Chapter Summaries

Three years after the war, Shiraishi oversaw Soul Society’s recovery while Renji and Rukia announced their marriage, prompting Unohana to point out that Shiraishi and his wife still were not married despite having a child. At Shin’ō Academy, Yamamoto introduced a new Shinigami internship system, and Ichigo gave a speech to the students.

• Over three years, Soul Society recovered from the war, and Ichigo reported on the reconstruction at a captains’ meeting.
• Shiraishi called Renji and Rukia forward, and Renji announced that they were getting married.
• Unohana reminded Shiraishi that his child was already old enough to run errands, yet he still was not married.
• Yamamoto explained that fourth-year students would intern with the Gotei 13 under the new system.
• Yamamoto invited Ichigo to address the academy students, and Ichigo reluctantly began his speech.

Ichigo recalled his routine duties and discussed Shiraishi’s delayed marriage with Yamamoto. The story shifted to Renji and Rukia’s dinner gathering in Kuchiki District, where Isane and Hanatarō arrived to meet the assembled Shinigami.

• Ichigo delivered a speech at Shin'ō Academy and complained about his duties in the First Division.
• Ichigo spoke with Yamamoto about Shiraishi’s marriage and Renji and Rukia’s upcoming wedding.
• Isane and Hanatarō followed Rukia’s message to the upscale Flower Red restaurant in Kuchiki District.
• Rukia and Renji welcomed Isane and Hanatarō into a private room where Rangiku, Momo, Ikkaku, and Yumichika were gathered.

Renji Abarai and Rukia announced their engagement at a banquet, where their friends congratulated them and discovered Byakuya had paid for the meal and arranged festive decorations. The couple left reassured by Byakuya’s quiet support as the guests prepared to celebrate.

• Rangiku Matsumoto invited Isane Kotetsu and Hanatarō to sit with the others at the banquet.
• Renji Abarai and Rukia announced that they were getting married, and their friends applauded and congratulated them.
• Hanatarō was stunned by the announcement, while the guests revealed they had suspected the news from the couple’s matching profile pictures and the elaborate gathering.
• The staff told Renji that someone had paid for the meal, and the guests guessed it was Byakuya Kuchiki.
• The staff revealed that someone had specially decorated the room for a celebration, helping Rukia and Renji realize Byakuya had prepared his blessing for their marriage.
• Renji asked the staff to serve the food, and the guests began ordering drinks as Rangiku teased Tōshirō Hitsugaya.

After Renji Abarai and Rukia agreed to hold a wedding, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto learned that Shiraishi was planning a modest ceremony and took charge of organizing it. The chapter ended as Tōshirō Hitsugaya arrived at Yamamoto’s banquet and found Kenpachi Zaraki and Mayuri Kurotsuchi in a tense standoff.

• Rangiku Matsumoto, Hinamori, and the other guests persuaded Renji Abarai and Rukia to hold a wedding, and Rangiku began arranging clothes for the celebration.
• After recalling the gathering, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto decided to bring the captains together to discuss wedding gifts and arrangements.
• Yamamoto confronted Shiraishi about planning a simple wedding for September ninth, then took over the preparations himself.
• Shiraishi told Yamamoto that his daughter was studying with Mayuri Kurotsuchi at the Research and Development Institute, though he worried she might become a battle maniac or mad scientist.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya attended Yamamoto’s banquet to discuss Shiraishi’s wedding and saw Kenpachi Zaraki and Mayuri Kurotsuchi facing off.

Tōshirō Hitsugaya attended a captains’ discussion about the joint wedding, then encountered Ganju Shiba and learned about the popular Pisces’s Refusal series. Rukia and Renji tried to register their marriage, but discovered that noble customs required them to complete a cumbersome set of procedures.

• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto brought oden to the captains’ wedding-planning meeting, and they agreed on a grand hall in Shiraishi District and other arrangements.
• Tōshirō Hitsugaya visited Momo Hinamori, then met Ganju Shiba acting out a scene from Pisces’s Refusal and heard about the novel and film’s popularity.
• Byakuya Kuchiki told Rukia that her marriage registration involved the Golden Seal Council, and Chiyo explained the council’s role in noble marriages.
• Chiyo laid out the many applications and approvals Rukia and Renji Abarai had to complete, prompting Renji to complain about the complicated process.

Shiraishi and his family continued the paperwork for their marriage, while Sajin Komamura welcomed two werewolf brothers assigned to intern in his division. At the Kuchiki estate, Renji Abarai joined Byakuya and Rukia for breakfast before they went to the Golden Seal Noble Conference.

• Shiraishi complained about marriage paperwork as he and his family visited the administration bureaus in turn.
• Uruin and Shūma visited Sajin Komamura, told him they had both been assigned to the Seventh Division, and asked him to sew openings for their tails in their uniforms.
• Sajin Komamura warned the brothers not to trust strangers from the Research and Development Institute after they described a woman who had given them candy and a chicken in exchange for blood.
• Shiraishi and his companions met the brothers outside the barracks, where Shūma accepted candy from Hakuhō and was petted before the boys left.
• Renji Abarai ate breakfast with Byakuya Kuchiki and Rukia, and Byakuya invited Rukia to come home for meals before they departed for the Golden Seal Noble Conference.

Rukia and Renji completed their marriage registration, and Byakuya entrusted Rukia to Renji before the formal weddings on September 9. At Shiraishi’s grand wedding, Ichigo discussed her online love with Orihime and learned Uryū was about to become a father; the chapter ended as Shiraishi’s seven brides joined him at the ceremony.

• Rukia and Renji received formal wedding clothes commissioned by Byakuya, then registered their marriage while Rukia chose to keep the Kuchiki surname at work.
• Byakuya told Renji he was now Rukia’s husband and entrusted her to him, and Renji promised to make her happy.
• At Shiraishi’s wedding venue, Orihime brought Ichigo soup and heard Ichigo praise her online persona, Rain of the Sky, without realizing who she was.
• Uryū told Ichigo that Candice and Bambietta were pregnant, and Ichigo went inside with him as the wedding began.
• Shiraishi and Renji entered the grand hall, followed by the brides Retsu Shiraishi, Fon Shiraishi, Isane Shiraishi, Nemu Shiraishi, Kūkaku Shiraishi, Nelliel Shiraishi, and Tier Harribel Shiraishi.

Shiraishi and his brides celebrated their wedding with a lavish reception, where guests drank, took photos, and exchanged gifts. As the World of the Living guests departed, Renji urged Ichigo Kurosaki to confess his feelings to Orihime Inoue, and Ichigo asked her to hear him out.

• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto officiated Shiraishi and his brides’ wedding, and the guests gathered for an extravagant reception at the Mona Lisa Grand Hotel.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi welcomed Hakuhō’s praise of his discarded wedding decorations, while Orihime Inoue photographed the brides and other female Shinigami.
• Shunsui Kyōraku, Gin Ichimaru, and other guests kept Shiraishi drinking, and Uryū Ishida, Orihime Inoue, and Isshin Kurosaki gave wedding gifts before leaving.
• Isshin Kurosaki wished Rukia and Kūkaku happiness, and Renji Abarai later told Ichigo Kurosaki to stop delaying and admit his feelings for Orihime Inoue.
• Ichigo Kurosaki walked beside Orihime Inoue toward the Senkaimon, realized he wanted to be with her, and asked her for time to tell her something.

Ichigo Kurosaki asked Shiraishi for advice about ending his online romance with Rain of the Sky, only to learn she was Orihime Inoue. After a fight with Kenpachi Zaraki, Ichigo recovered and married Orihime, while Gin Ichimaru later married Rangiku; in Hell, Sōsuke Aizen watched the celebrations and awaited the first generation.

• Ichigo Kurosaki told Shiraishi that he was dating Orihime Inoue but did not know how to break things off with Rain of the Sky, and Shiraishi revealed that Rain of the Sky was Orihime’s alt account.
• Embarrassed and furious, Ichigo Kurosaki attacked Shiraishi, chased him to the 11th Division, and ended up fighting Kenpachi Zaraki until both were severely injured.
• Shiraishi stopped Orihime Inoue from healing Ichigo Kurosaki immediately and persuaded her to care for him in the hospital instead.
• Ten days later, Ichigo Kurosaki married Orihime Inoue in the World of the Living, and Gin Ichimaru proposed to Rangiku Matsumoto three months afterward before they married in January.
• In Hell, Sōsuke Aizen watched the wedding through a Hell Butterfly, reflected on his plan to escape, and waited to meet the first generation.

Aizen explained Hell’s immortality to Saitō Furofushi and offered to help her achieve the death she had always wanted if she joined his effort to unite Hell. Saitō agreed to watch what he could do, while Aizen revealed his plan to escape through the Mouth of Hell and suggested the second Captain-Commander could finally kill her.

• Aizen described how Hell’s Reishi resurrected sinners and how he had gathered followers by offering to make their dreams come true.
• Aizen asked Saitō Furofushi to join him, and she rejected him until he revealed that he understood her true desire to die.
• Saitō recalled how Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto defeated her, spared her, and recruited her into the original Gotei 13 before she later died in battle and arrived in Hell.
• Aizen promised Saitō the death she wanted, and she agreed to observe him, though she refused to persuade the other original captains to join him.
• Saitō told Aizen that Katori Batsu'unsai had been fiercely loyal to Yamamoto and suggested he had killed her after she rebelled against the Central 46 Chambers.
• Aizen explained that he planned to escape through the Mouth of Hell by disrupting the balance around the Gates of Hell, and Saitō recognized that the second Captain-Commander might be able to erase her Reishi.

Hakuhō, Shiraishi’s sixteen-year-old daughter, attended Shin'ō Academy while resisting her father’s attempts to steer her toward the First Division. After school, she gathered her friends and underlings at their secret base, where she learned Kazui and Ichika were missing from their daily meeting.

• Hakuhō described her seven mothers, her affection for them, and her desire to avoid being assigned to the First or 6th Division.
• At breakfast, Shiraishi asked whether Hakuhō had caused trouble after Hiyori summoned him to Shin'ō Academy, then urged her to join the First Division; Harribel helped Hakuhō leave for school.
• Hakuhō used Shunpo to reach class just as the bell rang and reunited with her friends Kumane Shishihara and Atau Rindō.
• After classes, Hakuhō, Shishihara, and Rindō went to their secret base, where Shūma and Uruyu were waiting.
• Hakuhō noticed Kazui and Ichika were absent from the group’s daily meeting and decided to go find them.

Kazui Kurosaki and Ichika Abarai encountered the fugitive Espada Loly Aivirrne while wandering in the Kuchiki District, then returned to Hakuhō’s secret base. After Hakuhō was punished for failing a history test, Ichika identified Miss Spider as Loly and reported the discovery to her father, prompting Hakuhō to plan to get involved.

• Kazui Kurosaki and Ichika Abarai came across a mysterious woman in an uninhabited zone, and Kazui greeted her as Spider Sister before they left with Hakuhō.
• Shiraishi punished Hakuhō for scoring thirty-six on her history test, and she went to Shin'ō Academy the next day sore and embarrassed.
• Ichika told Hakuhō that Miss Spider was Loly Aivirrne, an Espada on the divisions’ wanted lists, and that her father had reported the sighting to the Captain-Commander.
• Hakuhō declared that she and the others would not stand by and would prove to the adults they were not little kids.

Shiraishi launched a corruption crackdown after learning that Loly Aivirrne and Aura Michibane were hiding in the Seireitei, while Morty fled with stolen wealth. Hanatarō Yamada learned of the arrests and received a warning from his brother Kiyōnosuke to take leave, but he chose to stay and face the turmoil.

• Shiraishi summoned Soi Fon, Shunsui Kyōraku, and Kensei Muguruma and gave them a list of suspected corrupt officials to arrest.
• Morty learned the crackdown was coming, packed stolen valuables, and escaped in an unlicensed car.
• Hanatarō Yamada told Harunobu Ogidō that Shūhei Hisagi had led people toward the Unohana District and mentioned the car he had seen.
• Kiyōnosuke Yamada visited Hanatarō at the General Infirmary and urged him to take leave because unrest was coming from within the Seireitei.
• Hanatarō connected his brother’s warning to the arrests and chose not to abandon his duties.

Shūhei Hisagi tracked Morty’s disappearance while Aura Michibane sacrificed imprisoned Quincy to open a gate to Hell. Hell’s phosphorescent fumes fell over the Seireitei, where Kinroku Izuhara revealed the Original Gotei 13 had returned and attacked Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

• Shūhei Hisagi found Hanatarō Yamada’s tip about a black car and followed it, concealing his reiatsu on its roof.
• Aura Michibane drew spell formulas on Haschwalth, Bazz-B, and Giselle, then drained Haschwalth’s reiatsu to open a gate to Hell.
• Black phosphorescent fumes fell across the Seireitei, disrupting communications as Ichika Abarai, Hakuhō, and Kazui Kurosaki sought shelter.
• Kinroku Izuhara disguised himself as Retsu Unohana, ambushed Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and revealed that the Original Gotei 13 had returned from Hell.
• Kinroku Izuhara wounded Yamamoto, but a dark-skinned woman kicked him away and told Hiyori to take Yamamoto to the Fourth Division.

Shunsui Kyōraku fought his former captain, Katori Batsu'unsai, while protecting the wounded Nanao Ise during the Original Gotei 13's attack on Seireitei. After sending Nanao and the other young fighters away, Shunsui used Bankai to kill Katori, then collapsed from the strain.

• Shiraishi saw Aizen appear beneath the open Gates of Hell as the Original Gotei 13 challenged the current captains.
• Katori Batsu'unsai attacked Shunsui Kyōraku and wounded Nanao Ise, forcing Shunsui to flee with her while fighting off Hell Oni.
• Katori pursued Shunsui and explained that Hell Oni's Reiatsu was too familiar for Shinigami to detect easily.
• Hakuhō arrived and destroyed the Hell Oni, and Shunsui sent her with Nanao, Kazui Kurosaki, Ichika Abarai, Kumane Shishihara, and Atau Rindō to help elsewhere.
• Shunsui activated Bankai, Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinju, and defeated Katori with its four acts before collapsing himself.

Shunsui Kyōraku and Retsu Unohana defeated the Hell captains Katori Batsu'unsai and Saitō Furofushi, while Hakuhō was kept from joining the other battles. Shiraishi confronted Aizen, who explained that he had returned from Hell to fight him, and Shiraishi began to release his Bankai.

• Katen caught Shunsui Kyōraku as Katori Batsu'unsai's final attack missed, and Hell's chains dragged Katori away.
• Retsu Unohana fought Saitō Furofushi, used her Bankai and Kidō to overpower her, and sent her back to Hell.
• Hakuhō arrived at the General Infirmary, but Retsu Unohana refused to let her leave to help in the war.
• Aizen told Shiraishi that Hell had influenced him and that he had returned to fight without regrets.
• Shiraishi drew his Zanpakuto and began releasing his Bankai to prevent Aizen from using Kyōka Suigetsu.

Kenpachi Zaraki defeated Furuoki Otogawa while Shiraishi and Aizen unleashed their Bankai in a battle that tore through the Seireitei. Aizen used his Bankai to open a passage to another world and left, while Shiraishi watched the Gates of Hell begin to close.

• Retsu Unohana sensed the Captain-Commander's Reiatsu and worried that Kenpachi Zaraki, Ichigo Kurosaki, and Byakuya Kuchiki were all in trouble.
• Kenpachi Zaraki removed his eyepatch and released Nozarashi, then used Inch Flash and crushed Furuoki Otogawa's foot before cutting him in two.
• Aizen urged Shiraishi to use his full strength and threatened Hakuhō, prompting Shiraishi to activate Bankai: Origin of Spirits.
• Aizen revealed Bankai: Mirror Without Flowers, Water Not Moon, which let him shape the future and manipulate Shiraishi's actions.
• Aizen used the clash between their attacks to create a black hole, explained that he sought power beyond this world, and left through it.
• Shiraishi realized Aizen had gone traveling through the myriad worlds as the Gates of Hell began to close.

After Aizen escaped into another world, Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana traveled there to find him and discovered that it was the world of One Piece. In Loguetown, they met Monkey D. Dragon, who pointed them toward his son, Monkey D. Luffy, as a possible guide to Aizen’s whereabouts.

• Shiraishi asked Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi to investigate Aizen’s escape and help build a device for traveling between worlds.
• Two days later, Shiraishi chose Retsu Unohana to accompany him, left Ichigo Kurosaki in charge of Soul Society, and stepped through the completed gate.
• Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana arrived near a town and contacted Kisuke Urahara, who helped them translate the local language.
• Shiraishi recognized Loguetown and encountered Monkey D. Dragon, who sensed the pair’s power and asked who they were.
• Shiraishi told Monkey D. Dragon that they were searching for Sōsuke Aizen, and Dragon shared a rumor about a man in Alabasta who matched Aizen’s abilities.
• Monkey D. Dragon said he could not guide them himself and suggested they travel with his son, Monkey D. Luffy, who was in town.

Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana watched Buggy attempt to execute Luffy in Loguetown, then flew to the Going Merry as Luffy and his crew escaped. The chapter ended when Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana appeared aboard the ship and surprised the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Shiraishi took Retsu Unohana to watch Buggy prepare to execute Luffy in Loguetown.
• Luffy declared that he would become King of the Pirates, and a bolt of lightning destroyed the execution platform before Buggy could kill him.
• Smoker called in the Marines as Luffy emerged unharmed, and Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana flew toward the Going Merry on Minazuki.
• Retsu Unohana asked Shiraishi about his strange actions and the swordsmen of the pirate world, and he told her what he knew about their swordsmanship.
• Dragon watched Luffy and his companions leave Loguetown as the crew gathered on the Going Merry and declared their dreams.
• Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana emerged from the Going Merry's cabin, surprising Nami and the others.

Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana joined the Straw Hat Pirates aboard the Going Merry as they traveled toward the Grand Line, while Shiraishi continued searching for Aizen. At Reverse Mountain, the crew encountered Laboon and Crocus, and Shiraishi spotted Aizen’s photograph in Crocus’s newspaper.

• Luffy invited Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana to join the crew, and Nami accepted them after Shiraishi paid with a gold bar.
• Shiraishi stopped Sanji and Zoro’s argument with a sword slash that split the sea, impressing the crew and earning Zoro’s admiration.
• The Going Merry reached Reverse Mountain, where Retsu Unohana revealed her Bankai to punish Sanji for pursuing her after learning she was married to Shiraishi.
• The crew entered Laboon’s mouth and found a small island inside the whale, where Crocus warned them to leave.
• Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana recognized Sōsuke Aizen in Crocus’s newspaper and asked to see it.