User blog comment:Godisme/The Battle/@comment-2120712-20130214061345

Maybe they mean death symbolically. As in Unohanna forever abandons the title of Kenpaichi with her defeat and now fully embraces her role as 4th division Captain and healer with no regrets. But with all the build up and letter to her VC, looks like Kubo is just killing her off and in a really bad way.