A Study Chamber (勉強部屋, Benkyō Beya; Viz "Underground Training Room")[1] is a place where a person can go to train and become stronger without having to do so publicly, allowing them to focus more on training or hide from others while training.
Urahara Shop Study Chamber[]
Before beginning his mission into Soul Society to rescue Rukia Kuchiki, Kisuke Urahara takes Ichigo Kurosaki to a huge Study Chamber beneath the Urahara Shop, intended to resemble the Sōkyoku Hill Study Chamber.[1] Here, over a period of several days, Urahara helps Ichigo regain his lost Shinigami powers and teaches him the basic techniques of Shinigami combat. Ichigo's partial transformation into a Hollow also takes place here, and Urahara opens the Senkaimon into Soul Society from this room.
The Urahara Shop Study Chamber is a large room with a ceiling and walls painted to resemble a cloudy sky over a floor of desolate, brown, craggy land dotted with dead trees. Urahara claims to have built the room, using Soul Society's technology, in a single day and night.[2] For the second stage of Ichigo's training, Urahara had Ururu Tsumugiya dig the Shattered Shaft (
The final, staged confrontation between the Ryoka and the Mod-Souls Ririn, Kurōdo and Noba also takes place in the Study Chamber.
The Study Chamber is used again by Yasutora Sado as he spars with Renji Abarai to master higher levels of his power; from there, Ichigo, Chad, and Uryū Ishida make their way through the Garganta into Hueco Mundo.
Sōkyoku Hill Study Chamber[]
Urahara modeled his shop's secret Study Chamber on one he built beneath the Sōkyoku Hill while young. This Study Chamber was originally a secret playground (秘密の遊び場, himitsu no asobiba) that Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin secretly dug and created deep underground of the Sōkyoku Hill when they were young.[1] In this Study Chamber, he and Yoruichi used to play every day. After he joined the Gotei 13 and she joined the Onmitsukidō, they helped each other grow here.[5] When Ichigo Kurosaki narrowly escapes defeat by Byakuya Kuchiki, Yoruichi takes him to this Study Chamber in order that he might rapidly attain Bankai through use of the Tenshintai. Renji also attains Bankai in this space.
While very similar in appearance to the Urahara Shop's Study Chamber, the Sōkyoku Hill Study Chamber also sports a hot spring whose waters speed up the recovery of wounds.[6] The hot spring was something Urahara created after analyzing Tenjirō Kirinji's hot springs in Kirinden and trying to make it similar to them.[7][8]
Visored warehouse Study Chamber[]
Beneath the Visored's warehouse hideout is another secret Study Chamber, bearing a strong resemblance to those beneath the Urahara Shop and the Sōkyoku Hill. Ichigo's mastery of his inner Hollow and his training with the Visored takes place here; Orihime Inoue also meets and befriends Hachigen Ushōda here as he heals Tsubaki.
Karakura Hospital Study Chamber[]
Ryūken Ishida has constructed a Study Chamber inside Karakura Hospital. In this stark, metallic chamber, Ryūken fights Uryū to exhaustion, finally shooting him with a Quincy Spirit Arrow to restore his lost abilities.
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| Human World | Kagamino City · Karakura Town · Karakura High School · Karakura Hospital · Kurosaki Clinic · Urahara Shop · Bount Mansion · Naruki City · London |
| Soul Society | Rukongai · Seireitei · Soul King Palace · Central 46 Compound · Nest of Maggots · Shin'ō Academy · Sōkyoku Hill · Gin Tonbo · Kuchiki Manor · Central Great Underground Prison · Wandenreich City · Silbern · Wahrwelt · Western Branch · Reverse London |
| Hueco Mundo | Forest of Menos · Las Noches · Negal Ruins |
| Others | Hell · Dangai · Valley of Screams · Garganta · Primordial Sea |