Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-10797017-20130618215950/@comment-5657895-20130627195927

Oh we'll definitely get a flashback from Yhwach or Shunsui or Ukitake on the past captains. I doubt he would have even brought them up, and then harped on about it for three chapters if he didm;t intend to look into it. We'll certainly see at least some of the original Gotei.

I doubt the Central 46 are captains or even have members who are captains. I thought they were noble men and other such wealthy/influential individuals who made up a council for laws. I'm pretty sure the all the past captains are dead or retired somehow. Ukitake, Shunsui and Unohana were directly referred to as the oldest captains alive after Yamamoto.