The soccer game officially kicks off, with the referees being the proprietors from the Urahara Shop, Jinta and Ururu, with Urahara himself overseeing the proceedings, including setting up a gigantic barrier around the play field to designate the assigned area, which apparently is not legal in Soul Society's eyes. The two teams, each with varying characters, ranging from gigais to Kon, the modsoul, attempt to keep the ball away from each other using different and comical means. The action culminates in Ikkaku Madarame joining in the game, while actually sparring with Ichigo instead, under the impression that the latter was doing some intensive training, and a hollow which appears on the field, drawn by everyone's spiritual pressure. With the help of Ichigo, Chad and Uryu, the hollow is quickly dispatched and the game is over because the ball was dropped by Lurichiyo's team. Before she can lament about going back to her world, Shuu from the Kasumioji clan enters the human world via a Senkai Gate and shows Lurichiyo that her idea about a soccer tournament in Soul Society wasn't such a bad idea in the eyes of the commoners after all. Satisfied with this, Lurichiyo, Kenryuu and Enryuu all return to Soul Society.
Rurichiyo Kasumiōji et Kenryū font un match de kemari.
Per mettere fine alla propria disputa, Rurichiyo e Kenryu decidono di organizzare un torneo di kemari nella città di Karakura. Se sarà la squadra di Kenryu a vincere, Rurichiyo accetterà di ottemperare ai propri doveri.
El enfado entre Rurichiyo y Kenryu acaba para revitalizar así el Clan Kasumiohji. Rurichiyo sabe de los bajos ánimos de su gente y decide llevar a cabo un torneo de fútbol.
瑠璃千代が犬龍と喧嘩をした理由は、霞大路家を復興させたいがための意見の対立だった。元気のない民を案じる瑠璃千代は蹴球大会を開催しようと言い、犬龍はほかの貴族や実力者との関係修復が先決だと言うが…。
