Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24159286-20131112052402/@comment-5398287-20131120034825

NorthSideZ wrote: Ichigo = 8th Squad Captain, Grimmjow his Lieutenant**

Once Komamura time limit is up, Love Aikawa will come back to his former 7th Division.

It would be wishful thinking if Soi Fon, Hitsugaya and Mayuri were to lose their fights and Yoroichi, Isshin and Urahara were to save them. (Even though Urahara is already there with Mayuri).

^^I've always wondered why Kubo has focused ONLY on these 3 fights since the Quincies re-invaded. That's up until recently with the whole Komamura incident. <-- This is probably what's gonna trigger Love's return..as we all wondered why he was the only Vizard Captain who didn't come back to SS.


 * About the Grimmjow being Vice-Captain of Ichigo..

We all know, even Aizen said it, that Shunsui is literally a dirty mofo and he will do anything to win, whether it be creeping up on you in the shadows, attacking you in the middle of your sentence..or in this case..since he's captain commander..letting a hollow, such as GRIMMJOW JAGGERJACK, into the Gotei 13.

The last time we saw Grimmjow he was incapacitated by Nnoitra. Prior to this, Ichigo even said, "I'll fight you whenever you want". It's also confirmed that he's not dead.

^^This is also I think the contract Urahara made with Grimmjow in Chapter 518 ; that if he protects them and help them free arrancar, that he will give Grimmjow that rematch against Ichigo.

Okay, allow me to just explain why the Ichigo-Grimmjow thing is not likely at all.

1. Ichigo only really meets the standard of a captain in sheer power. While the 11th Division may only need that in a captain, the captain of, say, the 8th Division needs to have leadership skills, tactical and general intelligence, skill in combat forms outside of Zanjutsu, etc. Ichigo, while a highly capable swordsman with a stupidly huge amount of spiritual power, is pretty much just that when you get down to it. He's not captain-class material. On top of that, while the other captains are, well, souls and will live for centuries to come, Ichigo is a teenager and will likely only live for maybe 80 more years. Not exactly a long-lasting captain.

2. I'm not sure HOW you got the "Grimmjow as a lieutenant" idea in your mind, but no. Just no. Shunsui may be crafty, but he's not "dirty" enough to contradict the entire mission statement of the Gotei 13 by allowing an Arrancar to join their ranks. I've no doubt he's willing to let Grimmjow fight ALONGSIDE the Shinigami in this war, but having him become a member of the Gotei 13 - a military organization of ONLY SHINIGAMI - is very, VERY unlikely, if not downright impossible, even for him. Plus, he wouldn't need to be in the Gotei 13 to get his rematch with Ichigo, and I doubt he'd want to be in such an organization.