Chapter Summaries

While the Wandenreich invaded Soul Society, Yamamoto stayed at Shin'ō Academy to protect its students and faced Bazz-B's squad. Yamamoto burned Bazz-B with Ryūjin Jakka, and the remaining Quincies surrendered.

• Yamamoto considered the fighting across Soul Society and worried about how Shiraishi would counter Yhwach's Almighty.
• Bazz-B approached Shin'ō Academy, intending to attack Yamamoto, and encountered a six-member Soldat squad along the way.
• Yamamoto confronted Bazz-B and the Soldat, offered to spare them if they surrendered, and drew Ryūjin Jakka.
• Bazz-B charged Yamamoto, but Ryūjin Jakka broke through his Blut Vene and burned him nearly to ash.
• The six Soldat surrendered to Yamamoto.

Liltotto and Giselle searched for a way to survive the war and chose to attack Kensei Muguruma in Muguruma District. They ambushed Kensei and Mashiro Kuna, then escaped with both Shinigami badly wounded.

• Liltotto and Giselle discussed the missing Bambietta and the danger of His Majesty's orders before deciding to target Kensei Muguruma.
• Kensei patrolled Muguruma District with Mashiro Kuna and confronted civilians turned into zombies by Giselle.
• Kensei activated Bankai and blocked Giselle's ambush, while Mashiro attacked Giselle with her Super Kick.
• An attacker emerging from Kensei's shadow stabbed him, and Giselle shattered Mashiro's Hollowfication mask with a kick.
• Giselle and Liltotto fled with Kensei and Mashiro, and Shūhei Hisagi found the bloodied scene and alerted the Captain-Commander.

After Kensei Muguruma and Mashiro Kuna disappeared, Shiraishi sent Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Sajin Komamura to find them while Ichigo Kurosaki took over the Research and Development Institute’s defense. In Hueco Mundo, Kisuke Urahara explained that he was waiting for Uryū Ishida’s possible counter to Yhwach’s Almighty, leaving the others to wait as well.

• Shiraishi ordered Mayuri Kurotsuchi to find a way to counter Giselle’s zombie ability and rescue Kensei Muguruma and Mashiro Kuna, then sent Ichigo Kurosaki to accompany Sajin Komamura.
• Shiraishi reassured Ichigo that he could defend himself, and Ichigo left to relieve Komamura at the Research and Development Institute.
• Kisuke Urahara told Nelliel and Tier Harribel that their inaction would keep Yhwach’s Almighty from seeing new futures and disrupting his plans.
• Urahara explained that he was counting on Uryū Ishida’s power and Still Silver to help counter Yhwach, then returned to his research.
• Ichigo arrived at the Research and Development Institute to take over its defense, and Komamura left to track down the enemy with Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi followed a blood scent to the mansion where Kensei Muguruma and Mashiro Kuna were being kept as zombies. Liltotto and Giselle discovered the Shinigami had found them and prepared to use the zombies as cover while deciding whether to flee.

• Shūhei Hisagi asked Mayuri Kurotsuchi to find Kensei Muguruma, and Mayuri had Nemu Kurotsuchi use scent-enhancing spray to track the blood trail.
• Nemu Kurotsuchi led Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Shūhei Hisagi to a mansion, where Mayuri realized Kensei Muguruma had been turned into a zombie.
• Shūhei Hisagi said he could restrain Kensei Muguruma with his Bankai, and Nemu Kurotsuchi gave him a Shadow-Invasion Drug developed by Kisuke Urahara.
• Liltotto sensed the approaching Shinigami, while Giselle considered making more zombies before choosing to flee.
• Liltotto and Giselle decided to let their zombies cover their retreat as Liltotto suspected the Research and Development Institute had tracked them by means other than Bakudō.

Sajin Komamura and Nemu Kurotsuchi fought Giselle and the zombified Captains while Shūhei Hisagi confronted Hollowfied Mashiro Kuna. Komamura used the Shadow-Invasion Drug to reclaim his Bankai from Giselle’s Quincy Medallion, forcing Giselle to flee and warn Liltotto.

• Sajin Komamura arrived and released Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō, striking the zombified Kensei Muguruma back into the building.
• Shūhei Hisagi recognized Kensei and charged into battle, where Hollowfied Mashiro Kuna attacked him.
• Giselle fought Sajin Komamura and Nemu Kurotsuchi, then attempted to steal Komamura’s Bankai with a Quincy Medallion.
• Sajin Komamura took the Shadow-Invasion Drug, causing Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō to burst back out of the medallion.
• Giselle realized the Shinigami had countered the medallion and fled, warning Liltotto to run.

Shunsui Kyōraku, Soi Fon, and Nemu Kurotsuchi subdued Giselle, Liltotto, Mashiro Kuna, and Kensei Muguruma. The captives were taken for research into reversing the zombification, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi hurried to return to the Research and Development Institute and search for Pernida.

• Shunsui Kyōraku ambushed Giselle and sealed his Reiatsu with Bakudō, while Nemu Kurotsuchi injected him with a paralyzing drug.
• Soi Fon tackled Liltotto as she tried to flee, and Nemu Kurotsuchi injected her with a drug at Mayuri Kurotsuchi's urging.
• Shūhei Hisagi activated his Bankai to trap Mashiro Kuna with him, and Nemu Kurotsuchi paralyzed her.
• Soi Fon distracted Kensei Muguruma while Shunsui Kyōraku restrained him with Bakudō, allowing Nemu Kurotsuchi to inject him.
• Nemu Kurotsuchi said Kensei Muguruma and Mashiro Kuna could be saved, but Shūhei Hisagi worried that Mayuri Kurotsuchi might instead turn them into obedient zombies.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi ordered Nemu Kurotsuchi to take the captives back to the Research and Development Institute so he could study Giselle's blood and then search for Pernida.

Askin planned to recruit Uryū Ishida to help attack the Research and Development Institute, while Ishida searched Soul Society for Yhwach. Askin spotted Ishida but held back after noticing that Bambietta and Candice were nowhere near him.

• Askin left the family he had taken hostage after breakfast and decided to seek Uryū Ishida's help in attacking the Research and Development Institute.
• Uryū Ishida knocked out and restrained Soldats, then asked the Research and Development Institute to collect them.
• Ishida searched for Yhwach, bought breakfast at a bakery, and sensed someone watching him but continued on without investigating.
• Askin watched Ishida from a distance, found no sign of Bambietta or Candice, and chose not to approach him yet.

Uryū Ishida confronted Askin, who attacked him with The Deathdealing after learning he had betrayed Yhwach. Ishida killed Askin with his Schrift, the Antithesis, and resolved not to back down from facing Yhwach.

• Uryū Ishida admitted to Askin that he had betrayed Yhwach and urged him to consider the Quincy’s future.
• Askin revealed that he had set up a Gift Bad using Reishi, weakening Ishida with The Deathdealing.
• Uryū Ishida combined Blut Arterie and Blut Vene and battered Askin while resisting the effects of the Gift Balls.
• Askin escaped Ishida’s assault and waited for The Deathdealing to bring him close to death.
• Uryū Ishida used the Antithesis to incapacitate Askin, then killed him with a Heilig Pfeil.
• Uryū Ishida considered the danger of confronting Yhwach and decided not to back down.

Yhwach decided to begin the final battle and seize the world to abolish death. Shiraishi sent Hakuhō to safety as Haschwalth launched a coordinated Quincy assault, leaving Ichigo Kurosaki and Mayuri Kurotsuchi facing him.

• Yhwach told a woman that fearing death gave life its value, then left to seize the world.
• A pillar of cyan Reishi flames rose from Kuchiki District, and Shiraishi recognized that Yhwach had begun his attack.
• An explosion destroyed the communications equipment at the Research and Development Institute, so Shiraishi ordered the captains not to stop Yhwach and sent Hakuhō to another dimension.
• Haschwalth used Alexander's network and the dark web to coordinate Quincy forces and cripple Shinigami communications.
• Ichigo Kurosaki attacked Haschwalth with Getsuga Tenshō, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi warned him not to be rash and considered how to counter Haschwalth's ability.
• A tall, thin figure appeared before Mayuri Kurotsuchi and said, “First, kill one.”

Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Ichigo Kurosaki fought Haschwalth at the Research and Development Institute while Byakuya Kuchiki and Rukia confronted Quilge Opie in the Kuchiki District. Kenpachi Zaraki and Gin Ichimaru encountered Pernida Parnkgjas, and Kenpachi attacked him.

• Haschwalth wounded Mayuri, who survived by restoring himself and treated Ichigo after warning her that his blood was poisonous.
• Mayuri deduced that the Quincy had received information about the Research and Development Institute, then sent Ichigo to attack Haschwalth while he supported her.
• Byakuya recognized that the Reishi flames might signal an attack on the Research and Development Institute and found Quilge Opie hiding nearby.
• Quilge trapped Byakuya and Senbonzakura in a Reishi cage, leaving Rukia outside and declaring that His Majesty would win.
• Kenpachi and Gin encountered Pernida Parnkgjas, and Kenpachi eagerly struck at the evolving enemy with a golden slash.

Kenpachi Zaraki and Gin Ichimaru fought Pernida, whose nerves and infinite evolution made each attack increasingly dangerous. As Pernida grew stronger and multiplied, Kenpachi decided to try controlling his Bankai rather than keep retreating.

• Kenpachi Zaraki used Nozarashi to sever Pernida's nerves, then avoided the wormlike shapes formed from their blood.
• Gin Ichimaru tried to bind Pernida with Kidō, but Pernida evolved into a giant left hand and broke free.
• Gin Ichimaru attacked with Bankai: Kamishini no Yari, while Kenpachi Zaraki cut off two of Pernida's fingers; Pernida's nerves threatened to invade Gin's blade.
• Pernida regenerated his fingers and grew additional left hands, then attacked Kenpachi Zaraki with Heilig Pfeil and spreading nerves.
• Kenpachi Zaraki considered using Bankai and decided to try controlling its berserk power during the battle.

Kenpachi Zaraki summoned Yachiru Kusajishi and used Bankai to fight Pernida, while Gin Ichimaru searched for an opening. Gin struck Pernida’s eye with Kamishini no Yari’s poison, leaving Pernida’s fate uncertain.

• Kenpachi Zaraki called for Yachiru Kusajishi and asked her to let him use Bankai, and she agreed after warning him not to die.
• Kenpachi Zaraki transformed and unleashed a blood-colored slash that shattered Pernida’s defenses.
• Kenpachi Zaraki attacked Pernida repeatedly, but Pernida regenerated and pierced him with nerves, forcing Zaraki to cut off his shoulder.
• Gin Ichimaru used Kamishini no Yari to target Pernida’s eye while Zaraki kept fighting.
• Pernida’s nerves wounded Zaraki, but Gin’s blade pierced Pernida’s eye and its poison appeared to destroy the cells there.

Kenpachi Zaraki and Pernida destroyed each other when Zaraki overwhelmed Pernida with his Reiatsu, leaving Zaraki unconscious and gravely injured. Meanwhile, Ichigo Kurosaki fought Haschwalth, who discovered Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s poison and used the Misfortune Shield and The Balance to send its damage back to Mayuri.

• Pernida revived and swallowed Kenpachi Zaraki, but Zaraki poured so much Reiatsu into him that Pernida exploded from within.
• Kenpachi Zaraki contained the blast, then collapsed; Gin Ichimaru called the Fourth Division’s medical team to treat him.
• Haschwalth neutralized Ichigo Kurosaki’s Getsuga Tenshō and pressed his attack while Ichigo tried to stall for time.
• Ichigo told Haschwalth that he stood against Yhwach because of the Auswählen that had killed their mothers, and said Uryū Ishida was his close friend.
• Haschwalth recalled Bazz-B, rejected his doubts, and declared that Ichigo and the others should die.
• Haschwalth used the Misfortune Shield to take the damage from Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s poison and The Balance to return it twice over, leaving Mayuri badly injured.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi trapped Haschwalth and Ichigo Kurosaki in solidified Reishi while he went to fetch a tool. Elsewhere, Yhwach confronted Shiraishi, and Ryūken Ishida gave Uryū Ishida a Still Silver arrowhead that could temporarily nullify The Almighty and explained that Yhwach was a recurring kind of being.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi revealed that he had used poison as cover to set up Reishi solidifiers, slowing Haschwalth and Ichigo Kurosaki.
• Mayuri left to retrieve a tool to control Haschwalth, who stopped struggling and waited for Auswählen while keeping Ichigo occupied.
• Shiraishi sensed that several clashes had ended, then faced Yhwach, who said he had come to take Shiraishi's power.
• Uryū Ishida stopped Quincy from harming unconscious people and continued toward the Captain-Commander.
• Ryūken Ishida gave Uryū a Still Silver arrowhead and explained that it could temporarily nullify The Almighty and that Yhwach could revive as a new body in the future.

Shunsui Kyōraku fought Lille Barro, using Katen Kyōkotsu’s games and shadow abilities to wound him and force him to open his eye three times. Lille transformed into his Vollständig and struck Shunsui, who fled to a prepared area to use Bankai, only to realize Lille had gone after the Captain-Commander instead.

• Lille Barro prepared to shoot the man speaking with His Majesty, but Shunsui Kyōraku ambushed him from the shadows.
• Lille shot Shunsui with The X-Axis, but Shunsui survived by using Katen Kyōkotsu’s Daruma-san Fell Down and explained its rules.
• Shunsui used Kageokuri and Kageoni to mislead Lille and stab him, forcing Lille to open his eye three times.
• Lille entered his Vollständig form and struck Shunsui with a pillar of light after immobilizing him.
• Shunsui fled to a prepared area so he could use Bankai, then realized Lille had gone after the Captain-Commander instead.

Shiraishi used Spirit Blossom to defeat Yhwach after Uryū Ishida helped strip away The Almighty. He turned Yhwach into a wooden carving, then announced the war’s end and Uryū’s rise as the new emperor.

• Lille transformed into his true form and attacked Shiraishi, who blocked his strikes while Yhwach challenged him to use Bankai.
• Shiraishi released Bankai: Origin of Spirits, revealing Spirit Blossom, which absorbed Lille and controlled Reishi.
• Yhwach changed the future to restore his legs, but his power drained Soul Society as Shiraishi’s Bankai consumed the surrounding Reishi.
• Uryū Ishida struck Yhwach and temporarily nullified The Almighty, allowing Shiraishi to cleave him apart and remake him as a wooden carving.
• Shiraishi gave the carving to Uryū Ishida, promised leniency for Quincy who surrendered, and announced that the war was over.

After the war, Shiraishi freed Jūshirō Ukitake by transforming Kūgo Ginjō into a substitute Soul King, then returned to Soul Society with Ukitake. Uryū Ishida enforced the surrender and arranged the captured Sternritter’s fate, leaving Mayuri Kurotsuchi objecting to losing his intended experimental subject.

• Shiraishi used Bankai, Origin of the Soul, to turn Kūgo Ginjō into a corpse bearing the Soul King’s Power, and Ichibē Hyōsube sealed it away as Jūshirō Ukitake was released.
• Shiraishi caught Ukitake and took him back to Soul Society after telling him the war was over.
• Cang Du accepted Uryū Ishida’s surrender order, freed Byakuya Kuchiki and Rukia from The Jail, and surrendered himself and his subordinates.
• Uryū Ishida destroyed the devices restraining Ichigo Kurosaki and Haschwalth, then explained that Still Silver from Auswählen had helped bring about Yhwach’s death.
• Uryū Ishida said Haschwalth, Bazz-B, and Giselle would be imprisoned in Muken, while he would vouch for Liltotto and Cang Du.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi objected to Uryū Ishida’s decision to imprison Giselle, but Uryū Ishida said Shiraishi had given the order.

Uryū Ishida secured an agreement with the Shinigami to pardon the Wandenreich's rank-and-file soldiers and return the Quincy prisoners to the Wandenreich. After apologizing to Candice and Bambietta for risking his life alone, he was overwhelmed by Bambietta's urgent affection.

• Shiraishi ruled that surrendered Wandenreich soldiers would be pardoned, barred Mayuri Kurotsuchi from experimenting on the living, and sent Haschwalth away under restraint with Ichigo Kurosaki.
• Uryū Ishida visited the Quincy prisoners and told them they would return to the Wandenreich together once the others arrived.
• Uryū Ishida let the other prisoners leave, then approached Candice and Bambietta, who had stayed behind in their cells.
• Bambietta angrily confronted Uryū Ishida for making them fear he would die, then bit his shoulder as he apologized and reassured her and Candice.
• Bambietta began urgently expressing her affection for Uryū Ishida, while Candice turned away to hide her feelings.

After the war, Shiraishi struggled with reconstruction work while Uryū Ishida returned to the Wandenreich and visited his abandoned village and mother’s grave. He left the chapter reflecting on his mother, his father, and the life he had built since avenging her.

• Uryū Ishida agreed to use the Arrancar and Garganta to return the surrendered Quincy to the Wandenreich.
• Shiraishi handled postwar paperwork, joked that Ichigo Kurosaki should become Captain-Commander, and enjoyed time with Hakuhō.
• Uryū Ishida left Bambietta, Candice, Liltotto, and Cang Du in the Wandenreich and traveled alone to his old village.
• Uryū Ishida found his mother’s grave clean and covered with fresh flowers, and realized his father had recently visited it.
• Uryū Ishida apologized to his mother, told her he had avenged her, and shared news about his life as the snowfall grew heavier.

Shiraishi rejected overtime and a large New Year’s party, choosing a simple holiday celebration instead. At the General Infirmary, Rukia visited Ukitake and found him recovering while he and Kyōraku secretly played a board game.

• Shiraishi weighed Hitsugaya’s overtime proposal against Matsumoto’s party plan, then chose a simple New Year’s celebration with the holiday intact.
• Hakuhō tried to influence Shiraishi’s decision by blowing on his spinning pen, and he scolded her before deciding to hold the celebration.
• Rukia visited Ukitake at the General Infirmary and learned that he might be able to move around in two or three years.
• Kyōraku and Ukitake played a board game until Isane arrived on rounds, prompting Kyōraku to hide and Ukitake to pretend to be in bed.
• After Isane left, Kyōraku resumed the game despite Rukia urging him to focus on recovering.