During a confrontation with a sadistic Soul Reaper, Ury© chooses a path that will grant him, temporarily, great power, but at enormous cost to himself. Meanwhile, Ichigo races to master a powerful technique that will hopefully allow him to defeat Byakuya and save Rukia's life.

"At Maka's request, she and Soul meet with Doctor Stein for an intensive tutoring session. Although Stein warns that they may never be able to resonate again if they fail to complete the training, Maka insists, desperate to become stronger so that Soul is never hurt again. But Soul's strange nightmares have made him reluctant to seek power, and his unwillingness to share his fears only frustrates his partner. With their soul wavelengths pulling apart,...

Ichigo Kurosaki thought that the Soul Reapers were the only ones hunting Hollows, but he was wrong. Enter Uryu Ishida, a Quincy, and possibly the last member of a power clan that died out over 200 years ago.

With his training not working out, Ichigo returns to the world of the living and runs into his father, Isshin, who reveals secrets about his mother and the way she died.

Medusa ambushes the DWMA's anniversary celebration and traps the meisters and their weapons inside the school, but there are a few who have escaped and may prove to be enough to prevent Medusa from waking up the First Kishin.

In the battle at the royal palace between the Soul Reapers and the Quincies, the tide shifts when the Quincy King joins the fight, but the Soul Reapers might have a trump card of their own.