Earth-5/Timeline

The following is a timeline of **Earth-5**. The events of this reality *mostly* follow that of canon until the shatterpoint, where significant divergences begin to occur in the timeline.

## Variations

This reality has a fair share of differences from the main *Bleach* timeline.

* Mayuri Kurotsuchi does not exist in this universe. Whether he was never born or killed early remains unclear. Kisuke Urahara instead recruited Kaito Kujō, an orphan with a penchant for the sciences. The consequences for this range on the positive side; while Kaito is not considered sane, he also treats the members of the 12th Division and Shinigami Department of Research and Development more humanely. Additionally, the lack of Mayuri results in a lack of Nemu; Nozomi Kujō serves a similar role.
	+ As a continued consequence, due to Mayuri not being present, Shinigami were not intentionally delayed to rescue Sōken Ishida. A tense, if imperfect peace, was reached between the Shinigami and Sōken's Quincy, who would become known as the Wadō Ichimonji.
	+ Due to this, Uryū Ishida is less emotionally distant, has a working, if strained, relationship with Ryūken Ishida, and was personally trained by Sōken despite Ryūken's misgivings.
	+ The title "Last Quincy" does not exist; Ryūken does not adopt it after Sōken's passing, nor does Uryū, and the existence of the Wadō Ichimonji - a group of Quincy trained in the old ways by Sōken - makes the title pointless.
	+ Uryū and Ichigo have an improved relationship, one spurred on by Sōken, due to the two's relationship as cousins. The Hollow horde, and subsequent appearance of a Menos Grande, do not appear in this timeline.
	+ The lack of Mayuri cost the Gotei 13 more soldiers in the final battle between the Gotei 13 and the Quincy. Izuru Kira is not reanimated as a cyborg.
* Hollowfication has tentatively been deemed legal in Soul Society. With the reintroduction of the Visoreds into the Gotei 13, and the realisation that the original Hollowfication project Soul Society abandoned was *possible*, the Central 46 reluctantly rescinded their original ruling and allowed Hollowfication experiments to be conducted under controlled conditions. Tadayoshi Tsukimito is thus far the first successful Hollowfication test subject.
* Ryūjin Jakka, rather than perish in the fight between Yhwach and Ichibē, fled the Soul King's Palace and survived, inhabiting the body of a toddler to preserve itself.

### Deaths

Because of the differences caused by this universe's shatterpoint, a number of characters died that were not dead in the **Prime Universe**. These new deaths were:

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Light novel: *Can't Fear Your Own World*
2. ↑ No canon source exactly places the rise of sentient life. It is only stated to take place millions of years after the Creation. Current science places it at about 200,000 years ago.
3. ↑ Databook: Multiverse
4. ↑ Volume: *FOURTEEN DAYS FOR CONSPIRACY*
5. ↑ *Bleach* chapter 504
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Bleach* chapter 631
7. ↑ *Bleach* chapter 633
8. ↑ *Bleach* chapter 523
9. ↑ *Bleach* chapter 547
10. ↑ *Bleach* chapter 489
11. ↑ The ***Kaiser Gesang*** speaks of Yhwach having lost his powers 999 years before the Second Quincy War. This makes it roughly 1004 AD.
12. ↑ *BURN THE WITCH* chapter 1
13. ↑ Mayuri Kurotsuchi has no stated age, but the author presumes him to be over a hundred when introduced in Turn Back The Pendulum
14. ↑ *Bleach* chapter 46
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Volume: *TURN BACK THE PENDULUM*