Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31283382-20150806205156

I was just thinking we could sign of some (or maybe all) of these characters as deceased:

1. Kira Izuru He was shot with an insanely powerful Heilig Pfeil and suffered an injury that even Mayuri (many times more durable than Kira) barely survived. Not to mention Bazz-B is more likely more powerful than any average Quincy, even the one with Quincy: Letzt Stil active. On top of all that, he was not shown in 144 chapters (2.7 years), which accompanied by the time that passed in manga itself leads me to conclusion he is either cold dead, or Kubo forgot about him.

2. Ukitake Jūshirō

While preforming Kamikake, Jūshirō stated that Mimihagi will eventually "eat away" all of his internal organs. Even if that was to happen, Yhwach tore Mimihagi from Jūshirō, effectively removing the only thing that kept him alive. Now, Jūshirō is powerful, but not even he can survive without lungs.

3. Candice Catnipp

She was shown to be defeated (ch. 594, pg. 9) and she was not shown being Auswählen-d by Yhwach, or being among the rebel Sternritter, making it almost certain that she is dead.

4. Meninas McAllon

Although Liltotto stated that Meni shouldn't be dead, the same as above also applies to her.  