User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 568. Hear. Fear. Here 2/@comment-5693502-20140212122816/@comment-5398287-20140213191607

Yeah, suspension of disbelief is pretty important when it comes to Bleach, especially given what's happened in the recent chapters (Komamura's heart not being in the center of his chest, Mask losing his hearing imply by puncturing his eardrums). Besides, there seems to be something up with As's body in the first place, and there's also that whole thing about Quincy being able to control Reishi and thus their bodies like Rukia did, so I'm guessing that's where the explanation lies.