The Gotei 13 investigates strange occurrences in the Human World and are confronted by enemies.
Ichigo and his friends hear the news from Ryunosuke's Soul Phone that the Soul Society has suffered heavy casualties following an assault by unknown intruders.
Ichigo and his friends learn that their latest enemy are Quincies.
The Wandenreich mobilizes the Stern Ritter to annihilate the Soul Society; the Stern Ritter create a distraction to easily enter the Soul Society to bring carnage to the Soul Reapers.
Quilge Opie uses his power to imprison Ichigo inside the Garganta; as he tries to break free, Ichigo begins to hear, through his Soul Phone, the screams of the Soul Reapers falling to the enemy's onslaught.
Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto confronts Yhwach for the first time in a thousand years; as Yhwach finally draws his sword against Genryusai, the Soul Reapers notice an abnormal change taking place across the Seireitei.
Masakazu Morita
Ichigo Kurosaki
Fumiko Orikasa
Rukia Kuchiki
Ryōtarō Okiayu
Byakuya Kuchiki
Noriaki Sugiyama
Uryū Ishida
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kisuke Urahara