User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 609 - "A"/@comment-24153155-20141211235556

Great bananas-whateva-kind-of-monk-Ichibei-is. If it wasn't quite clear why Shinigami disliked him before, it is now kinda fluorescent. I also liked that shirofude is the exact opposite of the black ink, but also in its name. Interesting is that Ichibei knows Bankai as Shinuchi. Somehow, I can't get around that something happened in the past. It may be a long shot, but what if it was Ichibei who "stole" Shinuchi's meaning/ from the Shinigami, thereby rendering their "ultimate technique" less powerful? Could it be that others tried and named the ultimate technique Bankai? If this would be the case, it could be that "Bankai" might be much powerful once the wielder knows its true meaning. Another thing which bubbles in my mind is what if it was Ichibei who was in charge of Yhwach's 1000-year hibernation to begin with? If it was Ichibei's doing, did Yhwach wake up because of a weakness in Ichibei's technique or, is Yhwach really a (human?) being with an oversized God-complex? So many questions... but looking forward to a multi-dimensional fight!