User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 554 - Desperate Lights/@comment-1248963-20131024011641/@comment-2211792-20131024021957

I read a theory that this whole war is a means for Yhwach to test his people. Bankai theft, fighting without Vollstandig, losing them to their owners and fighting with Vollstandig - everything is a test and a part of a bigger plan, and nothing really matters when takes as a single event. Come on, you know Yhwach is up to something. His goal is more than just exterminating Gotei.