User blog comment:Tinni/Ichimaru Gin/@comment-1706259-20100530132419

1) "More importantly, he promised to tell Renji all about it should Renji train Chad. Renji did keep his end of the bargain so soon we'll know where the Urahara-Rukia connection comes from. For all we know, Urahara stumbled on a baby Rukia after Hisana abandoned her and put the Hogyoku in her then and Aizen didn't become aware of Rukia until after she was adopted by the Kuchiki clan and thus ran into problems because a Kuchiki isn't that easy to just kill off."

I doubt Kubo will go into detail about something like Renji's questions. Also.. ask yourself if that last sentence doesn't sound like a crack theory.

2) Tinni you are just proving my point that Kisuke is a mystery at this point. We don't know which of those many possibilities (and more) he was doing; thus making his activities and in extension him a mystery. Also; I am fully aware of everything that is included in the manga and anime, and I have thought of those theories as well; so "People really need to check those out before assuming that character X's activities were unaccounted for." was a highly unnecessary sentence.

3) "It's obvious to me that Urahara is from a high ranking noble family." This sentence was the reason for me saying that Kisuke has never mentioned his family; so if you don't mind telling me where that speculation came from; please do.

Kisuke is hiding things. For example his Bankai (when Yasutora asked Kisuke to train him); training against a Bankai for a considerable period of time would most likely make you stronger; unless it is a one hit kill kind of Bankai or if the user is incapable of holding back.