Chapter 1: 13 Court Guard Squads Summer Homework

Is everyone here? Good.

Now, regarding the mission at hand.

I hereby task all members of the 13 Court Guard Squads to submit an assignment!

An assignment? Of what sort?

The Head Captain is worried about the recent lack of attentiveness among many squad members.

Therefore, we have decided to give each squad a homework assignment as a reminder of how important your duties are.

I don't think it's that we're not attentive. I mean, it's been pretty peaceful in recent years, so we might've gotten a little lazy.

I'm glad for the peace. However, I've heard how some of you are playing and having parties in the middle of the day.

Even during these peaceful times, we must stay alert and continue to strive for self-betterment. This I fail to see.

As for each of your assignments, Chojiro will give them to you separately. Any questions?

Alright, follow me. I'll pass them out for each squad over here.

And lastly, Squad 13. This is yours.

Wait, are you serious?

What's wrong? Is it a difficult assignment?

The assignment we got is to make a picture journal.

Like...where we write about our day and draw something with it?

I used to do those with my sister when we were young. The drawing part is what was always hard for me.

Rukia's good at drawing. I'm sure it'll be fine if we just cooperate with each other.

Yes, sir! You can leave that to me!

Well, you guys seem excited about it. We have to do an observation log on Hell Butterflies.

Squad 10's assignment is to pick any one topic, research it, and submit a report. It sounds like way too much work already.

It's because you guys play around every day that we have to do this.

I couldn't agree more.

But these assignments remind me of our days at the academy.

Speaking of which, I hear students in the world of the living get school assignments like these too.

Yeah, Ichigo was complaining about his homework over the summer vacation.

It must be rough being a student in the world of the living.

But will we really be able to do these assignments while also taking care of our normal missions?

It shouldn't take too long if we do it little by little every day.

The Head Captain didn't mention this, but we are considering giving a reward to the squad with the best report.

I hope that's incentive for you to try hard.

A gift from the Head Captain?!

Well, that's rare.

If it's going to come straight from the Head Captain, I bet it'll be something amazing.

I hope it's money. I really want to buy myself new goggles.

Don't be so wasteful, Renji! You need to appreciate the-

Calm down, Rukia. To each their own. And plus, it looks like everyone's motivated now.

We'll all work together to do our best, alright? Let's go Squad 13!