the actors had arrived.

Shiraishi infiltrated the Tsunayashiro compound again and hid in Takehiko Tsunayashiro’s study, where he overheard Takehiko reject Soi Fon’s offer of help investigating the intruder. Takehiko’s expectation of Soi Fon and his mention of forbidden techniques left Shiraishi suspicious as their meeting ended.

• Shiraishi used the cleaners’ entry to slip through the barrier and into the main building, then followed them to the sixth-floor study.
• Shiraishi hid above the study and waited until Takehiko Tsunayashiro arrived to write at his desk.
• After learning that Soi Fon had come to see Takehiko, Shiraishi moved to the stairway to listen to their conversation.
• Soi Fon asked Takehiko about the silver-haired intruder, but Takehiko denied that anyone had infiltrated the compound and refused the Stealth Force’s help.
• Takehiko insulted Soi Fon’s noble status, and Soi Fon warned him against using forbidden techniques to gain Hollow powers before he dismissed her.

Takehiko Tsunayashiro set his plan to frame himself for Hollowfication in motion, but Shiraishi assassinated him before it could unfold. Shiraishi escaped the estate and clashed with Soi Fon, until a Menos Grande burst from the ground and interrupted them.

• Takehiko Tsunayashiro ordered Musashi to kill Meowth, expecting Kojirō to ensure the supplier survived and implicated him.
• Shiraishi infiltrated Takehiko Tsunayashiro's study and killed him with a golden blade, then escaped through the Kidō barrier.
• Soi Fon ambushed Shiraishi as he fled, and the two prepared to fight.
• A Menos Grande erupted from the ground, forcing Soi Fon to change direction and interrupting the battle.

Nnoitra attacked Soi Fon after ordering Tesla to eliminate the distant Tsunayashiro Clan guards and Stealth Force members. Shiraishi saved the badly wounded Soi Fon and left after revealing his presence, leaving Nnoitra as the remaining enemy.

• Nnoitra emerged from the crater, confronted Soi Fon, and sent Tesla to attack the Tsunayashiro Clan guards and Stealth Force members.
• Nnoitra surprised Soi Fon while she warned the distant squad, but her Suzumebachi strikes failed to pierce his Hierro.
• Nnoitra blasted Soi Fon with a Gran Rey Cero and nearly cleaved her in two with his crescent blade.
• Nnoitra noticed Tesla's Reiatsu had vanished and found only traces of blood where Soi Fon had been.
• Shiraishi laid the injured Soi Fon beneath a tree, told her he had saved her, and left with a Steel Tempest.

Shiraishi fought Nnoitra in the hills north of the Tsunayashiro Clan compound, testing his abilities against the strongest enemy he had faced. He trapped Nnoitra in a powerful tornado and unleashed his ultimate.

• Shiraishi met Nnoitra among the wildflowers and learned that his sword could not pierce Nnoitra's Hierro.
• Nnoitra attacked with a Gran Rey Cero, but Shiraishi stopped it with a Wind Wall.
• Shiraishi evaded Nnoitra's strike with a gale and cut him with Steel Tempest.
• Shiraishi provoked Nnoitra into the path of a tornado, which pulled him into the sky despite his efforts to escape.
• Shiraishi unleashed his ultimate while Nnoitra was caught in the tornado.

Shiraishi defeated Nnoitra, who died fighting after refusing to accept that he was weaker. After gaining experience, Shiraishi met Kūkaku Shiba, who investigated whether Nnoitra had been one of Takehiko Tsunayashiro’s test subjects, while Shiraishi hurried off to check on Soi Fon.

• Shiraishi used a critical strike and a series of attacks to grievously wound Nnoitra, overcoming his Hierro and cutting off part of his hand.
• Nnoitra regained his resolve and charged again, but Shiraishi pierced his damaged heart, killing him before he hit the ground.
• Shiraishi checked his status panel and learned that defeating Nnoitra had earned him 650 experience.
• Kūkaku Shiba arrived and asked whether Nnoitra had been one of Takehiko Tsunayashiro’s test subjects.
• Shiraishi directed Kūkaku to investigate beneath the compound and left to check on Soi Fon.

Shiraishi returned to Soi Fon after defeating Nnoitra and watched Retsu Unohana heal her. Soi Fon refused to stop pursuing Shiraishi, but agreed to a one-day date in the World of the Living to repay her debt, leaving the outing to be arranged in half a month.

• Shiraishi found Retsu Unohana treating Soi Fon, and Unohana used Kaidō to heal Soi Fon’s severe wound.
• Unohana left without meeting Soi Fon, asking Shiraishi to say that he had treated her.
• Soi Fon woke and learned from Shiraishi that he had defeated the Hollow, though she refused to admit he was stronger.
• Shiraishi asked Soi Fon to end the Stealth Force’s pursuit, but she refused and offered to let him kill her instead.
• Shiraishi asked Soi Fon to spend a day dating him in the World of the Living, and she agreed to a cheek kiss but no other kissing.
• Soi Fon said she needed a Gigai and Captain-Commander permission, so the date could happen in half a month; Shiraishi agreed to wait.

Aizen reviewed Shiraishi’s battle and speculated about the source of his unusual abilities. Nelliel returned from recruiting Tier Harribel, and Aizen gave her the unfinished Hōgyoku so she could transform Harribel into an Arrancar before he left for Soul Society.

• Aizen studied the battle footage of Nnoitra and Shiraishi, concluding that most of Shiraishi’s abilities did not come from his Zanpakuto and considering whether they were connected to Hell or the Dangai.
• Nelliel reported that Tier Harribel would consider joining Aizen, then learned that Nnoitra had been killed after failing his mission.
• Nelliel asked to finish Nnoitra’s mission, but Aizen told her not to rush and said there would be opportunities later.
• Aizen gave Nelliel the unfinished Hōgyoku and instructed her to use it to turn Tier Harribel into an Arrancar if she came.
• Aizen entered a Garganta and left for Soul Society.

After discovering that Takehiko Tsunayashiro had plotted Kaien Shiba’s murder, Kūkaku Shiba learned that Shiraishi had already killed him and took her anger out drinking with Shiraishi. They shared a drunken kiss before Kūkaku passed out.

• Shiraishi returned to the Tsunayashiro Clan’s compound and found Kūkaku Shiba examining Takehiko Tsunayashiro’s body and experiment diary.
• Kūkaku learned from the diary that Takehiko had stolen Kaien Shiba’s corpse and attempted to Hollowfy it, then erupted at Shiraishi for killing him first.
• Kūkaku and Shiraishi raided the Tsunayashiro branch family’s wine cellar and drank together.
• Shiraishi blurted out a request for Kūkaku to help him lose his first kiss, and Kūkaku kissed him before punching him when he asked to do it again.
• Kūkaku continued drinking and rambling until she forgot what she had said and passed out.

Kūkaku Shiba dreamed about her regret over not apologizing to her brother before his death, then woke beside Shiraishi and reflected that she would still have kissed him rather than risk another lasting regret. After Isane Kotetsu warned them that investigators were coming to the Tsunayashiro Clan, Shiraishi left for West District Ten, while Kūkaku urged him not to die.

• Kūkaku Shiba woke from a dream about her brother and realized Shiraishi had slept with his head on her thigh; she recalled kissing him while drunk and decided she would do it again.
• Kūkaku punched Shiraishi awake, then let him help her leave the wine cellar because her leg had gone numb.
• Isane Kotetsu warned Kūkaku and Shiraishi that the Golden Seal Noble Council and Central 46 Chambers were sending investigators to examine Takehiko Tsunayashiro's death.
• Isane told Shiraishi that Unohana had found the Dragon Lantern Fungus and used it to treat an elderly man, earning Kūkaku's admiration.
• Shiraishi invited Isane to visit him in Rice Village, admitted he was not truly a wandering rōnin, and departed for West District Ten using Steel Tempest.
• Kūkaku told Shiraishi not to die as he left.