User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 546 - THE LAST 9DAYS/@comment-5657895-20130717152442

Can someone explain to me what I just saw? The Soul Society, a portion of it, was transported to the Vandenreich home world along with all the people residing in that portion? That should be a pretty cool setting for when Bleach returns.

Who would be included in this section of the Soul Society? Seems to me that it was only a fragment that was transported, since Akon didn't seem to be transported. Hopefully this means that the Bankai captains like Ukitake, Kensei, Shinji and Rose can show off their abilities and get some major plot time. This seems like it will be the second of the three battles with the Vandenreich, which means the Vandenreich ain't losing. Not unless the Royal Guard show up for battle this time. I'm guessing the captains in the Soul Society at this time will be taken prisoner, but certain people, like Zaraki, Mayuri, Shunsui, and Byakuya will not have been transported. The other captains fight bravely, lose the battle, and are captured as weapons or hostages. Ichigo teams up with the remaining captains, the Royal Guard, Rukia, Renji, the Arrancar, Aizen, Urahara, Isshin, Yoruichi, Ganju and the Fullbringers, and his human friends to rescue them, instigating a kind of prison break and taking the fight to the Vandenreich.

The hiatus sucks, but hopefully this means we will get updated post scripts from Kubo, outlining more of what he wants to cover. He hasn't done much on what he promised, like explaining Shunsui's haori, showing some more bankai, showing Aizen, curing Ukitake and showing his 'internal changes' and the like.