Ganju relates the story of his older brother, who had been killed by a Shinigami just before they set off to the Seireitei together in the cannonball. To break through the anti-soul shield, each will have to regulate their spirit power to be equal with the others. Ichigo is having a bit of a problem [...]

Kuukaku introduces her own personal giant fireworks platform, the Kakaku Cannon. She explains that as the Seireitei has all-round protection by a spherical barrier that blocks out and dissolves spirit power, the only way they can get into the Seireitei nice and easy is for her to shot them up with her Kakaku Cannon and [...]

Ganju rushes away on his boar, telling Ichigo not to run away. The next day, Chad, Orihime and Ishida are wondering how Shiba Kuukaku looks like. Ichigo refuses to go with them, thinking to wait for Ganju. Yoruichi literally scratches sense back into his head and they set off to Kuukaku’s. Little did they know [...]

Ichimaru Gin, 3rd Squad Captain, deals with the Ryoka and Jidanbou swiftly with his Zanpakutou, sending them out the gate and back into Rukongai. Orihime makes use of her powers to heal up Jidanbou, and Chad meets Shibata the cockatiel. Yoruichi tells the gang that they’re not going to try entering by the gate anymore, [...]

Ichigo, Chad, Ishida, Orihime and Yoruichi arrive in Soul Society’s Rukongai after being chased through the passage by the cleaner, Capturing Thrust. Ichigo hastily tries to get into the Seireitei where Shinigami live, but has to first defeat a giant, Herculean man who has not been defeated in 300 years. Ichigo successfully does so, but [...]

Ichigo and Urahara’s match begins to get interesting as Urahara releases his Zanpakutou, Benihime. Ichigo’s Zanpakutou gets destroyed by Urahara, but he soon gains a new and improved Zanpakutou when he finally is able to hear the name of his Zanpakutou. After the training, Ichigo and friends attend a fireworks festival, and one week later, [...]

Rukia has been sentenced to death and will be executed in 25 days time. Yoruichi is exasperated by the slow progress in Chad and Orihime’s training, though Orihime was able to call out her Shun Shun Rikka. Ichigo tries to run up the wall to get out, but fails. He eventually goes on his way [...]

It is the last day of school before summer vacations start, and nobody in Karakura High seems to remember Rukia. Orihime, who remembers, asks Ichigo about Rukia, and he tells her that he will save Rukia. In Soul Society, Rukia wonders if she will be awarded the Death Penalty. Ichigo’s training with Urahara begins, and [...]

The determined Ichigo continues the fight against Renji, and was almost winning until Byakuya intervenes. Ichigo is half-dead, and to save Ichigo, Rukia pretends to ignore him, and returns to Soul Society with Renji and Byakuya. Ichigo is then saved by Urahara and is told that there is a way to get to Soul Society [...]

Rukia, deciding that she has stayed too long in the human world, runs away from the Kurosaki household. Little did she know that two Shinigami, Abarai Renji and Kuchiki Byakuya, her good friend and brother respectively, were on her trail to kill her as well as the person who stole her powers. Ishida falls to [...]