Timeline of Events

Chronicle of the fights, battles and events of the Bleach Universe.

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Historical Timeline[]

The Beginning of Order
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
Approx. 2,000 Years Prior[1]	Shigekuni Yamamoto founds "Genji School".[2] Chōjirō Sasakibe masters Bankai and fights with Yamamoto. Yamamoto takes on the name "Genryūsai".
Approx. 1,000 Years Prior[3]	Yamamoto founds the Gotei 13 with a band of killers, who were "Defenders" in name only.[4] Yamamoto becomes the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, and Yachiru Unohana becomes the Eleventh Division's Captain. Unohana meets a young Kenpachi Zaraki, and defeats him.[5] The Gotei 13 fight Yhwach and his army. With the help of Chōjirō, Yamamoto defeats Yhwach, but fails to kill him.[6]
Hundreds Of Years Prior[7]	Yamamoto becomes a teacher of Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake.
200 Years Prior[8]	Shunsui and Ukitake become captains.[9] Most of the Quincy are exterminated by Soul Society.
Approx. 150 Years Prior, Approximately The Year Of 1851[10]	Rukia and Hisana die in Human World and are sent to Soul Society.[11]
112 Years Prior[12]	Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi becomes 3rd Division's captain.
111 Years Prior[13]	Gin Ichimaru enters Shinigami Academy.
110 Years Prior[14]	Gosuke Kiganjō kills the 9th Kenpachi and becomes the new Kenpachi and 11th Division's captain.[15] Gin Ichimaru finishes Shinigami Academy within one year, a record time, and joins 5th Division.[16]

The Hollowfication Incident
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
110 Years Prior Approx. 1 Week Prior Introduction Ceremony[17] The New Captain of the 12th Division	Kirio Hikifune is promoted to the Royal Guard and retires as Captain.[18] Urahara undergoes a Captain Proficiency Test and passes.[19]
110 Years Prior Introduction Ceremony Morning[20] The New Captain of the 12th Division	Kisuke Urahara is officially appointed as Twelfth Division Captain. Urahara greets his new Division.
110 Years Prior Introduction Ceremony Night[21] The New Captain of the 12th Division	Urahara has a talk with Fifth Division Captain Shinji Hirako. Sōsuke Aizen attempts to listen to their conversation.
110 Years Prior Morning[22] Recruit from the Nest of Maggots	Urahara redecorates his captain chambers. Urahara and Hiyori Sarugaki visit the Maggot's Nest. Urahara asks Mayuri Kurotsuchi to be the Shinigami Research and Development Institute vice-president.
110 Years Prior Morning to Mid-Day[23] Recruit from the Nest of Maggots	Ginrei Kuchiki returns to the Kuchiki Manor. Yoruichi also arrives and plays a game with an unwilling Byakuya. Ukitake converses with Kaien Shiba while having tea.
110 Years Prior Evening to Night[24] Recruit from the Nest of Maggots	Gin Ichimaru kills the Third Seat of the Fifth Division and takes his position.
101 Years Prior 1 Month Prior Ninth Division Investigation Disappearances in Soul Society	Rukongai citizens begin disappearing mysteriously, leaving clothes behind.
101 Years Prior Ninth Division Investigation Morning to Mid-Day[25] Disappearances in Soul Society	Urahara is informed of recent Rukongai disappearances. Kensei Muguruma saves Shūhei Hisagi from Hollows. 10 Shihakushō are discovered lying about. Urahara sends out Hiyori to get Reishi samples.
101 Years Prior Ninth Division Investigation Night[26] Disappearances in Soul Society	Kensei's group is attacked. Hiyori is attacked by Hollows but saved by Hirako.
101 Years Prior Ninth Division Investigation Night[26] Battle in Fugai Forest	The rescue team sent by Yamamoto engages in battle against a Hollowfied Kensei and Mashiro. Hachigen Ushōda appears to help.
101 Years Prior Ninth Division Investigation Night[26] Battle in Fugai Forest	Urahara and Tessai meet together. Tōsen turns against his fellow Shinigami. Aizen and Gin appear. The rescue team all begin Hollowfication.
101 Years Prior Ninth Division Investigation Night[26] The Fall of Kisuke Urahara	Urahara and Tessai arrive at the scene. Aizen, Gin, and Tōsen escape. Urahara attempts to reverse his fellow Shinigami's Hollowfication but fails.
101 Years Prior Morning The Fall of Kisuke Urahara	Urahara and Tessai are arrested and trialed. Yoruichi stops the trial and escapes with Urahara and Tessai. Urahara begins working on his new Gigai.

Soul Society at Rest
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
>55 Years Prior, The Year Of 1946	Byakuya Kuchiki marries Hisana.[27]
50 Years Prior, The Year Of 1951 Spring Morning	Hisana dies from illness.[28]
49 Years Prior, The Year Of 1952	Byakuya finds Rukia and adopts her into the Kuchiki Clan.[29] Rukia is immediately accepted into the Gotei 13's 13th Division.
44 Years Prior, The Year Of 1957	Renji Abarai graduates from Shinō Academy and joins the 5th Division of the Gotei 13.[30]

Isshin's Desertion
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
20 Years Prior Approx. 2 Months Prior the Incident[31]	Sōsuke Aizen and his accomplices succeed at creating Hollow based on a dead Shinigami's soul.[32] They start to test its capabilities on the Shinigami stationed in Naruki City.[33]
20 Years Prior Day of Incident Night[34] Isshin Shiba & Masaki Kurosaki vs. White	Isshin Shiba receives a report concerning mysterious deaths in Naruki City and departs.[35] Isshin encounters the murderer and Aizen intervenes.[36] Isshin meets Masaki Kurosaki for the first time.
20 Years Prior Day After the Incident Mid-Day[37]	Isshin submits an incident report to Yamamoto. Kisuke Urahara encounters Masaki.
20 Years Prior Day After the Incident Evening[38]	Masaki succumbs to Hollowfication infection. Isshin Shiba, Kisuke Urahara and Ryūken Ishida meet for the first time. Isshin decides to save Masaki and Urahara bonds their souls.
20 Years Prior Few Days Later[39]	Masaki leaves the Ishida Household. Isshin opens Kurosaki Clinic with Urahara's help.
From 20 Years Prior to 9 Years Prior[40]	Masaki enters the University after which she and Isshin marry. Ichigo, Karin and Yuzu are born. Ryūken and Kanae marry. Uryū Ishida is born. Tōshirō Hitsugaya masters Bankai and becomes 10th Division's captain.
6 Years Prior[41]	Yhwach initiates his Auswählen stealing Masaki & Kanae's Quincy powers. Kanae slips into a coma and dies after 3 months. Grand Fisher attacks Ichigo and Masaki dies defending him.

Act 1 Timeline[]

The events that led up to and included the war with Aizen took place over the course of approximately six months during Ichigo's first year in high school. Ichigo became a Shinigami in the middle of May^[42] on Friday at approximately 7:13 PM.^[43] The timeline of these events is linked to the Japanese school year, with Ichigo acting as Rukia's substitute during the first term of high school (April to mid-July) and going to Soul Society during summer break (mid-July to end of August) with the Arrancar invasion and subsequent battles occurring in second term of high school (Beginning of September to late December). It must be noted that Soul Society anticipated that the decisive battle would take place in winter,^[44] but Aizen moved early and the decisive battles instead took place in the middle of October (autumn) instead.^[45]

Events Immediately Preceding Ichigo Becoming a Shinigami
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
April 1st[46]	Ichigo and Chad start school and meet Keigo and Mizuiro Orihime, Tatsuki and Uryū Ishida also start school and all are placed in class 1-3
April 1st to Middle of May	Rukia is deployed to the living world[47] Renji is made the vice-captain of the 6th Division[47]

Agent of the Shinigami
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
Middle of May[48] Friday 2:23 AM[49]	Rukia Arrives in Karakura Town
Middle of May[48] Friday 7:13 PM[50]	Ichigo beats up some bullies and heads home Rukia enters Ichigo's room Fishbone D attacks the Kurosaki Clinic. Rukia Kuchiki & Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Fishbone D Ichigo becomes a Shinigami.
Middle of May[48]	Rukia turns-up in Ichigo's school the next day and forces Ichigo to act as her substitute. Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Hexapodus
Middle of May to Middle of June[51]	Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Acidwire The Cursed Parakeet: Rukia Kuchiki & Yasutora Sado vs. Shrieker, Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Shrieker The Mod Soul Incident: Ichigo Kurosaki & Kon vs. Millipede-like hollow
June 16th[52]	Ichigo notices the date and asks Rukia if he can have a day off from being a Substitute Shinigami Tatsuki tells Orihime that Ichigo will be absent from school the next day.
June 17th[53]	Six year anniversary of Masaki Kurosaki's death Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Grand Fisher Tatsuki Arisawa tells Orihime about Ichigo's childhood and about his mother's death.
June 18th[54]	Tatsuki finds Ichigo by the river bank where his mother was killed.
June 18th to July 17th[51]	Ichigo attends Don Kanonji's live show Ichigo Kurosaki & Don Kanonji vs. The Demi-Hollow Soul Society uses footage from the show to find Rukia[55] Few days after the filming, Ichigo meets Ishida
July 18th[51]	The term results are announced Ichigo follows Ishida, who challenges Ichigo to a duel Yasutora Sado vs. Bulbous G Orihime Inoue vs. Numb Chandelier Ichigo Kurosaki & Uryū Ishida vs. The Menos Grande
July 19th[51]	Yoruichi arrives Ichigo invites Ishida to eat with his group Orihime invites Rukia to eat with her group Rukia attempts to leave without alerting Ichigo Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Renji Abarai & Byakuya Kuchiki
July 20th[51]	Ichigo is forced to attend the last day of school by Urahara. He discovers that no one remembers Rukia except Orihime.
July 21st to July 31st[51] Trials of the Shattered Shaft	Ichigo trains with Kisuke Urahara Ishida trains by himself Orihime and Chad train with Yoruichi Shihōin.
August 1st[56]Trials of the Shattered Shaft	Ichigo, Orihime, Chad and the others attend the Fireworks Festival Orihime promises Tatsuki that she will return after she is done helping Ichigo.
August 8th 1:00AM Trials of the Shattered Shaft[57]	Ichigo, Orihime, Chad and Ishida start their journey to Soul Society with Yoruichi as a guide.

Ryoka Invasion
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
Time Shift	While passing through the Dangai Ichigo and his friends are chased by the Kōtotsu This resulted in a gain of eight days due to a time anomaly[58]
August 1st[51]	Arrival in Soul Society Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Jidanbō Ikkanzaka Orihime heals Jidanbō Ichigo meets Ganju Shiba
August 2nd[51]	Ichigo and friends meet Kūkaku Shiba and spend the night at her house while she prepares the cannon and Ichigo works on controlling his spirit energy to create a barrier.
August 3rd[51]	Kūkaku Shiba shoots Ichigo and companions into Seireitei The group gets separated Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Ikkaku Madarame Ganju Shiba vs. Yumichika Ayasegawa Uryū Ishida vs. Jirōbō Ikkanzaka
August 4th[51]	Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Renji Abarai: Rematch Byakuya orders Renji thrown in jail Hanataro spends the night healing Ichigo and discovers that a Hollow mask has appeared on Ichigo's body to protect him from Renji's blow.
August 5th[51] Day Time	Conspiracy's Masterstroke: Illusory Assassination Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Kenpachi Zaraki Yasutora Sado vs. Shunsui Kyōraku
August 5th[51] Night Time	First day of the Bankai Training Uryū Ishida vs. Mayuri Kurotsuchi Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Gin Ichimaru
August 6th[51] Execution Day	Zaraki decides to help Ichigo Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Kaname Tōsen & Sajin Komamura Ikkaku Madarame vs. Tetsuzaemon Iba Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Shūhei Hisagi
August 6th[51] Execution Day	Renji Abarai vs. Byakuya Kuchiki Second day of the Bankai Training
August 6th[51] Rukia's Execution	Rukia's Execution begins but Ichigo interrupts Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Byakuya Kuchiki: Rematch Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto vs. Shunsui Kyōraku & Jūshirō Ukitake Yoruichi Shihōin vs. Suì-Fēng Isshin Kurosaki regains Shinigami powers.[59]
August 6th[51] Conspiracy Revealed: End Game	Hitsugaya finds Central 46 has been massacred Rangiku Matsumoto vs. Izuru Kira Aizen is revealed to be alive Aizen stabs Hinamori and critically injures Hitsugaya
August 6th[51] Conspiracy Revealed: End Game	Aizen reveals his influence on all events Aizen escape to Hueco Mundo with Gin and Tōsen Ichigo and his friends are credited with saving Soul Society
August 7th to August 13th[51]	Ichigo and his friends spend one week in Soul Society Rukia informs Ichigo that she is remaining in Soul Society Ukitake presents Ichigo with a Substitute Shinigami Badge Group returns home, where Urahara meets them and apologizes to Ichigo.

Arrancar Invasion
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
Time Shift	While returning to the living world, Ichigo and his friends were once again chased by the Kōtotsu[60] What effect it had on time is unknown Events resumed with the start of the second semester of school.[61]
September 1st[61] The Cold War	Ichigo returns to school for the start of a new semester Ichigo discovers that Tatsuki can see his badge Later Ichigo battles a Hollow and learns from Orihime that Ishida has lost his powers.
September 2nd[62] The Cold War	Shinji comes to school and introduces himsellf to Ichigo At night, Ichigo leaves his body to Kon and goes to fight a Hollow and encounters and learns of Shinji's true nature Shinji offers Ichigo a chance to join the Visored, Ichigo turns him down.
September 2nd[62] The Cold War	Ishida is attacked by a Menos Hollow and Kon is attacked by Grand Fisher who mistakes him for Ichigo Ishida is rescued by his father: Ryūken Ishida and Kon is rescued by Isshin Kurosaki.
September 3rd[62] The Cold War	Ichigo confronts Shinji at school Ishida accepts his father's offer Yammy Llargo and Ulquiorra Cifer invade Karakura Town Orihime loses her offensive power.
September 7th	Ichigo meets-up with Hitsugaya's Advance Team consisting of Rangiku, Rukia, Renji, Ikkaku and Yumichika Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez leads his Fracción in an attack Rukia Kuchiki vs. Di Roy Rinker Ikkaku Madarame vs. Edrad Liones.
September 7th	Renji Abarai vs. Yylfordt Granz Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Shawlong Koufang Rangiku Matsumoto vs. Nakeem Grindina
September 7th	Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez Kaname Tōsen interrupts and forces Grimmjow to return to Hueco Mundo In Hueco Mundo, Grimmjow loses his arm and his rank.
September 8th Visored Training	Ichigo goes to the Visored base Chad comes to Urahara seeking training Ishida starts to regain his Quincy powers.
September 8th to October 29th Visored Training	Soul Society discovers Aizen's true intention Orihime takes the news to Ichigo and meets the rest of the Visored Hachi restores Orihime's offensive power Orihime leaves with Rukia to train in Soul Society.
October 29th Good Bye Halcyon Days	Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Luppi Antenor Kisuke Urahara vs. Yammy Llargo Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez: Rematch Orihime is intercepted by Ulquiorra in the Dangai and given 24 hours to say goodbye.
October 30th Good Bye Halcyon Days	Hachi partially heals Ichigo and sends him home Orihime leaves Rangiku and Hitsuagya notes on how to take care of the house Orihime comes into Ichigo's room at night and says goodbye.
October 31st Good Bye Halcyon Days (Living World - Day)	Ichigo learns of Orihime's disappearance Yamamoto declares Orihime a traitor and forbids her rescue Ichigo is confronted by Tatsuki at school.
October 31st Good Bye Halcyon Days (Living World - Night)	Urahara retrieves Ishida from his father's hospital Ichigo, Chad and Ishida leave for Hueco Mundo sometime during the night.
October 31st Good Bye Halcyon Days (Hueco Mundo)	Aizen welcomes Orihime and has her heal Grimmjow's arm As Orihime heals, Aizen explains the nature of her power Grimmjow kills Luppi and regains his rank.

Invasion of Hueco Mundo
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
October 31st to November 1st	Ichigo leaves the Human World and arrives in Hueco Mundo.
November 1st Hueco Mundo	Enter The Home of Hollows Aizen and Orihime feel the tremors as they break in Renji and Rukia also arrive to aid in Orihime's rescue.
November 1st Hueco Mundo Morning[63]	Aizen calls a meeting of the Espada but forbids them from going after the intruders.
November 1st Las Noches:Tres Cifras	Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio Uryū Ishida vs. Cirucci Sanderwicci Yasutora Sado vs. Gantenbainne Mosqueda
November 1st Las Noches:The Palace of the Espada	Rukia Kuchiki vs. Aaroniero Arruruerie Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Ulquiorra Cifer Renji Abarai & Uryū Ishida vs. Szayelaporro Granz
November 1st Las Noches:The Palace of the Espada	Orihime's Confrontation Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez: Final Fight Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck vs. Nnoitra Gilga
November 1st Arrival of the Gotei 13	Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Zommari Rureaux Mayuri Kurotsuchi vs. Szayelaporro Granz Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Nnoitra Gilga
November 1st	Aizen launches the White Invasion
November 1st Las Noches:The 5th Tower	Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Ulquiorra Cifer: Final Fight Yammy's Rampage Rukia Kuchiki vs. Rudobōn
November 1st Conclusion	Ichigo Kurosaki, Kenpachi Zaraki & Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Yammy Llargo Mayuri sends Ichigo and Unohana to the Human World

White Invasion
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
November 1st 12:13 PM[64] The Armies Assemble: Battle at Fake Karakura Town	Aizen is confronted by the Gotei 13 Yamamoto traps Aizen, Gin and Tōsen inside a flame prison.
November 1st Defend the Pillars	Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Charlotte Chuhlhourne Izuru Kira vs. Abirama Redder Shūhei Hisagi vs. Findorr Calius Ikkaku & Komamura vs Poww.
November 1st Captains Join the Fray	Suì-Fēng vs. Ggio Vega Marechiyo Ōmaeda vs. Nirgge Parduoc Rangiku & Momo vs Harribel's Fracción Battle of the Chimera: Gotei 13 vs. Ayon
November 1st Captains vs. Espada	Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Lilynette Gingerbuck Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Tier Harribel Suì-Fēng & Marechiyo Ōmaeda vs. Baraggan Louisenbairn Shunsui Kyōraku & Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Coyote Starrk
November 1st The Arrival: The Visored Appear	Wonderweiss Margela arrives with Hooleer The tide of battle turns against the Gotei 13 The Visored appear.
November 1st The End of the Espada	Hachigen Ushōda & Suì-Fēng vs. Baraggan Louisenbairn Love Aikawa & Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi vs. Coyote Starrk Shunsui Kyōraku vs. Coyote Starrk: Final Fight
November 1st Aizen's Impatience: Tense Situation	Hitsugaya, Lisa & Hiyori vs Harribel Aizen grows impatient and attacks Harribel himself, then inviting the Gotei 13 and the Visored to fight him directly.
November 1st	Mashiro & Kensei vs Wonderweiss Sajin Komamura & Shūhei Hisagi vs. Kaname Tōsen Shinji Hirako vs. Sōsuke Aizen
November 1st Ichigo Returns	The Gotei 13 & The Visored vs. Sōsuke Aizen Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto vs. Wonderweiss Margela Yamamoto sacrifices his left arm attempting to perform Ittō Kasō against Aizen.
November 1st Conclusion	Isshin, Urahara, Yoruichi vs. Aizen Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Gin Ichimaru Aizen & Gin leave for Soul Society.

Invasion of Soul Society
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
November 1st	Gin and Aizen Arrive in Karakura Town Gin Ichimaru vs. Sōsuke Aizen Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Sōsuke Aizen
November 1st Aftermath	Mayuri sends Karakura Town back to the Human world Hiyori is saved by Unohana Zaraki and Byakuya return to Soul Society after defeating Yammy
November 11[65]	Aizen is sentenced by the Central 46 to 18,800 years in Muken, the 8th and lowest level of the underground prison.
December 2[66]	Ichigo wakes up in his room, surrounded by his friends Rukia confirms that Ichigo is going to lose all his Reiryoku. Rukia and Ichigo say farewell as the last of Ichigo's Reiryoku fades away.

Act 2 Timeline[]

The events that led up to and included the Quincy Blood War took place over the course of approximately two months in 2003, during Ichigo's third year in high school. Ichigo meets Kūgo Ginjō, gains a Fullbring, and eventually regains his Shinigami powers over the month of April, while the war against Yhwach and the Wandenreich began on June 13th and lasted for approximately 6 days.^[67]

Tale of the Lost Agent
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
April 2003 Back From Black Monday 7:00 AM[68]	After 17 months, Ichigo Kurosaki still continues life as a normal teenager. Karin and Yuzu prepare for their entrance ceremonies.
April Back From Black Monday Afternoon	Ichigo stops a robber. Ichigo returns the stolen backpack to its owner, who happens to own a Substitute Shinigami Badge.
April Back From Black Thursday Morning to Mid-Day	A group of thugs fight with Ichigo and Uryū. Ichigo is taken to Unagiya Shop. Ichigo is questioned about Isshin. Kūgo Ginjō officially introduces himself to Ichigo and hands him a special card.
April Back From Black Thursday Evening to Night	Uryū is attacked and hospitalized. Ichigo and Orihime visit Uryū at the hospital.
April Back From Black Thursday Late Night	Ichigo phones and is welcomed to Xcution. Over the phone, Ichigo is told when and where he should meet Kūgo.
April Welcome To Our Xcution Friday Morning to Mid-Day	Orihime visits Sado's home but finds that there is no one there. Sado is revealed to be a Fullbringer.
April Fullbring Training Friday Mid-Day to Evening	Orihime's Encounter
April Friday Late Night	Ichigo is told about Shūkurō Tsukishima. Ichigo witnesses Isshin and Urahara meeting up together in an alley but decides not to follow them.
April Fullbring Training, Round 2 Saturday Morning to Mid-Day	Orihime speaks to Sado about Tsukishima. Ichigo Kurosaki & Kūgo Ginjō vs. Shūkurō Tsukishima
April Saturday Evening	Orihime is called to heal Uryū's injuries. Sado meets up with Orihime.
April Fullbring Training, Round 3 Saturday to Sunday[69] Late Night 11:35 PM[70] to 1:05 AM[70]	Ichigo continues his Fullbring Training inside Yukio's Fullbring, Invaders Must Die. Orihime and Sado enter the dimension within Invaders Must Die. Ichigo completes his Fullbring.
April Fullbring Training, Round 3 Sunday[69]1:05 AM[70]	Everyone exits Yukio's Fullbring.
April Sunday[69]	Ichigo and Kūgo move to a secret hideout. Ichigo and Kūgo are discovered and taken to Tsukishima's mansion. Ichigo Kurosaki & Kūgo Ginjō vs. Shūkurō Tsukishima & Xcution
April Death & Strawberry: Deathberry Returns Sunday[69]	Rukia appears and restores Ichigo's powers. Ichigo Kurosaki becomes a Shinigami again. Gotei 13 arrive. Ginjō's past is revealed. Ginjō shares Ichigo's Fullbring with the other Xcution members. Yukio places everyone in different chatrooms.
April Sunday[69]	Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Giriko Kutsuzawa Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Yukio Hans Vorarlberna Ikkaku Madarame vs. Moe Shishigawara
April Sunday[69]	Renji Abarai vs. Jackie Tristan Rukia Kuchiki vs. Riruka Dokugamine Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Shūkurō Tsukishima
April Sunday[69]	Ichigo Kurosaki & Uryū Ishida vs. Kūgo Ginjō
April Aftermath Sunday[69] Daybreak[71]	Riruka takes an attack meant for Ichigo. Tsukishima dies. Jackie buries Giriko's corpse. The effects of Book of the End are dispelled. Renji takes Ginjō's corpse to Soul Society.[72]
April Aftermath Sunday[69] Early Morning[73]	Ichigo heads to Soul Society and requests that the Gotei 13 return Ginjo's body. Riruka leaves.

Quincy Blood War
Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
June 10th Soul Society[67][74]	The Shinigami Research and Development Institute analyzes the mass amount of Hollows disappearing.
June 10th Soul Society[67][74]	Ryūnosuke Yuki and Shino Madarame prepare for their new mission: protecting Karakura Town.
June 10th Karakura Town[67][74]	Upon arriving in Karakura Town, Ryūnosuke and Shino are saved by Ichigo and his friends when they are attacked by Hollows.
June 12th Karakura Town[67]	Ichigo begins to fight Asguiaro Ebern.
June 12th Soul Society[67]	Ikkaku and Yumichika investigate the numerous Rukongai disappearances.
June 12th Soul Society First Division Barracks[67]	Yamamoto is confronted by a mysterious group, which declares war on Soul Society.
June 12th Soul Society First Division Barracks[67]	Chōjirō Sasakibe reveals important information about the enemy before passing away.
June 12th Return to Hueco Mundo[67]	Ichigo and his friends learn about the recent change in authority within Hueco Mundo.
June 12th-13th In the Garganta [67][75]	Ichigo infiltrates Hueco Mundo.
June 13th Hueco Mundo[67]	Ichigo and friends confront Quilge Opie.
June 13th Seireitei[67]	The Wandenreich begin their first invasion of Soul Society.
June 13th Soul Society[67]	The captains begin fighting against the Sternritter.
June 13th Soul Society[67]	Ichigo is temporarily trapped within the Garganta.
June 13th Soul Society[67]	Byakuya is defeated by Äs Nödt.
June 13th Soul Society[67]	Yamamoto falls against Yhwach.
June 13th Soul Society[67]	Yhwach and Ichigo begin to fight, but Yhwach is soon forced to retreat.
June 14th Soul Society[67][76]	The Royal Guard arrive to begin preparations and take several guests back with them.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Urahara recruits Riruka and Yukio to create a method of transportation between realms using a Valley of Screams.
June 14th Soul Society[67]	Shunsui is appointed the new Captain-Commander.
June 14th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo and the Royal Guard arrive at the Soul King Palace.
June 14th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo and Renji heal at Tenjirō Kirinji's palace.
June 14th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo and Renji feast at Kirio Hikifune's palace.
June 14th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo and Renji meet Ōetsu Nimaiya.
June 14th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo and Renji are forced to fight the Asauchi.
June 14th Soul Society[67]	Unohana and Zaraki battle to reawaken Zaraki's power.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Zaraki kills Unohana and communicates with his Zanpakutō for the first time.
June 17th Soul King Palace[67]	Due to Ichigo's failure to appease the Asauchi, he is sent back to Karakura Town.
June 17th Karakura Town[67]	Ichigo goes to Ikumi Unagiya's home to avoid going back to his, but is caught by Isshin.
June 17th Karakura Town[67]	Isshin tells Ichigo about how he met Masaki.
June 17th Silbern[67]	Jugram Haschwalth brings Uryū Ishida to the Wandenreich headquarters.
June 17th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo is brought back to the Soul King Palace and chooses his Asauchi.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	The captains who lost their Bankai begin training.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Komamura performs his clan's Humanification technique to become Human.
June 17th Ichigo's Inner World[67]	As Ichigo's Zanpakutō is being forged, "Zangetsu" reveals he is an imposter.
June 17th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo receives his reforged Zanpakutō.
June 17th Silbern[67]	Yhwach names Uryū as his successor.
June 17th Soul King Palace[67]	Rukia and Renji visit Senjumaru Shutara.
June 17th Soul King Palace[67]	Rukia and Renji train with Ichibē Hyōsube.
June 17th Soul King Palace[67]	Byakuya wakes from his coma and has his injuries healed at Kirinji's palace.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	The second Wandenreich invasion begins.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	BG9 engages Marechiyo Ōmaeda.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Hitsugaya and Rangiku engage Bazz-B.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Suì-Fēng begins fighting BG9.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	The captains initially gain the upper hand.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	BG9 recovers and deals a devastating blow to Suì-Fēng.
June 17th Soul Society (Unseen)[67]	Cang Du wounds Rangiku.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Bazz-B grievously wounds Hitsugaya.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Cang arrives to finish off Hitsugaya.
June 17th Soul Society Shinigami Research and Development Institute[67]	Mayuri receives a call from Urahara with important news.
June 17th Soul Society Shinigami Research and Development Institute[67]	Urahara arrives in Soul Society with the Shin'eiyaku.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	The captains take the Shin'eiyaku.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Cang is injured by the Hollowfied Daiguren Hyōrinmaru.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Suì-Fēng uses her recovered Bankai to grievously wound BG9.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Hitsugaya uses the Bankai he recovered to defeat Cang.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Shinji and Komamura confront Bambietta Basterbine.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	The Sternritter activate Quincy: Vollständig.
June 17th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo departs from the Soul King Palace to Soul Society after gaining new clothing.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Momo Hinamori attempts to attack Bambietta.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Komamura activates Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō: Dangai Jōe and overpowers Bambietta by forcing her bombs into her own body.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Komamura's great-grandfather prepares to devour Komamura's heart.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Komamura transforms into a wolf.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Iba arrives and prepares to take Komamura to Silbern in order to confront Yhwach.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Candice, Liltotto, Giselle, and Meninas find Bambietta.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Haschwalth is called back to the Wandenreich HQ.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Yhwach decides to pass judgement on BG9 and Cang for having been defeated in their respective battles.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Haschwalth passes judgement on Cang.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Mask De Masculine ambushes Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Hisagi.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Rukia and Renji arrive in Soul Society.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Kensei and Rose confront Mask.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Kensei overpowers Mask with his Bankai, Tekken Tachikaze, but The Superstar triggers, allowing Mask to gain the advantage.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Rose activates his Bankai, Kinshara Butōdan, after Mask defeats Kensei, but is incapacitated by Mask's Star Flash.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Renji arrives and prevents Mask from finishing off Rose.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Rukia arrives and takes Kensei and Rose away to be healed.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	Renji overpowers Mask, forcing him to take a new form and activate his Quincy: Vollständig.
June 17th Soul Society[67]	After Mask unleashes his ultimate attack, Renji activates his true Bankai, Sōō Zabimaru, and incinerates him with Sōō Zabimaru, Zaga Teppō.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Haschwalth explains Yhwach's soul-sharing ability to Uryū and reveals all of their souls are tied to Yhwach.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Rukia encounters Äs, who reveals he intends to kill her in order to draw out Byakuya, and is revealed to be immune to The Fear, having temporarily "killed" her body with the true power of Sode no Shirayuki.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Rukia manages to freeze Äs solid by lowering the temperature to absolute zero, but he recovers and activate his Quincy: Vollständig, Tatarforas, which finally causes Rukia to experience fear.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Byakuya arrives and shatters The Fear, demonstrates the improved power of his Shikai, and acknowledges Rukia's strength for the first time.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Gaining new resolve from Byakuya's acknowledgement, Rukia activates her Bankai, Hakka no Togame, which freezes Äs solid and shatters him.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Guenael Lee confronts Yachiru and Isane, who is healing Rose and Kensei.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Guenael begins fighting Yachiru, who manages to repeatedly attack him on instinct despite his ability to hide his presence before releasing her Shikai and attacking him with it.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Gremmy Thoumeaux arrives and kills Guenael for failing to defeat Yachiru, whose bones he turns into cookies with The Visionary when she attacks him.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Zaraki arrives, prompting Gremmy to create a stage for them to fight on; despite Gremmy's claims of being invincible due to his power of imagination, Zaraki effortlessly cuts through his body.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	While battling Gremmy, who heals himself, Zaraki realizes the effects of The Visionary on a person will no longer work if Gremmy's attention is shifted away from that individual and has Yachiru leave the stage before continuing to attack Gremmy, who realizes he truly wishes to kill Zaraki and begins fighting more seriously.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	After nearly killing himself with The Visionary, Gremmy clones himself and summons a meteorite to obliterate Soul Society, prompting Zaraki to release his real Shikai, Nozarashi, and destroy the meteorite with a single attack.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Gremmy traps Zaraki in a void of space, severely damaging his body, before having all of his clones self-destruct in a massive explosion, but when Zaraki survives this assault as well, Gremmy attempts to become stronger than him, only to have his body be unable to handle this newfound power and tear itself apart.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Gremmy's body fades away as his real body, a brain in a tank, falls on the ground. Shortly afterward, Zaraki realizes Yachiru is missing.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Candice Catnipp, Giselle Gewelle, Liltotto Lamperd, and Meninas McAllon massacre the 11th Division members nearby and incapacitate Zaraki.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Zaraki is saved by the arrival of Ichigo, who begins to fight the four Sternritter.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	When Candice decides to take him on personally, Ichigo effortlessly holds her at bay and destroys her arm with a new technique, Getsuga Jūjishō.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Yhwach begins moving forward with the next phase of his plan.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	After Candice has Giselle regenerate her arm, Bazz-B arrives with his Quincy: Vollständig active and shoots down the four Sternritter with Burner Finger 1 with the intent of taking on Ichigo by himself, only for three more Sternritter to join him with the same goal in mind as the female Sternritter recover.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	As a beam of light pierces the sky, Yhwach reveals he intends to invade the Soul King Palace while the 72 barriers between it and Soul Society are still open from Ichigo crashing through them; when the Sternritter prevent Ichigo from leaving to stop Yhwach, Renji and several other Shinigami arrive to take them on in his stead.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	The Sternritter activate their Quincy: Vollständig and attack the Shinigami.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	As Ichigo learns of Uryū's betrayal and Orihime and Sado arrive in Soul Society via Garganta,|Yhwach, Haschwalth, and Uryū depart for the Soul King Palace.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Renji attacks Bazz-B and insults his mohawk, prompting an enraged Bazz-B to use Burner Finger 4 and attack him in response.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Yhwach, Haschwalth, and Uryū arrive at the Soul King Palace; Haschwalth summons several Soldat to invade the palace, but Kirinji appears and repels them before releasing his Zanpakutō, Kinpika, and attacking Yhwach.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Ikkaku and Yumichika confront Giselle, whom Yumichika accuses of being a man; angered by Yumichika's accusation, Giselle summons Bambietta's corpse.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Urahara prepares to send Ichigo, Orihime, and Sado to the Soul King Palace as Yoruichi arrives with several bottles containing the large amounts of energy gained from closing the rifts in the Human World.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Ikkaku and Yumichika fight Bambietta's corpse, with Yumichika deducing the true nature of The Explode and helping Ikkaku attack her; however, Giselle has Bambietta incapacitate Ikkaku and Yumichika and prepares to turn them into zombies, but is interrupted by the arrival of Mayuri.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	When Giselle has Bambietta begin attacking Mayuri, he reveals he has devised a way to nullify The Explode; this prompts Giselle to summon several Shinigami zombies to fight him, but Mayuri summons four resurrected Arrancar to fight them in response.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	As the Arrancar begin slaughtering the Shinigami zombies, Giselle reattaches Bambietta's arm, only to be confronted by Charlotte, who claims Giselle resembles him before effortlessly defeating Bambietta; this prompts Giselle to bring out her trump card - a zombified Hitsugaya.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Hitsugaya quickly and grievously cuts down Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Charlotte as Mayuri deduces he was turned into a zombie before death, which prompts him to take on Hitsugaya himself in order to test out new drugs on him.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Hitsugaya seemingly kills Mayuri twice, but each time the latter comes back unscathed; it is eventually revealed that Charlotte's blood put a Postcognition Drug into Hitsugaya's system, rendering him unable to actually kill Mayuri and quickly rendering him immobile by putting strain on his hippocampus.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	After completely paralyzing Hitsugaya with Ashisogi Jizō, Mayuri injects him with a substance that causes him great pain, summoning the zombified Kensei, Rose, and Rangiku to the scene; this prompts Mayuri to have his remaining Arrancar take them on.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Eventually, Kensei and Rose collapse after being exposed to the Precognition Drug as well, and Mayuri takes control of them using a Blood Reorganization Drug, causing them to turn on Giselle and stab her through the heart.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Elsewhere, Byakuya defeats Candice, NaNaNa, and Robert, only to be confronted by Hisagi, who has been controlled by PePe Waccabrada's The Love; PePe also takes control of Meninas, who attacks Liltotto.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	After incapacitating Hisagi, Byakuya faces off against PePe, who takes control of his Zanpakutō with The Love and has Hisagi wield it against Byakuya; when Byakuya proves resistant to the effects of The Love, PePe activates his Quincy: Vollständig and prepares to kill him, but is interrupted by the arrival of Kensei and Rose.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Kensei incapacitates Hisagi and Mayuri explains how he took control of the two captains to Byakuya; PePe tries to use The Love on Kensei, but Mayuri reveals his zombies do not comprehend love as Kensei pummels PePe.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	While swearing vengeance, PePe is confronted by Liltotto, who devours him as revenge for nearly killing her.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Kirinji finds himself unable to directly attack Yhwach, who is confronted by Senjumaru and her Divine Soldiers; when they also prove unable to harm Yhwach, Nianzol Weizol reveals himself as the source of this phenomenon.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Before Ichigo, Orihime, Sado, and Yoruichi depart for the Soul King Palace, Ganju arrives with an aerial map that he claims is the only way they can reach the palace, and departs with them shortly afterward.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Learning of Nianzol's ability to deflect all attacks that he can see, Senjumaru distracts him with a surprise attack from several Divine Soldiers while she resews his outfit, which quickly impales him with dozens of spikes.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	As Nianzol dies, Senjumaru turns to Yhwach, who brings out Soldat to combat the Divine Soldiers and his own elite guard, the Schutzstaffel, to fight the Royal Guard.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After Gerard Valkyrie overwhelms Senjumaru and Pernida Parnkgjas destroys a larger Divine Soldier, Lille Barro seemingly kills her and destroys the surrounding cities.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	However, this is revealed to be a ruse on Senjumaru's part, with the real palace hidden by Ichibē, as the Quincy are trapped in a Cage of Life by Hikifune and confronted by Nimaiya.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Nimaiya makes short work of the Schutzstaffel with Sayafushi, a sword with immense cutting power, but is caught off-guard when Askin Nakk Le Vaar not only survives his assault, but begins to incapacitate him with The Deathdealing.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Upon learning that Askin has made his own blood fatal to him, Nimaiya cuts his throat to let some of it out and then has Kirinji replace his blood with water from his Blood Pond Hell, allowing him to recover and defeat Askin.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	While Nimaiya plans out his battle strategy, Yhwach's hands shine with a bright light that engulfs the Cage of Life.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Giselle revives and heals herself by consuming Bambietta Basterbine's blood before beating Bambietta to death for attempting to stop her.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	As Liltotto finds Giselle, Robert appears and hysterically explaina how all of the Sternritter in the Seireitei will die from Yhwach's Auswählen before being killed as a beam of light engulfs him, Bazz-B, and NaNaNa.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach uses the stolen power of the Sternritter below to revive his Schutzstaffel before telling them to go forth.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Bazz-B and Liltotto survive the Auswählen and proclaim that they will not die here as Shunsui realizes the Soul King Palace is in danger.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	While Haschwalth explains how the Auswählen redistributes power, Lille grievously wounds Nimaiya with the true form of The X-Axis.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Pernida uses The Compulsory to destroy part of the Cage of Life, allowing Yhwach to confront Ichibē.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Shunsui moves through the ruins of the Wandenreich City and meets with Ukitake, who has begun the Kamikake, before leaving to meet with Central 46.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichibē begins his fight with Yhwach by forcing him out of the Soul King Palace with Senri Tsūtenshō, prompting Yhwach to shoot himself with a Heilig Pfeil in order to return to the battlefield.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Hiyori, Love, Lisa, and Hachigen arrive in Soul Society and meet up with Urahara, who has Yūshirō Shihōin bring several items to him.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichibē and Yhwach begin to clash seriously, with Ichibē revealing his brush's ability to erase parts of names and leave those affected with reduced power before erasing half of Yhwach's name and sending him flying.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	However, Yhwach restores his strength and erects a barrier of Blut Vene Anhaben around himself; when Ichibē seemingly dispels it with Ura Hadō: Sannodō — Teppūsatsu, Yhwach attempts to consume his body with the technique, only for Ichibē to reverse it with sheer physical strength before releasing his Zanpakutō, Ichimonji.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichibē attacks Yhwach, who learns that the ink produced by Ichimonji removes the name of whatever it splashes on; when Yhwach tries to steal his power with Sankt Altar, Ichibē reveals that he draws his power from all the black in the world before removing Yhwach's name.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichibē releases his Shinuchi, Shirafude Ichimonji, and gives Yhwach the name "Black Ant" before stomping him out of the Soul King Palace. However, Yhwach's Schrift, The Almighty, finally activates, allowing him to return to the palace while restoring his own name and power.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Learning that The Almighty grants Yhwach clairvoyance, Ichibē attempts to completely and utterly destroy his soul with Futen Taisatsuryō, but Yhwach dispels it and blows Ichibē apart.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach moves toward the main palace as the rest of the Royal Guard are defeated.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo and his friends arrive at the palace and discover Ichibē's remains; after Ichigo calls out his name at his behest, Ichibē resurrects himself and explains the situation to the group, which rushes to the main palace.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach finds and stabs the Soul King and bids him farewell while addressing him as his father.
June 18th Seireitei[67]	Renji and Rukia meet up with Shinji, Marechiyo, Suì-Fēng, and Hinamori at a building, which turns out to be a laboratory set up by Urahara, who explains the status of the other captains and lieutenants before revealing his plan to break into the Soul King Palace.
June 18th Seireitei[67]	Ukitake finishes his treatment of the injured.
June 18th Seireitei[67]	When Zaraki emerges and asks him where Yachiru is, Urahara reveals the rest of the 11th Division is searching for her, and is forced to stop Zaraki when he attempts to leave to look for her himself; Nanao convinces Zaraki to stand down and let his division handle the search for Yachiru.
June 18th Seireitei[67]	As Urahara begins handing out spheres for the Shinigami to charge with their Reiatsu in preparation for the transport, the rest of the Visored arrive at the laboratory; Hiyori begins pouring out the energy gathered in the Human World while Urahara reveals his method of entering the palace is creating doors to the Royal Realm.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	As Ichigo and his friends confront him, Yhwach reveals that they are too late to save the Soul King; Ichigo attempts to help the king, but Yhwach's Reiatsu triggers his Quincy blood and forces him to attack instead, mortally wounding the Soul King.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo attacks Yhwach, who claims there is no reason to fight him anymore because Soul Society is going to be obliterated.
June 18th All Three Realms[67]	With the Soul King no longer present to maintain the cycle of souls, the realms begin crumbling.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yoruichi traps Yhwach with dozens of razor-sharp wires to buy some time for Orihime to revive the Soul King, but Orihime's Sōten Kisshun fails to work on the Soul King.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Ukitake reveals that he will replace the Soul King by sacrificing his life to Mimihagi, the right hand of the Soul King that dwells within his body.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Shunsui visits Sōsuke Aizen in Muken.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Mimihagi reaches the Soul King and stabilizes him.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Shunsui prepares to release the seal on Aizen's mouth so they can talk.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	The Shinigami fail to stabilize a doorway to the palace due to Ukitake's vast Reiatsu being absent, however, the Visored reappear as Mayuri arrives and reveals a Reiatsu Amplifier, allowing the Shinigami to stabilize the doorway.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Aizen manages to remove the other seals on his body and confronts Shunsui, who reveals that he has come to take Aizen to the surface because they are in the same predicament.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach attempts to destroy the Soul King and Mimihagi, but Ichigo stops him while Yoruichi creates a Kidō barrier around the Soul King in preparation for replacing him.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo blasts Yhwach out of the palace with a Getsuga Tenshō and prepares to battle him, but Yhwach claims that all of Ichigo's actions up until now have benefited him because they share the same blood.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Uryū arrives and shoots Yoruichi in the shoulder with a Heilig Pfeil; her resulting momentary lapse in concentration causes the barrier she erected around the Soul King to shatter.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach blasts Ichigo away before moving to the Soul King and Mimihagi, while Pernida prevents Yoruichi from interfering, Yhwach begins ripping Mimihagi off of the Soul King, causing the palace to split in two.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Uryū explains his allegiance to Ichigo before knocking his group off the palace when the remaining Schutzstaffel arrive to confront them.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Orihime manages to catch her friends with Santen Kesshun, and Yoruichi prepares to pull them up to one of the cities; however, Kon bursts out of Ichigo's pocket in his muscular body, causing Ichigo to be knocked out when he hits his head against Orihime's.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After absorbing Mimihagi and its power, Yhwach decides to take everything that belongs to the Soul King before firing a beam of darkness at the Seireitei.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Mimihagi is forcefully ripped out of Ukitake.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	The beam of darkness hits the Shakonmaku, causing the Seireitei to be cloaked in darkness.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach dissolves into a multitude of small black creatures, which Haschwalth states are the manifestation of the Soul King's unrestricted power, that begin pouring out of the palace and heading toward the Seireitei as Haschwalth notes their enemy is now the Shinigami.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	The Shinigami begin fighting off the creatures, but to no avail.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Aizen arrives and instructs the other Shinigami to crush the creatures with their Reiatsu instead of using their swords.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	After destroying the remainder of the creatures with Hadō #90. Kurohitsugi and severely cracking the veil of darkness, Aizen prepares to create a pathway to the palace for the Shinigami.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	Aizen's Reiatsu destroys the remainder of the veil of darkness before suddenly dissipating, prompting Mayuri to explain how Aizen's restraints can only restrain his Reiatsu to his body before mocking Aizen for thinking he could overcome Mayuri's technological prowess with his power.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	NaNaNa incapacitates Aizen with The Underbelly as he, Bazz-B, Liltotto, and Giselle confront the Shinigami; however, Bazz-B shoots NaNaNa through the chest with Burner Finger 1 and reveals he and the other Sternritter will help the Shinigami get to the palace in exchange for being taken along with them to kill Yhwach.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	The Shinigami and the Sternritter begin working together to create the doorway.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yoruichi wakes up an unconscious Ichigo and declares it is time for them to take revenge before having Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez come to the palace via Garganta.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Grimmjow confronts Ichigo and prepares to battle him once more; however, they are interrupted by Nelliel, who has had a device created for her by Urahara that allows her to return to her adult form at any time.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	A large box containing a modified Valley of Screams appears in the Garganta, and Riruka and Yukio appear inside of it; inside, Yoruichi explains to Ichigo how they are going to use this transport to sneak inside the palace.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	The Schutzstaffel discuss their inability to go near Yhwach, who has fully asborbed the Soul King.
June 18th Garganta[67]	Ichigo's group begins moving toward the palace.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	As Yhwach reveals that he has gained a mask of eyes from absorbing the Soul King, the top of the palace shatters from Yhwach's immense power as Yhwach decides to remake the Quincy nation.
June 18th Garganta[67]	Yukio informs the group that he will not be joining them in the fight against Yhwach, and Ichigo convinces Riruka to stay behind in order to protect him.
June 18th Soul Society[67]	The Wandenreich city is torn apart and lifted upward; Urahara completes the doorway to the Royal Realm as the Shinigami forces prepare to enter.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo and his friends arrive at the palace, only to find Yhwach has placed the Wandenreich city there.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	The Gotei 13 forces arrive in the Royal Realm and are shocked by its new appearance, only to realize Yhwach has restructured the palace and surrounding cities to his liking.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yoruichi notices the presence of her brother Yūshirō, causing Ichigo and his friends to wonder what he looks like.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	As the Shinigami learn that they cannot use Shunpo because Yhwach has increased the Reishi concentration in the air, Yhwach creates a towering new palace in the center of the Royal Realm that he labels Wahrwelt.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Haschwalth reports the presence of the intruders to Yhwach, who decides to call his new stronghold Wahrwelt.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	The Shinigami forces begin advancing toward the palace.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Mayuri, Zaraki, and their primary subordinates arrive separately from the main group of Shinigami, having entered the doorway later.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo's group moves toward the palace as Yoruichi and Sado discuss what their new strategy should be after losing the element of surprise; suddenly, Grimmjow decides to rush ahead and encounters Askin, whom he attacks.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Bazz-B, Liltotto, and Giselle reach Silbern.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Askin flees from Ichigo's group, prompting Grimmjow to begin pursuing him.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Haschwalth is informed that the Schutzstaffel have each moved to different parts of the city and that Uryū is among them; however, he is confronted by Bazz-B, who declares his intention to kill Haschwalth because he will be killing Yhwach's power, which Haschwalth gains at night, along with him.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Haschwalth quickly proves he is far superior to Bazz-B in combat and effortlessly overwhelms him; despite this, Bazz-B continues to fight with grievous injuries.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Haschwalth cuts Bazz-B's arm off, leading the latter to use Burning Full Fingers with his remaining hand; however, Haschwalth avoids Bazz-B's final attack and defeats him.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach defeats Liltotto and Giselle.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Gerard is unable to find anyone to fight and curses his teammates for it.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Askin continues to flee from Grimmjow, only to incapacitate him with a ball of poison.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Lille begins picking off stragglers from the group of Shinigami.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Mayuri and Zaraki are confronted by Pernida, and Zaraki is forced to rip his arm off after Pernida gains control of it; despite Mayuri's warning to be cautious, Zaraki attacks Pernida and is further injured by The Compulsory, forcing Mayuri to step in and incapacitate him.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Mayuri deduces the true nature of The Compulsory before exposing Pernida's nerves, causing Pernida to scream in pain as its cloak shreds to reveal it is the left hand of the Soul King; Pernida attacks Mayuri, who is overjoyed at having a completely new research subject.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Mayuri and Pernida begin to combat each other in earnest, with Pernida displaying the ability to control inorganic matter and use The Compulsory from its severed body parts while Mayuri reveals he has developed Hirenkyaku Shoes and is forced to restructure his arm when Pernida tries to take control of it.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After Pernida clones itself, Mayuri unleashes Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō: Makai Fukuin Shōtai, a modified version of his Bankai that creates a modified Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō, which is unable to be controlled by The Compulsory and subsequently devours Pernida and its clones.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Pernida blasts its way out of the modified Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō with Heilig Pfeil and begins to overwhelm Mayuri, who is surprised when Nemu saves him of her own volition.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Mayuri devises a plan to distract Pernida and its clones while Nemu injects them with a Nerve Freezing Agent that will kill them by stopping all of their movements; however, Pernida reveals it has gained the specialized abilities of the modified Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō through using The Compulsory and overcomes the agent.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Using her specialized and unique abilities as an artificial Soul, Nemu obliterates Pernida and demonstrates her growth to Mayuri by attacking one of the clones with Gikon Jūrinjū.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	When Pernida's clone survives the attack and tears Nemu to shreds, a distraught Mayuri is confronted by a hallucination of Szayelaporro Granz that points out his mistakes, prompting Mayuri to recover and trick Pernida's clones into devouring Nemu's remains, causing them to ingest an organ that uncontrollably multiples cells and self-destruct from over-regeneration.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After having his legs injured by Pernida's final attack, Mayuri is found and aided by Ikkaku and Yumichika, whom he instructs to free the de-zombified Hitsugaya and Rangiku; with himself and Zaraki placed in the healing containers, Mayuri revels in having finally surpassed Urahara before falling unconscious while dreaming of Nemu.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	As Lille continues picking off Shinigami from afar, Shunsui decides that they need someone to put themselves in danger in order to find Lille and moves ahead of the group before seemingly being shot; however, he suddenly appears unharmed behind Lille and cuts through his rifle before promising to take his life.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After explaining how he reached Lille and faked being shot, Shunsui begins fighting Lille in earnest, with the latter realizing how powerful and dangerous his opponent is.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Shunsui seemingly overwhelms Lille with Kageokuri and Kageoni, but Lille reveals opening his left eye renders him intangible and activates his Quincy: Vollständig, Jilliel, before shooting Shunsui multiple times.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Shunsui survives the onslaught and, after being confronted by Lille using teleportation, attacks him with Hadō #78. Zangerin to see if he can be harmed by Kidō.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	The remaining Shinigami advance toward Wahrwelt, but are confronted by Gerard.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Realizing that he has no other options left, Shunsui activates his Bankai, Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Shunsui appears before Lille and proceeds through the first, second, and third "acts" of his Bankai, all of which successfully harm Lille.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Shunsui seemingly defeats Lille with the final act of his Bankai, Shime no Dan: Itokiribasami Chizome no Nodobue, but Lille survives and blasts Shunsui through the gut.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	With Lille having entered a second and more powerful form of Jilliel, Katen Kyōkotsu convinces Shunsui to sleep and let her take him away, but Nanao wakes him up before he can do so; after saving Nanao from Lille by hiding her with him in Kageoni, Shunsui decides to return her Zanpakutō to her.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After Shunsui explains the connection between Nanao's Zanpakutō and her family to her, Nanao confronts Lille head-on by herself with her Zanpakutō, Shinken Hakkyōken.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Nanao attacks Lille head-on and manages to harm him, but is injured by the refraction of her attack; realizing how dangerous Nanao's Zanpakutō is, Lille prepares to finish her off, but Shunsui comes to Nanao's aid.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Lille attacks Shunsui and Nanao with Trompete, but Nanao reflects the power of Trompete back at Lille, who has part of his body erased and disintegrates into shards of light.
June 18th Seireitei, Soul Society[67]	Lille's shards land in the Seireitei, where he reforms in a new body and creates clones of himself while deciding to destroy the Seireitei; however, a revived Izuru arrives and confronts him.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Gerard is overpowered and wounded by Renji and Byakuya, but merely states that defeating them will be a miracle.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Upon hearing Gerard promising to show them a miracle, Byakuya quickly decimates him with Senbonzakura, but Gerard recovers by converting the damage he has taken into physical growth with The Miracle and quickly overwhelms the Shinigami with his newfound power.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Askin explains the organization and mysteries of the Schutzstaffel to an incapacitated Ichigo before taking down Sado and Orihime with Gift Bad; however, they are saved when Yoruichi arrives and blasts Askin with Shunkō: Raijin Senkei.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After letting Ichigo and his friends advance, Yoruichi is greeted by her brother, Yūshirō; upon Askin revealing that he has survived, Yūshirō swiftly overwhelms him with a barrage of punches before engulfing him in a massive explosion with Shunkō: Bakuen Musō, but Askin survives this attack as well and reveals that Yoruichi and Yūshirō can no longer kill him with their Reiatsu.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Askin outmaneuvers Yūshirō and fires three Heilig Pfeil through his chest.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	As Gerard searches for survivors, Hiyori, Hachigen, Love, and Lisa attack him in tandem, but Gerard withstands their attacks and repels them with a single blow before deciding to obliterate the surrounding area; however, Hitsugaya arrives and freezes his arm in place, stopping him.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After exchanging introductions, Gerard and Hitsugaya begin fighting each other.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	At the center of Wahrwelt, Haschwalth confronts Uryū over his possible betrayal before attacking him; while recovering from the blow, Uryū finds himself face-to-face with Ichigo.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo clashes with Uryū after the latter attacks him, and Uryū destroys the floor beneath Ichigo and his friends, causing them to fall into the chamber below; Uryū reveals his plan to destroy Wahrwelt using Reishi-absorbing chips generated by his Sanrei Glove to his friends, but is interrupted when Haschwalth confronts them.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After realizing that Yhwach is powerless at night because Haschwalth gains possession of The Almighty, Uryū has Ichigo, Orihime, and Sado head toward the top of Wahrwelt while he holds off Haschwalth.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	While running to Yhwach's location, Ichigo and his friends are attacked by giant statues; Sado destroys part of the passage and has Ichigo and Orihime continue without him while he holds off the statues alongside Ganju.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Askin prepares to kill Yoruichi, whom he has weakened with a Hybrid Gift Ball, but Urahara suddenly appears behind Yoruichi and injects her with a vaccine that temporarily negates the effects of The Deathdealing; after Yoruichi fails to fight Askin with her regular Shunkō, Urahara makes her enter her Shunkō: Raiju Senkei: Shunryū Kokubyō Senkei form against her will.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Now cat-like in personality, Yoruichi immediately overwhelms Askin due to her constantly changing Reiatsu, but after Yoruichi sends him flying away and Urahara's vaccine wears off, Askin returns with his Quincy: Vollständig, Hasshein, active and engulfs the surrounding area in a Gift Ball Deluxe.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Askin surrounds his Gift Ball Deluxe in a Gift Bereich so Urahara cannot escape and, after hearing Urahara's explanation on what it means to be a scientist, destroys Urahara's eyes with a Gift Ring, prompting Urahara to comment that Askin is earnestly trying to kill him and activate his Bankai, Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Urahara reveals that his Bankai has the ability to restructure physical objects and restructures his eyes, healing his blindness. He overwhelms Askin, who increases the power of his Gift Ball Deluxe, only to have his heart ripped out and crushed by Grimmjow.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	As he dies, Askin reveals that the Gift Ball Deluxe will magnify in power upon his death; watching from afar, Nelliel notes that Urahara foresaw this possibility, and prepares to enter it to rescue Urahara and his allies.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Meanwhile, as Byakuya rejoins the battle against Gerard, Zaraki appears and cuts off Gerard's forearm.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	After Gerard regenerates his arm, Zaraki learns how The Miracle works and is stopped by Hitsugaya from slicing up Gerard in order to see what happens; after intercepting Gerard's next attack and throwing him back, Zaraki crosses blades with him, but suffers a deep cut across the chest as Gerard reveals that this is what happens to those who nick the blade of Hoffnung.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Zaraki and Gerard continue their battle, but Zaraki's rapidly accumulating injuries prove too much for him to bear; after a surprise attack from Hitsugaya and Byakuya is foiled by Gerard, Yachiru appears before Zaraki and tells him that he could defeat anyone if he used her full power - Bankai.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Zaraki's Bankai is activated, allowing him to swiftly and brutally overwhelm Gerard.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	However, Gerard survives this and activates his Quincy: Vollständig, Aschtonig; with Zaraki incapacitated after his body proves unable to handle the power output of his Bankai, Hitsugaya lets his Bankai reach maturity, causing his body to grow older.
June 18th Soul King Palace[67]	Hitsugaya demonstrates his new ability to flash-freeze objects, thus disabling their abilities, and Zaraki topples Gerard as Byakuya shatters him with Ikka Senjinka.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	As Hitsugaya collapses, Gerard's body is restored in a new, even larger form.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Within the central palace, Haschwalth notes that dawn has arrived and Yhwach has regained The Almighty before resuming his battle with a wounded Uryū.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	With Orihime accompanying him, Ichigo confronts Yhwach.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo begins to battle Yhwach, who demonstrates the ability to use his sheer Reiatsu for offense and defense before deciding to use his full power against Ichigo.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach pushes back Ichigo with his Reiatsu while demanding that he expend all of his power before dying.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Byakuya protects Rukia and Renji from Gerard before having them head toward Ichigo's location.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Having incapacitated Uryū, Haschwalth questions what kind of man he is, only for Uryū to claim that he himself will not know until the rest of the Wandenreich forces are dead.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Elsewhere, Isshin and Ryūken arrive in Wahrwelt.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	After hinting at the true nature of The Almighty, Haschwalth resumes his battle with Uryū as Ichigo continues to be repelled by Yhwach.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	When the tip of his sword begins to turn white, Ichigo has Orihime block Yhwach's next attack and explains how he had to forcibly wake up his inner Hollow by letting Yhwach attack him before entering a merged Hollow form.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Ichigo displays his new level of power by nearly overwhelming Yhwach in a physical clash before unleashing a Getsuga Tenshō merged with a Gran Rey Cero.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Treating this as proof that he needs to take Ichigo seriously, Yhwach reactivates The Almighty and mercilessly overwhelms Ichigo before explaining that he can see all possible futures.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Undeterred, Ichigo activates his Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu, only for Yhwach to suddenly break it and bypass the protection of Orihime's Santen Kesshun with an attack before Yhwach revealing that the true power of The Almighty is to transform the future.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Explaining how his absence is the real reason behind Ichigo's past victories, Yhwach tells him he can begin despairing now as Ichigo loses his composure.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Meanwhile, as a heavily wounded Uryū kneels before him, Haschwalth explains the power of his Schrift, The Balance, but Uryū suddenly turns the tables by exchanging his and Haschwalth's injuries with his own Schrift, Antithesis; Haschwalth notes that Uryū's power may be instrumental in defeating Yhwach before reflecting his injuries onto Uryū and preparing to kill him.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Back at the top of the palace, Yhwach completely breaks Ichigo's spirit and prepares to take his power.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach successfully absorbs Ichigo's power and laughs maniacally as darkness erupts from him.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	As an angered Haschwalth prepares to kill Uryū after the latter explains his reasoning for siding with his friends, Yhwach's Auswählen strikes him, to the surprise of both him and Uryū.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Yhwach also strikes Gerard with the Auswählen, stripping him down to the bone in the process.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	As Rukia and Renji reach the top of the palace, Yhwach departs through a portal while promising to kill everyone who follows him in their happiest moments.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Within Wahrwelt, Haschwalth has Uryū transfer his wounds onto himself so Uryū can save his friends.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	At the top of the palace, as Ichigo resists Renji's attempts to get him going after Yhwach despite Orihime's inability to restore his Bankai, he is suddenly pierced by Book of the End; Tsukishima and Kūgo reveal that they did this to repay their debt to Ichigo as Orihime successfully restores Tensa Zangetsu due to Tsukishima changing its past.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	As he heads toward the top of Wahrwelt, Uryū has a silver arrowhead given to him by his father, who explains how it was forged from a silver blood clot created in Katagiri's heart by Auswählen.
June 19th Soul King Palace[67]	Meanwhile, Ichigo and Renji pursue Yhwach through the portal he created.
June 19th Seireitei, Soul Society[67]	After arriving in the Seireitei below, Yhwach destroys the chair restraining Aizen, to the latter's delight.
June 19th Seireitei, Soul Society[67]	Aizen disguises himself as Ichigo and Renji seemingly attacking Yhwach, who repels them before attempting to destroy Tensa Zangetsu altogether, only for it to crack instead.
June 19th Seireitei, Soul Society[67]	Variously appearing as Ichigo, Renji, and himself, Aizen holds off Yhwach until Ichigo arrives and cuts him in half with a massive Getsuga Tenshō.
June 19th Seireitei, Soul Society[67]	Yhwach is seemingly defeated, but soon revives himself using The Almighty; however, Uryū arrives and fires the Still Silver arrowhead through his chest, momentarily halting Yhwach's powers and allowing Ichigo mortally wound him with his Bankai.
June 19th Seireitei, Soul Society[67]	As he dies, Yhwach reveals his goal of combining life and death so people could live without fear.

Act 3 Timeline[]

During a new era of peacetime in the Human World and Soul Society 10 years after Yhwach's defeat, Ichigo and his friends have grown up and begun careers and families, though Yhwach's threat to destroy them at their happiest moments lingers. 2 years after this, Noel Niihashi and Ninny Spangcole embark on a cursory inspection of some Dragons in Reverse London, only to soon be confronted by an unexpected threat.

Non-Canonical Arcs[]

The following are arcs that are not considered canon and therefore do not truly fit in the timeline.

Bount Arc[]

Date	Fights, Battles & Events	Image
Unknown Amount of Time Ago	Ran'Tao begins experiments that ended with the accidental creation of the Bount.
	Ran'Tao is exiled from Soul Society due to aiding the Bount
	The Bount attempt an invasion of Soul Society with aid from the Quincy, but are killed trying to do so.	No Image Available
	The Bount Cain trains with Gō Kōga, but is killed by his Doll
	Jin marries Yoshino Sōma
Sometime between 1900 - 2001	Maki Ichinose leaves the Eleventh Division and joins the Bount
1st September 2001	The second school semester begins. Renji Abarai arrives in Karakura Town of the Living World.
1st September	Orihime Inoue is kidnapped by three mysterious assailants.
2nd September	Ichigo and his friends discover Orihime's disappearance and play along with her captors to free her.
2nd September	Two of the assailants, Kurodo and Noba reveal themselves and kidnap Chad.
2nd September	Ichigo, Renji, and Uryū find Chad and Orihime after a maze game. The female assailant, Ririn, asks them to meet her at the school yard the next day. Ririn and her cohorts are revealed to be Mod-Souls
3rd September	After getting to the schoolyard, Ririn reveals that one of the people in Ichigo's group is actually an imposter, and that they need to guess who's the fake before noon, which is when Ririn "eliminates" the rest of the school populace.
3rd September in Soul society	Captain Jushiro Ukitake sends Captain Sui-Feng to the Human World to investigate a mysterious disappearance. Ukitake closes the Senkaimon for the duration of the investigation.
3rd September	As Ichigo's group tries to figuire out who's the imposter, Ririn begins to kidnap the rest of the school.
3rd September	After Yoruichi Shihōin and Sui-Feng run by, Ichigo guesses that Chad is the imposter. Kurodo reveals to them that they were correct. Ririn challenges them to one final test.
3rd September Evening	Ichigo and his friends are sucked up into a mysterious gate and now have to fight the Mod-Souls to save Chad
3rd September Evening at a train yard	Yoruichi and Suì-Fèng investigate an attack on humans and confront a mysterious attacker.
3rd September Evening	Ichigo, Uryū, and Renji fight the Mod-Souls. Ichigo discovers he cannot use Bankai, but does realize Kisuke Urahara was the one behind the Mod-Soul attacks.
3rd September Evening	Yoruichi informs Urahara, the Mod Souls, and Ichigo's group about the existence of the Bount, and they discuss how to deal with them. Sui Feng reports back to Soul Society.
3rd September Evening	Ichigo encounters his first Bount and fights it, but struggles until Rukia Kuchiki arives to help.
4th September	Ryō Utagawa attacks Uryū Ishida, but Yoshino comes and kidnaps him.
4th September Evening	Ichigo and friends find Uryū in a hospital, where they are attacked by two Bounts
4th September Evening	After escaping the hospital, Ichigo and Renji splits from the group to fight the Bount, which is destroyed by Ganju Shiba when he arrives.	No Image Available
5th September	Ichigo and his friends once again confront Utagawa.
5th September	Uryū is once again kidnapped by Yoshino, but is then kidnapped by the Bount Go Koga
5th September at the Bount Mansion	Ichigo and friends discover the Bount Mansion and invade it to rescue Uryū
5th September at the Bount Mansion	After fighting Ichigo, Utagawa decides to betray Jin Kariya, but is slain by Maki Ichinose.
5th September at the Bount Mansion	Urahara and his employees stage a rescue and destroy the Bount Mansion	No Image Available
5th September evening at the Bount Mansion	Yoshino fights, but is killed by, Jin Kariya
5th September evening	Jin Kariya creates the Bitto
5th September evening in an alley	Orihime, Rukia, and the Mod-Souls confront the Bount Yoshi, then Mabashi. Rukia gets possessed, but Shuhei Hisagi helps fend off the Bount and save Rukia
5th September evening at a street	Renji tries to defend Keigo Asano from the Bitto, but is injured as a result.
5th September evening at a street	Ururu Tsumugiya, Chad, Rangiku Matsumoto, and Noba confront Sawatari and eventually force him to retreat.
6th September	The Shinigami meet up in a cave and begin exploring it, eventually encountering Ugaki and his doll, which they eventually slay.
6th September in the new Bount hideout	Ichigo confronts Jin Kariya, but with the help of Uryū, he and the remaining Bount escape to Soul Society.
6th September in Soul Society	After going through the Senkaimon, Ichigo and friends prepare to do battle. Kariya recruits thugs to help him breach the Sereitei.	No Image Available
6th September Night in Soul Society	Ichigo and Byakuya Kuchiki confront Kariya, but Ran'Tao interferes with the fight.
6th September Night in Soul Society	Zaraki Kenpachi confronts and defeats Maki Ichinose
7th September outside the Sereitei Gates	Jin Kariya begins his invasion of the Seretei
7th September in the Seretei	Sui-Feng fights and kills Mabashi
7th September in the Seretei	Mayuri Kurotsuchi confronts and kills Sawatari
7th September in the Soul Society	Uryū fights and kills Yoshi, but is grievously wounded. Ran'Tao comes to his aid
7th September Night in the Soul Society	Toshirō confronts the Bount Gō Koga and brings him to near death.
8th September in the Sereitei	The Gotei 13 begins sealing the Jokaisho around the Sereitei.	No Image Available
8th September in the Sereitei	Uryu and Ran'Tao try to fight Jin Kariya, but both eventually are wounded or left powerless. Jin retreats to Sokyoku hill.
8th September in the Sereitei	Ichigo and Kariya begin their final clash, with Ichigo being the victor.

Kasumiōji Conspiracy[]

Note: Events occurring in this arc are only in the anime and do not constitute canon material.

Zanpakutō Rebellion[]

Note: Events occurring in this arc are only in the anime and do not constitute canon material.

Time of Day	Event	Image
Morning The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Muramasa (Zanpakutō spirit) brings Hyōrinmaru to the other members of his rebellion.
Morning The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Ichigo Kurosaki notices Zangetsu can hear something he cannot.
Afternoon The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Renji Abarai and Byakuya Kuchiki spar with each other.
Afternoon The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Senbonzakura Kageyoshi harms Byakuya, to his surprise.
Late Afternoon The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Tōshirō Hitsugaya fails to communicate with Hyōrinmaru in his inner world.
Late Afternoon The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Rangiku Matsumoto reveals Haineko is not responding to her, which Isane Kotetsu reveals is happening with Itegumo as well.
Early Evening The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Katen Kyōkotsu, Sōgyo no Kotowari, and Minazuki seemingly take Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto hostage.
Night The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	The captains and lieutenants of the Gotei 13, as well as Rukia Kuchiki, are summoned to Sōkyoku Hill.
Night The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Chōjirō Sasakibe arrives and collapses from severe injuries.
Night The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Muramasa confronts the assembled Shinigami.
Night The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō attacks Sajin Komamura when he attempts to attack Muramasa.
Night The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Tenken manifests before Komamura and severely injures him with a single attack.
Night The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	Several Shinigami try and fail to release their Zanpakutō.
Night The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	The Zanpakutō spirits wreak havoc in the Seireitei.
Night The Rebellion Begins: Rise of Muramasa	The Zanpakutō Spirits confront the assembled Shinigami.
Night	The Shinigami learn of Yamamoto being sealed away.
Night	The Shinigami begin clashing with the Zanpakutō spirits.
Night	Gonryōmaru and Kazeshini attack Rukia and Renji.
Night	Byakuya intervenes and prevents Gonryōmaru from attacking Rukia further by immobilizing him with Bakudō #61. Rikujōkōrō.
Night Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Senbonzakura	Byakuya encounters and begins fighting Senbonzakura.
Night Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Senbonzakura	Senbonzakura releases Senbonzakura and briefly overwhelms Byakuya with it.
Night Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Senbonzakura	Byakuya and Senbonzakura's fight enters the sewers, where Byakuya defeats Senbonzakura with Hadō #4. Byakurai.
Night	Byakuya deduces who Muramasa is based on what happened to Senbonzakura.
Night	Sode no Shirayuki attacks Rukia and Renji with Tsugi no mai, Hakuren.
Night	A wounded Rukia manages to escape to the Human World via Senkaimon, but Sode no Shirayuki follows her there.
Night	Ichigo finds Rukia while patrolling Karakura Town.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Sode no Shirayuki attacks Ichigo, forcing him to engage in combat with her.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Ichigo notices Sode no Shirayuki is using Rukia's techniques.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Sode no Shirayuki distracts Ichigo and escapes via Senkaimon.
Morning	Kisuke Urahara sends Yoruichi Shihōin to investigate what happened in Soul Society after Ichigo brings Rukia to him.
Morning	Shunsui Kyōraku, Jūshirō Ukitake, and Retsu Unohana explain what happened to Yoruichi.
Afternoon	Rukia wakes up and reveals the events of the previous night to Ichigo, Urahara, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, and Uryū Ishida.
Afternoon	Yoruichi returns and reveals what she learned to the group.
Afternoon	Urahara ponders the nature of Muramasa's power because of how Benihime has not been affected.
Night	Rukia leaves for Soul Society without telling anyone, prompting Kurōdo, Noba, and Ririn to go to Ichigo for help.
Night	Yoruichi decides to bring Ichigo with her to Soul Society in order to ensure Rukia's safety.
Early Morning	Mayuri deduces the Zanpakutō spirits have completely left the bodies of their wielders, a feat which is supposed to be impossible.
Late Morning	Rukia arrives at the 6th Division Barracks.
Late Morning	Renji reassures Rukia of Byakuya's safety after revealing they have sent a search party looking for him.
Late Morning	Rukia encounters Sode no Shirayuki attacking several unseated Shinigami.
Late Morning	Ichigo and Yoruichi arrive in Soul Society.
Late Morning Rukia Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Sode no Shirayuki begins to fight Rukia and quickly proves to be a formidable opponent.
Late Morning Rukia Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Rukia recalls attaining her Shikai and wonders why Sode no Shirayuki is filled with hatred toward her.
Late Morning Rukia Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Ichigo arrives in his Bankai and saves Rukia from Tsugi no mai, Hakuren.
Late Morning Rukia Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Sode no Shirayuki begins to overwhelm Ichigo.
Late Morning Rukia Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Rukia regains her resolve to defeat Sode no Shirayuki.
Late Morning Rukia Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Rukia binds herself to Sode no Shirayuki with Bakudō #61. Rikujōkōrō to prevent the latter from escaping.
Late Morning Rukia Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Rukia severely injures herself and nearly defeats Sode no Shirayuki by firing Hadō #73. Sōren Sōkatsui at point-blank range.
Late Morning	Muramasa saves Sode no Shirayuki and confronts Ichigo.
Late Morning	Senbonzakura converses with Hōzukimaru and Ruri'iro Kujaku about their motivations.
Late Morning	Muramasa explains his motivations and beliefs to Ichigo, and reveals he lured Ichigo here to free Zangetsu from his control.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo begins to battle Muramasa.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Muramasa turns the tables on Ichigo by using his Illusions on him.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Muramasa pulls Zangetsu out of Ichigo's body.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Zangetsu	Ichigo is forced to fight Zangetsu, who quickly overwhelms him.
Late Morning	Unohana, Isane, and Nemu Kurotsuchi discuss Mayuri's findings. Unohana agrees to undergo Mayuri's examination, and they are informed of Ichigo's current battle.
Late Morning Hollow Ichigo vs. Zangetsu	Hollow Ichigo takes over Ichigo's body and begins to overpower Zangetsu.
Late Morning Hollow Ichigo vs. Zangetsu	Hollow Ichigo completely takes over Ichigo's body.
Late Morning Hollow Ichigo vs. Zangetsu	Hollow Ichigo seemingly defeats Zangetsu with a powerful Cero and prepares to fight Muramasa.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo manages to free his body from Hollow Ichigo's control, but falls unconscious from the effort.
Late Morning	A Riteitai updates Shunsui on the current status of the Zanpakutō spirit search.
Late Morning	Several Shinigami search for the Zanpakutō spirits.
Late Morning	Shunsui, Ukitake, and Unohana discuss current events, and Unohana reveals her agreement to undergo Mayuri's examination.
Late Morning	Two Shinigami update Shūhei Hisagi on their search for the Zanpakutō spirits.
Late Morning	Kazeshini appears and cuts the two Shinigami down, causing Hisagi to realize who he is.
Late Morning	Renji searches for Byakuya and encounters his Zanpakutō spirit, Zabimaru.
Late Morning	Rukia wakes up, and Isane explains to her what is happening at the moment.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo wakes up in his inner world.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Muramasa infiltrates Ichigo's inner world, and Ichigo attacks him.
Late Morning	Saru and Hebi reveal themselves, and prove to be very belligerent and stubborn toward each other.
Late Morning	Saru and Hebi reveal they were told to follow their instinct and prepare to fight Renji.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Muramasa draws Hollow Ichigo out from the depths of Ichigo's soul.
Late Morning Shūhei Hisagi vs. Kazeshini	Kazeshini proves to be a considerably difficult opponent for Hisagi.
Late Morning Shūhei Hisagi vs. Kazeshini	Kazeshini reveals he left Hisagi because Hisagi does not understand what Kazeshini truly wants.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Renji fights Saru and Hebi, who belittle his power and argue with each other.
Late Morning Hollow Ichigo vs. Muramasa	Muramasa attempts to awaken Hollow Ichigo's true instincts and turn him against Ichigo, but Hollow Ichigo remains unaffected and attacks Muramasa instead.
Late Morning Hollow Ichigo vs. Muramasa	Muramasa clashes with Hollow Ichigo and resolves to enlist him.
Late Morning	Shunsui and Ukitake ponder how a Shinigami defeating their manifested Zanpakutō spirit could result in them losing their Zanpakutō forever.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Saru and Hebi repeatedly overpower Renji.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Saru and Hebi reveal they left Renji because they have grown tired of his weakness.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Renji tries and fails to release his Shikai.
Late Morning Shūhei Hisagi vs. Kazeshini	Kazeshini overwhelms Hisagi with his sneaky fighting style.
Late Morning Shūhei Hisagi vs. Kazeshini	Hisagi resolves to kill Kazeshini because he no longer wants to deal with him, but Kazeshini catches him off-guard.
Late Morning Hollow Ichigo vs. Muramasa	Muramasa continues to fight Hollow Ichigo and notes there are no mistakes in his fighting style because Hollow Ichigo relies solely on instinct.
Late Morning Hollow Ichigo vs. Muramasa	Hollow Ichigo explains his true instinct of taking over Ichigo's body to Muramasa, who decides to destroy him because Hollow Ichigo intends to stand in his way.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Saru and Hebi continue to overpower Renji, who they believe is refusing to fight seriously.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Saru reveals they consider Renji a weakling because he is unwilling to kill his own Zanpakutō spirit.
Late Morning Hollow Ichigo vs. Muramasa	Muramasa resorts to immobilizing Hollow Ichigo with his Spiritual Threads upon realizing he cannot keep up with him otherwise.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Hebi mercilessly beats Renji, who contemplates why he is weak.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo frees Hollow Ichigo by severing Muramasa's Spiritual Threads with a Getsuga Tenshō, and reveals he did so because Hollow Ichigo is a part of him.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo forces Muramasa out of his inner world through sheer willpower.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Renji regains his resolve to fight Saru and Hebi, and successfully releases his Shikai.
Late Morning Shūhei Hisagi vs. Kazeshini	Kazeshini defeats Hisagi, but is confronted by Izuru Kira.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Zangetsu	Ichigo attacks Muramasa in the real world, but Zangetsu confronts him once more.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Zangetsu	Zangetsu activates his Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu, while Hollow Ichigo allows Ichigo to draw on his power in exchange for not donning his Hollow mask.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Renji fights evenly against Saru and Hebi with his Shikai, and proclaims he will destroy them.
Late Morning Shūhei Hisagi vs. Kazeshini	Izuru prepares to fight Kazeshini in order to protect Hisagi.
Late Morning Shūhei Hisagi vs. Kazeshini	Izuru manages to hold his own against Kazeshini.
Late Morning Shūhei Hisagi vs. Kazeshini	Izuru immobilizes Kazeshini with Bakudō #37. Tsuriboshi and escapes with Hisagi.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Zangetsu	Ichigo fights Zangetsu, who unleashes a powerful Getsuga Tenshō.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Zangetsu	Ichigo learns he cannot activate his Bankai without Zangetsu's spirit inside of his Zanpakutō.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Upon realizing Renji can fight evenly against them with his Shikai, Saru and Hebi activate their Bankai, Hihiō Zabimaru.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Zangetsu	Zangetsu reveals he only wishes to find out who is stronger between himself and Ichigo.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Zangetsu	Ichigo resolves to defeat Zangetsu in order to prove his strength.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Saru and Hihiō Zabimaru easily overpower Renji.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Saru and Hebi deactivate their Bankai, believing Renji cannot defeat them.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Realizing Saru and Hebi can predict his usual fighting style, Renji resorts to using Kidō.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Hebi steals Renji's Zabimaru, which falls apart because of how much damage it has taken.
Late Morning Renji Abarai vs. Zabimaru	Renji destroys the cables connecting the segments of his Shikai with Hadō #31. Shakkahō, allowing him to defeat Saru and Hebi with Higa Zekkō.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Zangetsu	Ichigo and Zangetsu continue to clash, with Zangetsu gradually overpowering Ichigo.
Late Morning Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Zangetsu	Zangetsu decides to end the fight by firing another Getsuga Tenshō, but Ichigo manages to fire an even more powerful one with Hollow Ichigo's help, defeating Zangetsu in the process.
Late Morning	Several Shinigami notice the resulting column of energy from Ichigo's strengthened Getsuga Tenshō.
Late Morning	Muramasa escapes after learning why Ichigo was willing to defeat Zangetsu.
Late Morning	Renji learns Saru and Hebi are still alive within his sword, and that they have come to their senses.
Late Morning	Zangetsu explains to Ichigo how Muramasa brainwashes the Zanpakutō spirits.
Late Morning	Muramasa realizes Ichigo may be instrumental in his plans.
Early Evening	Ichigo discusses the true nature of Muramasa's brainwashing with Shunsui, Ukitake, and Unohana.
Early Evening	Ichigo theorizes that they can only get their Zanpakutō spirits back by fighting and defeating them.
Early Evening	Renji, Saru, and Hebi arrive, and Renji reveals Saru and Hebi do not remember anything about what happened.
Early Evening	Gegetsuburi and Kazeshini argue over the strength of their masters.
Early Evening	Haineko and Tobiume get in a fight over what they believe men want in a woman.
Early Evening	Muramasa arrives and informs the other Zanpakutō spirits that he wants Ichigo captured alive, which they agree to do.
Late Evening	Ichigo meets with Rukia about Byakuya's fate.
Late Evening	Ikkaku Madarame arrives and asks Ichigo if he really managed to get his Zanpakutō spirit back.
Late Evening	Byakuya enters the local archives after knocking out the Shinigami guarding it.
Late Evening	Marechiyo Ōmaeda leads a group of Shinigami toward the archives on orders from Suì-Fēng to check if a Zanpakutō named Muramasa ever existed.
Late Evening	Marechiyo discovers the unconscious Shinigami after he trips over one of them.
Late Evening	Gegetsuburi and Hōzukimaru effortlessly defeat the Shinigami accompanying Marechiyo.
Late Evening	Marechiyo meets Gegetsuburi face-to-face, and initially gets along very well with him.
Late Evening	Marechiyo prepares to fight Gegetsuburi after the latter insults his sense of fashion.
Late Evening	Accompanied by Ikkaku, Ichigo accidentally knocks Marechiyo unconscious when he kicks down a large chunk of a nearby wall.
Late Evening Ikkaku Madarame vs. Hōzukimaru	Hōzukimaru attacks Ikkaku upon seeing him.
Late Evening Ikkaku Madarame vs. Hōzukimaru	Ikkaku and Hōzukimaru perform their Tsuki-Tsuki Dance to prove Hōzukimaru's identity.
Late Evening Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Gegetsuburi	Gegetsuburi attacks Ichigo while the latter is stunned by Ikkaku and Hōzukimaru's dance.
Late Evening Ikkaku Madarame vs. Hōzukimaru	Ikkaku and Hōzukimaru begin fighting in earnest, with Ikkaku wondering why he is wounding Hōzukimaru so easily.
Late Evening Ikkaku Madarame vs. Hōzukimaru	Hōzukimaru makes use of the sansetsukon form of his spear to catch Ikkaku off-guard.
Late Evening Ikkaku Madarame vs. Hōzukimaru	Hōzukimaru activates his Bankai after Ikkaku proclaims the real fight is about to begin.
Late Evening Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Gegetsuburi	Gegetsuburi attacks Ichigo when the smoke from Hōzukimaru's Bankai envelops them, and performs several more sneak attacks in rapid succession.
Late Evening' Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Gegetsuburi	Ichigo defeats Gegetsuburi by cutting his Shikai in half with a Getsuga Tenshō, the force of which sends the two halves crashing into Gegetsuburi, who is knocked out.
Late Evening Ikkaku Madarame vs. Hōzukimaru	Hōzukimaru effortlessly overpowers Ikkaku with his Bankai, but their fight is interrupted by the Onmitsukidō.
Late Evening	Hōzukimaru proclaims he is bored with their fight and makes his escape.
Late Evening	The Onmitsukidō captures Gegetsuburi and bring him to the Shinigami Research and Development Institute.
Late Evening	Ichigo pursues Hōzukimaru, but is engulfed by a mass of blade petals.
Late Evening	Ichigo activates his Bankai to free himself, but notices Byakuya standing on a nearby tower before vanishing.
Night	Unohana and Isane make preparations to tend to the large amount of patients.
Night	Shunsui and Ukitake discuss how no one has fought the Zanpakutō spirit of a captain yet before wondering what has happened to Byakuya.
Night	Rangiku meets up with Momo Hinamori.
Night	Ichigo moves toward a forest in an attempt to figure out what is going on.
Night	Muramasa limps through the Forest of Menos and effortlessly kills a Hollow before noticing a group of Gillians in the distance.
Night	Haineko and Tobiume search for Hyōrinmaru in the forest.
Night	Haineko and Tobiume are confronted by Senbonzakura, who asks them where Muramasa is before leaving.
Night	Haineko and Tobiume notice Ichigo running through the forest, and decide to confront him.
Night	Haineko and Tobiume attack Ichigo, who is annoyed by their bickering and runs off in search of Byakuya.
Night	Haineko and Tobiume give chase, forcing Ichigo to prepare to fight them, but Rangiku and Momo appear and confront their Zanpakutō spirits, allowing Ichigo to continue his search.
Night	Muramasa confronts the Gillians, who attack him.
Night	Haineko reveals she left Rangiku because she did not like feeling old around her.
Night	Tobiume reveals she left Momo because she does not wish to remain with someone as weak as Momo is.
Night Rangiku Matsumoto vs. Haineko	Rangiku and Haineko clash several times, with Rangiku promising to defeat Haineko if she does not return voluntarily.
Night Momo Hinamori vs. Tobiume	Tobiume claims Sōsuke Aizen left Momo because she is too weak, prompting Momo to angrily attack her.
Night Rangiku Matsumoto vs. Haineko	Haineko releases her Zanpakutō and begins to overwhelm Rangiku with it.
Night Momo Hinamori vs. Tobiume	Momo sends Tobiume crashing into Haineko with Bakudō #37. Tsuriboshi, causing them to begin arguing once more.
Night	While searching for Byakuya, Ichigo is attacked by several ice dragons.
Night	Hyōrinmaru appears and reveals Muramasa told him to remain far away from Ichigo before surrounding him with more ice dragons, which trap Ichigo in a column of ice.
Night	Ichigo activates his Bankai to free himself, prompting Hyōrinmaru to realize Ichigo is not his master.
Night	Hyōrinmaru reveals he does not remember his name or master, and uses Sennen Hyōrō to trap Ichigo.
Night	Hitsugaya arrives and reveals Hyōrinmaru's identity and master to him.
Night	Muramasa limps away from the Gillians after destroying all of them.
Night	Muramasa encounters a Vasto Lorde.
Night Momo Hinamori vs. Tobiume	Tobiume claims she is only trying to help Momo, who momentarily stops fighting.
Night Momo Hinamori vs. Tobiume	Tobiume attacks Momo and reveals she wishes to destroy Momo's naive world.
Night Rangiku Matsumoto vs. Haineko	Rangiku and Haineko continue to battle, with Haineko claiming Rangiku is past her "expiration date".
Night Rangiku Matsumoto vs. Haineko	Haineko manages to visibly anger Rangiku, who lashes out at her.
Night Momo Hinamori vs. Tobiume	Tobiume claims Momo does not have any friends, and that all of her coworkers are simply pretending to be her friends as part of their jobs.
Night Rangiku Matsumoto vs. Haineko	Haineko surrounds Rangiku with her Shikai, prompting Rangiku to begin chanting the incantation for Hadō #31. Shakkahō.
Night Momo Hinamori vs. Haineko	Momo uses Bakudō #9. Hōrin, but captures Haineko instead of Tobiume, to the latter's surprise.
Night Rangiku Matsumoto vs. Tobiume	Rangiku fires Hadō #31. Shakkahō, which sends Tobiume flying away when it explodes upon hitting a nearby tree.
Night Momo Hinamori vs. Tobiume	Momo binds Tobiume with Bakudō #9. Hōrin as well and merges the two spells, resulting in Haineko and Tobiume being bound to each other.
Night	Rangiku and Momo reveal they fought Haineko and Tobiume individually in order to distract them.
Night	Momo explains why she views growing old as a good thing.
Night	Rangiku and Momo sigh in exasperation as Haineko and Tobiume continue to bicker.
Night	Hyōrinmaru shocks Hitsugaya by claiming the latter is not powerful enough to be his master.
Night	Hyōrinmaru reveals he is only choosing to follow Muramasa for now, and that his real goal is to find his true master.
Night Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Hyōrinmaru	Hyōrinmaru begins to fight Hitsugaya in order to determine if the latter is his master.
Night Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Hyōrinmaru	Hitsugaya attempts to bind Hyōrinmaru with Bakudō #63. Sajō Sabaku, but Hyōrinmaru freezes and shatters it before summoning a storm.
Night Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Hyōrinmaru	Hyōrinmaru proves he can overpower Hitsugaya's Kidō attacks.
Night Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Hyōrinmaru	Hyōrinmaru completely overwhelms Hitsugaya with an ice dragon.
Night Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Hyōrinmaru	Hyōrinmaru reveals he is searching for a place to call his own, causing Hitsugaya to recall his past where he was seeking the same thing.
Night Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Hyōrinmaru	Hitsugaya successfully releases his Shikai, prompting Hyōrinmaru to wonder how it is possible for Hitsugaya to be using his power.
Night Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Hyōrinmaru	Hitsugaya uses Ryūsenka, which encases himself and Hyōrinmaru in a huge amount of ice.
Night Tōshirō Hitsugaya vs. Hyōrinmaru	Within the ice, Hyōrinmaru finally remembers who Hitsugaya is.
Night	Hyōrinmaru shatters the ice and acknowledges Hitsugaya as his master in his spirit form before carrying him to the ground.
Night	Muramasa defeats and absorbs the Vasto Lorde.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Ichigo continues to search for Byakuya as Senbonzakura watches from afar.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Mayuri prepares to experiment on Gegetsuburi, though Marechiyo intervenes.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Despite Marechiyo's efforts to stop him, Mayuri has Nemu kill Gegetsuburi, who does not revert to his sword form.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Rangiku and Momo have several Shinigami transport Haineko and Tobiume to the 4th Division barracks.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Rangiku and Momo encounter Ichigo when the former crashes into the latter.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Ichigo informs Rangiku and Momo that Hyōrinmaru is taking care of Hitsugaya after their battle.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Muramasa emerges from a Garganta nearby.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	After briefly conversing with Muramasa on their seemingly intertwined fates, Ichigo prepares to fight him.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Muramasa momentarily binds Ichigo, Rangiku, and Momo with his Spiritual Threads, but loses concentration when his mysterious illness begins acting up.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Ichigo attacks the weakened Muramasa, but Senbonzakura intercept him.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Senbonzakura activates his Bankai before engulfing Rangiku and Momo in a flood of blade petals.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Ichigo saves Rangiku and Momo by activating his Bankai and deflecting the blade petals with a Getsuga Tenshō.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Byakuya knocks out the Shinigami transporting Haineko and Tobiume, whom he frees.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Momo moves an unconscious Rangiku away from the battlefield.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Ichigo and Senbonzakura begin to battle, with Senbonzakura initially catching Ichigo off-guard with his speed.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Ichigo creates speed clones to confuse Senbonzakura.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	After withstanding a Getsuga Tenshō, Senbonzakura traps Ichigo within Gōkei.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Ichigo survives the collapse of the blade petal sphere by donning his Hollow mask.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Senbonzakura uses Senkei, and he and Ichigo attack each other.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Initially believing he gathered enough Reiryoku to withstand Ichigo's attack, Senbonzakura is enraged when part of his mask shatters as a result of their clash.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Senbonzakura prepares to attack Ichigo once more, but Byakuya prevents him from doing so.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Though Ichigo initially believes Byakuya has arrived to fight Senbonzakura himself, Byakuya proves him wrong by firing Hadō #33. Sōkatsui at Ichigo.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Byakuya reveals he is joining the Zanpakutō spirits because he understands their motivation to follow their own path.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Byakuya, Senbonzakura, and Muramasa escape behind a flurry of blade petals.
Afternoon Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Ichigo informs Renji, Shunsui, Ukitake, Unohana, and Nanao Ise of Byakuya's betrayal.
Afternoon Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Rangiku and Momo visit Hitsugaya in the hospital.
Afternoon Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Ukitake and Unohana discuss how the Shinigami can regain their Zanpakutō spirits and what would happen if a Zanpakutō spirit were killed by anyone other than its master.
Afternoon Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Shunsui decides it would be best to inform the other Shinigami of Byakuya's betrayal instead of letting rumors circulate, and Ukitake states he will inform Rukia of it in person.
Late Afternoon Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Rukia learns of Byakuya's betrayal.
Early Evening Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Byakuya arrives at the cave of the Zanpakutō spirits.
Early Evening Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	The Zanpakutō spirits refuse to believe Byakuya has truly defected to their side.
Early Evening Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Senbonzakura orders Byakuya to kill Sode no Shirayuki, an action which would prevent Rukia from ever using her Zanpakutō again, as a test of loyalty.
Early Evening Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Not believing Byakuya is willing to do this, the other Zanpakutō spirits prepare to attack him.
Early Evening Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	To the surprise of the Zanpakutō spirits, Byakuya attacks Sode no Shirayuki with full force.
Early Evening Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Sode no Shirayuki attempts to catch Byakuya off-guard with her Zanpakutō techniques.
Early Evening Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Sode no Shirayuki	Byakuya binds Sode no Shirayuki with Bakudō #63. Rikujōkōrō before killing her.
Early Evening Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Muramasa accepts Byakuya's resolve and reveals he has a job for Byakuya to do.
Evening Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Rukia searches Byakuya's office for clues before falling asleep.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Rukia wakes up and feels an immense Reiatsu.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Rukia finds Byakuya standing in a ruined hallway.
Night Byakuya's Betrayal: Revealed	Senbonzakura returns the broken Sode no Shirayuki to Rukia.
Night Renji Abarai vs. Senbonzakura	Senbonzakura attempts to attack Rukia, but Renji intercepts his strike.
Night Renji Abarai vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Renji proclaims he must detain Byakuya as a material witness and attacks him, but Byakuya manages to briefly subdue him because Renji is currently unable to release his Shikai.
Night Zabimaru vs. Byakuya Kuchiki & Senbonzakura	Saru and Hebi intervene, destroying a nearby wall and attacking Byakuya and Senbonzakura.
Night Zabimaru vs. Senbonzakura	Saru kicks Senbonzakura through a nearby wall in order to begin settling their "unfinished business".
Night Renji Abarai vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Renji resumes his fight with Byakuya.
Night Zabimaru vs. Senbonzakura	Saru and Hebi continue to fight relatively evenly against Senbonzakura.
Night Renji Abarai vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Without access to his Shikai, Renji is forced to fight in a more unorthodox manner.
Night Zabimaru vs. Senbonzakura	Saru and Hebi manage to briefly overwhelm Senbonzakura with their teamwork in battle.
Night Renji Abarai vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Renji continues to pressure Byakuya through pragmatic use of Kidō and Zanjutsu, and proclaims he will force Byakuya to tell him everything.
Night Zabimaru vs. Senbonzakura	Saru and Hebi activate their Bankai.
Night Renji Abarai vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Renji continues to clash with Byakuya while promising to make the latter explain his actions to Ichigo, Rukia, and the captains.
Night Renji Abarai vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Hihiō Zabimaru fires Hikotsu Taihō, destroying the building they are in and engulfing Senbonzakura in a large beam of red energy.
Night Zabimaru vs. Senbonzakura	Senbonzakura activates his Bankai before engulfing Saru and Hebi in a swarm of blade petals, defeating them.
Night Renji Abarai vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Byakuya fires Hadō #4. Byakurai at Renji from behind, defeating him.
Night	Kazeshini, Gonryōmaru, Hōzukimaru, Tenken, and Ruri'iro Kujaku arrive to help Byakuya.
Night	Ichigo, Suì-Fēng, Yumichika Ayasegawa, Izuru, Ikkaku, and the Onmitsukidō confront Byakuya and the Zanpakutō spirits.
Night	The Keigun prepare to attack the Zanpakutō spirits.
Night	Kazeshini begins attacking the Keigun, prompting the other Zanpakutō spirits to follow suit.
Night	Izuru intercepts Kazeshini in order to stop his rampage.
Night	Ikkaku and Hōzukimaru decide to finish the fight they started earlier.
Night	Suì-Fēng attacks Gonryōmaru, but decides to fight Tenken as well when he attacks her.
Night	Yumichika and Ruri'iro Kujaku move to a rooftop far away and exchange polite conversation with each other.
Night	Ruri'iro Kujaku takes offense to Yumichika referring to him as Fuji Kujaku and promises to kill him if Yumichika does so again.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Senbonzakura	After confirming Rukia and Renji are okay, Ichigo attempts to attack Byakuya, only for Senbonzakura to intercept him.
Night	As Renji prepares to fight Byakuya once more, Saru and Hebi reveal they are still conscious and able to fight.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Senbonzakura	Ichigo and Senbonzakura both activate their Bankai after the latter realizes Shikai will not be enough.
Night	Ruri'iro Kujaku critiques Yumichika's appearance, much to the annoyance of the latter.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Tenken & Gonryōmaru	Suì-Fēng kicks Gonryōmaru into a building and uses Utsusemi to dodge a surprise attack from Tenken.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Tenken & Gonryōmaru	Angered by Suì-Fēng not knowing who he is because of Chōjirō's lack of a presence within his own division, Gonryōmaru creates a storm.
Night Izuru Kira vs. Kazeshini	Izuru manages to dodge Kazeshini's kusarigama while only getting his sleeve cut, prompting Kazeshini to claim he is a coward for running away.
Night Izuru Kira vs. Kazeshini	After theorizing that Kazeshini is the manifestation of Hisagi's darkest impulses, Izuru attacks him.
Night Izuru Kira vs. Kazeshini	When Kazeshini attempts to attack him from afar, Izuru fires Hadō #31. Shakkahō to deflect Kazeshini's kusarigama.
Night Ikkaku vs. Hōzukimaru: Final Fight	Hōzukimaru battles Ikkaku and seemingly overpowers him.
Night Ikkaku vs. Hōzukimaru: Final Fight	Ikkaku successfully releases his Shikai and begins to fight evenly against Hōzukimaru.
Night Ikkaku vs. Hōzukimaru: Final Fight	After crashing into a building, Hōzukimaru activates his Bankai and begins to overwhelm Ikkaku once more.
Night Ikkaku vs. Hōzukimaru: Final Fight	After knocking Ikkaku into a lake with his guandao, Hōzukimaru reveals he left Ikkaku because of how he acts like a "badass" without having the skills of one.
Night Ikkaku vs. Hōzukimaru: Final Fight	Ikkaku resumes his battle, but Hōzukimaru cuts Hōzukimaru in half.
Night Ikkaku vs. Hōzukimaru: Final Fight	Despite having had his Shikai cut in half, Ikkaku continues to fight effectively, and eventually shatters Hōzukimaru's guandao.
Night Ikkaku vs. Hōzukimaru: Final Fight	Hōzukimaru resorts to using the central blade and activates the special ability of his Bankai.
Night Ikkaku vs. Hōzukimaru: Final Fight	Hōzukimaru attacks Ikkaku and nearly overpowers him.
Night Ikkaku vs. Hōzukimaru: Final Fight	Ikkaku regains his resolve and defeats Hōzukimaru in an explosion of Reiatsu.
Night	After congratulating Ikkaku, Hōzukimaru collapses as Ikkaku does the same.
Night	Isane and Tetsuzaemon Iba meet up and decide to provide backup for the other Shinigami, but Ashisogi Jizō confronts them.
Night	Isane and Iba express shock at Ashisogi Jizō's appearance.
Night Isane Kotetsu & Tetsuzaemon Iba vs. Ashisogi Jizō	When Ashisogi Jizō begins to emit poisonous gas from its mouth, Isane knocks it into a nearby building with Hadō #1. Shō, and Iba cuts the building in half.
Night Isane Kotetsu & Tetsuzaemon Iba vs. Ashisogi Jizō	Isane and Iba decide to inform Mayuri, but are confronted by Haineko and Tobiume.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Tenken & Gonryōmaru	Gonryōmaru's storm causes rain to begin falling, which Suì-Fēng notes might diminish the power of Tenken's fire-based abilities.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Tenken & Gonryōmaru	Angered by Suì-Fēng's belittling of his power, Gonryōmaru begins attacking her with powerful bolts of lightning.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Tenken & Gonryōmaru	When Gonryōmaru slams a large sphere of electricity into her, Suì-Fēng activates Shunkō and destroys the sphere, dispersing the storm clouds in the process.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Tenken & Gonryōmaru	Suì-Fēng punches Gonryōmaru away and prepares to battle Tenken head-on.
Night	Suzumebachi interrupts the battle by attacking Suì-Fēng.
Night	Suzumebachi appears before Suì-Fēng and criticizes her for worshiping Yoruichi.
Night Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Ruri'iro Kujaku	Ruri'iro Kujaku easily overwhelms Yumichika with his powerful physical attacks.
Night Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Ruri'iro Kujaku	After discussing what he perceives to be Ikkaku's defeat with Yumichika, Ruri'iro Kujaku releases his Zanpakutō and slams Yumichika into a wall with his vines.
Night Isane Kotetsu & Tetsuzaemon Iba vs. Ashisogi Jizō	Haineko and Tobiume attack Isane and Iba, with Isane countering Haineko's Shikai by firing Hadō #31. Shakkahō at it.
Night Isane Kotetsu & Tetsuzaemon Iba vs. Ashisogi Jizō	As Haineko and Tobiume argue over their roles in the fight, Ashisogi Jizō emerges from the rubble and attacks Isane with its Paralyzing Retractable Blades, leaving her unable to move her legs.
Night	Hyōrinmaru stands by Hitsugaya's beside and assures him that his friends will not be defeated so easily.
Night Isane Kotetsu & Tetsuzaemon Iba vs. Ashisogi Jizō	Tobiume prepares to throw a fireball at Isane, only for Momo to appear and attack her bell.
Night Isane Kotetsu & Tetsuzaemon Iba vs. Ashisogi Jizō	As Rangiku confronts Haineko, Ashisogi Jizō releases poisonous gas, prompting the lieutenants to flee.
Night Isane Kotetsu & Tetsuzaemon Iba vs. Ashisogi Jizō	Momo tries to buy time by firing Hadō #31. Shakkahō, but this only angers Ashisogi Jizō, who activates its Bankai and continues to pursue the lieutenants.
Night	After Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō passes by them, Rangiku, Momo, Iba, and Isane collapse as its poison takes effect.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Senbonzakura	Senbonzakura overwhelms Ichigo with his Bankai, but Ichigo frees himself with a Getsuga Tenshō as Byakuya looks on, having defeated Renji, Saru, and Hebi.
Night Izuru Kira vs. Kazeshini	Izuru continues to clash evenly with Kazeshini, who admits he has good reflexes.
Night Izuru Kira vs. Kazeshini	Izuru implies he has been deflecting Kazeshini's attacks because he regained his Shikai, which startles Kazeshini.
Night Izuru Kira vs. Kazeshini	Kazeshini tries to attack Izuru head-on in order to prevent him from releasing his Shikai, but Izuru blows him away with Hadō #58. Tenran.
Night Izuru Kira vs. Kazeshini	Izuru defeats Kazeshini by slashing him across the chest.
Night	After revealing he has not yet regained his Shikai, Izuru binds Kazeshini with Bakudō #63. Sajō Sabaku and prepares to go help the other Shinigami.
Night	Wabisuke confronts Izuru and incapacitates him after greatly increasing the weight of his sword.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Senbonzakura	Ichigo notices Izuru's predicament and tries to go help him, but Senbonzakura prevents him from leaving.
Night	As Wabisuke prepares to kill Izuru, Kenpachi Zaraki arrives and destroys the building they are standing on with his Reiatsu.
Night	Combatants around the Seireitei notice Zaraki's arrival.
Night	Wabisuke tries to attack Zaraki, but is surprised when Wabisuke has no effect upon striking Zaraki.
Night	Zaraki incapacitates Wabisuke with a single attack.
Night Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Ruri'iro Kujaku	Ruri'iro Kujaku points out his similarities with Yumichika and why the latter feels inadequate in the 11th Division.
Night	Yachiru Kusajishi explains where Zaraki has been for all this time.
Night	After telling Yachiru to leave, Zaraki decides to fight Byakuya.
Night	Senbonzakura attempts to engage Zaraki, who removes his eyepatch in response.
Night	Zaraki attacks Senbonzakura and blows away almost all of the other combatants with a huge explosion of yellow Reiatsu.
Night Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Ruri'iro Kujaku	Ruri'iro Kujaku notes Zaraki's power and bids Yumichika farewell as the flowers on the vines begin to bloom.
Night	Zaraki stands in a crater as Byakuya reveals he withstood the explosion.
Night	After regaining his resolve, Yumichika frees himself from the vines.
Night	Zaraki tells Byakuya he will defeat him at all costs as Yumichika says the same thing to Ruri'iro Kujaku.
Night	Rukia and Renji emerge from the rubble and wonder where Ichigo is.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Senbonzakura	Ichigo resumes his battle with Senbonzakura.
Night	Tenken frees Gonryōmaru after the latter is trapped under a piece of rubble.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Suzumebachi	Suì-Fēng narrowly dodges a surprise attack from Suzumebachi and decides to change the location of their battle in order to fight more effectively.
Night Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Zaraki decides to attack first in the interest of time and clashes with Byakuya, creating a shockwave.
Night Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Zaraki sends a surging wave of yellow energy toward Byakuya, who remains unharmed.
Night Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Zaraki surprises Byakuya by keeping up with his Shunpo.
Night Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Though Byakuya manages to wound his forearm, Zaraki catches Byakuya's sword and attacks him at point-blank range.
Night Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Ruri'iro Kujaku	A considerably weakened Yumichika clashes fights relatively evenly against Ruri'iro Kujaku.
Night Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Byakuya reveals he dodged Zaraki's attack at the last second, though not without injury, and engulfs Zaraki in his Shikai.
Night Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Ruri'iro Kujaku	Ruri'iro Kujaku offers to let Yumichika use his Shikai or to not use Shikai himself in order to make their fight more even, but Yumichika declines.
Night Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Ruri'iro Kujaku	Ruri'iro Kujaku unleashes his Shikai once more, but Yumichika counters by binding the vines with Bakudō #4. Hainawa, which prevents them from reaching him.
Night Yumichika Ayasegawa vs. Ruri'iro Kujaku	Yumichika moves behind Ruri'iro Kujaku and notes he would not have won if the latter had fought a normal fight before defeating Ruri'iro Kujaku.
Night	Yumichika explains his aesthetic to Ruri'iro Kujaku before collapsing.
Night Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Byakuya Kuchiki	Zaraki withstands Byakuya's attack and proclaims he is ready to battle, prompting Byakuya to finally resolve to fight him.
Night	Rukia and Renji arrive at the site of Zaraki and Byakuya's battle, with Rukia running ahead despite Renji's warning.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Senbonzakura	Ichigo dodges several streams of blade petals before slamming a Getsuga Tenshō into Senbonzakura and running off to confront Byakuya.
Night	Before Zaraki and Byakuya can continue their battle, Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō crashes through a nearby wall and floods the battlefield with poisonous gas.
Night	Renji catches up to Rukia, but moves in front of her as they are engulfed by the poisonous gas.
Night Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Senbonzakura	As Ichigo arrives at the site of Zaraki and Byakuya's fight, Senbonzakura attacks him and pushes him into the cloud of poisonous gas.
Night	Ichigo tries to prevent Byakuya and Senbonzakura from leaving before collapsing as the poison takes effect.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Suzumebachi	Suì-Fēng sacrifices her arm upon realizing she cannot dodge Suzumebachi's attack.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Suzumebachi	Suì-Fēng tries and fails to strike Suzumebachi, who attests this to being the smaller combatant between them.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Suzumebachi	Suzumebachi dodges another attack from Suì-Fēng and claims Yoruichi is the one holding Suì-Fēng back.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Suzumebachi	Suì-Fēng angrily attacks Suzumebachi several times in rapid succession, but Suzumebachi easily outmaneuvers her and creates another Hōmonka on Suì-Fēng's cheek.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Suzumebachi	Suzumebachi moves in for the final blow, but Suì-Fēng activates Shunkō and concentrates it around her cheek, preventing Suzumebachi's stinger from penetrating it.
Night Suì-Fēng vs. Suzumebachi	Suì-Fēng takes advantage of Suzumebachi's surprise and cuts off her stinger, ending the fight.
Night	Ashisogi Jizō deactivates its Bankai and inspects an unconscious Ichigo.
Night	Yachiru begins playing a game of tag with Ashisogi Jizō, much to the latter's annoyance.
Night	Zaraki confronts Ashisogi Jizō over his fight being interrupted.
Night Rescue the Captain-Commander	Mayuri causes Ashisogi Jizō to self-destruct and claims it is his duty to punish Ashisogi Jizō for its betrayal, angering Zaraki.
Night	Suì-Fēng begins to collapse, but Yoruichi arrives and helps her.
Dawn Rescue the Captain-Commander	Mayuri attempts to "treat" a poisoned Ichigo, who refuses to have Mayuri do anything to him.
Dawn Rescue the Captain-Commander	Nemu restrains Ichigo as Zaraki tells Mayuri to leave Ichigo able to fight him.
Dawn Rescue the Captain-Commander	Mayuri expresses confusion at Zaraki and Yachiru remaining unaffected by the poisonous gas.
Dawn Rescue the Captain-Commander	Shunsui, Ukitake, and Unohana arrive, with Unohana promising the 4th Division will take care of the wounded now.
Dawn Rescue the Captain-Commander	Unohana reveals the 4th Division has already analyzed the contents of the poison and successfully treated its victims, angering Mayuri.
Dawn Rescue the Captain-Commander	Unohana explains what happened to Rangiku, Momo, Iba, and Isane.
Dawn Rescue the Captain-Commander	Harunobu Ogidō arrives and reveals they have found Izuru, Ikkaku, and Yumichika lying unconscious in different locations.
Dawn Rescue the Captain-Commander	Mayuri reveals he intentionally self-destructed Ashisogi Jizō in order to understand the secret behind the brainwashing of the Zanpakutō spirits despite knowing he would lose his Zanpakutō forever.
Dawn Rescue the Captain-Commander	Byakuya returns to Muramasa, who states he has done well.
Early Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	Yoruichi and Suì-Fēng appear before the other Shinigami, with Yoruichi revealing she knows where Yamamoto is being held captive.
Early Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	Muramasa brings Byakuya to the cavern where Yamamoto is sealed within a large barrier, which is guarded by Katen Kyōkotsu, Sōgyo no Kotowari, and Minazuki.
Early Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	Muramasa explains how Yamamoto has been sealed away.
Early Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	Yamamoto notices Byakuya and sends flames streaming past him as a warning.
Late Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	Yoruichi discusses the current situation with Shunsui and Ukitake.
Late Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	Zaraki, Yachiru, Shunsui, and Ukitake agree to accompany Yoruichi and Ichigo on their mission to rescue Yamamoto.
Late Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	Haineko and Tobiume discuss their motivations and shortcomings.
Late Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	A heavily wounded Kazeshini returns to the cave before collapsing.
Late Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	As Haineko, Tobiume, Gonryōmaru, and Tenken run over to Kazeshini and wonder what happened to him, Muramasa, Senbonzakura and Byakuya arrive.
Late Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	Muramasa speaks with Kazeshini about why Byakuya is part of their group.
Late Morning Rescue the Captain-Commander	Muramasa asks the Zanpakutō spirits to be patient for a little longer before leaving alongside Byakuya and Senbonzakura.
Afternoon Rescue the Captain-Commander	Ichigo, Yoruichi, Shunsui, Ukitake, Zaraki, and Yachiru arrive at the entrance to the cave of the Zanpakutō spirits.
Afternoon Rescue the Captain-Commander	After discussing how Muramasa likely placed Yamamoto in a special containment field and the difficulty of navigating the cave system, the group splits up.
Afternoon	The Zanpakutō spirits sense the intrusion of the Shinigami.
Afternoon	Zaraki quickly gets lost in the dark caves.
Afternoon	Ichigo and Yoruichi leap between stalactites and discuss their lack of knowledge about Byakuya's motivations for joining the Zanpakutō spirits.
Afternoon	Haineko and Tobiume attack and seemingly impale Yoruichi.
Afternoon	Yoruichi reveals she used Utsusemi before easily overpowering Haineko and Tobiume as Ichigo moves on to free Yamamoto.
Afternoon	Shunsui and Ukitake arrive at a series of steps, at the top of which the taller woman of Katen Kyōkotsu steps out.
Afternoon	Sōgyo no Kotowari confront Ukitake as Shunsui walks away.
Afternoon	After lulling Ukitake into a false sense of security, Sōgyo no Kotowari attack him with spinning fans.
Afternoon	The taller woman of Katen Kyōkotsu reveals they have grown tired of Shunsui's arrogance as the masked girl reveals herself behind Shunsui.
Afternoon	Tenken and Gonryōmaru confront Zaraki, with Gonryōmaru claiming he will get revenge for Zaraki blowing him away last time.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Minazuki lures Ichigo down a tunnel toward Yamamoto's location.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Kazeshini confronts Ichigo and binds him with his kusarigama chains before attempting to attack him.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo activates his Bankai and defeats Kazeshini with a Getsuga Tenshō.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo arrives at Yamamoto's barrier and prepares to destroy it.
Afternoon Yoruichi Shihōin vs. Haineko & Tobiume	Yoruichi faces off against Haineko and Tobiume, whom she easily overwhelms.
Afternoon Shunsui Kyōraku vs. Katen Kyōkotsu	Shunsui clashes with both halves of Katen Kyōkotsu and notes it is not easy to please a woman.
Afternoon Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Sōgyo no Kotowari	Ukitake chases after Sōgyo no Kotowari and promises he will stop playing if they do not give their fans to him.
Afternoon Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Sōgyo no Kotowari	Sōgyo no Kotowari seemingly agree to hand their fans over.
Afternoon Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Sōgyo no Kotowari	Sōgyo no Kotowari fire electricity from their fans, which Ukitake narrowly dodges, and run away while proclaiming Ukitake fell for it.
Afternoon Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Tenken & Gonryōmaru	Zaraki fights Tenken and Gonryōmaru, who Zaraki and Yachiru note are not taking this battle seriously.
Afternoon Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Tenken & Gonryōmaru	Deducing Tenken and Gonryōmaru were not planning on winning from the start, Zaraki proclaims he is bored with this battle as his Reiatsu erupts around him.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Muramasa attacks Ichigo from behind, though his attack is easily deflected, and asks Ichigo if he is ready to settle their differences.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo agrees to do so and fires a Getsuga Tenshō at Muramasa.
Afternoon Yoruichi Shihōin vs. Haineko & Tobiume	Yoruichi notes the strange behavior of Haineko and Tobiume before deciding to test them.
Afternoon Shunsui Kyōraku vs. Katen Kyōkotsu	Shunsui points out how Katen Kyōkotsu appears to be holding him off and making it difficult for him to strike back instead of actually fighting effectively.
Afternoon Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Sōgyo no Kotowari	Ukitake chases Sōgyo no Kotowari all the way to a waterfall.
Afternoon Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Sōgyo no Kotowari	When Sōgyo no Kotowari fires a barrage of spikes at him, Ukitake deflects them with a surge of water created by firing Hadō #31. Shakkahō into the waterfall.
Afternoon Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Sōgyo no Kotowari	Sōgyo no Kotowari attempt a direct attack, only for Ukitake to grab their arms and knocks their fans away.
Afternoon Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Sōgyo no Kotowari	Sōgyo no Kotowari kick Ukitake in the face and run away, causing Ukitake to realize they are stalling for time.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Muramasa blocks and destroys the Getsuga Tenshō before telling Ichigo to hit him with everything he has got, prompting Ichigo to don his Hollow mask.
Afternoon Yoruichi Shihōin vs. Haineko & Tobiume	Haineko and Tobiume begin using their powers in conjunction against Yoruichi.
Afternoon Yoruichi Shihōin vs. Haineko & Tobiume	When Yoruichi attempts to escape the battle, Haineko and Tobiume prevent her from doing so, proving her theory of the Zanpakutō spirits keeping the other Shinigami busy true.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo clashes with Muramasa, who tells him to unleash his true Getsuga Tenshō.
Afternoon Shunsui Kyōraku vs. Katen Kyōkotsu	Katen Kyōkotsu attacks Shunsui to prevent him from progressing, but Shunsui evades them and moves on.
Afternoon Jūshirō Ukitake vs. Sōgyo no Kotowari	Sōgyo no Kotowari confront Ukitake one last time, only for Ukitake to dodge their attack and move past them.
Afternoon Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Tenken & Gonryōmaru	After noting what is happening around the cave, Zaraki continues to battle Tenken and Gonryōmaru as Yachiru watches happily.
Afternoon Yoruichi Shihōin vs. Haineko & Tobiume	Yoruichi binds Haineko and Tobiume to a wall with Bakudō #30. Shitotsu Sansen before leaving.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo continues to build up Reiryoku as Shunsui, Ukitake, and Yoruichi realize Muramasa is waiting for him to use his most powerful attack.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo unleashes an exceedingly powerful Getsuga Tenshō, which Muramasa struggles to hold back before redirecting at the barrier around Yamamoto.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	The barrier shatters, allowing Muramasa to enter Yamamoto's inner world.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	As Yamamoto moves to the other Shinigami, who have arrived in the same cavern, Muramasa reveals he had been planning to access Yamamoto's memories all along.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	When Katen Kyōkotsu and Sōgyo no Kotowari confront him, Muramasa reveals he only set the Zanpakutō Rebellion in motion in order to access Yamamoto's mind.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Enraged, Katen Kyōkotsu and Sōgyo no Kotowari attempt to attack Muramasa, only to be incinerated by Ryūjin Jakka, whom Muramasa freed while accessing Yamamoto's memories.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Muramasa bids the Shinigami farewell and leaves as the flames of Ryūjin Jakka mask his departure and trap the Shinigami.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ryūjin Jakka attacks the Shinigami with tendrils of fire and prevents Ichigo from escaping.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Muramasa, Senbonzakura, and Byakuya arrive in Karakura Town, which Yamamoto reveals is where the thing that Muramasa seeks is hidden.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	After Byakuya and Senbonzakura leave to ensure nothing stands in their way, Muramasa's illness flares up, causing him to realize he does not have much time left.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	When Ichigo points out a nearby hole filled with rocks that they could escape through, Yoruichi activates Shunkō and destroys the rocks, but Haineko and Tobiume attacks her once more, blocking the hole in the process.
Afternoon Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Tenken	Having defeated Gonryōmaru, Zaraki continues to clash with Tenken, whose fire abilities he easily counters.
Afternoon Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Tenken.	Zaraki goads Tenken into activating his Bankai, Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō, before attacking him.
Afternoon	After attacking from afar, Haineko and Tobiume confront Yoruichi once more and promise to not hold back this time.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo, Shunsui, and Ukitake attempt to break through the flame barrier, but to no avail.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Yamamoto reveals Muramasa is searching for his master, Kōga Kuchiki, who once started a rebellion within the Seireitei before being sealed away.
Afternoon	Muramasa arrives at a lake with an island in the center.
Afternoon	When Orihime appears nearby, Muramasa attacks her.
Afternoon	Muramasa binds Orihime with his Spiritual Threads, but falls unconscious when his illness strikes once more.
Afternoon	Muramasa wakes up to find Orihime healing him with Sōten Kisshun.
Afternoon	Muramasa is angered by Orihime's attempt to help him, but is forced to dodge several Heilig Pfeil when Uryū and Sado arrive.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo nearly makes it through Ryūjin Jakka's flames by firing a Getsuga Tenshō at the second layer through an opening, but is eventually pushed back.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo dons his Hollow mask and tries to fly out of the flames, but Ryūjin Jakka traps him in a ball of fire.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Hitsugaya appears and releases Hyōrinmaru, saving Ichigo.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Yamamoto and Ichigo explain the situation to Hitsugaya and Hyōrinmaru.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Hitsugaya and Hyōrinmaru activate their Bankai, allowing them to temporarily freeze Ryūjin Jakka's flames.
Afternoon Trapped by the Flames	Ichigo makes his escape through the frozen flames as Yamamoto prepares to punish Ryūjin Jakka for its disobedience.
Afternoon Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Tenken	Zaraki continues to battle Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō, who easily overwhelms him.
Afternoon Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Tenken	After realizing Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō is tougher than he thought, Zaraki begins to fight evenly against him.
Afternoon	Yoruichi easily overwhelms Haineko and Tobiume before deciding to explain Muramasa's true intentions to them.
Afternoon	Yamamoto, Shunsui, Ukitake, Hitsugaya, and Hyōrinmaru prepare to subdue Ryūjin Jakka.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida & Yasutora Sado vs. Muramasa	Uryū and Sado begin to battle Muramasa.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida & Yasutora Sado vs. Muramasa	Muramasa uses his Illusions to distract Uryū while attacking him from behind.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida & Yasutora Sado vs. Muramasa	Sado forces Muramasa into the air and Uryū fires a barrage of arrows at him, but Senbonzakura appears and protects Muramasa with his Shikai.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida vs. Senbonzakura	Senbonzakura begins attacking Uryū.
Afternoon Yasutora Sado vs. Muramasa	Muramasa uses his Illusions on Sado to lure him into a false sense of security by recreating his hometown in Mexico before attacking him while disguised Oscar Joaquín de la Rosa.
Afternoon Yasutora Sado vs. Muramasa	Muramasa knocks Sado out by strangling him with his Spiritual Threads.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida vs. Senbonzakura	Senbonzakura activates his Bankai to protect himself from a rain of Heilig Pfeil.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida vs. Senbonzakura & Muramasa	Senbonzakura forces Uryū to move near Muramasa, who attempts to use his Illusions on him, only for Orihime to protect Uryū with Santen Kesshun.
Afternoon	Muramasa momentarily drops his guard when Orihime asks him why he is filled with sadness.
Afternoon	Muramasa regains his composure and exerts his red-black Reiatsu, only for Rukia to appear and fire Hadō #33. Sōkatsui at him.
Afternoon	After cutting through the blast, Muramasa reveals he has trapped Ichigo within Ryūjin Jakka's flames before summoning several Hollows.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida vs. Senbonzakura	Uryū continues to clash evenly with Senbonzakura.
Afternoon	Rukia and Sado begin fighting the Hollows.
Afternoon	Muramasa arrives on the island in the center of the lake and begins to chant an incantation.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida vs. Senbonzakura	While continuing to clash with Senbonzakura, Uryū sees the island crackling with blue electricity and realizes he must do something.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida vs. Senbonzakura	When Senbonzakura attempts a direct attack, Uryū blocks his sword with a Seele Schneider.
Afternoon	Muramasa finishes chanting the incantation, causing the tree on the island to crack and shatter like glass as Rukia realizes it was a barrier.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida vs. Senbonzakura	Uryū uses the Seele Schneider to absorb Senbonzakura's blade petals before firing it at Senbonzakura, breaking part of his mask and sending him flying away.
Afternoon	Rukia attempts to interfere with Muramasa's release of Kōga, but Muramasa prevents her from doing so.
Afternoon Uryū Ishida vs. Senbonzakura	When Uryū attempts to attack Muramasa, Senbonzakura reappears and attacks him, forcing Uryū to redirect his attack.
Afternoon	Muramasa explains who Kōga is to Rukia as the seal finally shatters.
Afternoon	Ichigo arrives and attacks Muramasa, though he is pushed back.
Afternoon	Kōga finally awakens.
Afternoon	Ichigo and Rukia attempt to attack Kōga, who simply blows them back with an explosion of Reiatsu.
Afternoon	Muramasa joyously greets Kōga, who stabs Muramasa in the stomach with his broken sword.
Afternoon	Kōga reveals he stabbed Muramasa because the latter did not come to his aid when he called his name, shocking Muramasa, who states he never heard Kōga's call.
Afternoon	Refusing to believe Muramasa, Kōga pulls his sword out and prepares to kill Muramasa.
Afternoon	Byakuya appears and blocks Kōga's finishing blow before criticizing him for attacking his own Zanpakutō spirit.
Afternoon	After they separate, Kōga deduces Byakuya is a member of the Kuchiki Clan based on his kenseikan and scarf, prompting Byakuya to reveal his name and position as the 28th Head of the Kuchiki Clan.
Afternoon	Senbonzakura explains to Ichigo and Rukia why Byakuya faked his betrayal.
Afternoon	Byakuya reveals he is here to kill Kōga for disgracing the Kuchiki Clan.
Afternoon	Muramasa tries to offer his power to Kōga even after being stabbed by him, only for Kōga to completely reject him by shattering the blade of his sword.
Afternoon	Muramasa finally breaks down and is engulfed by a vortex of Reiatsu, which dozens of Gillians emerge from.
Afternoon	Byakuya prepares to destroy the Gillians, but Ichigo and Rukia intervene so he can battle Kōga and defend the honor of his clan.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	After picking up one of the spears used to seal him, Kōga begins battling Byakuya.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Kōga proves to be highly proficient in fighting with a spear instead of a sword.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Eventually, Byakuya and Kōga begin using Kidō against each other in rapid succession.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Kōga encases Byakuya in a large chunk of ice with Hyōga Seiran, but Byakuya shatters it by releasing his Shikai.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Kōga binds Byakuya with his Spiritual Threads, but Byakuya cuts them with Senbonzakura before seemingly bifurcating Kōga.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Kōga reveals he is using his Illusions on Byakuya.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Kōga uses his Illusions to repeatedly attack Byakuya.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Kōga claims he was able to activate his Illusions because Byakuya let his guard down when Kōga snapped Muramasa, but Byakuya reveals he challenged Kōga with his mind wide open in order to kill him.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Kōga traps Byakuya with two more spears before encasing him in ice from the waist down with Hyōga Seiran.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Kōga attempts to kill Byakuya while he cannot defend himself.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Senbonzakura releases himself in order to save Byakuya by blocking the spear with blade petals.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	After Senbonzakura promises to act as his eyes and limbs in order to overcome the power of Kōga's Illusions, Byakuya breaks free and activates his Bankai.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Byakuya activates Senkei and prepares to resume his battle with Kōga.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Byakuya and Kōga clash in an explosion of Reiatsu.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Kōga binds Byakuya with his Spiritual Threads once more, only for Senbonzakura to cut the threads with Senkei blades.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Senbonzakura and Byakuya explain to Kōga how he cannot hope to defeat them because he does not have Muramasa at his side.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	As a final act of respect toward Kōga for once being a member of the Kuchiki Clan, Byakuya activates Shūkei: Hakuteiken.
Afternoon Byakuya Kuchiki vs. Kōga Kuchiki	Byakuya and Kōga clash for the last time in an explosion of Reiatsu.
Afternoon	Mayuri discovers a way to restore the defeated Zanpakutō spirits to their manifested forms.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Streams of darkness burst out of Muramasa's body and condense into Gillians as he screams in pain.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Rukia explains how Muramasa exceeded his own limitations by absorbing so many Hollows in order to remain manifested.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	When Muramasa's Reiatsu attracts hundreds of Hollows, Ichigo prepares to attack them, only for Uryū to destroy them with hundreds of Heilig Pfeil.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	When a Gillian fires a Cero at the assembled group of Ichigo, Rukia, Orihime, Sado, and Uryū, Orihime deflects it with Santen Kesshun.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Muramasa's body is torn apart before reforming into a small, black-red sphere, which begins absorbing all the Hollows in the area.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	After his final clash with Kōga, Byakuya stumbles forward as Senbonzakura catches him.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Kōga calls out to Muramasa in desperation before falling into the lake and drowning.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	The sphere explodes, revealing Muramasa has transformed into a horrific Hollow hybrid.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	After exerting his powerful Reiatsu, Muramasa begins attacking the group, easily overwhelming them in the process.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Sado briefly unbalances Muramasa, allowing Ichigo to attack him.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	After pushing Ichigo back, Muramasa proves he has completely transformed into a Hollow by firing a Cero, which Byakuya blocks with Senbonzakura.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Orihime attempts to reason with Muramasa.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Muramasa attacks Orihime without warning and shatters Santen Kesshun when she summons it to defend herself.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Ichigo continue to battle Muramasa, eventually utilizing his Hollow mask to keep up with him.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Ichigo nearly cuts Muramasa in half with a Hollow mask-enhanced Getsuga Tenshō, but Muramasa repairs his body with High-Speed Regeneration.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Uryū, Sado, Rukia, and Byakuya destroy the swarms of large Hollows in order to keep them away from Ichigo and Muramasa.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Ichigo hits Muramasa with a point-blank Getsuga Tenshō.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Muramasa transforms into a large, dome-like structure, engulfing Ichigo in the process.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	The dome-like structure begins summoning Gillians as a Garganta opens overhead due to the spike in energy from the Hollows.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	A Gillian attempts to fire a Cero at Rukia and Orihime, but Sode no Shirayuki appears and uses Tsugi no mai, Hakuren, freezing and shattering the Gillian.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Sode no Shirayuki reveals she did not come alone as several other Shinigami and their Zanpakutō spirits appear behind her.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Sode no Shirayuki reveals Mayuri reversed their brainwashing, which is why they are now on the side of the Shinigami.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	The Zanpakutō spirits begin attacking the Gillians, angering some of their masters.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Suì-Fēng destroys a Gillian that was about to fire a Cero at Sado and Orihime before attempting to attack the dome, only for Uryū to block her path with Heilig Pfeil.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Uryū and Orihime explain how Suì-Fēng's attack could have caused major damage to Karakura Town and injured Ichigo, who is still inside the dome.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Hitsugaya tells Suì-Fēng to focus on defeating the Hollows instead of fighting with the Humans.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	The Shinigami and Zanpakutō spirits continue to cut down the Gillians.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	The Zanpakutō spirits discuss Muramasa's betrayal and their feelings about it with their Shinigami.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Renji reunites with Byakuya and attempts to explain his feelings about Byakuya's faked betrayal.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	When Izuru, Marechiyo, and Gegetsuburi are surrounded by Gillians due to the latter two arguing, Komamura saves them with his Bankai.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Uryū attempts to attack the dome, which simply absorbs his Heilig Pfeil.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	A massive Garganta opens in the sky and begins spewing black ooze, which morphs into Gillians.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Dozens of Gillians appear within the Garganta.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	The Shinigami and Zanpakutō spirits express surprise upon seeing Byakuya and Senbonzakura attempting to hold back the expansion of the Garganta with Reiryoku-infused blade petals.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	Hitsugaya realizes they can force the Gillians back by exerting an immense amount of Reiatsu.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	The Shinigami and Zanpakutō spirits begin exerting their Reiatsu and continue to attack the Gillians.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	The Shinigami and Zanpakutō spirits combine their Reiatsu by exerting all of it at once, eventually forcing the Garganta to close.
Afternoon Return of the Zanpakutō Spirits	As the Shinigami and Zanpakutō spirits prepare to deal with the remaining Gillians, Ichigo's friends voice their concern for him while the dome continues to grow in size.
Afternoon	After falling through a red-black vortex for an extended period of time, Ichigo emerges within Kōga's inner world.
Afternoon	Muramasa confronts Ichigo and admits he does not know how this is possible before preparing to battle Ichigo once more.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo and Muramasa begin clashing, with Muramasa revealing he is fighting Ichigo in order to gain access to his power.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	As he and Ichigo continue to battle, Muramasa binds Ichigo with his Spiritual Threads.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	The Spiritual Threads disappear when their reflection is disturbed by a pillar falling into it, causing Ichigo to realize the real power is contained in the reflected image.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo disperses the rest of the Spiritual Threads and informs Muramasa that his technique will no longer work on him before attacking Muramasa once more.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Muramasa reveals he has placed Ichigo under his Illusions and begins to overpower him.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Zangetsu persuades Ichigo to truly connect with him in order to overcome Muramasa's Illusions.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo begins to fight effectively against Muramasa and easily overpowers him.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Kōga's inner world begins to degrade due to the maelstrom of anger of the Hollows whom Muramasa absorbed.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo continues to overpower Muramasa, who reveals he is still fighting because he was proud of Kōga's power.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Ichigo tells Muramasa a Zanpakutō spirit should have its own free will as Muramasa begins to Hollowfy once more.
Afternoon	The Shinigami and Zanpakutō spirits finish off the last of the Gillians in the real world.
Afternoon Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Muramasa	Muramasa prevents his Hollowfication before clashing with Ichigo for the last time.
Afternoon	As the dome cracks and explodes, Muramasa sinks through the water and recalls how Kōga rejected him before being saved by Ichigo.
Afternoon	In the real world, Ichigo kneels next to a dying Muramasa and comforts him in his final moments.
Afternoon	Muramasa thanks Ichigo for understanding him before dying.
Afternoon	As it begins to rain, the Zanpakutō spirits return to their swords.
Afternoon	Byakuya thanks Ichigo for his assistance before leaving.