THE LOST 3

Tsukishima weeps over Ginjo, demanding to know why he had to fall and lamenting that his mentor drilled him in combat yet never showed him how to carry on alone. The arrival of Moe Shishigawara settles him, and he murmurs that this is how matters were meant to be.

Nearby, Yukio Hans Vorarlberna is glad to see Jackie Tristan alive, though she feels as good as dead now that her power is gone. He counters that she alone despised her ability, so losing it suits her. Jackie mentions burying Giriko Kutsuzawa's body along the way and confesses a faint envy that he died still holding his Fullbring, musing that shared Fullbrings may have been the group's only tie. Yukio declares he was never bound to anyone, vows to return in three years, and brags that Xcution will have tripled in size; Jackie promises they will be waiting.

Riruka awakens among Ichigo, Rukia, and Orihime Inoue, startled to be breathing. Ichigo explains that Urahara retrieved them but found none of the others. When Riruka asks after Tsukishima, Orihime only wonders who that is, his edits having faded. Elsewhere, Shishigawara carries the living Tsukishima on his back, and the Fullbringer realizes that only after Ginjo's death could he see the truth, suspecting Ginjo had understood it all along. He thanks Shishigawara, grateful that he was never truly alone.

Ginjo's death disperses Xcution: Jackie loses her ability, Giriko is buried, and Yukio parts ways promising a comeback. Riruka survives and learns that Tsukishima's altered memories have unraveled, erasing him from Orihime's mind. Tsukishima, carried off by Shishigawara, comes to understand the connection he had overlooked.

Part of Volume 54, Goodbye to Our Xcution, the chapter was adapted into Episode 366, "Changing History, Unchanging Heart."