User blog comment:Godisme/belIEve/@comment-955994-20111123083037

Please don't make the Gotei 13 villains again.

I'm they don't pull another traitor captain schick, or have Ichigo fight the Gotei 13 (aka, they die).

The Gotei 13 are important to Bleach's ratings. When they plummet, it's because they're nowhere in sight. Kill them off, and bleach is canned.