User blog comment:Godisme/Eliminate From Heaven/@comment-4207271-20130221103350

Just putting in my 2 cents, but if Ichigo had to go back to "his roots" there are multiple ways this could pan out. He could go to his Quincy roots, or his Shinigami roots, so either he obtains a spirit weapon or a sealed state for Zangetsu, or even reclaims Fullbring from Kugo, who knows? This could get quite interesting.

As for Unohana dying, and Squad 8 needing a new Captain, we might see a reappearance of Love Aikawa as a Captain, and maybe a new character for squad 4? Maybe a reinstatement for Tessai, who would be the logical choice, as former head of the Kido Corps, he would most likely possess a mastery of healing Kido. Urahara might take this slot instead though, as he might be randomly a healing master, just because Kubo says so. The death of Unohana was disappointing to say the least, sooo many unexplained abilities, so much power, so much everything, thrown away by Kubo. Sad.