Chapter 570 buries Aes Noedt beneath Rukia's ice and traces the fallout. A flashback shows how Yhwach first gifted the dying Quincy his power, while Byakuya carefully guides his sister out of her perilous new Bankai. Elsewhere, the unseeable Sternritter Guenael Lee ambushes Isane and Yachiru.
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Summary
A flashback returns to Aes Noedt as a bedridden invalid tethered to a respirator, for whom every breath is agony and continued life feels like a burden he cannot shed. Dreading a hell worse than his present suffering, he is visited by Yhwach, who resolves to reward the man's sheer endurance with power. In the present, locked inside Hakka no Togame, Aes accepts his end, begs his emperor's pardon, and shatters as the crown of his monstrous form is blown apart.
Draped in a frost-white kimono with pale hair, Rukia begins to crack apart herself, until Byakuya clasps her hand, letting ice creep over his own fingers, and coaxes her to release the technique slowly. He calls the Bankai splendid yet warns that a single misstep could cost her life, urging patience and reminding her that a blade swung at the price of one's own existence wins nothing. He then asks her to stand with him in defense of Soul Society, and she agrees.
Nearby, Isane Kotetsu tends the unconscious Rose and Kensei while Yachiru returns with more of the Quincy's fine bedding, cheerfully scavenging supplies while Kenpachi is away. Just as Isane marvels that they have gone unnoticed, Guenael Lee finishes her sentence for her and materializes at her back. He boasts that he will never be seen again; Yachiru swings and connects with nothing as he blinks out of view, then strikes her across the face, crowing that his presence vanishes from both sight and memory.
Key Events
Rukia's Bankai kills Aes Noedt, and a flashback shows Yhwach granting him power for outlasting his illness. Byakuya safely talks Rukia through deactivating Hakka no Togame and recruits her to keep defending Soul Society. Guenael Lee, an invisible Sternritter, ambushes Isane and Yachiru and proves immune to Yachiru's blows.
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Notes
This chapter ends Volume 63, HEAR,FEAR,HERE, whose cover belongs to Aes Noedt. Its content was folded into Episode 385, The White Haze. A flashback pairs Aes with Yhwach at the moment his power was bestowed. The chapter falls between The White Haze and a Devilish Perspective.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens to Aes Noedt in Bleach chapter 570?
In chapter 570, Closer, Closer, Aes Noedt dies inside Rukia Kuchiki's Hakka no Togame, accepting his end and begging his emperor's pardon before the crown of his monstrous form is blown apart. A flashback shows him as a bedridden invalid whom Yhwach chose to reward with power for enduring his suffering.
How does Byakuya help Rukia in chapter 570?
In Closer, Closer, Byakuya Kuchiki clasps Rukia's hand and lets ice creep over his own fingers to coax her into slowly releasing her new Bankai, warning that a single misstep could cost her life. He praises the Bankai but urges patience and asks her to help defend Soul Society, which she agrees to.
Who is Guenael Lee and how does he ambush Isane and Yachiru?
Guenael Lee is an unseeable Sternritter who materializes behind Isane Kotetsu and Yachiru Kusajishi at the end of chapter 570, boasting that his presence vanishes from both sight and memory. Yachiru swings at him but connects with nothing before he strikes her across the face.
What volume does Bleach chapter 570 belong to?
Chapter 570, Closer, Closer, ends Volume 63, HEAR,FEAR,HERE, whose cover belongs to Aes Noedt. Its content was folded into Episode 385, The White Haze.
Why did Yhwach give Aes Noedt his power?
In chapter 570, a flashback reveals that Yhwach visited the dying, bedridden Aes Noedt and resolved to reward the man's sheer endurance with power, since Aes had outlasted an illness that made every breath agony.
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