Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5996974-20141029180427/@comment-25361324-20141101190826

BrowningBDA9 wrote: I was shocked by Juha Bach killing his subordinates to revive his elite four, despite knowing about Great Purge. I was rooting for Quincy girls so far, but now it seems they all are either killed of or got their power taken away.

And it sucks that Kubo treats his newly introduced characters as trash and cannon fodder. He disposes of them pretty easily, shortly after their introduction. He already killed off half of Sternritter (and this considering Ichigo hasn't done ANYTHING useful so far after killing Kirge, and not even appearing for so many chapters!), and keeps on going.

What's intrigued me is that letters of Sternritters mean nothing, unlike Espada. The Elite Four are C, D and then suddenly W and X.

As for next chapter's expectations, I'd expect Juha Bach and Co to not get past Shutara and that Zanpakuto creator.

Don't forget M.

Also, remember during the Espada incident, Ichigo wasn't the one to kill most of the Espada.

0 was killed by Captain Zaraki Kenpachi and Captain Kuchiki Byakuya

1 was killed by Captain Kyoraku Shunsui

2 was killed by Captain Sui-Féng and Ushoda Hachigen

3 is still alive

4 was killed by Kurosaki Ichigo

5 was killed by Captain Zaraki Kenpachi

6 is still alive

7 was killed by Captain Kuchiki Byakuya

8 was killed by Captain Kurotsuchi Mayuri

9 was killed by Lieutenant Kuchiki Rukia

Only one of the Espada's killed was killed by Ichigo.