User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 670 - The Perfect Crimson/@comment-11398218-20160414113334/@comment-1351982-20160414131422

I still honestly believe that Kubo was going to kill him off (remember back when I predicted that all those years ago) but I think something happened behind the scenes (editor) and this is where we are now. Byakuya is too much of a merchandisable character to kill off. Which makes you wonder how the hell he pulled of killing Ulquiorra (yes, he's dead).