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And regarding the Captaincy issue what do you think about what Shunsui said in 545 quite interesting to say the least. . I believe that he intends to make Ichigo Captain (He is too strong to be the lieutenant) of the eighth which is quite a good move on Shunsui's part as Ichigo was the only person in the end who could fight Aizen evenly so if this is building to something like that then who'd be the Lieutenant my guess is Yumichika seeing as he is at lieutenant level already and is only a 5th seat.

I can't think of any other reason he'd say that can you guys?