User blog comment:Godisme/HOT HOT HEAT/@comment-5398287-20121208192741/@comment-5405150-20121209130813

End of the day, I expect Kenpachi would rather die than be healed after losing a battle like that. The only reason he didn't die to Ichigo is that they were both incapacitated so it was a tie, rather than ichigo winning - so he was just waiting for a chance to Fight ichigo again to make sure he didn't lose.

Either way - Byakuya has to die. can't believe they have saved him. Kubo made such a thing of his death, only not to die. So basically Yammamoto was the only important soul reaper to die. Not quite what I was expecting.