ðeɪ dɪskˈʌvɚ ðætðə spˈɪɹɪts sˈiːn ˈɜːlɪɚɹ ɑːɹ "blˈæŋks", ɐ ɡɹˈuːp ʌv æmnˈiːziˌæk sˈoʊlz ðæt wɜː lˈɔst ɪnðə spˈeɪs bᵻtwˌiːn ðə sˈoʊl səsˈaɪəɾi ænd ðə ɹˈiːəl wˈɜːld, ænd hˌuːz mˈɛmɚɹiz kəmbˈaɪn tə fˈɔːɹm ɐ sˈɪŋɡəl ˈɛntᵻɾi, ðə "ʃˈaɪnəndʒˌuː".
They discover that the spirits seen earlier are "Blanks", a group of amnesiac souls that were lost in the space between the Soul Society and the real world, and whose memories combine to form a single entity, the "Shinenju".