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My summary of the CFYOW Volumes 1 & 2:

• Ichibē revived the other 4 Royal Guard members.
• YHWACH's corpse is enslaved as the new undead Soul King by the Royal Guard.
• Ichigo was a back-up candidate to be the new enslaved Soul King.
• Only the high-ranking shinigami know the truth.
• Kisuke, Yoruichi, Grimmjow, and Nel are alive.
• Hanatarō healed Kisuke's eyes.
• HARRIBEL rules Hueco Mundo and arranged peace with Soul Society. She was rescued by Nel.
• HARRIBEL's Tres Bestias fracción are alive, as well as Rudbornn, Loly and Menoly.
• 6 months after the quincy war.
• Shūhei HISAGI is the lead character.
• Tokinada TSUNAYASHIRO is the main villain.
• The Tsunayashiro family are the 3rd revealed Great Noble Family. We still don't know the 4th.
• The 4 Great Noble Families are more influential than Central 46 and the Royal Guard.
• The Tsunayashiro family is the most influential great noble family, followed by the Kuchiki family.
• So Tokinada and Byakuya are kinda like political rivals in a sense.
• The meeting place of the 4 Great Noble Families is the most important place besides the Royal Palace.
• There hasn't been a meeting for "two generations".
• Tokinada, Byakuya, and Yoruichi recently had a meeting. Yoruichi was invited over Yūshirō.
• All 4 family heads are not allowed to meet at once.
• Tokinada wanted to reinstate the Shiba family as the 5th great noble family.
• Kaien, Kūkaku, and Ganju were from the main Shiba Family. Isshin was from the branch family.
• The Shiba family were demoted after both the Kaien and Isshin incidents.
• The Isshin incident was the last straw for them, so it was the most recent.
• If all 5 Great Noble Families are present, they can request equal authority to the Soul King, from the Soul King.
• In that case they would surpass Central 46. And so C46 possibly demoted the Shiba family for this reason.
• The Tsunayashiro family holds the secrets of the 'Original Sin of Soul Society'.
• The 'Original Sin' involved the ancestors of the 5 Great Noble Families desecrating the original Soul King.
• We learn someone like Rangiku had the "nail" (tsume) of the Soul King.
• And AIZEN previously stole the "nail" from Rangiku to complete his own hōgyoku.
• The "nail" somehow relates to the conception of fullbringers.
• Shunsui isn't too fond of Tokinada and the great nobles families.
• And he recently learnt their truth about their influence over Soul Society.
• Shunsui allowed Shūhei to confront AIZEN as he was being escorted back to prison.
• Shūhei also isn't too fond of Tokinada.
• Tokinada was from a branch family, but now is head of the main family.
• He killed the elders of the Tsunayshiro family.
• The Tsunayashiro family is in charge of the Visuals Department, a cross-dimensional surveillance network.
• They are hidden deep underground of Soul Society.
• They suppressed public info about fullbringers for centuries.
• Tokinada is the guy Kaname hates, because Kaname's friend, Kakyō, who was killed by Tokinada.
• I think Tokinada was in the maggots nest for killing his wife, but was also recently under house arrest too?
• Tokinada was in the Spiritual Arts Academy alongside Shunsui and Jūshirō.
• Tokinada is a retired shinigami.
• Hikone UBUGINU is a little kid henchman of Tokinada.
• Hikone has no defined gender and is a hybrid of a human, quincy, hollow, shinigami, and arrancar.
• Hikone has Hierro, and can fire Gran Rey Cero.
• Hikone was created using Gremmy's brain.
• Hikone is Tokinada's desired Soul King candidate.
• The Ubuginu family formerly served the Tsunayshiro family.
• Tokinada gave Hikone a pure white zanpakutō called Ikomikidomoe:
  • 已己巳己巴
  • "Ikomiki" (已己巳己): A phrase to describe things which are similar.
  • "Tomoe" (巴): Referring to spiralling comma shapes.
• Tokinada stole Ikomikidomoe from Ōetsu during the quincy war.
• Ikomikidomoe is a special sword created by Ōetsu.
• The sword has a mind of its own, talks to Hikone, and can also open portals through the Garganta.
• Ikomikidomoe is more independent that a regular zanpakutō.
• Only Hikone can wield Ikomikidomoe. But apparently Ichigo and GINJŌ could too.
• Ikomikidomoe was hidden underwater until Ōetsu forged true Zangetsu, and all the water evaporated.
• Ikomikidomoe has 2 release commands.
• One release command summons an adjuchas hollow like a serpentine Hooleer, that sounds like Barragan:
  • "Inscribe the funeral, Ikomikidomoe!"
• Another release command summons a vastolorde hollow with long tendrils:
  • "Orbit the stars, Ikomikidomoe!"
• It can also summon many powerful huge-hollows as powerful as gillians or adjuchas.
• Huge-hollows are usually stronger and bigger than regular hollows, but weaker and smaller than gillians.
• The hollows can feed on spiritual-matter in the atmosphere to power-up.
• Hikone fought the arrancar and quincy in Hueco Mundo, before retreating to Soul Society.
• HARRIBEL can control water even in her sealed form too.
• Quincy survivors include Liltotto, Giselle, and blood-zombie Bambietta.
• They are based on Earth, in a quincy palace.
• Jugram's aide saved them and possibly others.
• They lost their vollständig forms due to YHWACH's auswählen.
• Gremmy was the strongest Sternritter, and had a friendly relationship with Liltotto .
• Liltotto can mimic abilities of anyone she eats, until she digests them fully.
• Grimmjow briefly fought GINJŌ and TSUKISHIMA in Soul Society.
• Grimmjow briefly fought Luppi in Soul Society.
• Grimmjow has been eating Menos Grande and arrancar in order to raise his spiritual-pressure.
• Luppi's aspect of death is also 'destruction', just like Grimmjow.
• Luppi can also use Gran Rey Cero.
• Mayuri revived Luppi as a zombie-slave. As well as NaNaNa as a new zombie-slave.
• I think Candice and Meninas are Mayuri's zombie-slaves too?
• GINJŌ is also a Soul King candidate, with similar hybrid-like spiritual-pressure to Ichigo and Hikone.
• I think GINJŌ previously murdered a shinigami assassin sent after him and other fullbringers.
• That's why he's no longer an agent of the shinigami.
• Tokinada likely arranged the assassin, as well as possible assassins after previous fullbringers.
• Shūhei interviews GINJŌ, Kūkaku, and Hanatarō.
• Shūhei wanted to interview Mayuri, but Mayuri refused.
• Nico KUNA, an assistant of Mayuri, is Mashiro's sister.
• Mashiro's rank of 'Super Lieutenant' is not official.
• Shūhei interviews Seinosuke YAMADA. He's Hanatarō's older brother.
• Seinosuke is a retired shinigami, and was UNOHANA's former lieutenant 100 years ago.
• He is kinda an ally of Tokinada, and works in a hospital for nobles.
• Seinosuke healed Hikone after his battle in Hueco Mundo.
• Tokinada fought off a bunch of SOIFON's assassins.
• The inherited Tsunayashiro family zanpakutō is Kuten Kyōkoku (but later we find out that this is not the true name):
  • "Venerate, Kuten Kyōkoku!"
  • 九天鏡谷
  • "Nine Heavens Mirror Valley"
• Similarly, Muramasa is the inherited Kuchiki family zanpakutō, and Shinken Hakkyōken is the Ise family's.
• The materialised true form of Muramasa was the villain from the Zanpakutō Rebellion arc in the anime.
• Kuten Kyōkoku can summon an invisible mirror-like shield to deflect attacks.
• Tokinada has his own personal zanpakutō as well, but it was confiscated a while ago.
• However the zanpakutō he is holding on the cover on volume 3 is likely his personal zanpakutō.
• Yoruichi and SOIFON briefly fought Tokinada, before he retreated using a reverse-engineered Soul Ticket.
• Yoruichi confirms she does have a zanpakutō, but it prefers if Yoruichi uses hand-to-hand combat I think.
• Aura MICHIBANE is another henchwoman of Tokinada, recruited on Earth.
• She's a cult leader of the new XCUTION religion, teaching humans about Soul Society, inspiring mass suicides.
• She has 770,000 members I think?
• The cult was formed after the cross-dimensional earthquakes caused after the original Soul King's death.
• Aura is a fullbringer whose father was also a fullbringer.
• Her mother was killed by a hollow during childbirth.
• I think Aura's father kept her in captivity and it helped her to develop 'Aizen tier' fullbring powers.
• Aura has no one unique object or ability she focuses her fullbring on.
• Instead Aura's basic fullbring abilities are extremely heightened.
• Aura possess the "chain" of the Soul King. But we dunno what that means yet.
• Karakura Town is trapped in a barrier similar to in the arrancar arc. Nobody can get in or leave.
• The barrier is achieved via many small handheld devices held by the XCUTION cult members.
• The handheld devices are similar to the 'tenkai kecchu'; the four pillars used to swap Karakura Town.
• Shūhei was in Karakura Town interviewing Kisuke, but they are ambushed by Aura and XCUTION.
• Kisuke explained that Orihime is a fullbringer, and the hōgyoku gave both her and Chad their powers.
• Kisuke explained that Jinta and Ururu are a special living mod soul like Nemu.
• Kisuke and Shūhei briefly fought Aura in Karakura Town.
• Kisuke injected Shūhei with something for force the release of his 'gentei kaijo' (limit release).
• Kisuke also invented the power limiting tattoos in the first place.
• Yukio helped Aura escape, and kidnapped Kisuke.
• Aura created a replica of the Royal Palace in a Valley of Screams dimension.
• I think Tokinada learnt about the Valley of Screams from the Ryūdōji family?
• The Ryūdōji family, from movie 1, are a former noble family banished to the Valley of Screams.
• Tokinada's evil plan is to swap it with Karakura Town, like in the arrancar arc.
• Tokinada wants Hikone to be a Soul King that he can control.
• Tessai and Hiyori help to send Shūhei, Ryūnosuke YUKI, and Shino MADARAME to rescue Kisuke.
• Ryūnosuke and Shino are the subordinates of Zennosuke KURUMADANI, who oversee Karakura Town now.
• They had a brief encounter with Mizuiro ad Keigo earlier.
• Rikichi is Ryūnosuke's brother. And Rikichi is 3rd seat of the 6th squad.
• Shino is either Ikkaku's sister or cousin.
• Shino's shikai transforms her sword into a naginata.
• The shinigami, arrancar, fullbringers, and quincy form an alliance to go defeat Tokinada in the other dimension.
• The alliance meet at Kūkaku and Ganju's house:
  • Shinigami: Shunsui, Nanao, Yoruichi, Shinji, Kensei, Kenpachi, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Puppet-Mayuri
  • Fullbringer: GINJŌ, TSUKISHIMA, Giriko
  • Arrancar: HARRIBEL, Nel, Grimmjow
  • Quincy: Liltotto, Meninas, Candice, Giselle, Blood Zombie-Bambietta
  • Mayuri's Zombies: Dordonii, Cirucci, Luppi, Charlotte, NaNaNa
• HARRIBEL admires Kūkaku's authoritative presence.
• Kenpachi estimates Grimmjow's spiritual-pressure as being at a similar level to Nnoitra's.
• Mayuri is maintaining a portal to the other dimension for the alliance.
• Giriko used his powers to briefly hide them from Hikone's summoned hollows while they go after Tokinada.
• TSUKISHIMA and GINJŌ confront Aura.
• Shinji fights Hikone's summoned hollows by using his bankai, while the others go after Tokinada:
  • "Bankai, Sakashima Yokoshima Happōfusagari!" (Image)
  • 逆様邪八宝塞
  • "Reversed Evil Eight Treasure Blockade"
• It's a wide-range bankai, dangerous to use around allies.
• Similarly dangerous to Shunsui's bankai, and Kenpachi KURUYASHIKI's bankai, Gagaku Kairō.
  • 餓樂廻廊
  • "Corridor of Starving Pleasure"
• (Gagaku Kairō uses the same kanji and pronunciation for both shikai & bankai.)
• KURUYASHIKI was the 7th Kenpachi who refused a Royal Guard promotion.

My summary of the CFYOW Volume 3:

• In the past, Tokinada killed Kakyō, claiming another friend of hers was her secret lover who attacked him.
• Kakyō's zanpakutō was also called Suzumushi, with the same release command, which Kaname inherited from her.
• Back in present day, Shunsui directly confronts Tokinada.
• We learn Byakuya & Tōshirō were sent to Earth earlier to investigate the unusual phenomena there.
• Tokinada has protected himself from being tried for any crime, and can easily manipulate evidence against him.
• A part of Tokinada's plan is also to simply reveal the existence of the afterlife to the humans on Earth.
• Meanwhile, Shinji's bankai inverted the sense of friend-and-foe across the horde of huge-hollows he faced alone.
• The huge-hollows brutally killed each other, while the flower construct of Shinji's bankai protected him.
• His bankai is useless against an enemy one-on-one, and is best used against multiple enemies at once.
• Meanwhile, TSUKISHIMA and GINJŌ fail to attack Aura with their swords, as she can make herself intangible.
• GINJŌ wishes he was better at kidō.
• Yukio revealed he helped Aura to construct their replica of the Royal Palace for Tokinada.
• Aura's father, Tenshiyo AGATA, was one of the fullbringers originally allied with GINJŌ in the past.
• Tenshiyo was among the group of fullbringers assassinated by the shinigami that GINJŌ killed in retaliation.
• TSUKISHIMA uses Book of the End to insert himself into Yukio's past, hoping to undo any potential brainwashing.
• However, what TSUKISHIMA learns from Yukio's past, compels him to use Book of the End on GINJŌ and Giriko too.
• Meanwhile, Shūhei finally is transported to the replica of the Royal Palace Throne Room, and encounters Hikone.
• Spiritual-matter in the atmosphere makes it hard to sense who is nearby.
• But Kenpachi's spiritual-pressure stands out.
• Shūhei and Hikone briefly debate the philosophy of justice and evil.
• Shūhei fails to bind Hikone with a kidō, before Hikone paralyses Shūhei via his soul's pressure points.
• Hikone escapes the throne room to battle the shinigami below.
• Meanwhile, Shunsui attempts to attack Tokinada from the shadows until Hikone arrives.
• Hikone's ominous spiritual-pressure has vastly increased since his last battle, and the entire alliance are on edge.
• Shunsui battles Tokinada alone, while Hikone battles the alliance.
• Hikone calls out a new, third, release command, and conjures another large hollow as big as a small house:
  • "Hatch the deceased, Ikomikidomoe!"
• It is as large as an adjuchas, but more powerful than a vastolorde, or even a vastolorde arrancar.
• Hikone then fires a Cero-arrow via a quincy bow, strengthened by Blut-Arterie.
• The allied arrancar charge forward to attack, and all release their zanpakutō's resurreccións.
• Kenpachi wants to fight Grimmjow when this is all over.
• HARRIBEL comments that Ikomikidomoe is an ancient hollow sealed within the zanpakutō in the past.
• Ikomikidomoe charges up and fires wide-ranging spiritual-energy blast, damaging everyone and the entire area.
• HARRIBEL blocks with a barrier of water, the quincies block with Blut-Vene, Nanao blocks with a bakudo, etc.
• Meanwhile, Shunsui and Tokinada continue to fight and taunt one another.
• It was a secret from the nobles that Shunsui was hiding the Ise family's Shinken Hakkyōken.
• Shunsui is relieved to know that Tokinada was not involved in Nanao's mother's death.
• Shunsui has a new shikai game called Yubikiri:
  • During the game, Shunsui is not able to lie, but if Shunsui's opponent lies once, their fingers get paralysed.
  • If they lie twice, their whole body feels like it's getting crushed by a fist.
  • If they lie three times, they feel unimaginable pain as if they are being stabbed from the inside out.
• Shunsui makes Tokinada reveal that Kuten Kyōkoku is not the full release of the Tsunayashiro family zanpakutō:
• And Kuten Kyōkoku is not the true full name either, as it's Enrakyoten.
  • "Sip from the four seas; the heavenly shores entwine. Equally duplicate ten thousands; and sharpen, Enrakyoten!"
  • 艶羅鏡典
  • "Law of the Bewitching Lucid Mirror"
• Similar to how Yumichika's Ruri'iro Kujaku is released under the false name of Fuji Kujaku.
• Kuten Kyōkoku is likely a deliberate reference to Katen Kyōkotsu on Tokinada's part.
• Shunsui had stabbed Tokinada in the back, but Tokinada pulled away and kicked Shunsui away
• Upon release, Enrakyoten's guard and blade shone brightly like a mirror, briefly disorientating Shunsui.
• Tokinada's body, but not clothes, recovered from the damage that Shunsui inflicted, as if there was no damage at all.
• Meanwhile, Aura & Yukio oversee the battles from a digital sub-space, before heading over to Shūhei.
• Meanwhile, fuelled by his desire to become King, Grimmjow and Ikomikidomoe banter, before launching into battle.
• Meanwhile, Shūhei resists the call of Kazeshini within the inner world of his zanpakutō.
• Shūhei eventually stands in the throne room alone, realising he has no direct way out.
• Aura arrives to briefly talk with Shūhei. Leaving him with a cryptic, bewildering message, and a way out.
• Meanwhile, Ikomikidomoe battles the arrancar, while Hikone battles the quincies.
• Hikone has the upper-hand until Kenpachi arrives to take over battling Hikone alone, being the first to draw blood.
• Ikkaku and Yumichika discover Shūhei is in the throne room above them.
• We also learn the origin of Ikomikidomoe:
  • Thousands of years ago, Ikomikidomoe was originally one of the first adjuchas in Hueco Mundo.
  • Unlike other hollows, he had the ability to retain the spiritual-pressure of hollows he consumed.
  • Eventually he accumulated enough power to rival vastolorde arrancar such as Barragan.
  • Years later, after battling YAMAMOTO and the shinigami, Ikomikidomoe had even consumed the Soul King.
  • Ikomikidomoe ascended to the skies above Soul Society, before Ichibē & Ōetsu sealed him as a zanpakutō.
• Ikomikidomoe has the traits of a gillian, adjuchas, and vastolorde.
• Dordonii mentions that Nel took his spot as the 3rd Espada.
• Luppi was possibly a Privaron Espada alongside Dordonii, Cirucci, and Gantenbainne?
• Dordonii banters with Nel, before releasing his resurrección.
• Both both he and HARRIBEL merge a tornado of wind & water surrounding Ikomikidomoe.
• Ikomikidomoe blasts a Cero through it, before Cirucci and Charlotte also release their resurreccións.
• Cirucci, Nel, and Charlotte all then launch consecutive attacks at Ikomikidomoe, with Nel blinding him.
• The Privaron Espada have had their power greatly enhanced by both Szaelaporro and Mayuri.
• Charlotte surrounds Ikomikidomoe in a black rose bush which drains its spiritual-energy.
• Ikomikidomoe attempts to leap into the air to flee, but Meninas appears and punches him back down.
• Ikomikidomoe also attempted to conjure copies of itself to escape in to the air.
• But Liltotto ate the conjured copies of Ikomikidomoe as they appeared.
• Candice and Giselle fire an array of arrows and lightning bolts to surround the area and strike Ikomikidomoe.
• Bambietta then clicks her fingers and the arrows surrounding Ikomikidomoe explode.
• NaNaNa spent his time observing the battle in order to paralyse Ikomikidomoe via its own spiritual-pressure.
• Grimmjow and Luppi take this opportunity to fire a Desgarron and Gran Rey Cero respectively.
• Meanwhile, Hikone senses the battle below and leaves the battle with Kenpachi.
• Kenpachi allows him to leave due to the promise of a bankai or resurrección.
• Ikomikidomoe is severely injured but standing. Grimmjow prepares to fire a Gran Rey Cero, but is halted by Hikone.
• Hikone calls out true name of Ikomikidomoe:
  • "Ikomikidomoe Hōōraku Hakkei."
  • 已己巳己巴 鳳落八景
  • "Eight picturesque views of the Fenghuang's fall."
• Hikone now had black robes, a hollow-like face, arrancar-like skin, and black splotches appeared on the sword.
• Ikomikidomoe was able to now unlock the hidden depths of Hikone's true spiritual-pressure.
• Hikone then leapt back into the air using 'god speed' to engage Kenpachi in battle.
• Meanwhile, Shūhei could sense the newly transformed Hikone quickly rising from below.
• With Ikomikidomoe leaving the battlefield with Hikone, Tokinda battles the alliance on his own.
• The quincies and arrancar move join the shinigami in their battle against Tokinada.
• It is revealed that Tokinada's Enrakyoten has no visible blade when it's released.
• Enrakyoten can instead mimic the zanpakutō abilities of any zanpakutō he has observed in the past.
• He observed them either via the Visuals Department, or with Aura's help.
• Enrakyoten has mimicked the following zanpakutō abilities so far:
  • Hanatarō YAMADA's Hisagomaru
  • Kenpachi KURUYASHIKI's Gagaku Kairō
  • Izuru KIRA's Wabisuke
  • Byakuya KUCHIKI's Senbonzakura
  • Rangiku MATSUMOTO's Haineko
  • Gin ICHIMARU's Shinso
  • Genryūsai YAMAMOTO's Ryūjinjakka
  • Shunsui KYŌRAKU's Katen Kyōkotsu
  • Rose ŌTORIBASHI's Kinshara
  • SOIFON's Suzumebachi
  • Zennosuke KURUMADANI's Tsuchinamazu
  • Sōsuke AIZEN's Kyōka Suigetsu
  • Marechiyo ŌMAEDA's Gegetsuburi
• Shūhei eventually arrives, but the alliance have been ensnared by Kyōka Suigetsu.
• Tokinada taunts Shūhei after questioning who is and how he arrived without the alliance.
• Shunsui briefly uses that opportunity to hide Shūhei in his Kage-Oni shadow dimension, to explain the situation.
• Eventually they agree that Shūhei should fight with his eyes closed, relying on his spiritual sense.
• This will allow Shunsui to sense the directions of Shūhei's attacks in order to aim his own.
• Aura arrived to assist Tokinada.
• Tokinada taunts Shūhei, explaining the secrets of the Original Sin, the Soul King, and the 5 Great Noble Families.
• Meanwhile, Ichibē recounts the Original Sin and the Soul King's origins to the Zero Squad and their Holy Soldiers:
  • Hundreds of millions of years after Creation, there was a world without life nor death.
  • Only humans and souls existed together in a single realm of existence within a self-contained cycle.
  • Eventually, hollows came into existence, disrupting the cycle by devouring souls.
  • Inevitably, the first menos soon came into being too.
  • But almost in response to its existence, the Soul King was born.
  • The Soul King vanquished the menos, and the self-contained cycle of souls continued once more.
  • Unfortunately, the world eventually fell back into chaos as the Soul King continued to vanquish hollows.
  • Soon after, 5 ancestral heads of the once 5 Great Noble Families gathered.
  • They intended to pool their ideas to serve a shared vision of changing the state of the world.
  • The Tsunayashiro ancestor was afraid the power of the Soul King would one day be used against them.
  • An unknown rival family ancestor wanted to cover up the 'pit' (that would later become Hell).
  • (Possibly the pit of chaos created by the disruption of the cycle of souls?)
  • The Kuchiki ancestor wanted to implement a new world order to bring balance to to the world.
  • The Shihōin ancestor wanted to widen the cycle of re-incarnation to avoid stagnation of their world.
  • The Shiba ancestor wanted to create a method to purify hollows, reverting them back into souls.
  • (They recognised that hollows had lost hearts that were worth saving.)
  • And so, a shared goal was born to separate the world of the living from the dead.
  • At the Tsunayashiro ancestor's insistence, the Soul King was bound and sealed within a crystal.
  • The Soul King's power of 'The Almighty' served as the keystone to separate and maintain the 3 worlds.
  • The World of the Living for humans, Soul Society for the souls, and Hueco Mundo for the hollows.
  • (The remains of the original menos and the hollows that came after, are the sands of Hueco Mundo.)
  • Yet the Tsunayashiro ancestor took things even further still. Still afraid of the Soul King's power.
  • First, the Soul King's Right Arm of 'stagnation' and Left Arm of 'Progress' were dismembered.
  • Then was his heart, organs, and legs. Leaving the Soul King as a powerless lynchpin and slave.
• Ichibē mentioned that the Shiba ancestor attempted to sacrifice himself in place of the Soul King.
• And so in response the Tsunayashiro ancestor 'erased them from history'.
• But Kirio mentioned that Kaien and the Shiba family still retain this rebellious, chivalrous nature today.
• Ichibē mentioned that Ichigo, a descendant of the Shiba family, had the best qualities to replace the Soul King.
• It is unclear if YHWACH is the son of the Soul King, or a reincarnation of his power.
• YHWACH is considered the originator of the quinces, while the Soul King is the source of their power.
• YHWACH wanted to liberate his 'father' from his fate as the Soul King.
• Meanwhile, Tokinada continues to battle Shunsui, Nanao, and the shinigami, with a clear upper hand.
• Shunsui pushes Tokinada to reveal that the cost of wielding Enrakyoten, is permanently degrading his soul.
• Enrakyoten is a cursed blade that the head of the Tsunayashiro family usually actively despises and avoids.
• Similar to the curse of the Ise family's Shinken Hakkyōken.
• However, Tokinada is the first head of the Tsunayashiro family to embrace Enrakyoten so wholeheartedly.
• He believes his motivations are worth the cost of his soul, as he is fighting to expose his dark family secrets.
• Tokinada uses Enrakyoten to mimic and combo a few more zanpakutō abilities:
  • Sajin KOMAMURA's Tenken
  • Tōshirō HITSUGAYA's Hyōrinmaru
• While Tokinada battles and banters, Shūhei calmly focuses on dodging and reading Tokinada's varied attacks.
• Shūhei battles with his eyes closed, relying on his spiritual senses only.
• We learn that when Shūhei was first promoted to lieutenant, he trained to overcome fear within Kaname's bankai.
• Shūhei was also the first officer to see Kaname's bankai.
• Through Tokinada's words, Shūhei finally understands the true meaning of Kaname's philosophy of justice and fear.
• And Kaname believes that the society created by the shinigami is inherently unjust, due to the original sin.
• Back in the present, Tokinada uses Enrakyoten to mimic another zanpakutō ability:
  • Kaname TŌSEN's Suzumushi
• Shūhei manages to instinctively block Tokinada's mimicked Suzumushi, with the chain of Kazeshini.
• Shūhei speeds constantly increases as he dodges and blocks Tokinada's attacks thanks to his spiritual senses.
• Tokinada attempted to use Senbonzakura to engulf Shūhei, but Shūhei managed to slice off Tokinada's right arm.
• The arrancar took this opportunity to aim their long ranged attacks at the discarded Enrakyoten.
• The shinigami then surrounded Aura.
• Shūhei was overcome by a sense of exhaustion, but relaxed when Tokinada's spiritual-pressure disappeared.
• In his moment of victory, Shūhei was reminded of a word of warning he previously heard from AIZEN.
• But Shūhei was seemingly tricked into opening his eyes, and realised he was now ensnared by Kyōka Suigetsu.
• The defeated Tokinada on the ground was actually Aura, and the standing Aura was actually Tokinada.
• Tokinada wore the cloak invented by Kisuke that concealed his spiritual-pressure.
• Tokinada revealed that he and his sword were unharmed, and used Tsuchinamazu to create a clone in his place.
• GINJŌ, and Yukio arrive alongside Aura, seemingly to assist Tokinada.
• Yukio says he infected GINJŌ & TSUKISHIMA with a 'virus' when TSUKISHIMA used Book of the End of them.
• Tokinada then attempts to ensnare GINJŌ with Kyōka Suigetsu's complete hypnosis.
• However GINJŌ reveals that he is not being controlled by Yukio, and instead attacks Tokinada.
• Tokinada is attacked by GINJŌ's Cross of Scaffold, but his own spiritual-pressure resists some damage.
• Tokinada uses Enrakyoten to mimic another zanpakutō ability to further block the attack:
  • Ichigo KUROSAKI's Zangetsu
• He resisted the attack somewhat, and heals himself with Hisagomaru, and attempts to use Kyōka Suigetsu again.
• Aura reveals she exploited Kyōka Suigetsu's weakness to prevent releases it's complete hypnotists any further.
• By touching the blade directly, or any form Enrakyote took, Tokinada cannot activate the hypnosis.
• In a flashback, we learn that upon creating Hikone for Tokinada, Aura developed a motherly attachment to him.
• She devoted herself to protecting Hikone's future, and eventually stopping Tokinada from exploiting him.
• Unfortunately, Tokinada anticipated Aura's betrayal and devotion to Hikone, and planned accordingly.
• Tokinada uses Enrakyoten to mimic another zanpakutō ability to absorb Aura's spiritual-energy:
  • Yumichika AYASEGAWA's Ruri'iru Kujaku
• Ruri'iru Kujaku was the perfect counter to Aura's unique abilities.
• While Tokinada monologue, GINJŌ used this opportunity to attack.
• Aure continued to touch Enrakyoten, despite her spiritual-energy being drained, allowing GINJŌ to attack.
• She was thinking of her love for Hikone, and pondering the possible love of her own parents.
• All the while, Aura continued to diffuse her form and spiritual-pressure throughout the area, weakening herself.
• GINJŌ continued to attack Tokinada, while Tokinada taunted him with the possibility of becoming the Soul King.
• Giriko & TSUKISHIMA arrive to help GINJŌ navigate through Tokinada's attacks.
• We learn that GINJŌ and the fullbringers learnt of Aura's plans thanks to TSUKISHIMA's & Yukio's abilities.
• Aura informed Yukio of her plans originally by transforming a part of her into a QR code.
• Tokinada monologues, taunting GINJŌ about what he knows about everything that happened to him.
• GINJŌ speculates that fullbringers are born by inheriting a fragment of the Soul King from a parent.
• And hollows are initially attracted to attack the pregnant mothers for this reason.
• Tokinada reveals that he created the surveillance system in GINJŌ & Ichigo's shinigami badges.
• Jūshirō was always against the idea of surveillance and was confident GINJŌ would learn the truth eventually.
• However due to Tokinada's assassins being killed by GINJŌ, Jūshirō was led to believe that GINJŌ was a threat.
• Tokinada misled Jūshirō, making him believe that GINJŌ killed his own friends himself too.
• And GINJŌ originally believed Jūshirō is the one who sent assassins after him and his friends, due to Tokinada.
• And Soul Society wanted GINJŌ's corpse, in order to retrieve his inherited Soul King fragment.
• GINJŌ attacked with a powerful Getsuga Tenshō, but Tokinada countered it with the built up energy of Hisagomaru.
• Tokinada kept GINJŌ at bay with Enrakyoten, and called Hikone to kill Aura.
• But Shūhei used this opportunity to sever Tokinada's arm for real, taking Enrakyoten with it.
• Kazeshini was wrapped in the cloak invented by Kisuke that Tokinada discarded.
• Tokinada is confused, assuming that should be under complete hypnosis.
• But Shinji reveals that he used Sakanade on Shūhei, so Shūhei never actually saw Enrakyoten release.
• This was a strategy originally devised to protect Ichigo from AIZEN's Kyōka Suigetsu.
• Shunsui safely hides Enrakyoten within the shadow dimension of Katen Kyōkotsu.
• GINJŌ attacked Tokinada with another powerful Getsuga Tenshō from behind.
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• Skipping ahead to Shūhei's bankai:
  • Bankai, Fushino Kōjyō! (Image)
  • 風死絞縄
  • "Death's Wind Restriction Rope"
• Unconfirmed spoilers for the abilities: Shūhei wraps himself and his opponent in the extended chains of his zanpakutō. As long as they're both connected, they share pain and injuries while their spiritual-energies are drained in order to continuously heal them both, until they're both finally exhausted.
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• To be continued...

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 03:18PM by tari101190 https://ift.tt/2Tbyza5