User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. -547 - The State of Affairs op. 1 - "Expectations"/@comment-11163184-20130724184619/@comment-10554972-20130729112251

That's why I knew that Yamamoto was going to die. I didn't like to think about it, because it saddened me, but I knew he would. They talked about how much Ichigo has changed the unchanging Soul Society, but Yamamoto basically stayed the same. He's unwilling to ask for help from humans. For Soul Society to truly change, they needed a new Captain Commander. They needed Kyoraku. That guy can totally change with the times. He will make Soul Society great again.