User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 568. Hear. Fear. Here 2/@comment-1604252-20140212213631/@comment-1604252-20140212221845

Ah yes I remember Kirinji telling that to Unohana. I just figured Izuru might as well go with them considering. I'm actually worried about him and the possibility he could be dead. I mean other characters have had similar injuries and holes blown through them and survived, but I thought if he was dead, there would have been some mention of it. And I think you're right about the whole reason of them being taken there on the Soul Kings whim. It just all seemed kind of odd to me.